Palisades steam generators: Enviros object to NRC-Holtec conspiracy

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Update: WWMT TV-3 in Kalamazoo, Michigan has reported on this story. Their coverage quotes Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps. The 3 minute 30 second-long segment has been posted on YouTube.} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact:…

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Dan Hirsch, Presente!

As reported at the website of Committee to Bridge the Gap (CBG): Dan Hirsch Has Passed Away Published July 25, 2025 It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Dan Hirsch has passed away. He passed away peacefully, though in significant pain, at his home in Ben Lomond. An official announcement with further details,…

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JOANNA MACY, PRESENTE!

JOANNA MACY, PRESENTE! Founder of Nuclear Guardianship Project As reported in a New York Times obituary, Joanna Macy has passed on at the age of 96. She has been a giant of the anti-nuclear movement, both in the U.S. and overseas, for many decades. She wrote Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age in…

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DIABLO ZOMBIES?! NRC rejects emergency petition

[“Diablo Boys” cartoon by Mark Bryan — ArtOfMarkBryan.com] ]On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) notified attorneys representing San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP), Friends of the Earth, and Environmental Working Group that their appeal to the NRC Commissioners, regarding an Emergency Enforcement Petition the environmental coalition had filed against NRC…

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Palisades Steam Generators: Enviro Coalition Reply to NRC & Holtec Answers

[Photo, from the top looking down, of a steam generator, showing the exceedingly thin-walled tubes] On July 18, 2025, the environmental coalition resisting the unprecedented restart of the closed Palisades reactor, filed its REPLY with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB). The REPLY rebutted attacks contained in July 11th…

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Mothballed nuclear plant on brink of revival

Michigan’s Palisades plant is planning to turn on again this fall after Democrats and Republicans got behind the project — but it’s not free from controversy. As reported at E&E News. Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, a Palisades watchdog since 1992, is quoted.

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Who Pays the Price for Nuclear’s Clean Energy Promise?

Nuclear has been promoted as a climate solution for an energy-hungry society looking to wean itself from oil and gas. But is it as clean as advocates say? Article published by ATMOS on 7/9/25. Words by Yessenia Funes Luminograms by Marton Perlaki (The unprecedented zombie reactor restart at Palisades in Michigan is featured.) Full article…

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UPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for radiation exposure. NRC views this as an “opportunity” to “enable the…

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