Published: June 16th, 2011 at 5:35 pm ET
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Radioactive Releases Not Expected at Omaha Nuclear Power Plant, ABC, June 16, 2011:
Officials at the Omaha Public Power District say there have been no releases of radioactive material since flooding from the Missouri River caused them to declare a low-level emergency June 6 at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.
The emergency level, declared as “a notification of an unusual event,” is the lowest possible of four standard emergency classifications set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and, as of now, there has been no risk to the public.
Officials say they have sandbagged the area surrounding the plant to a level greater than what the projected water levels will reach, and that they do not expect any release of radioactivity. [...]
Published: June 16th, 2011 at 5:35 pm ET
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Now, that’s what I like to hear.
If true that is …
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how long does the ground hold the sand bags? no chance of ground saturation? How about the plant its self, that water is going to be there awhile, and im pretty sure water this high was not in the design, or we would not need sand bags.
I wonder what this plant sits on, could it sink? If it did sink.
Next thing you know the ground swallows this plant up. Nuke plants are heavy.
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Well I grew up in Nebraska And even in a hot dry spell you could hit ground water with a shovel. So since it is on the river bank I would say the pumps have to work full time to keep up with ground water alone. Not one house with a basement in that state is without a pump for ground water. You have to seal the walls and floor to keep water from seeping in.
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did a tepco official write that statement for them?
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if we could believe… well I supose if things go south they will only delay 1 week not 2 months…
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My concern is Sand Boils.
http://www.thewatchtowers.com/fort-calhoun-nuclear-power-plant-flooded-in-nebraska/
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See also http://www.bbsradio.com/cgi-bin/webbbs/webbbs_config.pl?page=1;md=read;id=16121
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Time to set up a Fort Calhoun TBS/JNN cam yet?
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I think they had one and took it down? I remember reading this somewhere and will try to find the link.
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I was thinking of restrictions of Air flight restrictions but here are some great photos.
http://cryptome.org/eyeball/ne-npp-flood/ne-npp-flood.htm
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the cover up at simi valley nuke nightmare took 30 years for info release.
fuky 3 months before they admit meltdown.
fort calhoun as is standard practice melted down within 5 hours after power shutdown.
this is gonna be a real nice tight cover up.
bp then fucky these people learn super quick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAHmaEs5cYU
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Hum coverup on the way i agree. While at it, i posted 2 videos that prove that Tepco is rigging their “live” stream. Videos and article that explains it on http://radioactive.eu.com
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I have thought this all along! You only have to look at the cover up right from the start. As if they want you to see any new releases,fires,explosions etc. Move along people NOTHING to see here. (as you can see in our live stream cameras) Move along.
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The link to second video that gives a better view of the huge crane floating behind no.3 and no.4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8W4Cc79YG4
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In case you missed it the first time, we are proud to present…
THE QUIZ BROADCAST!
Prepare to enjoy the show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga_rCnueID8
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Nuclear commission: U.S. reactors are safe, but …
By Mike M. Ahlers, CNN
June 16, 2011 — Updated 2226 GMT (0626 HKT)
****Washington (CNN) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Congress on Thursday that the likelihood of a Fukushimi Daiichi-type event in the United States is “very, very small.” However, it said an ongoing study of the Japanese disaster will probably lead to changes to increase safety at the nation’s 104 commercial power plants.
The commission said, in a nutshell, it expects to require nuclear plants to be prepared for bigger natural disasters, to survive longer power outages and to consider the possibility of simultaneous disasters affecting multiple reactors, as happened in Japan.
Commissioner George Apostolakis said one of the lessons of Fukushima is “humility.”
“I believe that, as a community of safety analysts, we were pretty confident that there would be no new surprises,” Apostolakis said. “Fukushima has challenged that belief.”****
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/16/nrc.senate.hearing/
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How can anyone say that things are ok at Fort Calhoun?
“the containment building has been flooded by OPPD in order to cool the fuel rods.”
There is nothing ok about flooding a building in a nuclear power plant. Isn’t this only done in an emergency and doesn’t the water ruin the electrical circuits?
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“The facility was taken offline to refuel earlier this year so the containment building has been flooded by OPPD in order to cool the fuel rods.” I don’t know if this is common practice or not. Also another plant Cooper is in harms way.
“On June 9, Nebraska’s other plant, Cooper Nuclear Power Station near Brownville, filed a Notice of Unusual Event (NOUE), advising it is unable to discharge sludge into the Missouri River due to flooding, and therefore “overtopped” its sludge pond”.
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I really don’t think it’s anything to worry about at the moment as you would hope they are prepared considering the current events in Japan. You would think…..
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really don’t think it’s anything to worry about at the moment : )
funny how history repeats.
