Published: June 30th, 2011 at 11:59 am ET
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Flood test not over for nuke plant, Omaha World-Herald, June 27, 2011:
Sitting above Nebraska’s nuclear plants are six upstream dams, part of one of the nation’s largest reservoir systems. Failure of any of those dams would send devastating amounts of water downstream. Could the dams fail?
“The short answer is no,” said Brig. Gen. John McMahon, who oversees the corps’ 12-state northwestern division.
“It’s not to say there aren’t issues at different places that we’re monitoring closely. But in terms of the integrity of the dams, that absolutely is not a concern.”
Nelson Asks Corps To Consider Nuclear Plants, WOWT, June 29, 2011:
Senator Ben Nelson is urging the Army Corps of Engineers to make the safety of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant and Cooper Nuclear Plant a top priority for flood management.
“The Corps must make it clear that the safety of the Fort Calhoun and Cooper nuclear power plants is among its highest priorities during the ongoing floods,” Nelson said Wednesday morning. “Nebraskans, Iowans and others throughout the Midwest deserve to know everything is being done to make sure the nuclear plants continue to operate safely.”
Nelson sent a letter to Brig. Gen. John McMahon, who oversees the Missouri River Basin for the Army Corps of Engineers. Nelson expressed his concern over comments from a Corps spokesperson saying the state’s nuclear plants are not being factored into the Corps’ schedule of dam releases. [...]
Nelson’s letter to Brig. Gen. John McMahon:
[...] I wanted to bring to your attention some comments in an article from yesterday’s Omaha World Herald, “Nuke Plant Safe Amid Unique Peril” (copy enclosed). In this article, Corps spokesman Erik Blechinger stated, “Nebraska’s two nuclear plants aren’t being factored into the Army Corps of Engineers schedule of dam releases.” He went on to say, “Flood-risk reduction is our priority right now. We are working closely with OPPD and NPPD, so I would never say that we wouldn’t consider adjusting releases, but I can’t imagine all the possible scenarios. Currently, there is just no flexibility in the system.”
Given our discussion last week on the Corps’ responsibility to protect the people, communities, and infrastructure along the Missouri River, additional concern and caution would seem necessary in addressing the two nuclear facilities. While the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) maintains that both the Omaha Public Power District’s (OPPD) Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station and the Nebraska Public Power District’s (NPPD) Cooper Nuclear Station remain safe, given the current forecasts projected for the Missouri River, there is still concern that the stations would be vulnerable if there is a continued rise in the River’s level, potentially putting the public at risk.
Consequently, I would ask you to clarify whether the Corps will consider the safety of Nebraska’s two nuclear plants adjacent to the Missouri River as dam releases are scheduled. I also wish to learn more as to what steps the Corps is taking in conjunction with the NRC, OPPD, and NPPD to ensure the structural integrity of the structures protecting the Fort Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Stations. [...]
Published: June 30th, 2011 at 11:59 am ET
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Hey, Sen. Nelson! How about introducing legislation to shut down every fucking reactor in the country? They all puke death a little at a time.
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I watched this video last night, and though I take everything I read on this referenced site with a grain (or rather, an entire salt shaker) of salt, nothing seems too ridiculous anymore. Especially, since Montana is expecting record temps this next several days. ugg.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1545411/pg1
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Every time you write to these guys, you get back a form letter about how environmentally aware they are, or how energy conservation is their priority. Or they ignore you.
Representative democracy is an oxymoron and a LIE. We live in a Corporatocracy riddled with tax loopholes for corporations and corporate welfare flows freely upward. The only thing that “trickles down” is pollution, radioactivity and bullshit.
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word.
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I agree. It’s always FORM LETTER here. It’s bullshit.
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+1
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But, don’t you like annoying their aides??? heh,heh
Actually, by what I’ve seen in public policy, the groups & individual citizens that stay after politicians with passion (such as moms of autistic kids) actually do get a slot on the agenda sometimes just from mere exhaustion to resist them! Such persistence does soften the perspectives!… Like water drops wearing down a boulder! heh,heh
And don’t forget that the subliminal power of repetition is applied to us regularly through the media & advertising. It can work on them, too!
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Disagree about reliability of the dam(n) system. Check out the Crisis Jones Report for insight into the structural integrity of the dams.
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“being monitored”
That is the same story we are hearing on all these nuke plants having real problems causing Hot and Cold shutdowns from floods, tornado’s lightings and a host of weather nature related, as well as equipment and human failure’s before and in aftermath !
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“There is no flexibility in the system” means that all the dams and levees are running at 99.9% capacity.
They can’t hold water at any of the dams, if they do, the dams overtop and fail.
The levees are within a foot of the top, or at their pressure ratings at the bottoms and if they increase release rates from the levees, they will flood somewhere. The rivers can’t take any more flow.
That means, what they need to do is open a relief gate and start flooding. Pick some county with lots of farm land,
and cut a relief opening, and let out millions of acre feet of water
That ruins some large farm sections for a few years, but
it’s cheaper then losing the nukes, or flooding a city.
That the corps won’t do this, speaks to, the power of the redneck farmers.
