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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.
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Ft_Calhoun_Flood_Defenses_123878599.html?storySection=comments
Lucas Whitefield Hixon has lots of UPDATES on Nebrska nuke emergency –
NEW Aerial Photos of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant as water levels rise to the top of the walls!
PLUS –
Electrical Fire Knocks Out Spent Fuel Cooling at Nebraska Nuclear Plant
A fire in an electrical switch room on Tuesday briefly knocked out cooling for a pool holding spent nuclear fuel at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant outside Omaha, Neb., plant officials said.
The safety of deep pools used to store used radioactive fuel at nuclear plants has been an issue since the accident at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in March. If the cooling water in a pool is lost, the used nuclear fuel could catch fire and release radiation. . . (more)
[ this is a NEW malfunction at the plant – not to be confused with recent other problem – F. C. ]
MEANWHILE …. at Cooper Station, Neb. —
Cooper Nuke Plant Preps For High Water
UPDATES ON THE NEB. FLOOD & NUKES
The Ft. Calhoun plant put up a RUMOR CONTROL page and it lists some new hazards we didn’t even think of!
The cooling works on coal power and a lot of rail lines nearby are submerged! Woah!
The nuke plant surrounded by water – aerial picture on Crytome –
PHOTO
Daily Kos has the entire Arnie Gunderson (2 part) vid. and some more on Ft. Calhoun –
Attention! Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant Flooding Danger
We don’t buy the airspace-closed official story. Sounds like hooey!
No Fly Zone Over Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant Due to “Hazards”
Nebraska Nuclear Reactor Flooded
stay tuned . . .
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