Shut-down Iowa nuclear plant could come back online by 2028
The Duane Arnold nuclear plant, just 8 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids, opened in February 1975. The 600-megawatt plant shut down in 2020 after one of its major customers ended its power purchase ...
NextEra advances toward Iowa nuclear plant restart
NextEra Energy has spoken with regional grid operators and filed notice with federal regulators about a possible restart of ...
Nuclear bombs fell on North Carolina 64 years ago. How disaster was narrowly averted
Two nuclear bombs fell from the sky 64 years ago, putting North Carolina one step from disaster. A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and ...
Iowa's sole nuclear plant may restart by late 2028 to meet growing demand, owner says
NextEra closed Duane Arnold in 2020 after a derecho that year caused extensive damage to its since-dismantled cooling towers.
Inside the efforts to restart a shut-down nuclear plant for the first time in the US
The nuclear power plant would be the first decommissioned facility to come back online in the U.S., if it received approval ...