A state lawmaker says communities should have a voice in the process of decommissioning nuclear power plants.
State Representative Jon Hoadley has introduced a bill that would create a new "Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel".
"What this panel would do is make sure that we're putting community voices, workers' voices who are in the plant, folks who live in the community, and of course environmental and scientific experts, in the room helping to advise and guide what the decommissioning process would look like."
The Kalamazoo Democrat says that would help people affected when plants are decommissioned have some influence on the process. Hoadley's bill is now in a State House committee. Entergy, which owns the Palisades Nuclear Plant near South Haven, says it will close in 2022.