Palisades Power Plant returned to service this morning, following the completion of its successful scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. Control room personnel returned the plant to operation, sending electricity to the grid after a planned shutdown that began October 28. This was the 26th refueling in the plant’s history.

Holtec’s process achieves site restoration decades sooner than if Entergy retained the plant.

Holtec Files Request to Acquire Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station by End of 2019

11/16/2018

Holtec plans to complete decommissioning and site restoration decades sooner than if Entergy completed decommissioning.

News > Grid Modernization

Palisades Power Plant Begins Scheduled $62 Million Refueling, Maintenance Outage

10/29/2018

Palisades Power Plant has begun a scheduled $62 million refueling and maintenance outage, reflecting a commitment to safe, secure, and reliable operations until the facility’s permanent retirement in spring of 2022. It is the 26th such outage since the plant opened in 1971.

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NRC Issues Renewed Operating Licenses for Indian Point, Plant Still Expected to Close in 2020-2021

09/17/2018

The two operating units at Indian Point Energy Center, Unit 2 and Unit 3, received their renewed operating licenses today from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), ending more than 11 years of regulatory review.

Move to a pure play utility continues.

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Entergy Agrees to Post-Shutdown Sale of Pilgrim, Palisades Nuclear Power Plants to Holtec International for Decommissioning

08/02/2018

Entergy has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan, after their shutdowns and reactor defuelings, to a Holtec International subsidiary for accelerated decommissioning.

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Entergy Vermont Yankee Completes Spent Nuclear Fuel Move from Wet to Dry Storage in Significant Decommissioning Milestone

08/02/2018

Entergy Corporation’s shutdown Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station has completed the final movement of spent nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool in the reactor building to dry storage casks, a major milestone in decommissioning. The campaign was completed ahead of schedule and within the projected budget.

News > Communities

Entergy Nuclear Grant Helps Support Technology Program at Van Winkle

06/16/2018

The voices of the Van Winkle Elementary School students echoed through the school's hallways as the student choir sang "Dream Your Dreams." As the children sang, faculty and Entergy Nuclear staff gathered to announce a special gift. Entergy Nuclear presented a $25,000 grant to Van Winkle.

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Indian Point’s Unit 2 Begins Final Refueling and Maintenance Outage Before Retirement

03/19/2018

Control room operators shut down Indian Point Energy Center’s Unit 2 nuclear power plant this morning to begin the 23rd and final scheduled refueling and maintenance outage for the generating unit, which has safely and reliably helped power New York City and the lower Hudson Valley since 1974.

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Entergy, NorthStar Reach Settlement Agreement with State of Vermont and Other Parties on Terms for the Approval of the Sale of Vermont Yankee

03/02/2018

Entergy Corp. affiliates and NorthStar Group Services Inc. announced today they have signed a settlement agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with State of Vermont agencies and other interested parties on terms for approval of the proposed sale this year of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, the entity that owns the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station located in Vernon, Vermont.