Nuclear Power

FEMA@PALISADES Rushed Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) The Federal Emergency Management Agency held a public meeting in southwest Michigan about re-establishing emergency preparedness/evacuation planning (EP) at the long closed Palisades atomic reactor on Lake Michigan’s shore. On July 11, 2022, Holtec successfully requested the Nuclear Regulatory Commission exempt Palisades from EP requirements, as the reactor had…

[Photo of typical steam generator (SG) tubes, looking from the top downward.] On August 5, 2025, a three-administrative judge (or -hearing examiner) panel of the Atomic Safety (sic) and Licensing Board (ASLB) ruled against our environmental coalition’s intervention petition regarding severe steam generator (SG) tube degradation at the Palisades atomic reactor in Covert Township, on…

Here is Nuclear Hotseat Podcast host Libbe HaLevy’s write up: Arnie Gundersen is a nuclear engineer, whistleblower, and green energy advocate who has been a consulting expert on many nuclear reactor issues, including the shut down of the San Onofre nuclear facility in southern California. Here, he explains the problems with the planned restart of…

[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:…

[“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…

[Photo by Gabriela Bulišová, of participants at the Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Action Camp in August 2000, at Van Buren State Park, immediately north of the Palisades atomic reactor. Banner by Laura Bulow of NEIS. The steam from Palisades, and the water of Lake Michigan, are visible in the background.] {July 26, 2025 updates — Additional…

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, MI, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, [email protected] Terry Lodge, Esq., Toledo, OH, [email protected] Wallace Taylor,…

[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…

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.