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Muzz

15th June 2011, 09:17

Calz

15th June 2011, 10:39

Appears to be real. Many sources are reporting the story although the severity is questionable at this point.

If the missouri river raises another 5 feet as some of the sources are speculating ... then it could be a serious problem depending on if sandbagging can defend it.

Nebraska Nuclear Plant Was Under Alert

Operators Of Fort Calhoun Station Say Alert Due To Smoke

By the CNN Wire Staff

Posted: 4:57 pm MDT June 8, 2011Updated: 7:32 pm MDT June 8, 2011

(CNN) -- A nuclear power plant 19 miles north of Omaha, Neb., declared an alert due to electrical problems, officials said.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday morning's incident was "declared due to an indication of fire." But Omaha Public Power District, which operates Fort Calhoun Station, said the alert was due to smoke and there was no indication of fire.
The fire was extinguished within 50 minutes, the NRC said, adding an "alert" is the second-lowest of four emergency classes.

"There was no danger to the public of a radiation release because the plant has been shut down since early April for a refueling outage and remains in that condition," the NRC said in a statement Wednesday. "Although the plant briefly lost its normal ability to cool the spent fuel pool, temperatures in the pool remained at safe levels and the plant recovered pool cooling without the need for any of the plant's multiple backup systems."

The NRC said it monitored the situation.

In a statement late Tuesday, the Omaha Public Power District said the alert resulted from smoke in an electrical switchgear room.

"After a thorough safety review, the plant was cleared to return to its level one emergency that was declared Monday due to flood conditions," the customer-owned utility said.

Fort Calhoun Station has been down since April 9 for a refueling and maintenance outage. It remains shut due to flooding on the Missouri River.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/28175534/detail.html

Muzz

15th June 2011, 14:52

Thanks for the links Calz

Also found this.
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/06/fort-calhoun-nuclear-power-plant-spent.html

http://ncrenegade.com/editorial/no-fly-zone-over-fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-due-to-hazards/

Muzz

16th June 2011, 14:23

More developments

TOPEKA - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is advising people to avoid contact with the Missouri River.
http://www.hutchnews.com/latestregionalnews/Kansas-health-officials--don-t-use-Missouri-River

From rense
http://www.rense.com/general94/ftcal.htm

Muzz

16th June 2011, 17:02

http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/accidents/ftcalhoun61111.jpg

June 15, 2011
Flooding on the Missouri River is threatening Nebraska's Fort Calhoun nuclear reactor, owned and operated by the Omaha Public Power District. Above is a photo of the Fort Calhoun site taken June 11, 2011. A brief video of the site on June 14 is available here (the portion showing Fort Calhoun starts at 1 minutes 21 seconds into the video and lasts about 5 seconds, so you may want to pause it).

The Fort Calhoun reactor is currently in cold shutdown and has been since April 9, 2011, when it began a refueling outage. The refueling process is complete and the reactor is holding a full complement of fuel--1/3 fresh (unused) fuel and 2/3 older and highly radioactive fuel. The reactor has not been restarted since the refueling outage began.

The Fort Calhoun fuel pool is in the auxiliary building (brown building to the right of the white containment building in photo above). The pool itself is above ground level--we have not been able to learn how far above ground level. The pool currently contains about 670 metric tons of irradiated fuel. About 165 tons of irradiated fuel are stored in dry casks at the site (location in photo above unknown). Together this fuel contains about 100 million curies of radiation, 40% of which is Cesium-137. This single reactor's irradiated waste thus contains more Cesium-137 than has been reported to have been released to date from the four Fukushima reactors.

The reactor site is 1004 feet above sea level. The water level is currently, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, at 1005 feet, 7 inches above sea level and is projected to rise to 1006 feet, 4 inches.

Two significant events have occured at Fort Calhoun since the flood waters began to rise. On June 7, a fire in an electrical switchroom knocked out power, and thus cooling capability, to the fuel pool for about 90 minutes. Utility officials claim it would take 88 hours of loss of cooling for the water to fully boil off. However, since some of the fuel in the pool has been loaded since April 9 and is thus quite hot, this may have been an overly optimistic estimate.

On June 13, sewage from the site's administration building was released into the Missouri River at the rate of 105 gallons per minute. We have been unable to determine how long this release took place. Since the sewage reportedly came from the administration building, it was not likely to have contained radiation.

