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Offline franksolich

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Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« on: June 30, 2011, 06:37:54 PM »
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Nuke query: What if dam breaks? (Fort Calhoun & Cooper)
 
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110630/NEWS01/110639977/...

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Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking for an explanation of the flooding that would occur should a dam break upstream of two Nebraska nuclear plants it monitors.

Combined, the six U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the flood-swollen Missouri River comprise one of the largest reservoir systems in the country. The dams are releasing historic amounts of water during what will be a summer of managed flooding in the Missouri River valley.

On Wednesday, the NRC regional office that oversees Nebraska sent an official request to the corps for its 2009 and 2010 analyses of what would happen if a dam fails.

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, 19 miles north of Omaha, was offline before the flooding and remains so because of it. The river surrounds the plant to a depth of about two feet.

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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 06:53:38 PM »
nadin bait.

Steve must be feeling amorous tonight.
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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 07:22:59 PM »
Only that idiot would be worried about Ft Calhoun. I'd bet good money it's safer then his house.
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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 07:30:43 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on June 30, 2011, 07:22:59 PM
Only that idiot would be worried about Ft Calhoun. I'd bet good money it's safer then his house.

Yeah, you would know, sir, because you're right there on the spot, while I'm way upriver.

NHSparky described to me how safe both power plants actually are, even if shut down.

My concern was more that these two plants provide Nebraska with one-third of our daily electrical usage, and I'm wondering what's going to happen with that.  I got some good answers from others here.

Nebraska without electricity is like whiskey without alcohol.
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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2011, 07:51:19 PM »
Where is Obama?

Obama hates hard working white people.

And I stand by that.

Hate them more if they are older and were not in a blood sucking union.
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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 08:08:40 PM »
Look dummy... a major dam breaks everyone downstream is screwed. End of story.
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Re: Omaha Steve worried about dam breaking
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2011, 10:14:54 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on June 30, 2011, 07:30:43 PM
Yeah, you would know, sir, because you're right there on the spot, while I'm way upriver.

NHSparky described to me how safe both power plants actually are, even if shut down.

My concern was more that these two plants provide Nebraska with one-third of our daily electrical usage, and I'm wondering what's going to happen with that.  I got some good answers from others here.

Nebraska without electricity is like whiskey without alcohol.

Blasphemy! You can go to hell utterin' that sentence Coach!
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