These levees won’t hold forever. Another 10 days and i expect they will burst anyways.
better to make a plan, evacuate equipment, livestock, people, homes. Pick a 60×60 mile patch, evac it fast and blow the levees. Put about 8 feet of water in there, and relieve the river.
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Yes, totally agree with your comments.
They are likely to get in a situation where they’ll need to sacrifice some land to keep water levels around these stations at as low a level as they can.
If you look at the river and dam hydrometers, they are bouncing a foot here, a foot there of capacity between dams as they can. It’s quite an impressive balancing act, especially with the lag of water moving down the river.
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@txphysicist – “They are likely to get in a situation where they’ll need to sacrifice some land to keep water levels around these stations at as low a level as they can.”
I think they already are. This levee breach is just north of Ft Calhoun on the opposite side of the river.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43535862/ns/local_news-omaha_ne/t/levee-breach-reported-harrison-county/
These 2 are just north of cooper on the opposite side of the river.
http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/article_16926729-537e-59ea-9b32-606387ca702d.html
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/06/24/neb-nuclear-plant-gets-relief-from-levee-breach/
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Your remarks are eminently sensible, therefore, they will wait until a dam breaks to implement them.
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They are ready to send in Fighter Jets to blow these !
In the news here last week !
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Like I said before and I will say again: If we make it through this flood unscathed nuke wise, they should make a “What if it a dam DID blow” movie….and include those jets blowing away a poor earthen dam!
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Who has eaten all the Plan B’s?
Clearly it is no longer just Japan that never considers risk analysis.
Maybe watching disaster movies for so long has conditioned everyone to expect a bleeding miracle at the last moment!
Does that help?
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Not at all.
But it felt good. Thanks.
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Just this very minute I received a text from my cellphone service provider, Claro Perú; it says:
“En terremotos o desastres naturales: manten la calma, evita llamar, usa SMS o Internet y si estas en la emergencia, marca el 119. Informate http://www.claro.com.pe”
There has been a week’s national emergency planning exercise here. A local equake/tsunami simulation found “347 muertos y 700 heridos deja sismo y tsunami en Huanchaco” and drew, it says, some valuable lessons.
Maybe the south american nations can provide some consultancy on the Plan B mentality.
Who would have thought it!
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According to this email
http://www.truthwinds.com/siterun_data/environment/water_flooding/news.php?q=1309367488
they plan on blowing up the damn dam, as it is cracking anyhoo!
NOTE: Again, as in godlikeproductions, it is wayyyy religious, but over time, I have investigated eveything I have found there to be spot on. Just ignore the other stuff and read the email for a man close to Omaha, NE. who seems to know what he is talking about.
Hope he knows how to swim.
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Wow, maybe you oughta cross-post this link to
the newest thread, also.
It sounds credible, the guy reporting that explosives
have already been placed on the cracking face of
Gavin’s Point… to supposedly “save” most of the dam,
while blowing some key top-point away.
Wonder of there are any other reeports about this.
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Army Sappers have planted charges on Dam!
http://www.truthwinds.com/siterun_data/environment/water_flooding/news.php?q=1309367488
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This is an unverified video charging that explosives have been placed on Gavins Point Dam.
“Gavins Point Dam South Dakota Omaha Nebraska Impending Flooding Coming!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WT5245SHCM
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Nukes, spuriously threatened by fire and floods, are a distraction from the existential threat of Fukushima.
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The “existential threat” in this situation is in fact nuclear power altogether. And these nuclear locations threatened by fire and floods are certainly real parts of this existential threat at this moment.
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Just bringing it all back home, in the words of the world’s favourite folk singer.
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Well, J.F….If they actually blow Gavin’s
point dam, it means a big flood, and no
mention of saving Calhoun and Cooper from
this big flood.
On the Fuku front, of course we are being bombed.
I raised the info with some church guys, who once
had military and professional nuke experience.
They are choosing to not talk it up with me.
I say, what about a community leader, charged
with a certain responsibility, just ignores the real
radiation threat, all the Civil Defense stuff we were
taught? There is a certain sense of “Oh well, what
can you do about it?”….
Noah and some of the others telling us of their
preparations have been real leaders in waking
up somebody, I Hope.
Not really me, though, as far as air filter-protection,
all the water filters, health stuff…
But for those with kids, I’m afraid they are going
to ignore early warnings, wait till it’s too late, then
blame me for not DOING SOMETHING HONEY!!!
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch is covering up the fact that there are two Nuclear power plants (Ft. Calhoun and Cooper) surrounded by flood waters and Los Alamos threatened by an out of control wildfire, and removing people who post stories about it in their forum or comments
http://stltoday.com
http://interact.stltoday.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=6
Not only are they covering it up and trying to humiliate me about it, nearly all these cretins think RADIATION is safe and happy and as American as apple pie and torture.
These two power plants are within 6 hours of St. Louis, so surely its newsworthy. Instead they run stories on American Idol.
If you care about the future of the country, we need to realize the media DOES NOT CARE ABOUT US. As this demonstrates, even when there is a massive threat to a specific area they still do not run the truth.
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The MSN and the Government don’t care about the well being of the public. Their only concern, is that we stay asleep and keep spending, until they load us into body bags.
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