Some key leaders from around Southwest Michigan had a chance to learn more about small modular nuclear reactors with a tour of Holtec International’s manufacturing facility in Camden, New Jersey this week.

Holtec, the owner of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, welcomed state Representative Joey Andrews and Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad for the visit on Monday. Holtec is planning to build some small modular reactors at Palisades, and Andrews tells us the company wanted to show its visitors the advantages of the technology.

“ So the idea is that they can roll them off of an assembly line, effectively,” Andrews said. “ It’s a standardized reactor, and it’s smaller, so you don’t have to have the giant build ou

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