Feds downgrade Mich. nuclear plant over safety

 

Published: February 14, 2012

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators said Tuesday that safety violations at the Palisades nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan had led them to downgrade the plant to a status held by just two others in the U.S.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission assigns the more than 100 nuclear reactors in the U.S. to one of five categories based on their safety performance. Most are in the top-performing group...


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