The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Covert, Mich. John Madill | The Herald-Palladium | APThe Palisades Power Plant on the shores of Lake Michigan had become a piece of history, a relic of an era when nuclear energy was viewed as the future.
The new technology, which could become the first of its kind on the U.S. grid, promises to speed deployment of nuclear plants in the future.
The U.S. and a coalition of more than 20 other countries pledged in December to triple nuclear energy by 2050.
But building new nuclear plants is slow and expensive.
SMRs are viewed as an important path to expand nuclear power because they promise to reduce capital costs, a major hurdle to building new plants.
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