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Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant
LILLE: A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #ÉlectricitédeFrance #EDF #nuclearplant
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Japan scandal-hit nuclear plant operator head to resign: reports
TOKYO: The president of a Japanese nuclear plant operator will step down following a quake data-tampering scandal, local…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Japanese #nuclearplant
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HT @waltbaldwin
NextEra secures US loan of up to $1.9 billion for restart of #Iowa #nuclearPlant
By Reuters
September 8, 2026Excerpt: "Iowa's lone nuclear plant, the #DuaneArnoldEnergyCenter, closed in 2020 after operating for 45 years. Operations are scheduled to resume in early 2029."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #NextEra #Holtec #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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A #Michigan #NuclearPlant shut down for good is being switched back on for #AI power
Story by Everett Sloane, September 6, 2026
"A nuclear plant on the shore of Lake Michigan that shut down for good four years ago is now weeks or months away from producing electricity again, in what would be the first time in American history a retired commercial reactor has been brought back online. #Palisades #Nuclear Generating Station, in #CovertTownship, Michigan, ceased operating in 2022 after Entergy concluded it no longer made economic sense to keep running. Its new owner, #HoltecInternational, is now racing to restart it, betting that the same wave of electricity demand from artificial intelligence #datacenters reshaping the U.S. power grid can justify resurrecting a plant that was, until recently, on a path toward permanent teardown. The attempt is being closely watched across the utility industry because more than a dozen other reactors were permanently retired nationwide over the past decade, and each one is a potential candidate for the same kind of revival if Palisades proves it can be done safely and on budget."
#AISucks #AIDatacenters #NoNukesForAI #NoNukes #Holtec #PalisadesNuclearPlant #PalisadesNPP #WaterIsLife #LakeMichigan #RethinkNotRestart #AIBoom 💥
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Hungary nuclear plant to shut due to low water level in Danube
Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, which generates nearly half the country's electricity, faces its first-ever shutdown in 44 years as record-low Danube water levels threaten cooling capacity during a heatwave. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Hungary #Paks #NuclearPower #Danube #EnergyCrisis #Heatwave #PeterMagyar #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EuropeNews #ClimateChange #Drought #NuclearPlant #HungaryNews #EnergyNews…
https://fllics.com/en/video/hungary-nuclear-plant-to-shut-due-to-low-water-level-in-danube/
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Hungary nuclear plant to shut due to low water level in Danube
Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, which generates nearly half the country's electricity, faces its first-ever shutdown in 44 years as record-low Danube water levels threaten cooling capacity during a heatwave. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Hungary #Paks #NuclearPower #Danube #EnergyCrisis #Heatwave #PeterMagyar #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EuropeNews #ClimateChange #Drought #NuclearPlant #HungaryNews #EnergyNews…
https://fllics.com/en/video/hungary-nuclear-plant-to-shut-due-to-low-water-level-in-danube/
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Hungary nuclear plant to shut due to low water level in Danube
Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, which generates nearly half the country's electricity, faces its first-ever shutdown in 44 years as record-low Danube water levels threaten cooling capacity during a heatwave. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Hungary #Paks #NuclearPower #Danube #EnergyCrisis #Heatwave #PeterMagyar #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EuropeNews #ClimateChange #Drought #NuclearPlant #HungaryNews #EnergyNews…
https://fllics.com/en/video/hungary-nuclear-plant-to-shut-due-to-low-water-level-in-danube/
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Hungary nuclear plant to shut due to low water level in Danube
Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, which generates nearly half the country's electricity, faces its first-ever shutdown in 44 years as record-low Danube water levels threaten cooling capacity during a heatwave. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Hungary #Paks #NuclearPower #Danube #EnergyCrisis #Heatwave #PeterMagyar #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EuropeNews #ClimateChange #Drought #NuclearPlant #HungaryNews #EnergyNews…
https://fllics.com/en/video/hungary-nuclear-plant-to-shut-due-to-low-water-level-in-danube/
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Irã adverte EUA sobre ataque à usina nuclear e pede que ONU condene ação
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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Russia increasingly targets Ukraine’s cities with cluster munitions, raising civilian toll — [vlog,video] Failed US peace effort left Ukraine worse off, expert argues — Military aid delays will ‘encourage Russia to continue war — Russia cannot launch 500 drones every day … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/thursday-july-3-2025/
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Risky Revival: How #Michigan’s #Palisades #NuclearPlant could impact agriculture
While state leaders champion the Palisades reopening as an energy solution, local farmers remain divided over the potential threats to their land and water.
by S. Nicole Lane, for Investigate Midwest December 10, 2024COVERT, Michigan — "The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, long synonymous with safety lapses and regulatory oversight, is poised for an unprecedented comeback under Michigan Gov. #GretchenWhitmer’s plan to reopen the shuttered plant by 2025 — the first attempt of its kind in U.S. history.