According to an updated entry in Wikipedia: "A flood assessment performed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2010 indicated that the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station, "did not have adequate procedures to protect the intake structure and auxiliary building against external flooding events."[6] The assessment also indicated that the facility was not adequately prepared for a "worst-case" flooding scenario. A number of potential flood water penetration points were discovered that could have impacted the raw feed water supply to the cooling system, the axilliary water supply and main switchgear (electrical) room. By early 2011, corrective measures had been implemented.[6]"

Fort Calhoun is a 500 MW Combustion Engineering Pressurized Water Reactor. It received its initial operating license in October 1973, and a renewal of its license in 2003. It is now licensed to operate until August 2033.

Source (http://www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/accidents/fortcalhoun.htm)

Calz

17th June 2011, 10:53

Thanks for the updates on this Muzz.

I actually live within about 70 miles of the reactor but have been on the other half of the world the last several weeks vacationing.

The last link/info looks good as coming from the private sector much more likely to be straight about the downside potential.

From the latest photo it doesn't appear to be any sandbagging at all going on with the plant virutally surrounded. If the information about open access from the top for water to dump on spent fuel rods is accurate (but sounds rather incredulous) that could get ugly.

That was about 3 days ago. Even if the risks are being suppressed ... I would think that if water was flooding the area where the spent fuel rods are there would be more news about it.

Anyway ... if even a small portion of the earth change events happen as many believe then no doubt many nuke plants worldwide will be at risk.

Calz

18th June 2011, 14:04

Just returned home landing in airport about 15 miles from the fort calhoun nuke site.

My local inquiries have not resulted in much information except for the results at various locations from the missouri river flooding.

This story may be completely :bs: but for now I am not sure.

When you have a nuke plant completely surrounded by flood waters ... it would certainly appear to be a *bad thang*.

Perhaps not as "newsworthy" (yet) as Ski being in Japan when the sh*t hit the fan but will certainly pass along anything I hear locally.

US orders news blackout over crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant: report

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 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.”

http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/International/18-Jun-2011/US-orders-news-blackout-over-crippled-Nebraska-Nuclear-Plant-report

Ba-ba-Ra

18th June 2011, 18:20

We never know what's something and what's nothing - or simply a potential; however, it is good to stay aware, so am very appreciative for these posts - and CALZ_ since you are in relative proximity to this event, I do look forward to your comments and info.

And all of these events are good reminders to enjoy each and every moment.

Muzz

18th June 2011, 23:51

Hi Calz hope evrything turns out ok with this.

Calz

19th June 2011, 18:58

Not from a local source but this one discounts the Level 4 warning of other sources.

On the downside it does seem to confirm that flood water would, in fact, have access to stored fuel rods. Also implies additional nuke plants are at risk from the Missouri River flooding.

Midwest Floods: Both Nebraska Nukes Threatened

Tens of millions of acres in the US corn belt have flooded, which will spike the cost of gas and food over the next several months. Worse, several nuclear power plants sit in the flooded plains. Both nuclear plants in Nebraska are partly submerged and the FAA has issued a no-fly order over both of them.

On June 7, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant filed an Alert with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after a fire broke out in the switchgear room. During the event, "spent fuel pool cooling was lost" when two fuel pumps failed for about 90 minutes.

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.

The Fort Calhoun TFR (temporary flight restriction) was issued the day before the nuclear Alert. The FAA issued another TFR on June 7 for the Cooper plant.

Other flood-related TFRs were issued on June 13 for the Garrison Dam in Bismarck, North Dakota and on June 5 for rescue operations in Sioux City, SD.

Under the four-level nuclear event scale used in the US, an NOUE is the least hazardous. In an Alert, however, "events are in process or have occurred that involve an actual or potential substantial degradation in the level of safety of the plant," according to the NRC.

Despite some media reports, Ft Calhoun is not at a stage 4 level of emergency which, under the US scale, would be "actual or imminent substantial core damage or melting of reactor fuel with the potential for loss of containment integrity."

If that rumor refers to the seven-level International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, a Level 4 incident requires at least one death, which has not occurred.

Continued flooding does threaten the plants, however. As nuclear engineer, Arnie Gundersen, explains in this video, cooling pumps must operate continuously, even years after a plant is shut down.

