Online resources about Entergy's Palisades atomic reactor

Online Resources about Entergy’s Palisades Atomic Reactor (backwards chronological order; only most recent/most significant, that would fit on a single sheet!) 

1. Concerned local residents and environmental groups express concerns to NRC Chair Macfarlane about leaks & coverups at Palisades

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/9/10/concerned-local-residents-and-environmental-groups-express-c.html

2. Entergy opens new emergency ops ctr., assures it's cleaning up its act (critics beg to differ)

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/9/7/entergy-opens-new-emergency-ops-ctr-assures-its-cleaning-up.html

3. Long-awaited NRC "supplemental inspection" at problem-plagued Palisades, Sept. 17-28 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/9/4/long-awaited-nrc-supplemental-inspection-at-problem-plagued.html 

4. Markey Questions Palisades Nuclear Plant In Light of New Leak, On-going Safety Issues 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/8/31/markey-questions-palisades-nuclear-plant-in-light-of-new-lea.html 

5. Take action against Palisades atomic reactor: 9/12 NRC mtg. in South Haven; 9/13 Beyond Nuclear/Peace House talk in Kalamazoo! (extensive background on Palisades) 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/8/29/take-action-against-palisades-atomic-reactor-912-nrc-mtg-in.html

6. Entergy Nuclear's Palisades "a disaster waiting to happen"

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/8/28/entergy-nuclears-palisades-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen.html

7. Kucinich weighs in on NRC OIG investigation of Ostendorff

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/8/17/kucinich-weighs-in-on-nrc-oig-investigation-of-ostendorff.html 

8. "Crisis du jour" at Entergy Nuclear's Palisades atomic reactor

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/8/15/crisis-du-jour-at-entergy-nuclears-palisades-atomic-reactor.html 

9. “Headaches at Palisades: Broken Seals & Failed Heals,” UCS report

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nuclear_power/20100716-pal-ucs-brief-leaking-crd-seals.pdf

10. Kevin Kamps/Beyond Nuclear op-ed in Kalamazoo Gazette, “Core safety problems at Palisades”

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/08/palisades_core_problems_are_co.html

11. Resisting "Rust Belt" reactors' radioactive risks! 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/7/19/resisting-rust-belt-reactors-radioactive-risks.html

12. NRC Office of Investigations launches probe into Palisades SIRW storage tank leak 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/6/28/nrc-office-of-investigations-launches-probe-into-palisades-s.html 

13. "Inleakage is a problem" at Palisades atomic reactor

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/6/28/inleakage-is-a-problem-at-palisades-atomic-reactor.html

14. Markey to NRC: There is a crisis in the control room at the Palisades nuclear power plant 

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/6/27/markey-to-nrc-there-is-a-crisis-in-the-control-room-at-the-p.html 

15. Environmental coalition, concerned residents, met with NRC Chairman Jaczko after his tour of problem-plagued Palisades

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2012/5/26/environmental-coalition-concerned-residents-met-with-nrc-cha.html 

16. Chronicle of 2005-2007 resistance to Palisades’ 20 year license extension and sale to Entergy

http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/palisades.htm

17. May 2006 environmental coalition list of concerns submitted as part of NRC Environmental Impact Statement on Palisades’ 20 year license extension (problems have only worsened since) 

Executive summary (7 pages): http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/executivesummary051806.pdf

Full report (45 pages): http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/cntsnureg1437supplement27.pdf 

18. May 2006 Consumers Energy list of major safety repairs/replacements needed at Palisades (few if any of which have been carried out; see especially page 2) 

http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/kampsconsbrifeinf051806.htm

19. April 2006 report on Oct. 2005 near-catastrophe at Palisades’ high-level radioactive waste storage pool

http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/caskdanglesummaryreport4406.pdf

Compiled 9/11/2012. For more info: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, (240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, www.beyondnuclear.org.