"However, in this robust agricultural region, there are fears about how reopening a problematic plant could impact area farmers and the food they produce.
"Approximately 6,362 farms are within 50 miles of Palisades. In Van Buren County alone, where the plant is located, there are 838 farms. Michigan’s southwestern corner, home to 80% of the state’s farms, is often called the 'blueberry capital of the world.'
"'A leak (and) this 150-year-old farm is done,' said Bill Adams, who runs Adams Blueberry Farms in Hartford, Michigan, 16 miles south of the plant. 'Why would they restart something that old and sitting this long?'
"Opened in 1971, Palisades, which is located along #LakeMichigan, once generated 5% of Michigan’s electricity, enough to power 800,000 homes. But a litany of mechanical issues plagued its operations for decades.
"In 2013, the plant leaked 79 gallons of diluted #RadioactiveWater into Lake Michigan, forcing a five-week shutdown — its ninth closure in just two years.
"Federal regulators repeatedly flagged the plant for safety concerns, from undetected #RadiationExposure among employees in 2008 to persistent cracks in its 300,000-gallon storage tank that leaked for over a decade. In 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) described Palisades as having some of the worst cases of nuclear fuel container weakening in the nation.
"The plant was permanently shut down on May 31, 2022, with its owners citing financial and safety concerns. But just months later, Whitmer announced a plan to revive Palisades, reigniting debates over the risks and benefits of #NuclearEnergy in a state still grappling with its troubled legacy.
"Typically, after 40 years, a nuclear power plant is closed and undergoes a complex decommissioning process that can take up to 30 years to complete. Globally, the only plants that have reopened are in Japan.
"#Holtec Decommissioning International bought Palisades in 2022 with the goal of dismantling it. Now, with Whitmer’s support, they have since decided to reopen the plant, something Holtec has never done.
"Neither Holtec nor Whitmer’s office responded to multiple requests for comment. "
#NoNukes #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #RethinkNotRestart #RenewablesNow #Holtec #HoltecLies #USPol #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #NuclearPowerPlants
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#Biden’s $1.5 Billion Deal To Resurrect A #NuclearPlant Is Facing Fresh Drama
Story by Alexander C. Kaufman
August 9, 2024"The United States’ effort to reverse the permanent shutdown of a nuclear station for the first time hit a potential snag this week when an ex-employee at the facility went public with safety concerns about reopening the 53-year-old power plant.
"Now the company that owns the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on Michigan’s southwest coast is hitting back at what it called a series of “assumptions” and “inaccurate statements” from Alan Blind, a former engineering director.
"Blind’s seven-year tenure overlapped with “a period when the plant performed poorly and required significant improvements” and ended nearly a decade before its closure two years ago, according to Florida-based #Holtec International, which bought the station from utility giant #Entergy following its shutdown in May 2022.
"In an unusually pointed 1,000-word rebuttal, Holtec said “significant investments, upgrades, and modifications were made by the prior owner to dramatically and measurably improve plant reliability” in the nine years after Blind’s departure. The company said the process is “on schedule” and announced at a public meeting this month that the plant is on track to reopen in October 2025.
"But Blind cast doubt on Holtec’s proposed budget and timeline for restoring #Palisades given that no U.S. reactor has ever come back online after ceasing operations ahead of a planned demolition.
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"The money is going out. In January, the Biden administration put up $1.1 billion to keep California’s last nuclear power station [#DiabloCanyon] from closing. Two months later, the Department of Energy offered Holtec a loan worth $1.5 billion to make Palisades the first U.S. nuclear plant to ever come back online after shutting down in preparation for decommissioning.
"At least two other utilities are now considering restarting shuttered nuclear reactors, including the unit at the #ThreeMileIsland facility in Pennsylvania that did not melt down in 1979.