One group, the Foundation for Resilient Societies, has proposed solar panels and other high-reliability power sources to supply backup cooling for the fuel pools at nuclear plants.

Thomas Popik told Food Freedom that FRS "invited the Chief Nuclear Officers of nearly every nuclear power utility to comment" on their proposal and only heard back from one operator. Otherwise, not one CNO has officially responded to the NRC-filed proposal.

While hindsight might be 20/20, the lack of foresight can be blindingly deadly when it comes to radioactive waste that lasts tens of thousands of years for the measly prize of 40 years of electricity.

The Ft. Calhoun plant - which stores its fuel rods at ground level according to Tom Burnett - is already partly submerged.

"Ft. Calhoun is the designated spent fuel storage facility for the entire state of Nebraska...and maybe for more than one state. Calhoun stores its spent fuel in ground-level pools which are underwater anyway - but they are open at the top. When the Missouri river pours in there, it's going to make Fukushima look like an x-ray."

In 2010, Nebraska stored 840 metric tons of the highly radioactive spent fuel rods, reports the Nuclear Energy Institute. That's one-tenth of what Illinois stores (8,440 MT), and less than Louisiana (1,210) and Minnesota (1,160). But it's more than other flood-threatened states like Missouri (650) and Iowa (420).

"But that's not all," adds Burnett. "There are a LOT of nuclear plants on both the Missouri and Mississippi and they can all go to hell fast."

The black triangles in the below image prepared by the Center for Public Integrity show the disclosed locations of nuclear power plants in the US, minus research and military plants. (Red lines indicate both Mississippi and Missouri rivers):

Fort Calhoun is the smallest nuke plant in the nation, with one pressurized water reactor generating less than 500 MW. The NRC relicensed the plant through 2033, giving it a lifespan of 60 years. Cooper was first commissioned in 1974 and has been relicensed through 2034, also giving it a 60-year lifespan.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/230102-Midwest-Floods-Both-Nebraska-Nuke-Stations-Threatened

Calz

20th June 2011, 05:06

Don't place much trust in "officials" but from most sources I have found it would appear the nuke plant(s) are safe *provided* electricity is not lost for more than a couple days.

Having said that ... how might that play out with the solar flare activity expected over the next couple years with nuke plants all over the globe???

Anyway, this will be my last "update" unless things head south.

Officials: Neb. nuke plant safe from flood

OMAHA, Neb. - The pictures of a Nebraska nuclear-power plant were startling: Floodwaters from the swollen Missouri River had risen nearly to the reactor building, with the potential to climb even higher.

Coming only a few months after Japan's nuclear disaster, the Associated Press images alarmed many people who saw them earlier this week. But nuclear regulators and the utility that runs the Fort Calhoun reactor say there is little cause for immediate concern.

The plant, encircled by a giant rubber barrier against the water, has been shut down since April. The Omaha Public Power District says the complex will not be reactivated until the flooding subsides.

And unlike Japan's infamous Fukushima Dai-ichi facility, the entire plant in Nebraska still has full electrical power for safety systems, including those used to cool radioactive waste.

The Fort Calhoun complex "is safe, and it will continue to be safe throughout this flooding situation," said Dave Bannister, chief nuclear officer for the power district.

A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reinforced that view.

"We think they've done everything that they need to do to respond to the current conditions," Victor Dricks said.

Flooding remains a concern all along the river because of the enormous amounts of water released by the Army Corps of Engineers. The river is expected to rise as much as 5 to 7 feet above flood stage in much of Nebraska and Iowa and as much as 10 feet over flood stage in parts of Missouri.

The corps expects the river to remain high at least into August because of heavy spring rains in the Upper Plains and substantial Rocky Mountain snowpack melting into the river basin.

After fielding many worried questions about the plant, utility officials held a news conference Friday to reassure the public.

"We understand the deep responsibility we have in operating a nuclear-power plant," CEO Gary Gates said.

Edwin Lyman, a physicist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, said plants at risk from floodwaters must ensure their electrical supply and coolant pumps are protected.

"There's no question that flooding can be an extremely serious concern," Lyman said.

The pumps are a key piece of safety equipment because if pumping systems fail for several days and are not fixed, cooling water could boil away and eventually cause radioactive releases.

Workers at the facility 20 miles north of Omaha are still able to get inside the building without getting wet by using walkways that rise above the water.

