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Palisades employees answer questions from residents at open house in South Haven
... HAVEN, MI -- More than a dozen employees from Entergy, the owner and operator of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, took questions from the public at an open house on Tuesday evening . Anna Rajter said she owns the Hotel Nichols in ... Comment?
'Freshwater Boys' author Adam Schuitema will participate in ...
... Kinship: One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith," by Anna-Lisa Cox, as June's choice. In the 1860s, Covert, Mich., decided to embrace racial equality -- even though it would have to break the law to do so. For July, readers chose a mystery ... Comment?
Protesters Outside Of Palisades 'I Don't Feel Safe'
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The band aid fixes aren't working, that's what protesters are saying outside of the Palisades power plant in Covert. Comment?
Upton: Cause of nuke plant leak found, being fixed
... repairs to prevent a repeat. The St. Joseph Republican spoke Monday after touring the plant in Van Buren County's Covert Township, 80 miles east-northeast of Chicago, New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. idled the plant May 5 after operators found a tank ... Comment?
... second time in two years, the welds on a nozzle in the bottom of a tank filled with irradiated water cracked at the Covert Township nuclear power plant. They had to drain the 300-thousand gallon tank, which they could only do with the reactor shut ... Comment?
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert
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... about 80 gallons of highly diluted, radioactive water into Lake Michigan continues to keep the Palisades plant near Covert off-line. The leak, which was first spotted last June and reemerged nine days ago, is the latest in a series of shutdowns of ... Comment?
Congressman inspects nuclear plant problem
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COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Company managers and government regulators say Palisades Nuclear Power Plant near South Haven will not return to service until a radioactive leak is fixed and inspectors say it's safe. Comment?
Small crack found in tank at Palisades nuclear plant; inspection still ongoing, executives say
... "The NRC is the strong hand here," said Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who toured the Covert Township plant Monday with Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Kristine Svinicki. Previously, Upton had called the May 4 leak of ... Comment?
Kalamazoo Today: Bike to Work Day; Medieval Congress continues
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... Mlive.com/kalamazoo for poll results later today. epresentatives will take questions about the nuclear power plant in Covert Township from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Beach Haven Event Center in South Haven. reveal episode is being revealed on Wednesday. ... Comment?
Upton, NRC Commissioner to Inspect Palisades Plant Today
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Congressman Fred Upton of St. Joseph will accompany Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Kristine Svinicki in a tour of the Palisades plant near Covert this afternoon. Comment?
NRC commissioner, congressman to visit Palisades nuke plant
... ntered Lake Michigan, but the NRC says there's no health risk. Palisades is along Lake Michigan in Van Buren County's Covert Township. It has had nine shutdowns since September 2011. Comment?
A timeline of incidents at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant since 2007
... from Consumers Energy in 2007 for $380 million. The one-reactor plant, which is located along Lake Michigan in Covert Township, supplies about 20 percent of the utility's power. The facility came online in 1971 and its license runs until 2031. Below ... Comment?
Congressman Upton will tour Palisades Plant in Covert Township after lastest ...
The latest incident at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant was written off as a minor leak by Entergy and by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Comment?
Palisades nuclear plant needs permanent fix, says director of Union...
... called for a permanent repair to the leaking safety injection refueling water tank that caused a shutdown at the Covert Township facility May 5. Palisades remained offline Friday as inspectors and employees worked to locate the source of the leak ... Comment?
Radioactive Water Spilled Into Lake Michigan By Nuclear Plant
... Regulatory Commission spokeswoman said Monday. The plant is 80 miles east-northeast of Chicago in Van Buren County's Covert Township. It's been under heightened Nuclear Regulatory Commission attention because of a series of breakdown over two years. ... Comment?
Congressman Upton and Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner to tour Palisades on Monday
... Power Plant on Monday , U.S. Rep. Fred Upton's office announced May 8. She will be the third commissioner to tour the Covert Township facility since last May. The federal agency is charged with overseeing nuclear reactor safety and security. ... Comment?
Congressman Says Nuclear Plant Situation Is 'Unacceptable'
... fix a persistent water leak that triggered a weekend shutdown. Palisades is along Lake Michigan in Van Buren County's Covert Township, 80 miles east-northeast of Chicago. It's had nine shutdowns since September 2011. The Nuclear Regulatory ... Comment?
NRC commissioner, congressman to visit nuke plant
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... over a repeated water leak problem. FILE - In this June 24, 2010 photo, the Palisades nuclear power plant, located in Covert Township, Mich., is seen. On Sunday, May 5, 2013, the plant's operators said a water leak led them to take it off line. The ... Comment?
Congressman Upton expresses concern about safety at Palisades Nuclear
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... Nuclear Power Plant that critics of the facility have been complaining about for years. He says he thinks the Covert Township reactor should remain off-line until the tank is replaced or permanently fixed. It's been leaking for nearly two years at ... Comment?
Upton Says Palisades needs to Have Leaking Tank Re...
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... Nuclear Power Plant that critics of the facility have been complaining about for years. He says he thinks the Covert Township reactor should remain off-line until the tank is replaced or permanently fixed. It's been leaking for nearly two years at ... Comment?