Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant north of Omaha pumping out water

Fledermaus

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jul-10-11 01:10 PM
Original message

Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant north of Omaha pumping out water

Edited on Sun Jul-10-11 01:26 PM by Fledermaus

The water is expected to rise another two feet soon and it could go higher depending on the amount of rain upstream.

BLAIR, Neb. � The Omaha Public Power District has installed a new barrier around its Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant and is now pumping out floodwaters from the Missouri River.

OPPD installed the new 8-foot-tall, water-filled barrier around the plant to replace a similar one that failed two weeks ago after a worker inadvertently punctured it with a bobcat.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/50f41892dc5b4c12a6dd962b9de5c916/NE--Missouri-River-Flooding-Fort-Calhoun/

Nuclear dry fuel casks

Similar, horizontal dry casks at San Onofre

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

SpoonFed

(801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jul-10-11 02:23 PM
Response to Original message

1. OPPD Installed an 8ft tall water-filled barrier...

Hahaha. You can't make this shit up...
Yeah, it's 8ft tall and about 1 flood plain wide!
:rofl:

Whomever is writing news reports for the NWO sure knows how to tickle my funny bone.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

SpoonFed

(801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jul-10-11 02:24 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. Where's the corium!?!!

Edited on Sun Jul-10-11 02:25 PM by SpoonFed

First post! first post!

:sarcasm:

Sorry. I felt like pulling an FBags since clearly the facts don't speak for themselves.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Fledermaus

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jul-10-11 07:24 PM
Response to Reply #2

3. I'm glad you bought that up. Apparently the Air National Guard is "keeping eyes on it"

Edited on Sun Jul-10-11 07:25 PM by Fledermaus

Warrant Officer Boe Searight, 32, with the Nebraska Air National Guard wants the infrared camera mounted under the chopper to record similar flood scenes for levee experts on the ground to compare.

He and his colleague Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Schriner also are looking for new signs of trouble for the flooded plant.

�Keep daily eyes on it and see if anything changes,� says Schriner, 31.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110710/NEWS01/707109923

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Wed May 08th 2024, 02:30 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.