The river has risen 1.5 feet higher than Fort Calhoun's 1,004-foot elevation above sea level, but the water is being held back by a series of protective barriers, including an 8-foot rubber wall outside the reactor building.
Fort Calhoun can be fortified to handle water up to 1,014 feet above sea level, Bannister said.

In another contrast to the March 11 tsunami in Japan, the Missouri River flooding has been predicted for weeks, so there was plenty of time to prepare. But even if the river had risen in a flash flood, Fort Calhoun's reactor building is designed to handle water up to 1,007 feet above sea level before any additional floodgates or barriers are added.

The rubber barrier surrounding the plant is designed primarily to protect external equipment, not the reactor itself, which Banister said is encased in a watertight room. The building housing the reactor has been fortified with steel plates on the outside and a series of internal barriers.

The pool that holds radioactive spent fuel is in an elevated structure several stories above the rest of the power plant, so the waste is safe from floodwaters.

The spent fuel stored in dry casks is in an area that's 1,009 feet above sea level.

Last year, the regulatory commission criticized Fort Calhoun's flood-response plan because the utility had a large supply of sandbags, but no sand to fill them. The utility remedied that problem by stockpiling thousands of filled sandbags.

Regulators did not find any significant deficiencies in the flood plan when Fort Calhoun was inspected this spring after the nuclear crisis in Japan.

To help ensure Fort Calhoun remains safe, regulators increased their presence at the plant from two to six inspectors, so at least one is always there.

The agency concluded that both the Fort Calhoun plant near Blair and the Nebraska Public Power District's Cooper plant near Brownville are safe.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/06/18/20110618missouri-nuclear0618.html#ixzz1Pmxc3GsY

pyriel

20th June 2011, 05:58

sioux city is in Iowa. I live in south dakota, probably 2hrs north of the general area of Sioux city, Iowa. I do know that Pierre, SD is a location for the Oahe Dam and that area has sandbagged big time cause they were going to open the gates to release water and from what I understand is they plan to open all the gates on the dam and that it was supposedly going to be like that until around august or september I believe. I do have friends that live in Pierre that I can always get info from on what's going on.

So most areas in Nebraska are going to be flooded for probably a long time but that all depends on the Dams from Montana to that area in Nebraska holding and not breaking. Most of those dams are earthen dams. I believe only 2 are concrete in that long stretch. Then If I were to believe Zetatalk website, this could be last a very long time. Both dakotas and most of Nebraska but I take it with a pinch of salt so to say since everything I read/watch say zetas are negitive beings.

Calz

20th June 2011, 06:08

Muzz

20th June 2011, 11:52

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9UC1hBJkZs&feature=player_embedded

Calz

21st June 2011, 05:41

OPPD Dispels Nuclear Meltdown Rumors In Ft. Calhoun

Officials: Fukushima Event Will Not Happen In Ft. Calhoun

POSTED: 10:03 am CDT June 18, 2011
UPDATED: 12:57 pm CDT June 18, 2011

OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman toured the flooded Missouri River this week and saw the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant, seemingly inundated by water.

The same image that the governor saw reached the Internet and had led to a wave of rumors. But Omaha Public Power District officials said the images don't tell the whole story.

They said the flood water pumped into a giant donut around the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant was put there to keep flood water out. Officials called it an "aqua berm."

The OPPD showed videos taken almost two weeks ago to demonstrate the efforts to keep the facility dry.

"I want (people) to understand the plant is safe (and) will continue to be safe," said Dave Bannister, an OPPD nuclear plant officer.

Officials said on Friday that the plant is on the lowest emergency status, but they are prepared if it rises another 10 feet.

"We have a lot of margin of where we are today. And, if things were to progress, we still have margins and actions to be able to address that," Bannister said.

Officials said they also want to dispel the rumors going around the Internet about a possible nuclear meltdown.

Read more: http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28281114/detail.html#ixzz1PsztPxgM

Muzz

21st June 2011, 14:52

Calhoun Dry Cask Spent Fuel
Modules Now Half-Submerged

link (http://www.rense.com/general94/cask.htm)

Calz

21st June 2011, 15:25

Calhoun Dry Cask Spent Fuel
Modules Now Half-Submerged

link (http://www.rense.com/general94/cask.htm)

Thanks for the update (folks should follow the link from Muzz for latest photos).

