flooding of biblical proportions along missouri river?

An author writing a book on flooding hazards of Missouri River, Bernard Shanks wrote informative commentary on risks, last month. St Louis Total Information AM interviewed Shanks following first wakes of heightened concern. A more recent Shanks interview is available here. The old Fort Peck Dam, in eastern Montana, constructed with a faulty design never used again is still considered a low risk to fail by Shanks. The bad news is if the dam were to fail it would be sudden with little warning. This would heighten risks of five lower dams failing and sweeping radioactive materials stored at Fort Calhoun NE nuclear plant into the flood. Will life jackets, inflatable rafts and Geiger counters be in high demand before the summer is out?

fort calhoun: fukushima in slow motion

A pictured subtitle, whether nuclear waste is a threat, captures sense of low regard for viewers. Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku, on the other hand, provides some insight into the dangers at both Los Alamos and Fort Calhoun, NE in a recent interview. It's a good thing that Los Alamos doesn't store nuclear bombs there, but a bad thing there are barrels of nuclear waste on site. Kaku provides best insight into potential tragedy at flooded Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, "...like Fukushima in slow motion." It only "takes 36 hours for water to boil off" once water pumps fail, says Kaku. The physicist put threshold for flooding pumps at an additional two feet, at that point, "it would be Fukushima 2.0." Will this year be remembered as the very tense nuclear summer of 2011?

gundersen: water intake bldg most critical at ft calhoun plant

Arnie Gundersen raises awareness of nuclear plant operations, single-handedly, with his online videos. Gundersen points out in a WBAI interview a small water intake building with primary role in keeping nuclear materials cool, may be most critical factor at Fort Calhoun? Nuclear materials must be kept cool at all times and reality not lost on this nuclear industry executive. The importance of outside observations cannot be understated with nuclear energy. Tom Burnett, another expert, observes most recent pictures of Fort Calhoun disappear off the net, an indication of efforts to withhold information from the public. The pictures of Fort Calhoun nuclear plant pumping water like a shipping ship, are not comforting. You must also wonder about the burst aqua berm over the weekend? Was it a nefarious act or another in an endless stream of supposed mishaps or incompetence? The present writer doesn't buy it's always an innocent mistake!

dutchsinse readings at ft calhoun waterlogged nuclear plant

Dutchsinse is on the job with readings on June 24th at an inundated Fort Calhoun, NE nuclear plant. Radiation measured in at 61.4 clicks per minute and Dutchsinse's conclusion, "...MID to LOW level 'background' radiation...the levels here NEXT to the plant are equal to that of most everywhere else in the country except for Denver Colorado. This also means RUMOR has run amok, and there has not been any sort of detectable radioactive 'leak'.

The present writer passed by the Fort Calhoun plant, today, wondering how tight security would be? The plant appeared under control with several cars in parking lot and construction equipment on site. The scene appeared calm, at least, from the outside and flooding less prevalent to judge from pictures of just a week ago.  A stop at a local convenience store showed plant still a "hot" topic with a customer complaining, "CNN believes the power company is lying about water getting into the plant," with a nodding cashier in quiet agreement. A quick search only reveals a CNN article from two days ago, which is rather supportive in tone. The article reveals an interesting, flood rumor control webpage, at the OPPD website.

A friend's son works at the plant and maintains there is no radiation leak, which Dutchsinse confirms with readings just outside the entrance. It's all calm currently, at least, in Fort Calhoun on this weekend radiation roundup.