Palisades nuclear power plant Unit 1 Repower

Name: Palisades nuclear power plant Unit 1 Repower
Address: USA

Under construction United States

Gross capacity

800MW

Palisades nuclear power plant Unit 1 Repower is a pressurised water reactor unit at Palisades nuclear power plant in United States rated at 800 MW gross. It is under construction. Commercial operation began 1 Jan 2026.

Specification

Reactor type	Pressurised water reactor (PWR)
Model	CE (2-loop) DRYAMB
Size	Largeabove 300 MWe
Coolant	Light water
Moderator	Light water
Gross capacity	800MW
Net capacity (reference)	not disclosed
Net capacity (design)	not disclosed
Thermal output	not disclosed
NSSS vendor	Combustion Engineeringall vendors
Typical enrichment	3–5% U-235

Ownership & location

Site	Palisades nuclear power plant
Unit	Unit 1 Repower
Country	United States
Owner	Holtec International100%
Coordinates	42.3230, -86.3146

Live status NRC daily report, unit key "Palisades"

Power level

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Last 90 days

Updated daily from the US reactor status feed. The NRC publishes a power percentage only, with no reason for a reduction, so a unit at 0% may be refuelling, in a planned outage or tripped. See outages.

Fuel chain for this unit

Fuel form

Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding

Enrichment

3–5% U-235

Who makes this assembly

China National Nuclear Corporation PWR fuel assemblies
ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas PWR and BWR fuel assemblies
Framatome PWR fuel assemblies
KEPCO Nuclear Fuel PWR fuel assemblies
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PWR fuel assemblies
Westinghouse Electric Company PWR fuel assemblies

Supply position

United States runs 63 operating units on PWR (square-lattice) fuel. 6 fabricators are documented for it. Westinghouse Electric Company is based in United States. Country exposure

Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

Rosatom Urenco CNNC Orano

Conversion

AEOI Cameco CNNC CNNC CNNC ConverDyn Orano Rosatom TVEL Westinghouse

Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units, utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

1 Jan 2026Commercial operation

Other units at Palisades nuclear power plant

Unit	Status	Gross MW
Palisades nuclear power plant 1	Retired	850
Palisades nuclear power plant 2	Pre-construction	300
Palisades nuclear power plant 3	Pre-construction	300

Other CE (2-loop) DRYAMB units

3 units worldwide share this model designation.

Unit	Country	Status	Gross MW
San Onofre nuclear power plant 2	United States	Retired	1,127
San Onofre nuclear power plant 3	United States	Retired	1,127

Sources

Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2026-06-27
GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted

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