Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down
A new water leak is forcing operators of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Southwest Michigan to shut it down. Michigan Radio’s Lindsey Smith reports:
This is the second time this summer the plant has had to shut down for repairs. The plant shut down to refuel in April, which is normal. But then a water leak caused the plant to shut back down just a few weeks later. Those repairs took a month and in mid-July the plant returned to service. But that’s when a Palisades spokesman says they discovered a different water leak – this time in the building that holds the nuclear reactor. The leak got as bad at 18 gallons an hour before operators shut it back down again this weekend. The spokesman says there has been “no release of radioactivity in the environment.” The plant is under more scrutiny because it has one of the worst safety ratings in the country.
Voting Citizens
Michigan’s Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says she’s asked the federal government to help her purge the state’s voter rolls of non-citizens. “She says there could be a lot of non-citizens registered to vote in the state.That's because for about 3 decades, the federal government required secretaries of state to register people without asking if they were citizens. Johnson says the federal government is helping Colorado and Florida boot non-citizens off its rolls, and she hopes Michigan will be next in line,” Tracy Samilton reports.
EM for Allen Park?
The team responsible for reviewing Allen Park's finances says Gov. Snyder should appoint an emergency manager to run the city southwest of Detroit, the Associated Press reports. “The review team cited the city's deficit, $1 million in delinquent vendor payments, delayed pension payments and significant cash flow shortages. The city also had not filed an approved deficit-elimination plan for the 2011 fiscal year. The review team also determined City Council is "manifestly dysfunctional." Spokeswoman Sara Wurfel says Snyder has 30 days to make a decision,” the AP reports.
