Nuclear restarts
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The Affected Fuel Assembly: Holtec's Progress Report on the Palisades Restart
On September 21, 2026, Holtec reported that fuel loading at its Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan had begun on August 30 and that one fuel assembly had tilted. Its progression to the next operating modes, it says, remains subject to the satisfactory resolution of that assembly, required testing and modifications, and applicable NRC approvals.
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Iowa's Only Nuclear Power Plant: The Energy Department's Loan for Its Restart
On September 8, 2026, the Energy Department announced the financial close of a loan to help finance restarting a nuclear plant in Linn County, Iowa, which ceased operations in 2020. The release says the restart is pending the nuclear regulator's licensing approvals.
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Closer to Restarting Operations: Crane in Constellation's Results for the Second Quarter of 2026
Constellation's results release of August 6, 2026 reports two approvals for the restart of its Crane Clean Energy Center, one from the federal energy regulator and one from the nuclear regulator. The company says the nuclear regulator's approval moves it closer to restarting operations in 2027.
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Never Fully Decommissioned: The Energy Department's Loan to Restart a Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy's release of November 18, 2025 says its Loan Programs Office closed a loan that "will partially finance the restart" of a Pennsylvania reactor which ceased operations in 2019. The power it describes comes once the reactor is restarted, "pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing approvals."
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Pending Regulatory Approvals: NextEra Energy and Google on the Planned Restart of Duane Arnold
On October 27, 2025, NextEra Energy and Google announced a 25-year agreement under which Google would buy power from the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant in Iowa shut down in 2020. The release says the plant is expected to deliver electricity by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals.
