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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 Accidents, Nuclear Power
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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: Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation
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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: Nuclear Power, Manufacturing and Engineering, Entergy Corporation, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Defense Equipment
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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: Nuclear Power, Manufacturing and Engineering, Entergy Corporation, Fred Upton, Defense Equipment
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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 Accidents, Nuclear Power, Lake Michigan, 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...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation
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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...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Entergy Corporation
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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 nuclear power plant back online
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- A troubled nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan is back open, one week after operators shut it down. A spokesman for the Palisades plant in Van Buren County says the facility returned to service just before 1 a.m. Friday....
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NRC reviewing leak at Palisades power plant
WSBT-TVCOVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating a leak at the Palisades nuclear plant in Van Buren County. Palisades shut down last Friday after several days of problems with the plant’s cooling water heat...Tags: Nuclear Power
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US regulators hold meeting on troubled SW Mich. nuke plant
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a public meeting next month on safety issues at southwestern Michigan's troubled Palisades power plant. The agency says the meeting is Dec. 11 at the Beach Haven Center in...
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