"On Monday, Reuters cited Blind saying the Palisades plant received waivers from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that exempted the facility from modern safety standards that prevent insulation on pipes from breaking down and clogging cooling systems, guard against #earthquakes and curb risks from #fires."
#RethinkNotRestart #RenewablesNow #NoNukes #PalisadesNuclearPlant #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #Michigan #WaterIsLife
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Closed #NuclearPlant’s readiness to restart focus of next public meeting
By Sheri McWhirter
Published: Jul. 26, 2024, 8:59 a.m.BENTON HARBOR, MI – "Federal regulators, next week, will be part of a public meeting on the restart of the #Palisades Nuclear Power Plant.
"The chairperson of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently told Congress the nuclear plant along Lake Michigan near South Haven may be generating electricity again by August 2025. Officials with the agency are expected to talk more about that at a Thursday, Aug. 1 public meting in Benton Harbor.
"The meeting will be in Grand Upton Hall at Lake Michigan College, but there also will be online and telephone options to participate.
"This is the first time in American history that the repowering of a nuclear power plant is being considered after the facility began decommissioning.
"The nuclear plant restart effort recently received a $1.52 billion federal loan guarantee from the federal Department of Energy as part of national efforts to maintain the existing nuclear power fleet to provide carbon-free energy and ultimately fight climate change. Michigan contributed $300 million to the effort.
"The coming meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m. and run until 9 p.m.
How to participate:
Attend in person at the Grand Upton Hall, Lake Michigan College, 2755 E. Napier Ave., in Benton Harbor.
Find the link to attend the virtual option [linked below].
Telephone into the meeting by calling 301-576-2978, using conference ID 110229600, and passcode 110229600#."Officials from #Holtec International, the company that owns the 1970s-era nuclear plant, also will make a presentation about ongoing restart-related efforts.
"The public will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments following the presentations by the #NRC and Holtec. Those attending in person will be granted priority to speak."
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg?do=details&Code=20240943
#PublicMeeting #RethinkNotRestart
#NoNukes #WaterIsLife
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And the #BidenAdministration should give #Holtec more money to restart #PalisadesNuclearPlant? Ummmm...
#NRC Fines #Holtec Once Again - Red Flags for #OysterCreek
January 28, 2022
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"Holtec Decommission International was fined again by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Holtec agreed to pay a $50,000 fine after the plant’s armorer #falsified documents at the #OysterCreekNuclearPlant in #LaceyTownship. According to the NRC investigation, the agency found that the plant’s armorer failed to perform mandatory firearms inspections and falsified related records. This is the second fine in two months for Holtec. In December, the company agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty for security related violations, however this time neither NRC nor Holtec disclosed the details of the violation due to the sensitivity of it.
“This is the second time in two months that Holtec has been fined for security related violations for the former Oyster Creek #NuclearPlant. It's the latest red flag in a series of red flags when it comes to Holtec. These violations should be an alarm bell going off for NRC not just to hold Holtec accountable, but to intervene in Holtec’s security and management of the site. It’s good that NRC conducted investigations and penalized Holtec, however that is clearly not enough, as this continues to happen,' said Anjuli Ramos-Busot, New Jersey Director of the Sierra Club.
"The public is concerned about Holtec’s plan to move still-hot nuclear waste out of water pools and into dry cask storage in half the usual time, typically 5 years. They claim their casts are proprietary and have not disclosed details about their design to the public. Until the rods are out of the spent-fuel pools and put into dry cask storage, the plant is extremely vulnerable. If there is a power outage, storm surge, or flood, the rods could melt down and create serious public health and environmental damage.
“The NRC and New Jersey must make sure there is proper oversight and to ensure Holtec is following safety protocols. This area is impacted by sea-level rise and climate change. During Sandy, the floodwaters came up onto the site at Oyster Creek. Storing nuclear waste in a site that already presents safety flaws is incredibly dangerous. If Holtec isn’t storing nuclear rods correctly, it could lead to major public health and environmental problems. That is why we need to make sure Holtec is not cutting corners [because as we all know, Holtec gets to keep what it doesn't spend] and will ensure transparency,' said Anjuli Ramos-Busot, New Jersey Director of the Sierra Club."
https://www.sierraclub.org/new-jersey/blog/2022/01/nrc-fines-holtec-once-again-red-flags-for-oyster-creek
#NuclearPlants #Holtec #NRCViolations #RethinkNotRestart #HoltecLies #RenewablesNow