Hmmm ... who to trust more ... government officials, nuke officials or jeff rense??? :decision:

All I know is it keeps raining. Last night a *very* heavy rain. :rain:

In another thread (no fly zone) I posted something from Joseph Farrell who seems to think "weather wars" could be to blame. With all this rainfall in the middle portion of the country it could well be. Perhaps natural earth change weather patterns. Who knows???

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?23280-No-Fly-Zones-Appear-Across-U.S.-At-Unprecedented-Pace-As-Events-Ramp-UP&p=248378#post248378

Hummingbird

21st June 2011, 16:25

Anything nuclear no good.. Any conscious person knows not to use the microwave, but the elite build these plants like there is now tomorrow and say " there perfectly safe".

Fukishima showed us what we already knew,that they are built by the most dark magicians on the planet because they know exactly how fail proof the are NOT and how much damage they can due to an environment and the people..

Anything this dangerous should only be controlled by the government if they had the planet's well being at heart, but they are selling us out to the destruction timeline( trying atleast, won't succeed) and there E.T counterparts/genetic kin are setting up the next line of domino's for them to start knocking down. They build these places that hold thousands of more kilotons of nuclear death than the bombs that were dropped on Japan and then LEASE THEM OUT!!! :rant:

This nuclear factor is a big one for me and I had found this link showing were the most reactor's are built and who hold the most power( not a coincidence that the countries with there hand in the nwo all dabble in nuclear ALOT )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_country

The colored map of the globe half way down the link is a good illustration of were you do and don't want to live..

grey and green=no reactors:fish2:.. Blue = :sick:

I could see how they could use these sites to ravage the local area's into being non inhabitable, they could wait for natural events they KNOW are coming or make some happen that look like natural events to create meltdowns etc..

Calz

21st June 2011, 16:30

Anything nuclear no good.. Any conscious person knows not to use the microwave, but the elite build these plants like there is now tomorrow and say " there perfectly safe".

Hmmm ... and could that be the same elite who withold the free energy technology that would make nuclear power (as well as most other sources) not necessary????

Good post :)

Hummingbird

21st June 2011, 16:57

Thanks Calz_

Have you ladies and gents seen this article, http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/fukushima.html

Alot to read but great research and lots of pictures for proof. The thousand pound " night owl" camera that was placed in the reactor 2 weeks before disaster that resembles a nuclear bomb gun type of weapon is interesting to say the least..

Siegfried The 7

21st June 2011, 17:41

I should've known Japan's reactors would be a precursor to things here the moment the news starts talking about our nuclear plants with all the "can it happen here?" talk.

People in Missouri experiencing infections of some sort of fungus and/or plague after tornado hit them. I dare not ask what's next? SMH.

Im really big on picking up on things expressed in films and at the moment two films are really bothering me...

The Crazies[2010] - this film has some type of virus hitting a small town infecting its people. The military comes in quarantines the infected and carts the no infected away like cattle after "tagging" them and eventually attempts to just kill all the people for being potential risks to safety. Makes me think of the current Joplin, Missouri situation thats being kept silent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7w9uWFIMBs

X-Men Origins: Wolverine[2010] - We got black ops in this film. Experimentation by the government. The search for mutants of which genetic material(DNA) is wanted in the hopes of creating a super being or soldier(just like coming Captain America movie) from all the collected material. Toward the end there's an island the main character travels to by plane and pilot tells him "..there it is hidden in plain sight.." and says something like no one would expect a nuclear reactor. Last battle happens on top of a nuclear reactor. Reactor gets destroyed. Also in the new X-Men movie I heard it is said the characters powers derive from radiation. How appropriate. Hmmmm....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPmbGzQaOCs

Please place this post in appropriate thread if need be...

Autumn

21st June 2011, 18:08

The first movie preview you put up is like I Am Legend.

The part about reading between the lines of movies, I like that idea ... what I don't understand is how the "between the lines" don't penetrate the unawakened zombie mass as they are so used to get manipulated by the lamestream. Why is it that in all the doomes day movies etc. it is always the nut jobs (conspiracy theorists) who are right but no one will listen to us off screen? Ha ha. The "between the line" tells everyone that WE'RE RIGHT! Listen up and save yourselves! But once we try to educate the masses we're laughed at. Are some instructors etc. trying to save the world by putting the conspiricy theorists in a "sane" light but failing misserably because the lamestream zombies can't think that Hollywood actually can portray the shadow side of reality - the side hidden until third act?