Chernobyl situation ‘unlikely in Japan’
A senior IAEA safety official said there is no sign of a reactor meltdown at the troubled Fukushima 1 power plant.
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/chernobyl-situation-unlikely-in-japan-1.1041672
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we think but by the evidence so far those in charge do not.
I wonder if we can do anything besides sit quietly like lab rats?
..like the post I read earlier, there will have to be Visible Damage to provoke enough of a back lash before the nuclear industry is dealt a death blow! too much $$$ is behind keeping up the Lie that everything is ‘fine’.
what is happening instead, people are getting educated to the facts about low level radiation and how Much of it is already in their environments, called “acceptable” {it’s shocking!
the truth about radiation, when it becomes undeniable, will turn the tables on everyone who attempted to perpetuate the deception!
and, to those still in denial
a quote from stevie wonder:
“if you are not a part of the solution you ARE a part of the problem”
has anyone told Obama’s kids what is going on? I wonder how he can look at them and not regret the world he is leaving to them? at least may you regret your legacy to them, “the man who could have saved America but ruined it instead by being a sellout”
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In case you missed this article —
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1493.htm
June 16, 2011
US Orders News Blackout Over Crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant
“A shocking report prepared by Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) on information provided to them by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) states that the Obama regime has ordered a “total and complete” news blackout relating to any information regarding the near catastrophic meltdown of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant [photo top left] located in Nebraska.
According to this report, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant suffered a “catastrophic loss of cooling” to one of its idle spent fuel rod pools on 7 June after this plant was deluged with water caused by the historic flooding of the Missouri River which resulted in a fire causing the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to issue a “no-fly ban” over the area.
Located about 20 minutes outside downtown Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant is owned by Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) who on their website denies their plant is at a “Level 4” emergency by stating: “This terminology is not accurate, and is not how emergencies at nuclear power plants are classified.”
Russian atomic scientists in this FAAE report, however, say that this OPPD statement is an “outright falsehood” as all nuclear plants in the world operate under the guidelines of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) which clearly states the “events” occurring at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant do, indeed, put it in the “Level 4” emergency category of an “accident with local consequences” thus making this one of the worst nuclear accidents in US history.
Though this report confirms independent readings in the United States of “negligible release of nuclear gasses” related to this accident it warns that by the Obama regimes censoring of this event for “political purposes” it risks a “serious blowback” from the American public should they gain knowledge of this being hidden from them.
Interesting to note about this event was the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chief, Gregory B. Jaczko, blasting the Obama regime just days before the near meltdown of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant by declaring that “the policy of not enforcing most fire code violations at dozens of nuclear plants is “unacceptable” and has tied the hands of NRC inspectors.”
This report further notes that the “cover-up” of this nuclear disaster by President Obama is being based on his “fantasy” of creating so-called green jobs which he (strangely) includes nuclear power into as his efforts to bankrupt the US coal industry proceed at a record breaking pace.
Unknown to the American people about Obama’s “war” on the US coal industry is it’s estimated to cost them over a 60% increase in their electricity bills by 2014 and cause over 250,000 jobs to be lost in an already beleaguered economy.
More ominous for those American people whose lives depend on the coal industry that is being deliberately destroyed is the Obama regime’s massive “security exercise” currently ongoing in the major coal mining States of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, and as we can read about, in part, as reported by InfoWars.Com:
“If you’re still living under the delusion that the TSA is just restricted to airports then think again. A joint VIPR “security exercise” involving military personnel has Transportation Security Administration workers covering 5,000 miles and three states, illustrating once again how the TSA is turning into a literal occupying army for domestic repression in America.
The TSA, in alliance with a whole host of federal, state, local agencies as well as military personnel, is currently conducting a massive “security exercise” throughout Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
“The participating teams are composed of a variety of TSA assets including federal air marshals, canine teams, inspectors and bomb appraisal officers. They will be joined by state and local law enforcement officials to supplement existing resources, provide detection and response capabilities. The exercise will utilize multiple airborne assets, including Blackhawk helicopters and fixed wing aircraft as well as waterborne and surface teams,” reports the Marietta Times.”
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http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1493.htm Continued —
“Although the exercise is couched in serious rhetoric about preparedness, it relates to “no specific threat” and the details are nebulous to say the least and seems to revolve around little else than testing out high-tech surveillance equipment and reminding Americans who their bosses are.”
Obama’s fears of the American people turning against nuclear power, should its true dangers be known, appear to be valid as both Germany and Italy (whose people, unlike the Americans, have been told the truth) have turned against it after the disaster in Japan and vowed to close all of their atomic plants.
Perhaps even more sadly for the American people is this report stating that the Obama regime is “walking in lockstep” with Japan in their attempts to keep the truth of nuclear accidents from their citizens; which in the case of the Japanese can only be labeled as horrific as new evidence points to them knowing within hours of the Great Tsunami that their atomic reactors had melted down, but have only today ordered an evacuation of pregnant women from what are called “radiation hotspots.”
