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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BOB ALVAREZ, PRESENTE! Remembrance by a U.S. Senate colleague

BOB ALVAREZ, PRESENTE! Remembrance by a U.S. Senate colleague Michael Slater, a former co-worker of Bob Alvarez on the staff of U.S. Senator John Glenn, has published an appreciation in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, after Bob’s death on July 1st. Slater included a link to Bob’s prolific Bulletin contributions, including an article he…

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ZOMBIE NUKE?! Our legal resistance mounts

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] ZOMBIE NUKE?! Our legal resistance mounts On July 15, our environmental coalition appealed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners regarding the NRC Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board’s (ASLB) ruling against our new and amended environmental contentions in the…

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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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Learn more about anti-nuke work in New Mexico!

[Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, co-founder of Alliance for Environmental Strategies (AFES). The design incorporates the shape of the state, its turqoise and gold colors, as well as the Zia Pueblo sun symbol, which also appears on the state flag.] On July 16, 2025 — the 80th annual commemoration of Trinity, and the 46th…

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Trump DOGE to NRC: “rubber stamp” nuclear power

On July 14, 2025, E&ENews by Politico featured a news story with the headline “DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear.”  The Politico article explains that President Trump implanted a representative from the White House executive branch of his US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to execute White House Executive Orders to “reform” the US…

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UPDATE: STOP EO radiation health menace

Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), at their public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, that science demonstrates radiation exposure is always harmful. Registration required. The NRC is taking 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 (starting…

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SMOKING GUN: 3 Years Since Holtec Con Job

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Beginning in 2020, Holtec perpetrated a bait and switch trick at Palisades on Lake Michigan. Promising to decommission the half-century old, perpetually problem-plagued reactor after Entergy shut it for good on 5/20/22, Holtec instead applied to the…

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