Thread: Nebraska Nuclear Plant at Level 4 Alert

My goodness I have not heard anything about this...I get a lot of emails and email letters from lots of places each day and nothing has been mentioned...why would the news media not mention this? This is important and people should be aware...

Arnie Gundersen - Nebraska Nuclear Plant: Emergency Level 4 & Getting Worse (3 of 3)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lva5N9VpAgw

Kathyet

Originally Posted by Mayday

This is the first this Nebraskan has heard of this. The daily paper we subscribe to had nothing about it.

That's the first clue that most of this isn't real.
The second clue is that only one newspaper in Hawaii is covering it.
They would be evacuating people, or at least preparing to evacuate people.
And the media would be all over it if it were real. IMO

At the link for the article
http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/06/nebr ... -disaster/
in the comments someone says to the writer:

Hal on June 15, 2011 at 10:38 am

Why does this look like a load of BS?

How can you be the only person in the country to find out about a nuclear emergency?
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The write replies:

Tom Burnett on June 15, 2011 at 10:42 am

Because I’m the only one who in’t in the basement eating Cheetos and playing video games.

Originally Posted by kathyet

My goodness I have not heard anything about this...I get a lot of emails and email letters from lots of places each day and nothing has been mentioned...why would the news media not mention this? This is important and people should be aware...

Arnie Gundersen - Nebraska Nuclear Plant: Emergency Level 4 & Getting Worse (3 of 3)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lva5N9VpAgw

Kathyet

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Ricky Kreitner | Jun. 15, 2011, 4:02 PM | 12,423 | 36



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Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant is an island, but authorities are hoping it stays dry.

A fire in Nebraska's Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant briefly knocked out the cooling process for spent nuclear fuel rods, ProPublica reports. The fire occurred on June 7th.

On June 6th, the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) issued a directive banning aircraft from entering the airspace within a two-mile radius of the plant.

"No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM," referring to the "notice to airmen," effective immediately.

The plant is reportedly at a stage 4 level of emergency, though the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), which owns and operates the plant, denies this.

"This terminology is not accurate, and is not how emergencies at nuclear power plants are classified," the OPPD says on a website created to counter rumors about the security of the Fort Calhoun plant.

The OPPD claims the FAA closed airspace over the plant because of the Missouri River flooding. But the FAA ban specifically lists the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant as the location for the flight ban.

The plant is adjacent to the now-flooding river, about 20 minutes outside downtown Omaha, and has been closed since April for refueling.

WOWT, the local NBC affiliate, reports on its website:

"The Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Facility is an island right now but it is one that authorities say is going to stay dry. They say they have a number of redundant features to protect the facility from flood waters that include the aqua dam, earthen berms and sandbags."

OPPD spokesman Jeff Hanson told Business Insider that the nuclear plant is in a "stable situation." He said the Missouri River is currently at 1005.6" above sea level, and that no radioactive fuel had yet been released or was expected to be released in the future.

Asked about the FAA flight ban, Hanson it was due to high power lines and "security reasons that we can't reveal." He said the flight ban remains in effect.

We'll keep you apprised of the situation as more details come to light.

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Kathyet

Updated: 9:31 PM Jun 14, 2011
Ft. Calhoun Flood Defenses
The Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Facility is an island right now but it is one that authorities say is going to stay dry. They say they have a number of redundant features to protect the facility from flood waters that include the aqua dam, earthen berms and sandbags.
Posted: 9:21 PM Jun 14, 2011
Reporter: Gary Smollen
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Second Nebraska Nuclear Plant Threatened By Flooding
Ricky Kreitner | Jun. 17, 2011, 11:44 AM | 2,793 | 3

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A second nuclear power plant in Nebraska is being threatened by rising floodwaters, but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a federal watchdog agency, says the plant's owners are taking the appropriate steps to ward off danger, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald.

The Cooper Power Station would have to go into cold shutdown should floodwaters rise an additional six feet, a prospect local officials say is highly unlikely.

The Cooper plant is located 70 miles south of Omaha. The other nuclear plant at risk of flooding, the Fort Calhoun power station, is just north of Omaha.

Officials say a key difference between the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and the two plants in Nebraska is that the Japanese plant had only an hour after the devastating March earthquake to prepare for floods. The Nebraska plants have had weeks to prepare flood defenses.

“That's not enough time to relocate a nuclear plant to higher ground or jack it up on stilts,â€

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Originally Posted by kathyet

Second Nebraska Nuclear Plant Threatened By Flooding
Ricky Kreitner | Jun. 17, 2011, 11:44 AM | 2,793 | 3

Kathyet

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Thanks for the update, Kathyet.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS ... move right along ..

From what I understand, it was shut down b4 the flooding as they were doing some maintenace.