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11am ET, 2/12 NRC ASLB hearings re: Palisades restart, with listen-only call-in phone line
[Holtec’s Palisades atomic reactor, located in Covert Township, south of South Haven, in Van Buren County, southwest Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline.] NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste specialist, Beyond Nuclear, [email protected], (240) 462-3216 Michael Keegan, Don’t Waste Michigan, [email protected], (734) 770-1441 (Media reporters wishing to speak with…
Read MoreBiden administration bailouts for Palisades reactor restart under threat from Trump?
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It graced the cover of The Nation magazine in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti, about the Bush/Cheney attempted nuclear power relapse at that time. In fact, the $1.52 billion nuclear loan guarantee awarded Holtec by DOE for Palisades’ restart, below, was authorized by the Energy Policy…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKE?! Legal resistance; bailouts in doubt
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Beyond Nuclear and our allies have resisted the leading closed-reactor-restart, at Holtec’s Palisades in Michigan, for nearly three years. Our environmental coalition has intervened against it, and will have a “day in court” at the Nuclear…
Read MoreMI nuke slated to restart, but Trump could complicate things
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] As reported by Izzy Ross at Grist. She quotes Beyond Nuclear: Kevin Kamps, a radioactive waste specialist with the group Beyond Nuclear, thinks the Palisades restart is ill-advised. “This is unprecedented risk taking that they’re talking about…
Read MoreBeyond Nuclear annual report
The Beyond Nuclear Annual Report for 2024, a brief overview of some of the highlights of our work last year, is now available for download here. The annual report focuses on our work to stop extreme reactor license renewals; to draw attention to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s reckless decision to ignore the likely impacts of…
Read MoreTrump’s attack on Biden’s IRA spending could complicate Palisades restart effort
[“Burning Money” image by Gene Case/Avenging Angels. It was featured on the cover of The Nation in 2003, accompanying an article by Christian Parenti, critical of the Bush/Cheney administration nuclear power relapse then underway.] As reported by Tom Henry at the Toledo Blade. However, the article is behind a paywall. Trump’s executive order regarding the…
Read MoreRural energy co-op in northern Michigan wants nuclear revival
[The Palisades atomic reactor, located in Covert Twp., Van Buren County, southwest Michigan, on the Lake Michigan shoreline.] As reported by Izzy Ross at Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. The coverage focuses on the Wolverine rural electric cooperative’s role in the Palisades zombie reactor restart scheme, namely as Power Purchase Agreement purchaser. Beyond Nuclear…
Read MoreAmicus Briefs opposing CISFs filed at SCOTUS
[Photo of NRC environmental scoping public comment meeting in Andrews, TX in Feb. 2017, re: Waste Control Specialists’ (later renamed Interim Storage Partners) CISF license application, compliments of No Nuclear Waste Aqui and SEED Coalition.] Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 was the deadline for opponents of so-called “Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities” (CISFs) to submit Friend of…
Read MorePalisades restart: Wed., Feb. 12 ASLBP virtual oral argument pre-hearings, 11am ET, with listen-only call-in line for public/media
[Please note that the time and format for this pre-hearing have been changed. Although the pre-hearing will be held on the same date as previously announced, Wednesday, February 12th, the start time has been changed to 11am Eastern Time (It had previously been 8:30am ET). In addition, the pre-hearing will no longer be held in-person.…
Read MoreZOMBIE NUKE? Holtec’s 2 Years of Neglect!
[Photo of a steam generator in a pressurized water reactor. The photo is taken from the top, looking down. The exceedingly thin-walled steam generator tubes at Palisades are only 0.042 inches thick to begin with; many are significantly cracked, risking through-wall failure.] For nearly three years, Beyond Nuclear and environmental allies have resisted the unprecedented…
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