Ba-ba-Ra

21st June 2011, 18:14

Back in the late 60's the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California was built DIRECTLY on a known fault line with at least two other fault lines within a few miles of its location. It is still in operation.

At the time my son was very actively involved with the many protesters who lived in the area who were concerned about the questionable site chosen for construction, but of course, Westinghouse won out and supposedly it was built to withstand a 6.75 quake and later upgraded to a 7.5 quake. It is located directly on the ocean, however, no mention was ever made to my knowledge about protection from an instantaneous Tsunami as the one that hit in Japan.

When questioned about this recently (in light of the recent disaster at Fukishma) one of our lofty politicians said: Well that was back then, that would never be allowed now.:confused:.... I scratched my head, but it is being allowed now - Hello!! - it is still in operation and we've had many earthquakes around the globe over 7.5.

So, do I trust our government, you ask. These guys are so busy tweeting their weiners on the internet, they have no time for inconsequential things like earthquakes and nuclear power!

onawah

21st June 2011, 20:18

Hi folks
Fort Calhoun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Calhoun_Nuclear_Generating_Station) in Nebraska is having some issues. Is this real, disinfo or false flag?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvvmrB7qEg

From 10th June http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/fire-nebraska-nuke-plant-briefly-knoc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPs1BrQmouY&feature=youtube_gdata

I would say it's real. Arnie Gundersen is a real expert on this and I would say he is integral. I have been following the Fukushima event since the beginning, and Gundersen's take on how bad it was and what was being hidden all turned out to be true.

Calz

24th June 2011, 16:37

A little odd but interesting enough to pass along:

Fort Calhoun Meltdown Simulated on Egyptian Website

http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/radiation-poisoning/fort-calhoun-meltdown-simulatedon-egyptian-website.html

Muzz

24th June 2011, 16:46

Hi Calz this also appeared on this (http://theintelhub.com/2011/06/23/fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-radioactive-plume-projections-released-for-the-conus/) intelhub article.

Muzz

26th June 2011, 23:11

Flood wall fails at Fort Calhoun

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110626/NEWS01/110629782#flood-wall-fails-at-fort-calhoun

Calz

26th June 2011, 23:20

Flood wall fails at Fort Calhoun

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110626/NEWS01/110629782#flood-wall-fails-at-fort-calhoun

Thanks.

Astrid just started a thread with that.

Doesn't sound good does it??? It has rained every day this week except one to varying degrees.

If (***if***) it is breached such that radiation starts leaking it would actually be the folks in Iowa most at risk as the wind currents are west to east.

This is the thing to watch out for:

On Sunday, floodwater surrounded the nuclear plant's main electrical transformers, and power was transferred to emergency diesel generators.

OPPD officials said the transfer was precautionary because of water leaking around the concrete berm surrounding the main transformers.

Efforts were underway to reconnect to offsite power once all safety checks have been completed.

*** adding ***

Looking for 2nd source CNN is running the story but "forgets" to mention the electrical power aspect.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/26/nebraska.flooding/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

blufire

27th June 2011, 00:41

Calz

27th June 2011, 01:09

Calz . . .

I do believe this is uncomfortably close to your neck of the woods.

If you need a place for you and your family to vacate you know I am here for you. Give me a holler and I’ll give you the “coordinates” of where I can be found.

Be safe my friend . . . . be safe.

Thanks for the concern and kind offer.

We are about 70 miles southwest so close ... but with the wind current not directly in the path.

If such an event was to occur it would be getting in the rainwater/food/drinking water for a good sized area. Considering low levels coming all the way from Japan it doesn't take much imagination to consider how many people in the eastern half of the country would feel some effects.

Ba-ba-Ra

27th June 2011, 17:50

Announcement that the Flood berm around the nuclear plant has collapsed. Of course Federal Regulators say "no concern".

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwsIdVXW-V7xE60P0dUnI_qSIaIw?docId=252989d1dda94c1d83ee47ba8907e484

Calz

28th June 2011, 03:59

CNN vid on the latest. Implies within an hour (of vid) they are going to open the plant up for inspection (apparently trying to calm fears by letting film crew in).

