Palisades zombie reactor: NRC & Holtec “Answer” Opponents

November 4, 2024 update re: resistance to Holtec’s zombie reactor restart scheme at Palisades nuclear power plant (pictured) in Covert, Michigan:

NRC staff “Answered” the environmental coalition‘s October 7, 2024 intervention petition and hearing request. NRC staff also “Answered” Alan Blind and Palisades Park residents’ petition and request.

Likewise, Holtec International “Answered” both Beyond Nuclear et al., as well as Blind et al., on November 4, 2024.

The environmental coalition, and Blind et al., must respond to NRC’s “Answers” by November 12, 2024.

Oral argument pre-hearings have been tentatively scheduled by NRC’s Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board (ASLB), for a several hour time block, sometime during the week of December 16, 2024. Whether the session will be held virtually, for in-person, has yet to be announced. The location for an in-person session has also not been announced. The ASLB three-judge panel suggested at NRC HQ in Rockville, MD. The environmental coalition requested an in-person session be held in the proximity of Palisades, instead, given the intense public interest and controversy of Holtec’s zombie reactor restart scheme.

Read more about the environmental coalition’s October 7, 2024 intervention, here.

Read more about Holtec’s zombie reactor restart, and “Small Modular Reactor” new build, schemes at Palisades and beyond, here.