Holtec was awarded 1.5 billion in a loan from the government to restart Palisades but must meet safety requirements.
Our objections are many.....
We object to reopening the embrittled, dangerous nuclear power plant, Palisades, and object to lowering safety standards. We object to building more nuclear plants, including SMNRs on the site or in any other area.
We believe that there are better, safe and renewable energy systems available that should be created instead of the cycle of nuclear waste problems.
Roadmap A Report on SMNRs in Canada
The Raising from the Dead: Palisades Nuclear Plant Public Meeting July 11th, 7/5/24
NRC Approval Moves Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Closer to Restarting, 8/1/25
Issues continue to pile up for Palisades Nuclear Plant restart, 3/13/26
Article: OPG applies for operating license for BWRX-300 SMR
World Nuclear News, as posted at https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/opg-applies-for-operating-licence-for-bwrx-300-smr
Safety-significant SNAFUS at Palisades! February 5, 2026
Newest Nuke Nightmares at Palisades, 2022-Present —
Roger Rapoport op-ed — Detroit Free Press: Michigan's risky Palisades reactor restart is behind schedule —
Watchdogs Demand NRC Block Destruction of Safety-Significant Documents at Palisades Atomic Reactor February 8, 2023
Holtec said it could restart Palisades by mid-2024:
A related press release:
Tom Junod’s remarkable article: https://www.esquire.com/newspolitics/a2878/mercenary0607/
Roger Rapoport’s podcast from spring 2024 about Palisades has some great graphic art showing the absurdity of Palisades and Van Buren State Park being next door neighbors: https://beyondnuclear.org/the-nuclear-reactor-next-door-a-podcast-about-palisades-featuring-beyond-nuclears-kevin-kamps/
White Paper Analysis, “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Double Standard: A
Historical Overview of NRC's Inspection Requirements at Millstone 1, Turkey Point, and Holtec's Palisades”
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Double Standard: A Historical Overview of NRC’s Inspection Requirements at Millstone 1, Turkey Point and Holtec’s Palisades
Prepared by Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer, Fairewinds,
Expert Witness for Don’t Waste Michigan, et al.
Articles on Palisades, SMNR's & More
Explanation:
There are 380 pressure tubes in a Canadian CANDU reactor, with reactor fuel bundles end to end inside. Each one of these pressure tubes becomes highly radioactive through a combination of activation and contamination.
The Calandria shell is the reactor vessel that holds all the pressure tubes and the fuel.
The thermal shield is constructed from 4.5 inch thick steel liner plates inside the calandra to absorb radiation and heat from the core, and to protect the surrounding concrete “biological shield” that is about five feet thick. The biological shield protects workers from the most inet=tense gamma rays and fas neutrons.
The dump tank is a metal holding tank underneath the cores of the four Pickering A reactors so that – in the event of an emergency – the heavy water moderator can be “dumped” into that tank, thereby stopping the nuclear chain reaction and – it was once hopes – preventing the self-destruction of the core.
Audit of DOE Nuclear Energy contract for NuScale shows mismanagement.
SMRs Explained: Why Small Modular Reactors Are So Controversial.
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