Holtec knew of problems with Palisades' steam generator tubes before $1.52B loan finalized
Two days after the Biden Administration finalized a $1.52 billion federal loan to Holtec International in support of its historic effort to restart the mothballed Palisades nuclear plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a document that shows the company had conceded almost a month earlier that the number of cracks and flaws on the plant’s steam generator tubes “far exceeded estimates.”