Fairly rounded report. Says that as of now things are fine but if the transformers go then things will get "dicey".

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/06/27/exp.tsr.todd.flood.nuke.plant.cnn?hpt=hp_t2

SKIBADABOMSKI

28th June 2011, 05:18

Hope this guy is wrong..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9qRdT1rFi0

Seems strange me posting videos for others about nuclear threats but after Fukushima (that is still ongoing and worrying me) it seemed to be the start of something dramatic as the end of nuclear power as a way of boiling water comes to an end.

Ski-

Muzz

28th June 2011, 08:29

ktlight found this and posted on another thread..

Ft Calhoun Newest Photos Have Disappeared (http://www.rense.com/general94/newst.htm)

ThePythonicCow

28th June 2011, 11:07

SKIBADABOMSKI

28th June 2011, 11:46

Calz

28th June 2011, 11:50

Hope this guy is wrong..

That "ELE 7/7/2011 Warning Video" seems to me like a crazy mix of various doomsday scenarios for the US. I'd wager that it is more evidence of a psyops operation, designed to raise the fear level in a certain portion of the US population. I call BS.

Well let's take a deep breathe and do what we can to stick to verifiable information here.

Borrowing this vid spotted by Teakai. This guy says he just made a trip from Missouri to the west coast and back to check out the water levels along the way.

Okay sounds reasonable ... for the sake of argument let's trust this guy. That would take about a week of driving:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=honET6Ubsb8

Talks about standing water and the many dams filling up with one in particular cracking and goes on to suggest this is all by design etc. taking us beyond our calm look at verifiable facts.

However ... the water *does* need to go somewhere. Snow melt from the mountains doesn't finish hitting the system until august. That's a fact.

We all see the photos/vids of the flooding in various places in the midwest. No conspiracy there (regardless of why it is happening).

I verify from Lincoln Nebraska (about 50 miles SW of Omaha) that all waterways are filled to capacity and it continues to rain nearly every day ... many times with heavy thunderstorms. This is not the time of year for steady rain. That was spring. It simply never stopped.

So ... climate change ... weather modification ... or perhaps a combination of both.

Or just one of "them things"???

Bottom line is shoving aside elenin, troop movement, fema drills, navy maps, haarp vids etc etc etc ... we have a *LOT* of water in the midwest and we are *going* to have some real problems one way or another.

Yes the Missouri river joins the Mississippi at St. Louis. Draw your own conclusions and if you live in the area stay prepared, alert and mobile.

Perhaps by design to hit the nukes (after 9/11 who knows what the psychopaths are capable of). Perhaps we are simply letting our imaginations run amuk.

IMHO

Calz

28th June 2011, 12:24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLaviJCydao&feature=related

Calz

28th June 2011, 17:55

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6aWwfiZJ10M#at=48

Muzz

28th June 2011, 23:46

Thanks for the vids Calz

"The plant is safe," said OPPD's chief nuclear officer, David Bannister. "It will continue to be safe throughout the duration of the natural disaster."

Read more: http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28379356/detail.html#ixzz1QcLnX8P1

Media Given Tour Of Flooded Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station (http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28379356/detail.html)

Images: Nuclear Plant Surrounded By Water (http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28370083/slideshow.html)

Ba-ba-Ra

29th June 2011, 17:29

Calz

2nd July 2011, 07:25

Kudos to ktlight for catching this story.

Sure smells like ***black ops*** to me!!!

:painkiller::spy::painkiller:

(note - adding 2nd source below)

... Nuclear Power Plant

FYI:

Update: Southwestiowanews.com is reporting that authorities believe the levee was blown up by an unknown group of citizens.The obvious question that has not been asked by the corporate controlled media is that if the group is unknown how do officials know that they are simply local citizens and not terrorists or rogue intelligence agents?

Explosives Used on Levee to Cause Breach

While it is true that citizens had spoken about there plans to blow up the levee in the past, it also remains highly suspicious considering the vague coverage of this matter by the corporate controlled media.

A levee near the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant has been intentionally blown up by unknown parties.

This is startling information considering the history of false flag terror. While this may simply be locals blowing up a levee to divert flood waters, it remains highly suspicious.

