Second part of construction permit application submitted for SMRs at Palisades

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Second part of construction permit application submitted for SMRs at Palisades

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-part-of-construction-permit-application-submitted-for-pioneer-smrs

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How Pioneer 1 and 2 could look (Image: Holtec)

Holtec International submitted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two planned SMR-300 reactors at the Palisades site in Michigan. This filing completes the second phase of the construction permit application process for the Pioneer 1 and 2 units. The project aims to bring the new small modular reactors online by the early 2030s alongside the site's existing closed plant infrastructure.

Holtec has submitted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan, completing the second phase of the Construction Permit Application process. ;

The Construction Permit Application process was initiated with the limited work authorisation request and Environmental Report submitted in December of 2025. A limited work authorisation allows certain construction activities to commence before a construction permit or combined construction and operating licence has been issued. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted it for review and docketed it in February. Holtec said the NRC's draft Safety Evaluation Report for the limited work...

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https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-part-of-construction-permit-application-submitted-for-pioneer-smrs