What are they building at Fermi 2?

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We hope you all are staying safe and healthy as temperatures are dropping. We are seeing fall colors now in our foliage here in Southeast Michigan, a beautiful farewell before we enter our long winter!

More news coming in from the desk of Grandmother Jessie Collins about new materials and money coming in for nuclear power plants and data centers, as well as information from Beyond Nuclear about the waste leaving our power plants. Check it out!

Suspicious Storage of Fermi 2 Components

DTE owns land and a storage spot at 8001 Haggerty Road, Belleville, MI entitled Western Wayne Service Center (WWSC) and they have applied to the Michigan Department of Energy, Great Lakes, Environment (EGLE) to expand the area and create a high-risk area to store Fermi “components” but no explanation of what those components would be.

The expansion covers wetlands, which DTE states will be made environment friendly by leaving a four-inch gap at the bottom for frogs and snakes to pass through. Twenty-foot blank spaces of wetlands sacrificed around the fence.

Benefits for the Van Buren Data Center Vetoed

This hyperscale data center project called "Project Cannoli" would be a massive 282-acre computer facility planned east of Haggerty Road and north of the I-94 North Service Drive. It is projected to use between 2 million and 3.6 million gallons of water per day and one gigawatt of power. Van Buren Township officials approved $125 million in tax incentives in late May. However, Wayne County Executive Warren Evans has vetoed the proposed tax incentives and a community benefits agreement for this plan.

The Problems with Nuclear Waste Storage

We’re resharing with you an important resource from Beyond Nuclear about nuclear waste storage. As of 2025, about 90,000 metric tons of highly radioactive and toxic nuclear waste (or “spent fuel”) generated at commercial nuclear power reactors sit at U.S. reactor sites, waiting for a permanent disposal solution. Each year, an additional 2,000 more metric tons are generated.

Nuclear waste cannot be stored safely on the Earth’s surface for the millions of years it remains dangerous. Deep geologic disposal is the most effective strategy for providing long-term protection of human health and the environment from contact with this extremely hazardous material.

 CRAFT October 2026 Newsletter & Insert 

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Peace and Safety,

The CRAFT Team

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