{"docs":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","terms":"History surfaces — append-only milestone logs, event/change feeds, and full JSON snapshots — are provided under the NNN Data License Terms (https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license): journalism, research, citation and AI answering are expressly permitted royalty-free with attribution; systematic bulk extraction, dataset redistribution, and embedding in commercial products or training corpora require a commercial license.","terms_url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/data-license","attribution":{"text":"Nuclear News Network, \"NNN Reactor Project Tracker\", https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker","url":"https://www.nuclearnewsnetwork.com/tracker"},"unit":{"slug":"palisades-pioneer-2","name":"Palisades Pioneer Unit 2","plant":"Palisades Energy Center — Pioneer (Covert, MI)","unit":2,"country":"US","region":"north-america","reactor_type":"PWR","design":"SMR-300","capacity_mw_net":340,"is_smr":true,"vendor":"Holtec International","owner_operator":"Holtec International (Palisades SMR, LLC)","vendor_id":"org:holtec","owner_operator_ids":["org:holtec"],"design_id":"design:smr-300","site_id":"site:palisades","status":"planned","construction_start":null,"original_cod_target":null,"current_cod_estimate":null,"milestones":[{"date":"2025-02-25","event":"Holtec launched \"Mission 2030\" to build two SMR-300s at Palisades, targeting 2030 for first commercial operation","source":"https://holtecinternational.com/hh-40-05/","entities":["org:holtec"]},{"date":"2025-12-31","event":"Holtec subsidiary SMR, LLC filed Part 1 of a phased construction permit application (limited work authorization request and environmental report) for Pioneer Units 1 and 2","source":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/html/2026-03943.htm","entities":["org:holtec","org:nrc"]},{"date":"2026-02-13","event":"NRC found Part 1 acceptable for docketing (Docket 50-617 for Pioneer Unit 2)","source":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/html/2026-03943.htm","entities":["org:nrc"]},{"date":"2026-08-28","event":"NRC granted an exemption allowing installation of permanent support-of-excavation and cutoff-wall systems before a limited work authorization; it does not commit the NRC to an LWA or construction permit","source":"https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-20/","entities":["org:nrc"]},{"date":"2026-09-30","event":"Holtec submitted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, completing the second phase of the construction permit application; NRC draft safety evaluation for the LWA anticipated December 2026","source":"https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-23/","entities":["org:holtec","org:nrc"]}],"sources":["https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-27/html/2026-03943.htm","https://www.ans.org/news/2026-01-14/article-7673/holtec-submits-partial-construction-permit-application-for-smrs-at-palisades/","https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-20/","https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-23/","https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-03/","https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/holtec-smr-project-gets-regulatory-nod-for-early-site-work","https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-02/article-7901/holtec-hits-milestones-in-palisades-restart-new-reactor-projects/"],"last_verified":"2026-10-12","verified":true,"confidence":"medium","notes":"Second of two SMR-300 units planned beside the restarting Palisades plant. Capacity is the 340 MWe per unit reported by ANS, consistent with Holtec's 680 MWe for the pair; Holtec's 2025 launch release and WNN describe the SMR-300 as about 300 MWe. Holtec now targets commissioning in the early 2030s (no year given), and the original 2030 target applied to the first unit, so both COD fields are left empty. Early site work is under way under an NRC exemption; nuclear construction awaits a limited work authorization and construction permit. Holtec names Hyundai E&C and Mitsubishi Electric as partners without a published EPC designation. Selected in December 2025 for up to $400 million in DOE cost-shared funding, effective once a funding agreement is executed.","tags":["us","smr","smr-300","holtec","palisades"],"updated_at":"2026-10-12","slippage_years":null}}