Two Nebraska Nuclear Plants Partially Submerged by Missouri Floodwaters
June 17, 2011By LBG1
FAA issues 'No Fly Zones' due to 'hazards'
Ignored by the Mainstream Media two nuclear power facilities in Nebraska which were designated temporary restricted no fly zones by the FAA in early June due to ??hazards??. The FAA restrictions, ??effectively immediately??, ??until further notice??. The Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant, currently sandbagged against the floodwaters of the Missouri River, and, the Cooper Nuclear Station, located on the Missouri River. According to the NRC, there??s no need to panic. If so, then why the No Fly Zones due to ??hazards?? issued by the FAA?
Video news report from local NBC 6 on the Ft. Calhoun Power Plant and the massive amount of farm land flooded by the Missouri River. According to a local farmer worried about the levees, ??We need the Corps-Army Corps of Engineers??to do more. The Corps needs to tell us what to do and where to go. This is not mother nature, this is manmade.??
On June 6, 2011, the Federal Aviation Administration put into effect ??temporary flying restrictions????until further notice??over the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant in Blaine, Nebraska.
According to an informative post at the site The People??s Voice, the Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant and the Cooper Nuclear station are ??partially submerged?? by Missouri floodwaters.
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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.
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