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As Holtec International Plans to Restart The Palisades Reactor, Next Door Neighbors Bruce and Karen Speak Out.
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Palisades Nuclear Power plant’s next door neighbors Bruce and Karen Davis, live in the Palisades Park residential community near South Haven, Michigan. The Davis home is less than 2500 feet south of the Palisades Reactor containment building.Karen, her mother and sister are all victims of thyroid cancer. There are 205 homes in Palisades Park.
The concerning numbers of cancer cases in the Palisades community are discussed in this podcast.
The Davis family and other long time residents, have serious safety concerns about Holtec International’s plan to restart the controversial reactor in 2025. Working together, they have done an independent health survey of their neighborhood with the assistance of epidemiologist Joseph Mangano MPH, MBA and Executive Director of the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP). Results are still coming in. During this Nuclear Reactor Next Door episode Bruce and Karen preview the results with host Roger Rapoport. Mangano is featured in episode eight of the Nuclear Reactor Next Door podcast series. Bruce and Karen are also co-petitioners to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for Rule Making: Returning Decommissioned Reactors to Operating Status.
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