Palisades Nuclear Generating Station

The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan, in Van Buren County's Covert Township, Michigan, on a 432acre site south of South Haven, Michigan, USA. Palisades is owned and operated by Entergy. It was operated by the Nuclear Management Company and owned by CMS Energy Corporation prior to the sale completed on April 11, 2007.Its single Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor weighs 425 tons and has steel walls thick. The containment building is in diameter and tall, including the dome. Its concrete walls are thick with a 1/4in steel liner plate. The dome roof is thick. Access is via a personnel lock measuring by. The Westinghouse Electric Company turbine generator can produce 725,000 kilowatts of electricity.Built between 1967 and 1970, Palisades was approved to operate at full power in 1973.On July 12, 2006 it was announced that the plant would be sold to Entergy. On April 11, 2007, the plant was sold to Entergy for $380 million. The plant's original licensee was due to expire on March 24, 2011. An application for 20-year extension was filed in 2005 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It was granted on January 18, 2007. Therefore, the plant was then scheduled for decommissioning by 2031.