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Despite some media reports, Ft Calhoun is not at a stage 4 level of emergency, which under the US scale, would be “actual or imminent substantial core damage or melting of reactor fuel with the potential for loss of containment integrity.”
If that rumor refers to the seven-level International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, a Level 4 incident requires at least one death, which has not occurred.
And let's not forget all that genetically modified seed washing south to contaminate natural fields.
Under the four-level nuclear event scale used in the US, an NOUE is the least hazardous. In an Alert, however, “events are in process or have occurred that involve an actual or potential substantial degradation in the level of safety of the plant,” according to the NRC.
The Ft. Calhoun plant -- which stores its fuel rods at ground level according to Tom Burnett -- is already partly submerged.
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“Ft. Calhoun is the designated spent fuel storage facility for the entire state of Nebraska…and maybe for more than one state. Calhoun stores its spent fuel in ground-level pools which are underwater anyway – but they are open at the top. When the Missouri river pours in there, it’s going to make Fukushima look like an x-ray.”
“But that’s not all,” adds Burnett. “There are a LOT of nuclear plants on both the Missouri and Mississippi and they can all go to hell fast.”
The black triangles in the below image prepared by the Center for Public Integrity show the disclosed locations of nuclear power plants in the US, minus research and military plants. (Red lines indicate both Mississippi and Missouri rivers):
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As of 1:15 pm ET on June 16, the river height of just over 40 feet near Cooper is still 5 feet below the elevation required for a plant shutdown. Near Fort Calhoun, the river is even lower as of 1:15 pm ET on June 16 (under 32 feet).
Originally posted by The GUT
That picture of the FT. Calhoun plant is definitely scary if the spent fuel rods are indeed at ground level.
Maybe that's how "Zombies" might become a reality: Irradiated Peeps. Us.
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Why is it that they choose such poor locations for nuclear powerplants? In japan they were close to the sea and near an earthquake line. In the usa they are located in southern california, near the new madrid fault line, on the east coast close to the atlantic or in flood prone waters.
To make matters worse they store spent rods within the facility at ground level?
If I was the illuminati and wanted to depopulate the world covertly, then causing nuclear disasters would be at the top of my agenda. And NO ONE bothers to ask these simple questions to the IAEA! I bet they would say "they need to be close to populated areas for distribution purposes" or "the power company chooses to build there because the land is cheap and accessible".
The day they tell us the truth will be the day most of us are dead and the rest under mind control!
Originally posted by -W1LL
Originally posted by The GUT
That picture of the FT. Calhoun plant is definitely scary if the spent fuel rods are indeed at ground level.
Maybe that's how "Zombies" might become a reality: Irradiated Peeps. Us.
you just opened a conspiracy can of worms there...
instead of slow moving zombies saying BRRRAAAAIIINSSS> it will be glowing FEMA camps full of people saying POTASSIUM IODINE,,,
The plant 20 miles from Omaha is encircled by a giant rubber barrier. And it has been shut down since April. The Omaha Public Power District said the complex will not be reactivated until the flooding subsides. Read more: www.ketv.com...
KETV
Unlike Japan's infamous Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the entire Omaha facility still has full electrical power for safety systems, including those used to cool radioactive waste. It also has at least nine backup power sources. Read more: www.ketv.com...
The Fort Calhoun nuclear power station in Nebraska remains shut down due to Missouri River flooding, but the plant itself has not flooded and is expected to remain safe, the federal government said Friday.
According to the NRC's Burnell, the added flood barriers will protect the plant even if the river rises beyond where it is currently projected to go. Within that flood barrier, the plant has taken steps to provide additional protection for emergency diesel generators, Burnell said.