Michigan AG Files Petition with NRC Regarding Palisades Plans

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is petitioning the NRC to hold a hearing on plans by Entergy to transfer the license of the Palisades nuclear power plant to Holtec International. She filed a motion this week saying she wants a more thorough review of the plans. Nessel says the NRC this month issued a notice stating Entergy and Holtec filed an application seeking approval of the transfer of licenses for both Palisades and a spent fuel facility in Charlevoix. Entergy plans to retire Palisades next year. A trust fund of about $550 million was created to provide for the decommissioning of the plant, and Holtec seeks to use that fund to decommission Palisades as well as handle the site restoration and fuel management costs. Nessel says she has concerns Holtec “does not possess the financial qualifications or assurances necessary to complete such a risk-intensive project.”