Congressman Bill Huizenga says the $400 million being awarded by the federal government to Holtec to establish two small modular reactors at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant is a continuation of years of bipartisan work to reinvest in the facility spanning two presidential administrations.

The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced the award, along with another of the same amount at a facility in Tennessee. Huizenga says Michigan will be a leader in the new SMR technology, and Palisades is the perfect place to get started.

“ These are much smaller footprint nuclear reactors that are able to be, in a way, prefabbed prior to getting to the site,” Huizenga said. “ But what makes sense about this and having it at the

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