Huizenga: $400 Million for SMRs at Palisades Show a Bipartisan Commitment to the Plant

$400 Million DOE Bailout for “SMRs” at Palisades

Multiple reactors on the tiny 432-acre site also introduce the risk of domino-effect multiple meltdowns Holtec’s inexperience exacerbates these synergistic old and new reactor risks. Holtec still has no NRC-approved SMR-300 design certification, has never built a reactor, nor operated one, nor repaired and restarted one, let alone a reactor as perpetually problem-plagued as the 60-year old Palisades zombie.  DECEMBER 3, 2025, by Kevin Kamps rega…

Huizenga: $400 million for SMRs at Palisades show a bipartisan commitment to the plant

Congressman Bill Huizenga says the $400 million being awarded by the federal government to Holtec to establish two small modular reactors at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is a continuation of years of bipartisan work to reinvest in the facility spanning two presidential administrations. The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced the award, along with another of the same amount at a facility in Tennessee. Huizenga says Michigan will be…

Holtec, TVA split $800M in DOE support for SMRs

(Page 1) Holtec and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will each receive $400 million from the Department of Energy to support early deployments of advanced

DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs; Plans to Spend $800M - Neutron Bytes - Pro-Nuclear Power Blogs - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs; Plans to Spend $800M The Department of Energy has opened its checkbook and is now funding the middle ground between large 1000MW+ reactors and microreactors with power ratings of less than 25MW. The agency … Continue reading → ...

DOE Opens Its Checkbook for SMRs; Plans to Spend $800M

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