Duane Arnold Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/duane-arnold/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:59:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Duane Arnold Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/duane-arnold/ 32 32 Looking Back at 2025 to Look Forward for 2026: Navigating Policy Shifts and Market Surges https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/ https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:52:55 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=246080 The past year saw a multitude of factors driving up electricity prices, including rapid growth in electricity demand, supply chain tightness, deployment delays for transmission and production projects, and an uncertain political and permitting climate. We expect all of these trends to continue in 2026. Changing economics have turned the justification for project development in […]

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The Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, began commercial operation in February 1975. Located in Palo, Iowa, about 9 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, it was built in a low-seismic-risk area near the Cedar River and designed to withstand major flooding. After a derecho in August 2020 caused severe damage to its cooling towers, the 615-MW facility was retired earlier than its planned date in 2025. Originally licensed to operate until 2034, the plant is now undergoing decommissioning under the NRC’s SAFSTOR method. Courtesy: NextEra Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/looking-back-at-2025-to-look-forward-for-2026-navigating-policy-shifts-and-market-surges/feed/ 0 Successfully Closing a Power Plant? It’s All in the Details https://www.powermag.com/successfully-closing-a-power-plant-its-all-in-the-details/ https://www.powermag.com/successfully-closing-a-power-plant-its-all-in-the-details/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:26:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=244858 The retirement of older thermal power generation facilities, driven by a transition to cleaner forms of energy, has increased in recent years as utilities and other power generators mothball plants that are uneconomic or simply no longer needed.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/successfully-closing-a-power-plant-its-all-in-the-details/feed/ 0 Google Has Deal with NextEra to Restart Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant https://www.powermag.com/google-has-deal-with-nextera-to-restart-duane-arnold-nuclear-plant/ https://www.powermag.com/google-has-deal-with-nextera-to-restart-duane-arnold-nuclear-plant/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 23:33:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=243857 NextEra Energy said technology giant Google has signed a 25-year deal to buy power from the utility's Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, which the Florida-based energy provider wants to restart.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/google-has-deal-with-nextera-to-restart-duane-arnold-nuclear-plant/feed/ 0 Restart of Indian Point Nuclear Plant? ‘Yes,’ Says Holtec Official https://www.powermag.com/restart-of-indian-point-nuclear-plant-yes-says-holtec-official/ https://www.powermag.com/restart-of-indian-point-nuclear-plant-yes-says-holtec-official/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:04:38 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=241274 A 2-GW nuclear power plant in New York State that was shut down in 2021 could be restarted, an official with Holtec International said. The Indian Point station, which sits near the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York, is the latest among a handful of shuttered U.S. nuclear power facilities being considered for reopening as […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/restart-of-indian-point-nuclear-plant-yes-says-holtec-official/feed/ 0 Palisades Nuclear Plant Moved to Operations Status, Ready to Receive Fuel https://www.powermag.com/palisades-nuclear-plant-moved-to-operations-status-ready-to-receive-fuel/ https://www.powermag.com/palisades-nuclear-plant-moved-to-operations-status-ready-to-receive-fuel/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:30:42 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240337 Holtec International said the Palisades Power Plant, which was closed in 2022 and set for decommissioning, is now the first U.S. nuclear power plant to officially return to operations status. Holtec, which bought the Michigan-based plant to decommission it but instead decided the facility could be restarted, on August 25 said Palisades is now authorized […]

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In September 2024, the Department of Energy finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades LLC to support the restoration and recommissioning of the 800-MW Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Michigan. Originally shut down in May 2022, the plant is set to return to service and operate until at least 2051, pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals. It could mark the first-ever recommissioning of a retired nuclear power plant in U.S. history. Source: DOE

]]> https://www.powermag.com/palisades-nuclear-plant-moved-to-operations-status-ready-to-receive-fuel/feed/ 0 Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors https://www.powermag.com/tear-it-down-or-start-it-back-up-plant-owners-weigh-options-around-retired-reactors/ https://www.powermag.com/tear-it-down-or-start-it-back-up-plant-owners-weigh-options-around-retired-reactors/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:58:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225396 Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/tear-it-down-or-start-it-back-up-plant-owners-weigh-options-around-retired-reactors/feed/ 0 Large Solar, Storage Project Planned at Former Nuclear Power Site https://www.powermag.com/large-solar-storage-project-planned-at-former-nuclear-power-site/ https://www.powermag.com/large-solar-storage-project-planned-at-former-nuclear-power-site/#respond Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:30:14 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=170095 Alliant Energy has announced its plan for a solar energy and storage facility at the site of the former Duane Arnold nuclear power plant near Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The project when complete would position Alliant as the largest combined solar and storage operator in the state, and is part of Alliant’s plan to expand its […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/large-solar-storage-project-planned-at-former-nuclear-power-site/feed/ 0 5 Reactors Connected to the Grid, 5 Removed in 2020 https://www.powermag.com/5-reactors-connected-to-the-grid-5-removed-in-2020/ https://www.powermag.com/5-reactors-connected-to-the-grid-5-removed-in-2020/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:01:21 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=159292 Nuclear power capacity continues to grow worldwide, as larger reactors are added to the grid while smaller units are retired. Furthermore, uprates to some existing reactors have also added to the world’s nuclear power capacity. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports the total net installed capacity is about 393 GW today. Nuclear reactor additions […]

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