restart Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/restart/ 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 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:36:37 +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 restart Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/restart/ 32 32 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 Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/ https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=223373 Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide electricity for energy-intensive data centers and support the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement announced September 20, if approved by regulators, would allow Microsoft […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/microsoft-would-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/feed/ 0 Nuclear Power Is Finally Poised to Ramp Up Again in Japan https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-is-finally-poised-to-ramp-up-again-in-japan/ https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-is-finally-poised-to-ramp-up-again-in-japan/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:15:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=180113 The Japanese have been hesitant to re-embrace nuclear power following the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011, but there are indications that nuclear power could ramp up again in

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/nuclear-power-is-finally-poised-to-ramp-up-again-in-japan/feed/ 0 Sendai Nuclear Unit Restart Suspended Amid Equipment Trouble https://www.powermag.com/sendai-nuclear-unit-restart-suspended-amid-equipment-trouble/ https://www.powermag.com/sendai-nuclear-unit-restart-suspended-amid-equipment-trouble/#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:49:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=77128 Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s restart of Sendai 1—the first Japanese reactor to begin operation under new safety standards after the Fukushima disaster—hit a technical hiccup last week, prompting the company to halt ramp up of power output. The utility said on Aug. 21 that it had suspended increasing output at the unit after an alarm […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/sendai-nuclear-unit-restart-suspended-amid-equipment-trouble/feed/ 0 Sendai-1 Reactor Restart Marks Japan’s Nuclear Rebirth https://www.powermag.com/sendai-1-reactor-restart-marks-japans-nuclear-rebirth/ https://www.powermag.com/sendai-1-reactor-restart-marks-japans-nuclear-rebirth/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:07:22 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=76514 Nearly two years after Japan’s last nuclear power plant was shut down for safety checks, Kyushu Electric Power Co. has started up the 890-MW Sendai-1. The event marks a significant milestone for the country’s nuclear sector, which was crippled by the Fukushima disaster in 2011.  Kyushu started up Sendai-1 at 10:30 a.m. local time and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/sendai-1-reactor-restart-marks-japans-nuclear-rebirth/feed/ 0 Japanese Court Blocks Nuclear Plant Restarts https://www.powermag.com/japanese-court-blocks-nuclear-plant-restarts/ https://www.powermag.com/japanese-court-blocks-nuclear-plant-restarts/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:44:39 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=71112 A Japanese court has blocked plans to reopen two reactors that had been previously cleared to resume operations by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA).  Local residents in western Japan’s Fukui Prefecture, where Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear plant is located, successfully petitioned a court to issue an injunction halting plans to restart Units 3 […]

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