“The U.S. nuclear power regulator said on Wednesday that inspections found issues at the Palisades nuclear reactor in Michigan that owner Holtec wants to restart…’Preliminary results identified a large number of steam generator tubes with indications that require further analysis and/or repair,’ a notice on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s website said…
Alan Blind, engineering director at the plant from 2006 to 2013, estimated on Wednesday that repairs to the steam generators would cost over $500 million and add two to three years to any restart. Edwin Lyman, a physicist and a nuclear safety expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said more needs to be known about the plant’s condition. “The public deserves the unvarnished truth … before more taxpayer and ratepayer dollars are poured down what could be a very deep rathole,” he said.” –
Palisades is an unfit replacement for Campbell, especially for the next several years.