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A leading environmental group is calling on the Omaha Public Power District and the Army Corp of Engineers to intensify the pro-active publication of all information regarding two flood-threatened Nebraska nuclear plants at Fort Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Station. . . .

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/30/3738874/enviro-group-calls-for-daily-updates.html

Water Water Everywhere, but Nebraskashima is A-OK

The media blackout is finally kaput. Tuesday was the day that Ft Calhoun finally made the evening news and not just local TV, conspiracy or leftnut websites or NHK that were already giving Ft Calhoun equal billing with Fukushima as the Next Great Thing That Could Go OMG, along with the Los Alamos fire. . . .

http://www.topix.com/city/fort-calhoun-ne/2011/06/water-water-everywhere-but-nebraskashima-is-a-ok 

( we LOVE the new word “Nebraskashima” ) 

From the timid Omaha news biz:

What if dam breaks?

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking for an explanation of the flooding that would occur should a dam break upstream of two Nebraska nuclear plants it monitors.

Combined, the six U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the flood-swollen Missouri River comprise one of the largest reservoir systems in the country. The dams are releasing historic amounts of water during what will be a summer of managed flooding in the Missouri River valley.

On Wednesday, the NRC regional office that oversees Nebraska sent an official request to the corps for its 2009 and 2010 analyses of what would happen if a dam fails.

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, 19 miles north of Omaha, has been taken offline because of the flooding. The river surrounds the plant to a depth of about two feet.

About 70 miles south of Omaha, Cooper Nuclear Station remains online. On Thursday, the river was about three feet below the level that would require the plant to shut down. . . .

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110630/NEWS01/110639977

On the  dreaded possibility of DAM FAILURE above Neb. nuke plants –

STORY   http://enenews.com/just-in-nrc-sends-concerned-about-what-would-happen-if-a-dam-fails-upstream-from-nebraska-nuke-plants-theyve-had-some-issues-corps-tells-omaha-official

VIDEO  http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=15507&title=as-long-as-a-dam-doesn-t-break-upstream-everything-should-be-fine-if-one-fails-all-bets-are-off

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