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Hello community!
We hope you all are staying warm and cozy and that you have been enjoying the winter holiday season in your own ways. So far, so good, here at headquarters but, as a reminder, DTE has Michigan ranking as the second worst state in the country for recovering from power outages. We are expecting a very precipitous winter this season so make sure you are prepared before a potential emergency. Here is a list of tips for what to do before, during, and after a winter outage.
2026 marks the 12th year of our newsletters! As always, a big thank you to our elder Grandmother Jessie for her unyielding watchdogging as she writes our monthly newsletter and monitors Fermi 2. Check it out for updates on the power plant, news both local and national on the nuclear front, and educational resources!
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The Christmas That Created CRAFT
This past Christmas marked the 32nd anniversary of the accident that sparked the formation of CRAFT. The Christmas Day 1993 incident at Fermi 2resulted in radioactive release due to damage to one of the main turbines. This subsequently dumped 1.5 million gallons of untreated toxic, radioactive water into Lake Erie. As a tiny powerhouse of concerned citizens, we were active until 2001 when key members left the area. The Fukushima accident in 2011 brought the danger of the Mark 1 nuclear reactors back to the forefront and, after much soul-searching on the part of our elders, the decision to revive CRAFT was made. In 2012, several original members of CRAFT held a meeting to revive Citizens’ Resistance at Fermi 2 to raise awareness of DTE’s need to phase out their nuclear reactor and replace it with sustainable energy.
And, we’ve been at it ever since! Thank you all, both long-standing allies and new friends, for continuing to support us from near and far.
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Saline Marine Brings the Fight to DTE’s Data Center
The miasma of the artificial intelligence industry continues to lurk around every corner, and the current heads of the hydra are popping up with proposed plans for data centers across Michigan. In the case of Saline Township, one resident has taken a stand by filing against the data center threatening to be built next to her farm. Kathryn Haushalter, a US marine, is charging the Township with cutting deals with Related Digital, the company behind this particular data center. The Open Meetings Act prohibits the signing of deals behind closed doors, and she is taking them to task. State government seems split over the issue as Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been supporting data centers as she rubs elbows with DTE, while Attorney General Dana Nessel has been an ongoing opponent of the infamously sketchy energy company. Stay tuned for further updates!
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Net Zero Without Nuclear
As data companies keep pushing AI and the consequent need for nuclear power to fuel their data centers, we would like to share information that Beyond Nuclear has compiled to dispel one of the myths of the industry: nuclear energy can help us achieve Net Zero. Net Zero is the point at which global greenhouse emissions are balanced by the removal of emissions from the atmosphere, aka we are removing an equal amount of pollution that we are putting out. A major myth about the nuclear industry is that it is carbon-neutral and is a source of “green energy”. This is wildly inaccurate and the nuclear fuel chain in its entirety is a massive environmental threat. Uranium mining destroys the land and exposes the environment and all local life to toxic radiation. Transportation of fuel and waste is always at risk of accidents and potential attacks. While energy companies may cite carbon neutrality at the power plants, many other facets of the fuel chain are active carbon emitters (see: mining equipment and transport vehicles). A Net Zero future is not radioactive. Do not fall for nuclear propaganda.
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Thanks for supporting us and a safer world powered by renewables.
We’re in this together!
Peace and Safety,
The CRAFT Team
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Citizen's Resistance At Fermi Two (CRAFT) is an Indigenous-led, grassroots, organization, committed to an accessible, fair, and just energy future for all! CRAFT originally formed after the Christmas Day 1993 incident at the Fermi2 nuclear reactor that dumped 1.5 million gallons of untreated toxic, radioactive water into Lake Erie. We will continue to push for the closing of Fermi2, and for a safer world powered by renewables.
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