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43-day shutdown ends at Palisades
COVERT, Mich. – After a 43-day shutdown, the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwest Michigan went back on line Monday. Palisades was shut down in early May after dozens of gallons of radioactive water leaked from the plant into Lake Michigan....
Tags: Nuclear Power
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Palisades could remain closed at least another month after radioactive leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down for a couple of weeks after dozens of gallon of radioactive water leaked from the plant into Lake Michigan. Last Monday, southwest Michigan Congressman toured the...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents
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UPDATE: Palisades nuclear plant shut down indefinitely
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Palisades Nuclear Power Plant will remain shut down indefinitely to guarantee it will be a safely-run facility. That was the message late Monday afternoon from southwest Michigan Congressman Fred Upton after a 2-hour...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power
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Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now
Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Defense Equipment, Nuclear Power, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Defense Equipment, Nuclear Power, Fred Upton, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Search for radioactive leak at Palisades nuclear plant
WSBT-TVVAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Government regulators and the operators of a nuclear power plant are trying to figure out why several gallons of radioactive water leaked into Lake Michigan over the weekend. The Palisades nuclear power plant remains...Tags: Nuclear Power, Lake Michigan, Nuclear Accidents, Plant Openings
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NRC commissioner, congressman to visit Palisades nuke plant
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Nuclear Regulatory Commission member and a Michigan congressman plan to visit the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, which was taken off line over a repeated water leak problem. New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. shut...
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Nuclear plant operator: "Radioactive water" no human health risk
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. – Palisades Nuclear Power plant in Covert Township was shut down again over the weekend. On Monday, a federal safety official announced 79 gallons of "very slightly radioactive water" from a leaky tank at the plant...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, Politics, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Nuclear Power
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UPDATE: Michigan House OKs bill that could allow hunting of recently-endangered wolves
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state House passed legislation Thursday that could block voters from deciding whether to halt wolf hunting in Michigan. The measure, which passed on a 72-38 vote with bipartisan support, would give the...
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Work to boost Palisades plant safety
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — More work and hundreds of hours of additional inspections are planned over the coming year to help continue improving safety at the Palisades nuclear plant in southwestern Michigan, officials said. The Nuclear...
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Palisades gets safe report
COVERT, Mich. – The much maligned Palisades Nuclear Power Plant got some good news – a safe 2012. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a study that said the Van Buren County plant operated safely last year. Two NRC inspectors are...
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Palisades nuke power plant shuts after water leak
COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Operators of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan removed it from service Sunday morning because of a water leak from a tank, which last year caused seepage into the control room. Operators...Tags: Entergy Corporation, Nuclear Power
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