US moves forward with reactivation of decades-old nuclear power station in bid to meet surging energy demand: 'Safety standards have evolved enormously'
Story by Susan Elizabeth Turek • 13h
Two years after a nuclear power plant in Michigan was decommissioned, the United States government and Great Lakes State have invested nearly $2 billion to bring it back online.
The Wall Street Journal reported the news in August, detailing how the 53-year-old Palisades is being upgraded and would become the first decommissioned plant to resume operations.
While some remain skeptical of the project, Paris-based independent nuclear consultant Mycle Schneider highlighted how nuclear energy has progressed. (Despite common misconceptions about deaths or danger associated with nuclear power, research from the nonprofit Our World in Data reveals it is the second-safest form of energy behind solar.)
"If today somebody invented a machine that looked like a second generation nuclear reactor, it would not get a license," Schneider told the WSJ. "Safety standards have evolved enormously."
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