The article lacks information about why this plant is closing. As a facility engineer I understand that infrastructure gets old, sometime it’s cheaper to close than repair. But nuclear power plants aren’t exactly a dime a dozen....what’s the urgency to close shop?
South Haven used to be a nice rural community with affordable housing costs. I imagine losing this source of high quality employment will be an issue.
The article lacks information about why this plant is closing. As a facility engineer I understand that infrastructure gets old, sometime it’s cheaper to close than repair. But nuclear power plants aren’t exactly a dime a dozen....what’s the urgency to close shop?
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Suspicious. Would like to see unbiased engineers review plant closures over the decades. They may discover that leftist regulators have been taking plants offline at the drop of a feather, seeking any excuse.
Nuclear plants do wear out for sure.
Pushing it much past fifty years might not be wise. The thing I think about after that long is neutron embrittlement of the reactor vessel.
Nuclear power facilities are required to have a rolling five year maintenance plan that’s monitored and approved by the NRC.
it’s unlikely that Palisades is decrepit.
We just came back from South Haven for a getaway. Beautiful town on Lake Michigan.
Entergy, the corporate owner of the plant, announced in 2017 that Palisades wasn’t making any money and would close in 2022. Palisades is running as well as it ever has, maybe better, but the price of fossil gas has crashed, dragging the revenue from electricity sales down 30 percent in the last few years.