The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan, in Van Buren County's Covert Township, Michigan, on a 432 acre site 5 mi south of South Haven, Michigan, USA. Palisades was operated by the Nuclear Management Company and owned by CMS Energy prior to the sale to Entergy on April 11, 2007.
Its single Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactor weighs 425 tons and has steel walls 8+1/2 in thick. The containment building is 116 ft in diameter and 189 ft tall, including the dome. Its concrete walls are 3+1/2 ft thick with a 1/4 in steel liner plate. The dome roof is 3 ft thick. Access is via a personnel lock measuring 3ft 6in by 7ft 8in. The Westinghouse Electric Company turbine generator can produce 725,000 kilowatts of electricity.
Built between 1967 and 1970, Palisades was approved to operate at full power in 1973.[4]
On July 12, 2006, it was announced that the plant would be sold to Entergy. On April 11, 2007, the plant was sold to Entergy for $380 million.[5]