{"id":876,"date":"2026-01-16T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/the-nuclear-industrys-race-against-the-clock-epri-experts-on-fleet-optimization-smrs-and-whats-next\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:40:13","slug":"the-nuclear-industrys-race-against-the-clock-epri-experts-on-fleet-optimization-smrs-and-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/the-nuclear-industrys-race-against-the-clock-epri-experts-on-fleet-optimization-smrs-and-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nuclear Industry\u2019s Race Against the Clock: EPRI Experts on Fleet Optimization, SMRs, and What\u2019s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The electricity sector faces a timing problem that\u2019s becoming impossible to ignore. Data centers, artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, industrial reshoring, and broader electrification are driving load growth at rates not seen in decades\u2014and much of that new demand wants carbon-free, firm power. Nuclear checks those boxes. But can the industry deliver capacity fast enough? POWER [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/the-nuclear-industrys-race-against-the-clock-epri-experts-on-fleet-optimization-smrs-and-whats-next\/\">The Nuclear Industry\u2019s Race Against the Clock: EPRI Experts on Fleet Optimization, SMRs, and What\u2019s Next<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\">POWER Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"In September 2024, the Department of Energy finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades LLC to support the restoration and recommissioning of the 800-MW Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Michigan. Originally shut down in May 2022, the plant is set to return to service and operate until at least 2051, pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals. It could mark the first-ever recommissioning of a retired nuclear power plant in U.S. history. Source: DOE\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/palisades-holtec-scaled.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/palisades-holtec-scaled.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/palisades-holtec-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/palisades-holtec-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/palisades-holtec-768x510.jpg 768w\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The electricity sector faces a timing problem that\u2019s becoming impossible to ignore. Data centers, artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, industrial reshoring, and broader electrification are drivi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weathernuthaven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}