Opinion

Workers perform maintenance at the Duane Arnold Energy Center after the plant was shut down for refueling.

Editorial: Study reveals Duane Arnold Energy Center could be restarted

There’s a glimmer of hope to correct the region’s biggest economic blunder in a generation: the shutting down of the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) — formerly Iowa’s only nuclear power plant. NextEra Energy Resources, owner of the DAEC, recently…

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