KETV.com

Authorities are investigating an intentional breach in a levee near Desoto Bend.
Pottawattamie County officials said a half-mile stretch of the Vanmann #30 levee was mechanically excavated and then lowered by using explosives.

Authorities have claimed that no government officials were involved in the detonation. The fact that it was mechanically evacuated indicates that this was not a small operation and was most likely noticed by locals.

Authorities said they’re investigating the levee breach. Pottawattamie County officials said no government entity had anything to do with the detonation, and they did not have advance notice from the people responsible for the breach.

Interestingly enough, President Obama recently signed a new executive order that established The White House Rural Council.

Keywords frequently identified as Agenda 21 language are used throughout the order.

It has also come to light that the Army Corps of Engineers, through anti human policies and objectives, effectively created/caused the major flooding that America’s Heartland is currently experiencing.

source
http://theintelhub.com/2011/07/01/unknown-parties-intentionally-blow-up-levee-along-missouri-river-near-fort-calhoun-nuclear-power-plant/

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Unknown bomber explodes levees near Ft Calhoun

Neglected farmers taking matters in their own hands?

An investigation is underway in attempt to determine who used explosives to blow up levees upriver and east of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station around 10:00 Friday morning. In the rich farmland where families still depend on crops for a living and American families depend on those crops for their dinner table, officials report there has been "no damage" to the area, assuring that they had nothing to do with these levee explosions according to KETV News in Omaha, Nebraska.

Farmers have been increasingly disgruntled with the way officials are managing the epic flooding. The levee explosions come less than a week after "workers" punctured the aqua-dam, recently erected to help protect the nuclear station from rising waters, sending thousands of tons of flood waters into the nuclear plant area.

"We had nothing to do with it," stated Matt Wilber, the Pottawattamie County Attorney who is overseeing the county response to flooding.

"Someone went in and basically breached that levee, blew it up," Wilber told reporters for KETV.

"So, the water that was pooling there is now basically flowing back down."

County officials reported that a half-mile stretch of Vanmann #30 levee near Desoto Bend was mechanically excavated and then lowered by using explosives Friday morning but they did not know who was responsible according to KETV News.

People in the Fort Calhoun area heard explosions and then realized the levees were being exploded. They phoned Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Theulen on Friday morning, wanting to know why levees were being blown up.

"One caller claimed to have witnessed the explosion." reports KETV.
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Calz

3rd July 2011, 01:17

Don't know how accurate this is, but picked this up on web:

10-mile evacuation underway around Fort Calhoun nuclear plant Isn't Omaha only 19 miles away from the plant?

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/28/fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-underwater-references-10-mile-radius-evacuation-order-scrubbed-internet-news-sites-32161/

I could not find a 2nd source about this until today ... and that coming from another avalon thread.

Quietest damn mandatory 10 mile evacuation from a nuke plant one could ever imagine (although I don't do television) ...

A ten mile mandatory evacuation area for the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant is now in effect. As stated in the video below, it is a “prudent approach” for fast developing events leading to radiation releases. Since the fast is currently shutdown, what radiation releases is NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko referring to? The only other source of radiation is the spent fuel rods. If this is the radiation source that he is referring to, a “prudent approach” might be moving the spent fuel rods to another

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As the United States continues to weigh its nuclear energy policy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima Daichi plant crisis, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been dealing with a small disaster of his own. His job may be at stake after a recent inspector general’s report revealed that he kept fellow commissioners in the dark about his actions to slow the approval of a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the report, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko—who was not present—came under attack, mostly from Republicans, over the findings. The inspector general’s report says that Jaczko broke no laws, but several lawmakers, including a leading Republican on the Energy and Commerce committee, Kentucky Rep. Ed Whitfield, are calling for his resignation.

http://ncrenegade.com/

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcryptome.org%2Feyeball%2Fne-npp-flood%2Fne-npp-flood.htm&ei=tJAPToW6JsWwhQfJtJn-DQ&usg=AFQjCNGqUoOHAe-NpaM7YY67Ch5AzQO5Lg

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?24244-10-Mile-Mandatory-Evacuation-Area-at-the-Fort-Calhoun-Nuclear-Plant

Rocky_Shorz

3rd July 2011, 01:45

nuke plants dropping down all over the world for different reasons, quakes, fires, tornados, floods and jellyfish?

is someone trying to tell us to get off the NUKES?