COVERT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Federal regulators are investigating an incident in late August at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in ...
A single fuel assembly tipped over during loading work at the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in Covert, Michigan, on ...
"There has been no radiological release and no workers or the public have been affected," an NRC spokeswoman said of the ...
The incident occurred on August 30, 2026, as Palisades entered what's known as Mode 6 refueling to load 204 fuel assemblies into the reactor core, according to Nuclear News. Loading was halted after a ...
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