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The Shelley Irwin Show

Michigan Palisades is back in the news

By Shelley Irwin

Published August 7, 2024 at 10:33 AM EDT

Palisades Power Plant

Muskegon’s investigative journalist/film producer/author Roger Rapoport explores why.

Michigan Palisades is back in the news. A company is aiming to restart this Michigan reactor, why the attempt, the positives, negatives and why the spending of the billions? Muskegon’s investigative journalist/film producer/author Roger Rapoport spends time on the subject.

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Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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