10:16 AM EST on June 27th, 2011 | 28 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks

09:28 AM EST on June 27th, 2011 | 51 comments - (Comments are closed)

Raging wildfires only 1 mile from nuclear lab at Los Alamos force evacuation — “Officials insist that radioactive material is secure”

08:58 AM EST on June 27th, 2011 | 70 comments - (Comments are closed)

Many containers of fuel to power pumps were washed away after breach at Ft. Calhoun nuke plant

09:57 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 195 comments - (Comments are closed)

WSJ: Even though Ft. Calhoun reactor is in ‘shutdown’ it requires electricity to avoid melting of core

07:31 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 40 comments - (Comments are closed)

ABC: Federal gov’t “so concerned” about Ft. Calhoun situation that NRC chairman is headed to plant

07:07 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 49 comments - (Comments are closed)

NYT on Ft. Calhoun: Equipment ‘nicked’ 8 ft high, 2,000 ft long berm causing it to deflate

06:57 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Flood berm collapsed after being punctured by an unidentified piece of machinery: OPPD

05:51 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 40 comments - (Comments are closed)

Residents’ urine now radioactive, measuring at least 3 millisieverts in all 15 people tested

04:08 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 48 comments - (Comments are closed)

OPPD: Water also leaking around concrete berm surrounding Ft. Calhoun nuke plant’s main transformers

03:04 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 42 comments - (Comments are closed)

Auxiliary building at Ft. Calhoun surrounded by water after berm failure — NRC letter said if water enters auxilary building, could have station blackout with core damage in hours

02:40 PM EST on June 26th, 2011 | 79 comments - (Comments are closed)

Ft. Calhoun nuke plant now running on emergency generators as workers try to restore electricity — Power supply cut after water surrounded main electrical transformers

05:57 PM EST on June 25th, 2011 | 138 comments - (Comments are closed)

EPA radiation monitoring exists so Feds can say they have a system — Not to report data that would undermine public support for nuclear power, thinks watchdog

“The easiest way to not have any concern over data is to have no data at all,” said Hirsch

01:14 PM EST on June 25th, 2011 | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)

Water level near Cooper nuke plant expected to rise this weekend, says National Weather Service

11:01 AM EST on June 25th, 2011 | 71 comments - (Comments are closed)

Resumption of radiation decontamination system “not in sight” — Unclear whether recycling of water can be carried out as planned

10:35 AM EST on June 25th, 2011 | 45 comments - (Comments are closed)

8-month-old NRC letter: At 1,010 ft water would enter Ft. Calhoun’s auxiliary building, shorting power and submerging pumps; Could then have a station blackout with core damage within 15-18 hours — Water now at 1,007 ft

10:04 AM EST on June 25th, 2011 | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

WSJ reports press release from NRC saying Ft. Calhoun’s flood deficiencies were remedied — No mention of recent NYT report that NRC’s evaluation of plant’s new defenses is not complete

09:29 AM EST on June 24th, 2011 | 117 comments - (Comments are closed)

Doctors: 3,000+ microsieverts of internal radiation for residents in town 40 km from Fukushima plant

07:59 AM EST on June 24th, 2011 | 75 comments - (Comments are closed)

Unmanned helicopter crash lands on Reactor No. 2

05:55 PM EST on June 23rd, 2011 | 24 comments - (Comments are closed)

Helicopter makes emergency landing near Ft. Calhoun nuke plant while checking if floodwaters had weakened power transmission lines

12:19 PM EST on June 23rd, 2011 | 114 comments - (Comments are closed)

No. 4 spent fuel pool only 8 degrees below boiling point

06:23 PM EST on June 22nd, 2011 | 35 comments - (Comments are closed)

NRC says it is “closely monitoring” Missouri River as floodwaters rise at Cooper and Fort Calhoun nuclear plants

07:59 AM EST on June 22nd, 2011 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactor No. 3 temperature up 7°C in a day

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