Nebraska Nuclear Power Plants Missouri River Flood Conditions

[Fledermaus]

The Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Fort Calhoun, Neb. , currently shut down for refueling, is surrounded by flood waters from the Missouri River, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. On Tuesday, the releases at Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota hit the maximum planned amount of 150,000 cubic feet of water per second, which are expected to raise the Missouri River 5 to 7 feet above flood stage in most of Nebraska and Iowa. AP

http://cryptome.org/eyeball/ne-npp-flood/ne-npp-flood.htm
Nebraska Cooper Nuclear Power Station

The Cooper Nuclear Power Station was built near Brownville, Nebraska on a 100-year flood plain with additional protective dikes and levees. The plant was first put into operation in July 1974.

In mid-July 1993 upstream dikes and levees collapsed causing rapidly rising flood waters on the Missouri River forced the operator to shutdown the reactor. The flooding closed many emergency escape routes in the region.

“…below grade rooms in the reactor and turbine buildings had extensive leakage with rising water levels.”
“… the floor drain system backed up so that standing water from within areas known to be radiologically contaminated had migrated out into designated clean areas.”
“…water levels rising inside the reactor building impinged on electrical cables and equipment such as the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) pump room causing the circuitry to ground out.” <3>
http://cryptome.org/eyeball/ne-npp-flood/ne-npp-flood.htm

[Fledermaus]

1. Built in the 100 year flood plain.....Perfect!!!

[ixion]

2. I know, right? Brilliant!

seriously, how stupid can you get? And without adequate protection for when that 100 year flood does come! It was an accident waiting to happen from the get-go.

[Fledermaus]

4. It's expected to go up anouther 5 to 7 feet, and this is going to last months!!!

[ixion]

5. Yep, that's why it's a "flood plain"

and why it was a really, really, really bad idea to build anything there without a proper levee system, much less an uprotected nuclear power plant. :wow:

Really, the mind boggles. :crazy:

And you know, I'll be somewhere along the way some engineer lost his job because he point this out. I really can't believe that glaring fact was somehow overlooked.

[Fledermaus]

7. It gets better?1?!!!! It's built on the side of a bend that has the fastest water!?!?!!?

[Fledermaus]

8. Even better?!?!?!?!111 Rivers change paths during flooding. The map shows it!

At one time or two, the river ran right through the plant. One of the paths is plainly carved into the hill the other is a little harder to see, but its there...

[ixion]

9. Yep, you can see the water's path at a glance

it's what formed that butte.

I wonder how many people they had to pay off to get that one through.

And I bet the reason they did that is because they were trying to cut costs and not build an aqueduct.

[madokie]

3. Not only is nuclear energy dangerous

the people who build and operate them are Stupid

[Fledermaus]

6. It's currently a no fly zone! If you want photos you have to go by boat!!!

It doesn't look good. But the operator was smart enough not to restart the plant. That gives everybody much more time to respond.

I don't know if the other is in cold shutdown.

[ladjf]

10. ... and reckless in the extreme. nt

[madokie]

11. Thank you