Palisades nuclear power plant
Palisades nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in United States with 4 units on record. None is currently operating.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Unit 1 Repower | Under construction | PWR | CE (2-loop) DRYAMB | 800 | 2026 |
| Unit 1 | Retired | PWR | CE 2LP (DRYAMB) | 850 | 1971 |
| Unit 2 | Pre-construction | - | SMR-300 | 300 | 2030 |
| Unit 3 | Pre-construction | - | SMR-300 | 300 | 2030 |
Palisades nuclear power plant in context
The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.8 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1970s is 5.4 years.
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Donald C Cook nuclear power plant (44 km), Dresden nuclear power plant (192 km) and Braidwood nuclear power plant (199 km).
Build time by unit
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 1967 | 1971 | 4.8 | 5.4 (1970s) |
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald C Cook nuclear power plant | United States | 44 km | 2.4 |
| Dresden nuclear power plant | United States | 192 km | 1.9 |
| Braidwood nuclear power plant | United States | 199 km | 2.5 |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Palisades nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Michigan, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42.3230, -86.3146 |
| Elevation | about 185 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the shore of a large lake, 2.1 km from the water |
| Region | Northern America |
| Units by status | Under construction: 1 Retired: 1 Pre-construction: 2 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc Holtec International |
|---|---|
| Operators | Entergy Nuclear Operations |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data