MI Nuke Resurgence: Potential Health Impacts?

[Photo above shows the Palisades atomic reactor during its previous operational phase (notice steam rising from cooling towers), Covert Township, Van Buren County, southwest Michigan, view facing east. The Palisades Park County Club, a 120-year old resort community of 200 cottages, is to the immediate right, to the south, sharing the fence line.]

“A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts? Michiganders who reside near the Palisades nuclear plant had increased thyroid cancer rates, study shows. As the plant prepares to reopen this year, residents want updated safety and health protocols,” as reported on Feb. 28, 2025, by Carrie Klein at Inside Climate News.