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Nebraska Nuclear Reactor Flooded
Ketv noted in March:
Fort
Calhoun's nuclear power plant is one of three reactors across the
country that federal regulators said they are most concerned about.
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Last
year, federal regulators questioned the station's flood protection
protocol. NRC officials said they felt the Omaha Public Power District
should do more than sandbagging in the event of major flooding along the
Missouri river.OPPD officials said they have already made amends and added new flood gates.
"We
updated our flood protection strategy and have tested and re-tested
our new strategy. The issue is operationally resolved, and at no time
was there a threat to public safety or was public health at risk," OPPD
President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Gates said.
Those upgrades are being tested right now, as the area around the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is being flooded.
Specifically,
the midwestern floods have made the power plant an island, and
sandbags, berms and other measures are being deployed to prevent a
Fukushima-like problem.
On June 9th, an electrical fire knocked out cooling of the spent fuel rods at the plant. 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.
Since
last week, the plant has been under a "notification of unusual event"
classification, because of the rising Missouri River. That is the
lowest level of emergency alert.
The Omaha Public Power District - which runs the reactor - says that there have been no releases of radioactivity, everything is under control, and that:
The flight restrictions were set up by the FAA as a result of Missouri river flooding.
An OPPD spokesman updated Business Insider about the situation:
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.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen
said that he doesn't expect a melt-down, as the diesel generators are
situated higher above the ground than at Fukushima, so - unless the
water rises further than expected - they should keep working:
However, Channel 6 news notes that OPPC is intentionally flooding the containment building to cool the rods:
The facility was taken offline to refuel earlier this year so the containment building has been flooded by OPPD in order to cool the fuel rods.
Hanson
adds they have a number of backup systems in place to continue to pump
clean water through the spent fuel pool and into the reactor
containment building so he says there is nothing to fear.
And see this.
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Your preference being that the Nazi's had the A-bomb first?
...this is no social crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD78rGQx2oE
video report on plant>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvvmrB7qEg&feature=relmfu
no fly zone over plant http://ncrenegade.com/editorial/no-fly-zone-over-fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-due-to-hazards/
...and it's a Blood Red Moon. http://www.space.com/11963-unusual-long-total-lunar-eclipse-full-moon.html
My uncle and cousin work at the Fort Calhoun plant. They have been sandbagging for days/weeks in anticipation for the flood. I doubt this incident will turn Japanesa.
If my family is secretly told to evaluate due to radiation, I will post it on ZH. Well, after I go all in on the short side of course.
'cause that's how we roll motherfuckers, we build powerhouses in floodplains. as long as we have sandbags...
+1 ROFL!
Sandbagging? Really? That sounds like a well thought out plan -- for a corn field. No dis to your cus.
sandbagging and flood, hummmm, the left hand in plain sight?
What's the right hand stirring, not in plain sight?
Godspeed to your uncle and cousin and all of the workers at the Fort Calhoun plant...
Then why intentionally flood the containment area if the pumps are working and everything is fine. It's because it's not fine and they need to cook those rods.
The plant was shut down months ago. They flood the top of the reactor area, remove the head on the pressure vessel and pull the rods out and replace them under 10m of water. That way all the workers can stand around and watch the process without getting irradiated. I've seen it. It's a beautiful site looking into a reactor. Blue Cerenkov radiation is dazzling. There's a picture here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/trinity/articles/part3.html.
This is a great quote from that piece of crap pro-nuclear bias story, had me laughing my ass off:
"The good news about radioactive waste is that it decays naturally into harmless byproducts; about 90 percent of the radioactivity in the most dangerous defense wastes now stored in tanks decays away in the first 100 years. The bad news is that some isotopes decay very, very slowly."
Yeah, that's great news! Except it's the fucking decay process that is so toxic, not the end result hundreds and thousands of years down the line!
Another observation I heard suggested the no-fly-zone has more to do with keeping prying aerial eyes off the station.
Let me be the first to officially proclaim
Bullshit
The no-fly zone was setablished for "security reasons that we can't reveal."
Dammit - you need to trust our government. Everything is fine!
I'll go first.
Fukalhoun.
Only because..
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen said that he doesn't expect a melt-down, as the diesel generators are situated higher above the ground than at Fukushima, so - unless the water rises further than expected - they should keep working:
is subject to:
as the diesel generators were not situated high enough above the ground to keep them from exposure to the flood waters...
GW,
One of three...
Did they mention which are the others?
Thanks for sharing, great stuff.
At a House hearing, NRC Commissioner Gragory Jaczko loosely identified three nuclear plants the commission believes need further oversight:
Shit!
60 miles from one
Glad Diablo Canyon's not on the list. Our local popcorn machine is sitting right...on...the...beach. Anyway, a couple of experts - Feinstein and Boxer - recently inspected the plant, and pronounced it safe.
You have got to be fucking kidding me. That pronouncement by our very own Elected (harrumph) Leaders of The Winter Home of the Great Satan didn't make my local numb-nuts uber-liberal Califuckedupornia news outlet.
Those two fucking geniuses blessed Diablo as safe.
