The restart of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van Buren County may not come by the end of the year.

Holtec International, the owner of Palisades, has been targeting late 2025 for the restart. Holtec manager of government affairs and communications Nick Culp tells us while they’re still on track, the main priority is completing all of the necessary preparations, and not on meeting an arbitrary date.

So, when could Palisades be back online?

“ We’re hopeful that that will happen sometime in the near future,” Culp said. “A nd whether that’s by the year end, which we are targeting, or if our work and approvals require us that we roll into the early new year, that’ll be determined by when we get

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