three mile island Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/three-mile-island/ 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 three mile island Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/three-mile-island/ 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 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 DOE Releases More Funding to Reopen Palisades Nuclear Plant https://www.powermag.com/doe-releases-more-funding-to-reopen-palisades-nuclear-plant/ https://www.powermag.com/doe-releases-more-funding-to-reopen-palisades-nuclear-plant/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:43:15 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=232898 Energy Secretary Chris Wright on April 22 announced the release of the third loan disbursement to Holtec for the reopening of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.

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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/doe-releases-more-funding-to-reopen-palisades-nuclear-plant/feed/ 0 Constellation Races to Revive Crane Nuclear Plant Amid Tight Timelines, Market Shifts https://www.powermag.com/constellation-races-to-revive-crane-nuclear-plant-amid-tight-timelines-market-shifts/ https://www.powermag.com/constellation-races-to-revive-crane-nuclear-plant-amid-tight-timelines-market-shifts/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:30:01 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=230014 Constellation Energy’s ambitious plan to restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 as the Crane Clean Energy Center (CEC) is proceeding ahead of schedule, shooting for a 2028 start date, despite a new report that suggests Microsoft may be re-evaluating its data center strategy. Just five months after Constellation announced a landmark 20-year power purchase […]

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A technician inspects a heat pump system as part of the extensive maintenance and upgrades underway for the restart of the Crane Clean Energy Center. Courtesy: Constellation Energy.

]]> https://www.powermag.com/constellation-races-to-revive-crane-nuclear-plant-amid-tight-timelines-market-shifts/feed/ 0 Bill Gates’ TerraPower Has Deal to Use Nuclear Power for Data Centers https://www.powermag.com/bill-gates-terrapower-has-deal-to-use-nuclear-power-for-data-centers/ https://www.powermag.com/bill-gates-terrapower-has-deal-to-use-nuclear-power-for-data-centers/#respond Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:58:58 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=228176 TerraPower, the nuclear energy company founded by former Microsoft CEO and co-founder Bill Gates, announced it has a memorandum of understanding with a major U.S. data center developer to deploy advanced nuclear reactors to power existing and future facilities. TerraPower on Jan. 21 said it will work with Sabey Data Centers (SDC) on “a strategic […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/bill-gates-terrapower-has-deal-to-use-nuclear-power-for-data-centers/feed/ 0 Data Center Hysteria: How the Power Industry Is Accommodating the Boom https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/ https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:04:15 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225508 Everywhere you turn these days people are talking about data centers and the enormous amount of electrical power they are expected to demand as artificial intelligence (AI) platforms scale up and become more

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/data-center-hysteria-how-the-power-industry-is-accommodating-the-boom/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 Understanding Energy Crises of the 1970s and Avoiding Problems Today https://www.powermag.com/understanding-energy-crises-of-the-1970s-and-avoiding-problems-today/ https://www.powermag.com/understanding-energy-crises-of-the-1970s-and-avoiding-problems-today/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:48:43 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=162054 If you were alive and living in the U.S. during the 1970s, you probably remember waiting in long lines to fill your car with fuel. Yet, gasoline wasn’t the only item in short supply during the “Me Decade”—natural gas was seemingly running out and electricity demand was growing so much that new power plants were […]

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