"An electrical fire at the plant on June 7 briefly knocked out the cooling system for a pool where spent nuclear fuel is stored, but workers managed to restore the cooling system in about 90 minutes and the temperature of the pool only increased by two degrees. It is not clear whether the electrical fire was related to the flooding."
> > "The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant is one of three in the United States > that officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said they were most > concerned about back in March, because of doubts that the plant could handle > an emergency situation, such as flooding, and still continue to operate > safely." > > > > > I say let's take them. Bring the Iowa Guard back to Iowa and let's take > > control of this nuclear disaster thing before it gets any worst. Evidently > > it hardly matters to a Nebraskan what happens in Iowa. Let's fix this > > fucker like Hawkeyes know how to do. Jump the damn river there like a > > cyclone and take charge of matters. > > > > > > > > It just don't seem right that those grubbing cornhuskers slip their nuke > > > reactors in on our > > > borders with so little danger to themselves. That's got to be set right. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, that those damned Nebraskans could do this to us, > > > > force us to leave our homes. It's a sorry dang day. > > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I would suggest watching the video because it contains local TV > > > > > > news > > > > > > reports. The article I put up for face value in case people wanted > > > > > > to > > > > > > dig further. Yup, Sorcha Faal is a known spinner of tales (and not > > > > > > identified in the Pakistani article nor the Salem reprint) but the > > > > > > no-fly zone and the water way ban that the TV news reporter > > > > > > mentions are > > > > > > curious. Also there has been some funny stuff going on about > > > > > > Fukushima > > > > > > and radiation reports in the US. I'm sure the guvmint doesn't want > > > > > > the > > > > > > sheeple to freak out and neither does big energy who smells money > > > > > > in > > > > > > nukes. But we like to know what the Fukushima is happening. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 06/18/2011 04:21 PM, whynotnow7 wrote: > > > > > > > I didn't read the referenced articles or watch the Youtube that > > > > > > > Bhairitu posted. Just googled "Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant". The > > > > > > > Reuters article and another one were what I was referring to. > > > > > > > Smells fishy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > WBAI Pacifica Radio interviewed Arnie Gundersen, chief engineer and > > > > > energy consultant for Fairewinds Associates and a former nuclear > > > > > power industry executive. Arnie said the Ft. Calhoun nuclear plant > > > > > could probably hold as it is now but if a damn breaks, all bets are > > > > > off. The latest Reuters reports on water releases from dams: > > > > > > > > > > "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water releases from five dams in > > > > > North Dakota and South Dakota had already about doubled prior records > > > > > to relieve reservoirs swollen by heavy winter snows and spring > > > > > rainfall at the river's Montana headwaters. > > > > > > > > > > With severe storms expected over the next four or five days that > > > > > could dump up to 4 inches of rain in some areas, the Corps has > > > > > started to increase flows by nearly 7 percent at the Oahe Dam above > > > > > Pierre, South Dakota's capital, and the Big Bend Dam just downstream." > > > > > > > > > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/19/us-flooding-plains-idUSTRE75H1SX20110619 > > > > > > > > > > Arnie Gundersen Interview: "Nebraska Nuclear Plant: Emergency Level 4 > > > > > & Getting Worse" > > > > > > > > > > 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvvmrB7qEg > > > > > 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sTmzUzruu8 > > > > > 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lva5N9VpAgw > > > > > > > > > > Aerial photos and video of flooding in Nebraska and Iowa: > > > > > > > > > > http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=2605 > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGga2sRF9qg > > > > > > > > > > Fort Calhoun is the repository for all spent fuel rods in Nebraska > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/locations.html > > > > > > > > > > The other facility in Nebraska is the Cooper Nuclear Power Plant. It > > > > > is the most fire prone in US history. > > > > > > > > > > http://thehorseshoeblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/nebraska-has-most-fire-prone-nuclear.html > > > > > > > > > > "But we like to know what the Fukushima is happening." > > > > > > > > > > "U.S. babies are dying at an increased rate." > > > > > http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman06102011.html > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"<jstein@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > >>> Here's a YouTube video that has pictures of the rising waters > > > > > > >>> around the Fort Calhoun plant and other plants plus local area > > > > > > >>> TV reports. Apparently the Obama administration has ordered a > > > > > > >>> news blackout? > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvDbB3HqNcA > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> Article about the news blackout first report by Pakistan's > > > > > > >>> "The Nation": > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> http://www.salem-news.com/articles/june172011/nebraska-nuclear.php > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> (Note the editor disputes that the report of a news blackout > > > > > > >>> is a hoax but does think the Pakistani article may contain > > > > > > >>> inaccuracies). > > > > > > >> Here's the relevant comment calling it a hoax: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> ----- > > > > > > >> Laughing June 17, 2011 3:55 pm (Pacific time) > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> This article is by well-known disinfo artist "Sorcha Faal," > > > > > > >> whose name is, as usual, omitted from the unreliable EUTimes web > > > > > > >> site, and is also not from Moscow: > > > > > > >> http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread304918/pg1 > > > > > > >> Note that the web site this "news" story comes from includes > > > > > > >> this disclaimer: "Some events depicted in certain articles on > > > > > > >> this website are fictitious and any similarity to any person > > > > > > >> living or dead is merely coincidental. Some other articles may > > > > > > >> be based on actual events but which in certain cases incidents, > > > > > > >> characters and timelines have been changed for dramatic > > > > > > >> purposes. Certain characters may be composites, or entirely > > > > > > >> fictitious." http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index677.htm > > > > > > >> A clever mix of fact, fiction, and hysteria ("dramatic > > > > > > >> purposes") does not make the fiction part factual. You have been > > > > > > >> duped. > > > > > > >> ----- > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Google the name "Sorcha Faal." "She" is notorious for > > > > > > >> plastering hoaxes all over the Internet. "She" appears > > > > > > >> to be the alter ego of a computer programmer named > > > > > > >> David Booth. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
