Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's plan to reopen the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station marks a significant step towards the revival of nuclear power in the United States, offering both economic and environmental benefits.
This Monday Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that she intends to reopen a nuclear power plant to meet the state’s decarbonization goals. If she is successful in her campaign, it would mark the first time in United States history that a nuclear power plant has been brought back online after being decommissioned – but it more than likely won’t be the last.
The United States will have to see a radical repositioning and revitalization of the nuclear power sector if it is to meet its own global pledges, which includes a commitment to triple nuclear power production by 2050. At last year’s COP28 global climate conference, the United States was one of more than 20 countries that cooperated to launch the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy. Building new power plants is extremely cost-prohibitive, however.
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