Published: June 24th, 2011 at 1:06 pm ET
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A Nuclear Plant’s Flood Defenses Trigger a Yearlong Regulatory Confrontation, New York Times, June 24, 2011:
[The water level at Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant] reached a height of nearly 1,007 feet above sea level at the plant yesterday. [...]
1,010-foot level represents a so-called 500-year flood peak that has not occurred on the Missouri outside Omaha since 1952, according to National Weather Service data. [...]
Published: June 24th, 2011 at 1:06 pm ET
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Just wade it out.
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NWS forecast of water levels being around current levels through August or September means this is a test of the nuclear operators ability to withstand and live with the current surrounding water pressure, as opposed to dealing with 2-3-4 feet higher levels.
But everything has to hold up: upstream dams, sandbags and aquadams, cooling and backup systems, and no CME/X-flare damage to satellites and surface electronics.
The Missouri River at Blair could look like this for 2 or maybe 3 more months:
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=oax&gage=blan1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1”
It is a waiting game, for a long time, in which pretty much everything has to go right.
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Blow up rafts and get the hell out of there.
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A fly-over ..June 23..Missouri River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvNrAEVH3gQ&feature=player_embedded#at=57
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Info on waater levels at Ft. Calhoun, especially page 2 of the article is quite interesting…
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/06/24/24climatewire-a-nuclear-plants-flood-defenses-trigger-a-ye-95418.html
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A post in French and English concerning Fort Calhoun nuclear plant:
http://www.cartoradiations.fr/Fort_Calhoun.php
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Thank you for that link! We are relying on what appears to be an inner tube to protect a nuclear power plant. What madness.
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OPPD power to Omaha may be cut. Fort Calhoun raw footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PlJIWuTJrM&feature=related
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