Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan on approximately 1,000 acres (400 ha). All units of the plant are operated by the DTE Energy Electric Company and owned (100 percent) by parent company DTE Energy.
Fermi 2 Power Plant - DTE Energy
At 1.1 million kilowatts, our Newport, Mich., Fermi 2 Power Plant represents 30 percent of Michigan's total nuclear generation capacity. That’s enough electricity to serve a city of about one million homes.
Did we really 'almost lose Detroit' in Fermi 1 mishap 50 years …
Oct 10, 2016 · Fermi 1 was the worst nuclear accident at a U.S. commercial power plant in the years before Three Mile Island jolted the nation.
DTE's Fermi 2 nuclear power plant coming back online after refuel
May 13, 2022 · Fermi 2, the nuclear power plant in Monroe County, is slowly coming online, officials confirmed Friday. The plant has been powered down for more than three months as it went through refueling...
50 years after 'we almost lost Detroit,' America's nuclear power ...
Oct 3, 2016 · On Oct. 5, 1966 — that’s 50 years ago Wednesday — Detroit Edison’s Fermi-1 nuclear plant suffered a partial meltdown, caused by a piece of floating shrapnel inside the container vessel.
DTE’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant is back online following leak
Sep 11, 2023 · DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant has been powered back on after being shut down for more than three weeks due to a leak. “Fermi 2 synchronized to the electrical grid Friday afternoon,”...
Nuclear power plants in Michigan: Energy, history, safety
Mar 28, 2024 · The Fermi 2 power plant in Newport, has produced more than 200 billion kilowatt hours of energy for DTE Energy customers since it opened in 1988. The Palisades power plant in Covert Township,...
Fermi 2 power restored after maintenance repairs - The Detroit News
Aug 4, 2023 · Newport, Mich. ― The Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in Monroe County has returned to 100% capacity after operating at reduced power earlier in the week to repair part of the plant's condenser...
Fermi 2 nuclear plant was shut down because of reactor ... - The Blade
Aug 21, 2023 · NEWPORT, Mich. — DTE Energy was forced to do an unscheduled shutdown of its Fermi 2 nuclear plant after a sensor detected leakage in the drywell area that surrounds the reactor about 30 miles...
DTE's Fermi 2 Nuclear Plant back Online after Shutdown for …
Jan 4, 2019 · The 1,170-MW Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in southeastern Michigan is back online after a nearly month-long shutdown for repairs. DTE Energy’s mainstay nuclear plant was synchronized to the...