Flood Berm Collapses at Nebraska Nuclear Plant

June 27th, 2011

Via: AP:

A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger.

The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station shut down in early April for refueling, and there is no water inside the plant, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said. Also, the river is not expected to rise higher than the level the plant was designed to handle. NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said the plant remains safe.

The federal commission had inspectors at the plant 20 miles north of Omaha when the 2,000-foot berm collapsed about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Water surrounded the auxiliary and containment buildings at the plant, it said in a statement.

The Omaha Public Power District has said the complex will not be reactivated until the flooding subsides. Its spokesman, Jeff Hanson, said the berm wasn’t critical to protecting the plant but a crew will look at whether it can be patched.

2 Responses to “Flood Berm Collapses at Nebraska Nuclear Plant”

  1. Crates says:

    This part is good :

    “The Omaha Public Power District has said the complex will not be reactivated until the flooding subsides.”

    Okay then, that’s a relief.

  2. Eileen says:

    This list came from an article on Solari. **Forty** no fly zones.
    Do not fly over flood zones.
    Do not fly over fire zones.
    Do not fly over places where there are security issues. And what would those security issues be?
    Moving bombs and other what not, methinks out of harms way, but goshdarn it. We the sheeple I guess have no need to know.
    http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html

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