Nuclear plants eye restart amid solar shifts and data center demand
The report notes Duane Arnold and other nuclear sites seek restarts as electricity demand rises, aided by solar arrays supplying about a third of Duane Arnold’s output. Palisades in Michigan leads restart efforts with backing from Holtec, Michigan officials, and a $1.5 billion DOE loan, while Iowa and Pennsylvania plants face varied support and staffing plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Palisades
Michigan
Holtec International
Holtec
U.S. Department of Energy
NextEra
Fission
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Crane Clean Energy Center
Palo
Duane Arnold Energy Center
NextEra Energy
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette
Weather Highlights for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
Readable weather notes show today highs around 33 in Cedar Rapids and 28 in Iowa City with tonight’s lows near 16 and 24 respectively. Winds from the north around 10 to 20 mph and mixed cloud cover. historical records list 67 inches in 1921 and minus 21 inches in 1905.
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Ames
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Measuring Snowfall Noting How Much Fell In Eastern Iowa
After hours of heavy snowfall residents seek a reliable method to measure snow. Wind creates drifts, so choose level open spots away from shelters and take multiple readings. Average the results and share your totals with KCRG.
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Iowa
Kcrg.com
Weather snapshot for major cities across the United States
The data list daily temperatures and conditions for many cities including Atlanta Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Raleigh-Durham St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls Tampa Washington details highs and lows in Fahrenheit with conditions such as sun partly cloudy cloudy showers rain snow and flurries.
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
Raleigh
Durham
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Tampa
Washington, D.C
Iowa river and pool levels across eastern Iowa
River gauges show rising levels at Lone Tree Wapello and Columbus Jet while Anamosa and Marengo fall, Independence and Marshalltown rise, and Coralville Pool in Iowa City remains steady above sea level with Waterloo and Williamsburg also listed.
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Marshalltown
Anamosa
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Marengo
Coralville Pool
Iowa City
Eastern Iowa
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Davenport
la Crosse
Steady Decorah
Lansing
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Guttenberg
Manchester
Monticello
Bellevue
Muscatine
Quad Cities
Tama
Washington
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