NextEra Energy Resources is continuing to make progress in evaluating the recommissioning of its Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa, it said on Jan. 24.
Recently, the company filed notice with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to request a licensing change— “an important first step in establishing the regulatory pathway to restore the facility’s operating license and potentially restart plant operations as early as the end of 2028,” it said.
The Duane Arnold nuclear plant ceased operations in 2020.
In a July 2024 conference call with investors, NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said that “with regard to Duane Arnold I think there would be opportunities and a lot of demand from the market if we were able to do something with Duane Arnold.”
He added, “obviously bringing back a nuclear plant into service is not something that you can do without a lot of thought and it is something that we’re looking at, but there’s a lot of thought that has to go into it and obviously a real assessment around risks associated with that as well.”