(soft whimpering sounds)
Bullish for solar, bitchez.
Well now, if a huge solar flare should erupt towards the earth and consequently take out our electric grid system, these nuclear plants will be popping like a batch of popcorn - comforting, isn't it? Never mind, we have to spend $300 million/day in Afghanistan for god knows what?
$300 million/day in Afghanistan for god knows what?
Why, that's a hearty contribution to GDP, son, and cash in the pockets of our masters who, I might add, deserve so much more.
George Washington and George Carlin have got it right.
In case you have not seen this one, here is Carlin at his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI&feature=related.
$300 million/day in Afghanistan for god knows what?
Why, that's a hearty contribution to GDP, son, and cash in the pockets of our masters who, I might add, deserve so much more.
George Washington and George Carlin have got it right.
In case you have not seen this one, here is Carlin at his best. If you are in a hurry, start at 1:35
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1isnf_george-carlin-describing-the-own...
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Hopefully cracking the code the ancients apparently understood regards astronomical cycles and correlating events.
Exactly...
Nasa says we are entering a period of extremely low sunspot and solar flare activity. Three different studies are coming up with the same thing. They are even suggesting perhaps as low activity as existed in the Maunder minimum, 1645-1715. Interesting data as regards global warming, as those are the dates of the coldest part of the "little ice age".
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/14/all-three-of-these-lines-of-resear...
Danish scientists have found a relationship between solar activity and weather that possibly explains the relationship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKoUwttE0BA&feature=related
We are all going to die!
GW first.
Is that a threat, soldier?
George go fight in one of your boy Mugabe's FIVE wars.
Hilarious! I get junked 6 times by the little Obama shills who post here. They are scum. And save me the Dems and Repubs are the same. Repubs are idiots but the Democrats are evil evil scum.
It's Six Wars, and if you've read anything i've written, you would know that I think Obama is one of the worst presidents in history.
Excellent attempt at divide-and-conquer, though ...
GW,
Oh! Bumma is playing the Lee Majors role. And its not the 6-Million$ Man.
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
The 2008 US Presidential campaign is my reference regarding "voluntary" leadership. There was too much fight to win on this one and many were duped to beleive either of their two choices were thoughtful of the populace.
There were no choices after the GOP primaries were over. They are all the same but Ron Paul, Tancredo and Duncan Hunter were marginally better. The rest were mostly scum.
Out of Hillary, Obama, McCain and Edwards - Hillary was probably the best because McCain is such a Dem plant and POS. McCain was Soros plan B. How pathetic is that when Hillary (aka Huma's hubby) was the best choice?
Clinton, The Bushes and Obama were NWO, Skull & Bones, Bilderberger puppets.
Who wins the lying contest japan USA gr gk il UK ir fr ?
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UK wins with Sellafield. No contest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield
It makes Chernobyl look safe.
please specify category...nuclear or debt ponzi?
Boiled catfish. Yum.
Boiled 3-eyed catfish.
all you can eat.
George – what do you do to let your hair down, when you are not busy getting rads from your cell or Fuku?
Maybe you watch:
http://bad-girls-club.oxygen.com/
Just kidding, man – thanks for all the reporting you do, including this piece.
Logging off now but the comment(s) stand – George is doing yeoman’s work and is a good man.
But what can one really do about the info in this article, or any article on Zero Hedge for that matter? Tell the people, Max Keiser-style? Not gonna work. Sorry.
I say all we can do is trade this shit.
Here’s an enjoyable conversation for George and anyone else who cares to watch. Some on Zero Hedge have disparaged Oliver Stone before as being a lightweight. If one wants to hate on George or Oliver, that’s cool, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nxwrPQ0KL8
You do what you can do--however minimal.
Get on one or more nuclear watchdog group email lists.
When they say call, write or email your senators or congressman DO IT!
You don't have to agree with the organization's entire agenda.
Global warming or not...what the fuck is wrong with less crap in our air or water?
[If THAT is the convenient excuse for not signing on to one or more groups, you deserve to be irradiated.]
http://www.beyondnuclear.org
http://www.nirs.org
Yes, all you can do is trade it, but there is one take away from all this:
Stay Nimble! Do not under any circumstances own real estate. It is the definition of illiquidity, The ones who survive this next round of world history will be the ones who are mobile. If you cannot move when the shit hits the fan, you may be dead.
on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 19:56
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But what can one really do about the info in this article, or any article on Zero Hedge for that matter? Tell the people, Max Keiser-style? Not gonna work. Sorry.
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Ignorance is Bliss!
Stupidity is Heaven!!
and..
You can't fix Stupid.
So educating Max's style and / or other will simply Not! Work as the bulk of the populace has Yoeman's work to do and can Not be fucking bothered.
JW n FL
"But what can one really do about the info in this article, or any article on Zero Hedge for that matter? Tell the people, Max Keiser-style? "
Hey now Johnny that isn't quite true.
For every ten with their heads up their ass one wants to escape the smell of shit. Isn't that who you want to deal with anyway? That lone soul willing to open their eyes and embrace the "truth".
That is after you plan your own strategy encompassing the new information.