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The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station along Lake Michigan in Covert started commercial operations in 1971 and shut down in May 2022. Over the past two years, state and federal officials have pledged more than $3 billion in public subsidies and loans to restart the plant by the end of 2025.
Photos by Seth Thompson, Bloomberg and Getty Images
Control panels at Palisades are largely unchanged since operations started in 1971.
Plant owner Holtec is awaiting various licensing approvals from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to restart the plant.
Fuel loading at the Palisades plant in the early 1970s.
Palisades comes back to life
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (right) and former U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (center) on a tour of the Holtec Palisades Training Center in Covert, Michigan, in March 2024.