With a country that some scientists are now warning may soon become uninhabitable due to radiation damage, and with reports of mutant rabbits and radioactive whales now being reported, one wonders if in knowing the truth the American people would really want to follow Japan’s “example” instead of those people in Germany and Italy?
But, with an already documented 35% increase in the infant mortality rate for American mothers living in the western coastal regions of the US caused by radiation blowing onto them from Japan being ignored by these people there doesn’t seem to be much hope for them.”
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I hope no one minds that I moved these comments from another section. I have relatives down stream who might be reading this section:
National Guard Headed To Omaha
20 members of the Nebraska National Guard will patrol Missouri River levees
Heart of the Rose
June 16, 2011 at 11:02 pm Log in to Reply
The levees need guarding…LOL
http://www.twister933.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122285&article=8718160
• Heart of the Rose
June 16, 2011 at 11:21 pm Log in to Reply
Fort Calhoun..already needed oversight said the NRC.
They won’t admit to that now.
http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_627f3b44-8702-525e-9862-22bc16e642e5.html
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Yes Anne! “the containment building has been flooded by OPPD …”
To a simple man this sounds like they had the spent fuel pond in the containment building. That SFP would boil dry in 88 hours. So they have simply flooded the entire building containing the SFP to provide a larger volume of water and so a longer boil-dry time.
To flood the containment building must be an act of utter desperation! As you say the contents of the containment building will be ruined, and any cooling circuits must be trashed.
So now we have (sounding so Fuku-familiar) a building full of water made radioactive by the SFP, total loss of all electrical and control systems within that building (which must of course include the reactor itself – top off too!) and no way back.
Is someone sticking a geiger counter into the water upstream and downstream of the plant on an hourly basis? There have to be some private citizens who can do that and report the results?!
I’ve just ordered the components to make a kitset geiger counter as there are none available off the shelf here. It will be better than nothing.
Nice thing about the flood, of course, is that any irradiated water will contaminate all the farmland downstream – all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
No drama!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Calhoun_Nuclear_Generating_Station
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In case you missed it:
MSNBC Nightly News
Officail says Nuclear PlaNT Safe
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/#43433744
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http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/06/16/midwest-floods-both-nebraska-nuke-statio
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I don’t agree with that last statement. How could anything be worse than Fukushima.
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Well, obviously u didnt ever heard of surgenerators, specialy the one at Monju …
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I have added a third video that disputes the claim that Tepco cam caught the huge rig yesterday. The video shows that the crane on TBS / JNN and the crane on Tepco webcam are 2 different ones http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ouRA6aZeRVY
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So, my claim that Tepco “live” webcamera is subjected to editing is still undisputed. The whole story at http://radioactive.eu.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=217:proof-that-official-tepco-webcam-is-rigged&catid=38:fp-rokstories
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I always wondered about the fog…
cough…
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Is the TBS feed you showed a timelapse or realtime? If it’s supposed to be realtime, I honestly can’t really believe this.
I’ve never seen a huge crane like this moving that fast. It needs also lots of space to move, and from the pics we saw of the site there’s debris all over the place. Also, in the film we only see the “crane” moving from left to right and back again – it’s not actually loading / moving things. Your theory that it might be used to “unload fuel from the reactors and store it elsewhere” doesn’t seem realistic to me – to say the least. At first, they would need to remove all of the twisted steel frames (former roof structure) to have proper access to RPV / SFP. And if they were doing this, why should they hide?
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TEPCO puppets do what is told; surely they arrange the whole theater to entertain viewers. There are at least ten yakuza offiCIAls in the video-control room swapping records and wathcin the pro pagan da bits flow…
The whole ctrl room is scared what the boss says. The boss is scared to death wht his boss says, how well the depop agenda proceeds.
Salvador Salas took a picture how smoothly the ctrl went 18-Apr-2011 in Malaga, Spain … see the photoclip from local newspaper:
http://erilainen.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/pasion-del-sur2-ss.jpg?w=590&h=1280
The whol issue http://wp.me/pwIAV-19 (repost)
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I’m not sure it’s editing. Could just be that the footage on the tepco webcam was taken some time ago… back in April or early May perhaps?
In Europe we can’t see the other webcam so it’s difficult to see whether things like big steam releases happen simultaneously.
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Also I really get the impression that sometimes I’m looking at a still photo or a slowed frame moving.
Running out of previous footage maybe!
I bet they do the steam release from #2 exactly at the same times as the camera is programed to be offline for “maintenance”.
Just a hunch.
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The words ‘as of now’ in reference to the Fort Calhoun plant sound horribly familiar.
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