Here is one report on further developments:
http://www.businessinsider.com/faa-closes-airspace-over-flooded-nebraska-nuclear-power-plant-2011-6#ixzz1PUYRHB13
A fire in Nebraska's Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant briefly knocked out the cooling process for spent nuclear fuel rods, ProPublica reports.
The fire occurred on June 7th, and knocked out cooling for approximately 90 minutes. After 88 hours, the cooling pool would boil dry and highly radioactive materials would be exposed.
On June 6th, the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) issued a directive banning aircraft from entering the airspace within a two-mile radius of the plan
Really weird how some folks here at FREEP think the MSM covers up nuc stuff...I’d think the opposite, that they hate it and would expose anything to hurt the nucs. I am a nuc and hope nuc comes back.
There are three nuclear plants on the Missouri from what I can tell. All three just have one reactor each. It is also very difficult to know where this flood will peak or even how long it will last. Snow levels up in the Montana Mountains are at historic levels. We also have numerous dams up on the Missouri river and some of those are very old. Chances are everything will be fine, but if one of those damns breaks open, all bets are off.
Wonder why anyone would build a nuclear power site in an area where it could be flooded, and would have to be sandbagged?
We’re only about a hundred miles from there, as the crow flies.
And, unfortunately, in the direction of the prevailing winds this time of year.
They only have four levels if notification? #1 is no big deal and #4 means end of all life on Earth??? You would think they would have more levels.
So, when do the lawsuits start from the enviro-whackos?
Please don't re post that garbage. The author is a college intern majoring in philosophy and political theory! His article is crap; easily refuted with a simple websearch:
“Ricky Kreitner
Ricky Kreitner Intern
Ricky Kreitner is an intern at Business Insider Politics. He attends McGill University in Montreal, where he studies philosophy and political theory.“
Also after seeing this posted yesterday I did some simple digging. FAA has issued other no fly’s at other sites along the Missouri River. Look up NOTAM’s on their (FAA’s) website. Yes they did have a 90 minute electrical ooutage last week. The plant has been shutdown and COLD since April 9th.
The incident wasn’t the flood, it was a small fire that broke out and was quickly put out.
There are dozens of places along the flooded river that have FAA airspace closures.
Well, yes, theoretically, if everybody at the plant suddenly was taken up in the rapture, and then nobody else came to take their place, and all the backup systems decided not to work.
From the NRC.
http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2011/06/17/rumors-and-the-rising-river/
I suppose the late night talk shows will say this is part of the coverup!!