“Thank you for that tremendous enlightenement. I’ll consult you for all further posts on FR.”
The article is garbage. And it’s very misleading. FR shouldn’t be a place where circus carnival sidehow crap is posted as “news”.
Leave that to the other side. We expect better.
The “garbage” article helped draw some MSM attention. Your castigation of my post is way off base. If there is a public concern about safety, and no one else is reporting it, then kudos to the kid. There was intelligent discussion related to the post. Take your censorship elsewhere.
Washington, DC The Washington Post
Federal regulators say both Nebraska nuclear plants are safe from Missouri River flooding
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, June 17, 8:45 AM
OMAHA, Neb. — Federal regulators say the utilities running both of Nebraska’s nuclear power plants have taken the steps needed to protect them from flooding from the Missouri River.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said Friday that Omaha Public Power District’s Fort Calhoun plant near Blair and Nebraska Public Power District’s Cooper plant near Brownville are safe.
Floodwaters are already surrounding the Fort Calhoun plant. The river has risen 1.5 feet higher than Fort Calhoun’s 1,004-foot elevation above sea level, but the water is being held back by an 8-foot-tall flood barrier.
Dricks says the Omaha Public Power District’s preparations would keep Fort Calhoun safe if the river rose another 8.5 feet. The river is not expected to rise more than 1 foot above its current level.
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