ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins67% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 67%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 2.5 yearsEstimated: ANS[4] (28 Oct 2025) says the restart "is slated for completion by the first quarter of 2029", and NextEra expects the plant back online "around the end of 2028 or early 2029" (The Next Web[3], 8 Sep 2026); the NRC has still to approve it, so the pin takes the last day of that quarter.
NextEra aims to bring the 615 MW Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, back online around the end of 2028 or early 2029 after the Department of Energy closed a loan of up to $1.9 billion on 8 September 2026; Google has contracted to buy its output for 25 years.
