Duane Arnold Energy Center
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Sep 12, 2026
Justin HuhnHOST
Three Mile Island or the Crane Clean Energy Center will be operational.
Justin HuhnHOST
Dwayne Arnold will be operational by then, in addition to the existing fleet and any upgrades that have taken place between now and then.
Justin HuhnHOST
What I'm trying to say is the gigawatt capacity in 2026 is lower than it's going to be in 2033 and probably by about five gigawatts and possibly even more, depending on if we can actually get our act together and build some SMRs, which I think that we will.
Justin HuhnHOST
That is all to say.
Ariana BrociousHOST
NRDC has long been skeptical about the expansion of nuclear power production because of high costs, risk of accidents, and the environmental and public health impacts of nuclear waste.
Ariana BrociousHOST
And yet, earlier this year, NRDC filed comments with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission supporting an early step in restarting the Duane Arnold reactor in Iowa.
Ariana BrociousHOST
This filing marks the first time in your organization's fifty-six year history that it has actively supported a nuclear plant.
Ariana BrociousHOST
What's changed in the world that accounts for this shift in posture?
Manish BapnaGUEST
And in this context, our strong, strong preference is indeed for solar, for wind, for storage in most cases.
Manish BapnaGUEST
But there are gonna be times when we're not going to want to take anything off the table, where we may indeed support nuclear if the costs, if the risks can be adequately addressed.
Manish BapnaGUEST
And we did signal in the Duane Arnold case in Iowa an early receptivity to restarting that plant, which would support Google in terms of powering a nearby data center, because we do believe that there is a pathway to dealing with the costs and dealing with the safety concerns, but that is still to be seen.
Ariana BrociousHOST
One thing I wanna underscore here is that this position of NRDC is in support of restarting an existing reactor.
Ariana BrociousHOST
NRDC has long been skeptical about the expansion of nuclear power production because of high costs, risk of accidents, and the environmental and public health impacts of nuclear waste.
Ariana BrociousHOST
And yet, earlier this year, NRDC filed comments with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission supporting an early step in restarting the Duane Arnold reactor in Iowa.
Ariana BrociousHOST
This filing marks the first time in your organization's 56-year history that it has actively supported a nuclear plant.
Ariana BrociousHOST
What's changed in the world that accounts for this shift in posture?
speaker_1HOST
We saw massive concrete action on this front just this week.
speaker_1HOST
The Department of Energy closed a $1.9 billion loan guarantee for NextEra Energy to physically restart the dormant Dwayne Arnold nuclear reactor in Iowa, aiming for a 2029 operational date.
speaker_0HOST
And nuclear reactor.
speaker_1HOST
Yes.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
NextEra CEO John Ketchum said during an earnings call that the capacity would cover 18 percent of Iowa's demand growth since 2021, the year before ChatGPT was released.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
Google is reportedly looking to build up to six data centers near the Dwayne Arnold Energy Center, which has not operated since 2020 when an intense rainstorm damaged the power plant.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
Rather than repair it, NextEra decided to mothball it.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
At the time, cheap natural gas was flooding the market, making nuclear power economically unappealing.
JohnHOST
In this case, the intersection of technology and sustainability is more prominent than ever as the US Department of Energy has just approved a huge $1.9 billion loan for NextEra Energy.
JohnHOST
The purpose? To revive Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which aims to help fuel the burgeoning energy demands of AI data centers.
JohnHOST
There are even whispers that companies like Google may be eyeing new data center build-outs right next to the revitalized facility.
JohnHOST
This isn't just about keeping the lights on.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
Here's the first headline on today's front page.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
$1.9 billion loan boosts Duane Arnold Center.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
Federal financing a jolt for effort to restart plant by Tom Barton.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The federal government has closed on a loan of up to $1.9 billion to help NextEra Energy restart Iowa's only nuclear power plant.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
a major financing milestone for the company's effort to return the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo to service.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the loan Tuesday.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The 615-megawatt plant, which shut down in 2020, would generate enough electricity to power nearly 500,000 homes, according to federal officials.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The administration has set a goal of quadrupling U.S. nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
Samantha McIntoshHOST
He was studying business analytics and planned to graduate in twenty twenty-eight.
Samantha McIntoshHOST
The US Department of Energy will loan NextEra up to one point nine billion dollars to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear plant near Cedar Rapids.
Samantha McIntoshHOST
IPR's Eliza Billingham reports.
Eliza BillinghamCORRESPONDENT
When the energy center lost its contract with Alliant Energy and suffered damage from the derecho, it closed in twenty twenty.
Eliza BillinghamCORRESPONDENT
US Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly says recommissioning Duane Arnold is part of the Trump administration's plan for an American nuclear renaissance.
James DanlySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But most importantly, the value of Duane Arnold is for Iowa and the people of Linn County.
James DanlySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're going to see a economic benefit of about nine billion dollars.
James DanlySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's forty million to local schools, seventy-plus to taxes, four hundred and fifty permanent jobs here.
Lisa RossiHOST
2026Governor Kim Reynolds' Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force released its final report last week evaluating opportunities for advancing nuclear energy technologies and infrastructure in Iowa.
Lisa RossiHOST
The task force report states Iowa is well-positioned to participate in the emerging US nuclear industry due to rapidly growing electricity demand, Iowa's strong manufacturing base, and the planned restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Lisa RossiHOST
Recommendations from the report include conducting a statewide feasibility study for new nuclear developments and exploring state-level incentives and policies that drive nuclear reactor investments.
Sarah DiehnHOST
Axios Des Moines reports Iowa importers have paid an estimated $1.7 billion in tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump from January 2025 through June of this year.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The Energy Department yesterday announced it would lend up to one point nine billion dollars to help restart a shuttered nuclear power plant in Iowa.
speaker_0NARRATOR
The loan would help NextEra Energy reopen the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, which had ceased operating in twenty twenty.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Google has agreed to buy a portion of the plant's electricity to help power data centers for AI.
speaker_0NARRATOR
There are now three attempts across the United States to reopen nuclear power plants.
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