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Photos of the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in rural Palo
Photographer Jim Slosiarek captured these images for
Sunday's Gazette article about the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa. After 45 years of operation, the state's only nuclear power plant is slated to close. The plant's Florida-based owner, NextEra Energy, announced last summer that Duane Arnold would end energy production by the end of 2020.
Michael Davis licensing manager for NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center describes the boron control system used at the nuclear power plant in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The dry cask storage facility located on the grounds of the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center is designed to accommodate on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel produced by the power plant during its entire production life span in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The dry cask storage facility located on the grounds of the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center is designed to accommodate on-site storage of spent nuclear fuel produced by the power plant during its entire production life span in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Water vapor rises from the cooling tower at the The NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Water vapor rises from the cooling tower at the The NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A General Electric generator produces electricity from the nuclear-powered steam-driven turbine at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A General Electric generator produces electricity from the nuclear-powered steam-driven turbine at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A General Electric generator produces electricity from the nuclear-powered steam-driven turbine at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A General Electric generator produces electricity from the nuclear-powered steam-driven turbine at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A cutaway view showing replicas of nuclear fuel pellets stacked in a metal rod and grouped in an assembly is seen in the training center at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, one pellet is equivalent to roughly 1 ton of coal, 150 gallons of oil, and 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Departing employees are encouraged to leave a remembrance of their time working at the NextEra Energy Duane Arnold Energy Center on the facility's legacy board in Palo, Iowa, on Monday, April 8, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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