Press Statement re: $400 Million DOE Bailout for “SMRs” at Palisades

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] {Michigan Advance has reported on this story. Kyle Davidson’s article is entitled “Amid safety concerns, Whitmer touts $400 million in federal funds for new reactors at Palisades.”} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate releaseContact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive…

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NRC ACRS to Discuss Palisades’ Degraded Steam Generators, Dec. 4, 8:30am ET

[Photo, looking from the top downwards, of tubes in a typical steam generator at a pressurized water reactor — not Palisades. Holtec’s self-inflicted steam generator tube degradation risks a release of hazardous ionizing radioactivity into the environment, or even a full-blown reactor core meltdown, at the 60-year old (designed in the mid-1960s, ground broken for…

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Rest in Power, James “Jim” Heddle (Aug. 1940- Nov. 2025)

November 25, 2025 Message from the San Onofre Syndrome Team: It is with deep sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we share the passing of James Heddle, award-winning filmmaker, co-director of EON Ecological Options Network, and the anchor, along with Mary Beth, of Team SOS. The inimitable Jim Heddle was a creative genius and…

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ZAP! Zombies Against Palisades Halloween Protest Rally

{Michigan Advance, WMUK (West Michigan’s NPR station), and WORT (89.9 FM, Madison, WI community radio) have reported on this story.} NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Kalamazoo, Michigan, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Michael J. Keegan, chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, Michigan, [email protected] Opponents to Protest Holtec’s Unprecedented…

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HOLTEC SNAFUS

[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps.] HOLTEC SNAFUS Worker falls into reactor On October 21, a Palisades employee fell into the flooded reactor cavity, as Holtec continues racing at breakneck speed towards unprecedented restart of the 3.5 years closed nuclear plant by year…

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The Hill publishes Beyond Nuclear op-ed

[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels.] An op-ed authored by Beyond Nuclear’s radioactive waste specialist, Kevin Kamps, has been published in The Hill. Entitled “New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever,” the op-ed focuses on Holtec’s schemes at Palisades in Michigan as a microcosm of the company’s, and the…

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ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks

ZOMBIE NUKES?! ACRS ignores Palisades’ restart risks The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) has written to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman, capitulating to Holtec and NRC staff, on recently expressed concerns by at least one ACRS member, regarding steam generator tube degradation at the Palisades atomic reactor in Michigan. This came despite our…

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