Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has said that Entergy Nuclear's Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan has adequately addressed safety problems, but still requires additional oversight.
• Inspectors have concluded that the plant had taken the necessary actions to address 2011 safety findings and that the plant's safety culture was improving, but have changed their usual routine to add an additional 1,000 hours of inspections in 2013.
• The plant was originally shutdown June 12 of this year to investigate coolant leakage; it returned to service a month later, but was taken offline again in August following a steam leak discovery near the control rod mechanism.

From the article:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said that Entergy Nuclear (NYSE: ETR)’s 811 MW Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan has adequately addressed safety problems but still requires additional oversight.

Nine NRC inspectors performed follow-up inspections from Sept. 17-28 to evaluate the plant’s resolution of safety issues identified in 2011. These issues resulted in the plant moving from Column I of the NRC’s performance Action Matrix, signifying a normal level of NRC inspections, to Column III, where plants get an increased level of inspection. ...