Topic
Fuel Loading
Fuel assembly incident pauses Palisades loading
Holtec paused fuel loading at Palisades after a used assembly tilted in the reactor vessel; all 204 assemblies must be loaded before startup can advance.
Palisades fuel loading: Holtec restart timeline and what comes next
Holtec began loading fuel at Palisades, moving the 805-MWe reactor to Mode 6. Inspections and startup tests ahead of the first US restart from shutdown.
Tianwan 7 begins loading its first nuclear fuel
China has begun loading fuel into Tianwan 7, the first of 163 assemblies for a Russian-designed VVER-1200 scheduled for commercial operation in 2026.
