Published: June 26th, 2011 at 3:04 pm ET
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Flood berm collapses at Nebraska nuclear plant, Associated Press, June 26, 2011:
[...] The [NRC] had inspectors at the plant 20 miles north of Omaha when the 2,000-foot berm collapsed about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Water surrounded the auxiliary and containment buildings at the plant, it said in a statement. [...]
A Nuclear Plant’s Flood Defenses Trigger a Yearlong Regulatory Confrontation, New York Times, June 24, 2011:
[...] At 1,010 feet, water would begin to enter the auxiliary building, “shorting power and submerging pumps. The plant could then experience a station blackout with core damage estimated within 15 to 18 hours,” under a worst-case scenario, the NRC said. [...]
The power supply has now been cut at Ft. Calhoun after water surrounded the main electrical transformers. The plant is currently running on emergency generators as workers try to restore electricity.
Published: June 26th, 2011 at 3:04 pm ET
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It is days like today that concern me most about the longevity of the Internet. If the web goes away, the nazi’s come to play.
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The longevity of the Internet is certainly under threat. Just a little sooner than the longevity of planet Earth. But not much sooner.
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If the internet goes down, some of the owners of the USA’s 1/4 billion privately held fireams may be stirred into reacting??
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can we get a cam on this motherfucker?
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I don’t believe it is allowed. Just be patient and the MSM will photoshop one for you.
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http://www.cartoradiations.fr/Fort_Calhoun.php
Got this from a French Web site but seems to be the most current taken 6/23/11 or so it says.
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Many photos you must scroll down.
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Think this will happen today ? or Tomorrow ?
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They are in for the long haul with the backup diesel generators as the flood waters are not going to recede for 60 days. These big traincar sized generators burn thousands of gallons of diesel a day and they probably have a redundancy factor of 7 more diesels in case one fails. If they all fail then batteries buy another 4-8 hours before the plant gones dark and the core begins to glow and the SFRP begins to evaporate.
Can the diesels fail? Yes:
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2011/05/markey_back-up_generators_fail.html
Have they had any long duraations lately? Yes…the Browns Ferry plant in Alabama after the tornados in April…they ran nearly two weeks before electrical lines were restored.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Browns_Ferry_hit_by_major_storms_2804112.html
Seems I read last week the NRC said the overhead lines (6 overhead inputs at Ft. Calhoun) were put there so they could withstand a flood versus underground lines? Now they say they are inundated so quickly? Hmmm..
Get ready for a massive helicopter ferry system for Ft. Calhoun. Wonder if the head cheese from the NRC will arrive tomorrow by boat or whirlybird?
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The way its going, he will arrive by submarine.
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submarine
The water is deep enough now !
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Tough to get a cam, when there is a basic attempt at a news blackout. This is a situation which bears watching closely. More rain here in MN, the rain about 50 miles west of us will affect the Missouri, ours heads out the Mississippi via the MN river which is rising again.
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Fort Calhoun, Nebraska statistics, maps
http://www.city-data.com/city/Fort-Calhoun-Nebraska.html
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In the spring of 1820, the Missouri River flooded Cantonment Missouri. The soldiers built a permanent camp atop Council Bluff, and renamed it Fort Atkinson. Originally, the fort was to be named “Fort Calhoun” in honor of Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, but its first commander was honored.[4] The fort took meteorological observations during the 1820s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Atkinson_(Nebraska)
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“Calhoun, da lawya, goan be heah in da moanin”
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With the berm gone, does the 1,010 number still apply?
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I think it drops to 666.
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>I think it drops to 666.
Thanks…I needed my first grim laugh of the say.
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So they are down to “sealed buildings” essentially to save the day.
If the Kennedy assassination taught us anything it is that no one and nothing is safe from attack.
I imagine the Omaha NRC spin patrol is now working overtime as they address all the malicious “rumors” on the Net, eh?
Either that or they decided that Brazilian vacation was long overdue.
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I can’t think of anything to say that remotely matches the potential calamity here.
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Agree. An overheating disaster, followed by air, water and rain contamination, just days away, all hiding in plain sight.
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Of course backup power generators or not….if the control panels and/or cooling pipes are damaged by flood waters for the (Nuclear Reactor Vessel) NRV or the circulating water pipes for the SFRP (Spent Fuel Rod Pond) then it won’t matter.
The Japanese found that out…bringing new power lines back in to the plant three weeks later was meaningless…the structure was fatally damaged, computer controls were destroyed, gauges wrecked, and cooling water could not flow where needed.
A boiling water nuclear plant is a massive Rube Goldberg interconnection of complicated pipes and valves…mess just a few up and you can kiss your grits goodbye.
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So the original “Fort Calhoun” flooded also !
Gulp !
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With fingers crossed I hope the waters do not flood the FEMA camps. Shame to see all that barbed wire get rusty. They will provide a warm cot and a meal to those in need.
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Yep. Warm cot full of small pox blankets and a meal of genetically engineered soy protein raised in Cesium enhanced soil and “naturally” watered by Fuku rain.
FEMA = Fucking Emergency My Ass.
FEMA = Failed Extinction, Missed Again.
FEMA = Fucking End of My America!
Cmon, you guys, feed me some more FEMA acronyms! It takes your mind off the hot particles coursing through your system.
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I keep thinking hot particle is a new hotpocket flavor everytime I hear it!
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lol.
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Final Energy Manipulation Accident
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Good one. Thanks.
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Fast Extinction Massive Annihilation
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Meanwhile in Nort Dakota:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43533987/ns/weather
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Montana:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43184816/ns/weather/t/montana-flooding-swamps-towns-reservation/
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I still remember the US News storys about how safe our Nuclear plants are/were, about two months ago. Now it looks like the begining of a Home Grown Fukushima.
Is the water not expected to raise well above the top of Ft. Calhouns dam?
I hope all those FEMA Plastic Coffins and Lids don’t start floating around, it will ruin the surprise.
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Offutt AFB @ Omaha…
Isn’t the Strategic (Air) Command for the US located there?
Seems to me a cloud of radiation wafting through there might affect….
nevermind
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With apologies to Bull Halsey…
Where is repeat where is Arnie Gundersen? The world wonders
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sickputer2, have you seen these? It sounds like Arnie was in Boston, maybe last week? He mentions that the reason why the U.S. evacuated so many was because of worries over R4 SFP, which hasn’t caught fire “yet.” Wonder what he would say today?
gundersen video:
[link to everywordofgodistrue.yuku.com]
[link to http://www.youtube.com
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http://fairewinds.com/content/contact-us
Give him a call!
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sickputer2
He’s taken your advice and is vacationing in Brazil.
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“Ft Calhoun Spent Fuel In Ground
Pools, Flooded Already?” 6/15/11
http://rense.com/general94/ftcal.htm
BTW, I heard someone in a radio interview mention that he thought that Ft. Calhoun was weaponizing plutonium underground.
I can’t confirm that of course.
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http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/nuclear-plants-threat-870-nat-l-guard-25-000-homes-filling-with-water-upstream
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Great RT interview. Thanks for the link Stacy.
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