Published: June 10th, 2011 at 10:50 am ET
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Arnie Gundersen: NEBRASKA NUKE DISASTER – Flood, Fire and Heat, “Five O’Clock Shadow” with Robert Knight, WBAI, June 9, 2011:
At 3:30 in
On June 6, 2011, the Fort Calhoun pressurized water nuclear reactor 20 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska entered emergency status due to imminent flooding from the Missouri River. A day later, there was an electrical fire requiring plant evacuation. Then, on June 8th, NRC event reports confirmed the fire resulted in the loss of cooling for the reactor’s spent fuel pool.
The discussion includes specific details of the technical failures at Fort Calhoun, the risks of coolant loss at overcrowded “spent” fuel pools, and the national hazards of nuclear facilities along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, and other water sites during the current period of floods and climate change.
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Published: June 10th, 2011 at 10:50 am ET
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The media and U.S. nuclear authorities don’t want you to see pictures of the flooded Fort Calhoun NE reactor, but 10 minutes of searching got me this nice shot of the Missouri River flood.
Like a little bit of Fukushima flooding right here in the U.S.:
http://www.action3news.com/story/14850579/oppd-declares-notification-of-unusual-event-at-the-fort-calhoun-nuclear-power-station
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Take the closeup boatride around the already sandbagged Ft. Calhoun NE reactor (‘featured video’ in below link), imagine sandbags 5 feet higher during the Missouri River estimated crest, and see if you have concerns for cooling and electrical supply.
Looks like a small, slow-motion tsunami to me, workers eventually arriving by boat, at the second floor window level, or by helicopter.
http://www.action3news.com/story/14850579/oppd-declares-notification-of-unusual-event-at-the-fort-calhoun-nuclear-power-station
http://www.propublica.org/article/electrical-fire-knocks-out-spent-fuel-cooling-at-nebraska-nuke-plant
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This Omaha TV station is one place to see new daily local videos of the rising Missouri River flood in the Omaha-Fort Calhoun region and around the sandbagged Fort Calhoun NE nuclear reactor:
http://www.action3news.com/weather
For some reason, local media seem relatively free of the national blackout, and I check weather and river conditions several times per day here to see if the rising river is overtaking the reactor sandbaggers – news that might be suppressed in national or even internet media. (Arnie says the words reactor and sandbag should not be used in the same sentence.)
County flood warnings roll across the red banner, and the Fort Calhoun reactor is in Washington County.
The Missouri River is estimated to rise 5 to 7 more feet, and remain there through August, making protection of the reactor a full-time job for 3 or more months.
The spent fuel pool for this reactor is in the ground, but being in the ground under the Missouri River may not be all good.
The link below shows safety conditions at U.S. reactors near you: a red circle with an E or G means Elevated SFP or Groundwater leaks:
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/reactor-map/embedded-flash-map.html
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What else could they lie aboit ??
NRC chief hid information, IG says
Probe finds that NRC head manipulated information in effort to…
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/NRC-chief-hid-information-IG-apf-2850848991.html?x=0
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BLOOMBERG ticker: “Japan sends 150 armed officers to TEPCO meeting”,…I swear to God!
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And, “Riot Guard”? Just saw it a second time.
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about effing time the govt/army/anybody else takes that place over…
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The meeting will take place on June 28 and TEPCO is hiring the police, since they obviously expect a few disgruntled stockholders or citizens to be present. The only thing they care about is their precious profits.
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Never-seen view of Japan tsunami wreck
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/us-22424932/scuba-divers-reveal-remnants-of-japan-tsunami-25523723.html
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“Tokyo Riot Squad to Safeguard Tepco Meeting”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-09/police-to-send-riot-squads-to-tepco-meeting.html
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would anyone care to give a theory why this troubled series of buildings.
and the surrounding areas is not the biggest construction site in the world like NOW.
is it futile and they are justing waiting for the collapse of the ponds,is it money or good old fashioned population control?
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@tony wilson “is it futile and they are just waiting for the collapse of the ponds,is it money or good old fashioned population control?”
Er, Yes?
Coupled with total horror by the operatives saddled with attempting to prop up a live SFP !
If there was global concern at govt level, every resource on the planet would have been there long before now.
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As for reasons, take your pick:
Tepco is out of money.
Japan is running out of money.
There’s nobody willing to work on it.
They’ve chosen to cover it up, rather than try and fix it.
At this point likely there is nothing they can do, and every day – indeed every minute of covering the problem up vs. working on it diminishes the ability to do anything.
Indeed it could have been nil from the beginning, but at least they could have made the effort – they did not.
It sort of like having a bad case of cancer – I’ve heard of people simply letting it take their life, because even though they know something is wrong, they don’t want to face the reality – eventually reality hits them whether they face it or not.
I for one do not believe any of the garbage about “population control” There would be much easier and cleaner ways to accomplish that if somebody with enough power wanted to.
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james2
your damn right they aren’t going to build anymore nuke plants. in 5 years nobodys be here anyway.
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I agree with James2. There are much easier ways of ‘controlling population’ and it makes no sense to destroy an entire environment along with it. There is an old saying: Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity (and I would add, greed.)
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**According to documents sent to its shareholders today, Tepco said 402 shareholders will propose a motion to ask the company to decommission its existing nuclear plants and promise it won’t build new atomic stations. The company plans to disagree with the proposal, the documents said.
“In the long run, it’s better to have nuclear power,” Murakami said. “The shareholders must realize that they shouldn’t be too emotional.” **
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Better than WHAT?
‘Shouldn’t be too emotional’ about WHAT? Their tea? Their food? Their homes? The lives of their children?
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I now see why TEPCO is bringing riot police to that meeting. The shareholders may have pitchforks and torches.
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safeguard? from the people they are DESTROYING??
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http://beforeitsnews.com/story/702/979/Fort_Calhoun_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Spent_Fuel_Pool_Cooling_System_Stopped_Working_For_Hours.html
According to this, written by Hixson, the plant did not pass last year’s NRC inspection and has until 8/11 to respond.
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My latest video simulating a meltdown in the backyard and the molten fuel(corium):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4h6TDxk7mw
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