Ft. Calhoun - Cooper Nuclear Plants - Flooding

Ft. Calhoun and Cooper Station Flooding News Blog

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I started this page to help facilitate information about this ongoing incident. There is no "media blackout", the information is out there
it just takes effort to go find it.

Resources

US Corps of Engineers Dam Data
updated daily with dam levels and releases

NWS Calhoun Water Levels

NWS Cooper Water Levels

Omaha Radiation Levels

NRC public blog

Cooper Station Status Page

Ft. Calhoun Flood Status Page

Blog posts

June 29 - 2011

Ft. Calhoun NOT evacuate. There was a video making the rounds from the ABC station in Lincoln NE that claimed
a 10 mile zone Ft. Calhoun had been evacuated. It certainly sounded legit, they even had a sound bite from the
head of the NRC stating it was. When no other media outlet or witnesses confirmed the story I emailed KLKN TV.
Below is the response:

Hi Nancy,

To answer your question, there is no evacuation in the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant area. The information was incorrect
and we corrected it on our news yesterday, (June 28th). The 10-mile evacuation has not taken place, it is only a plan
by the NRC should conditions become critical at the plant.

Thanks,

Linda Van Hoosen

KLKN-TV Assignment Manager

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June 27 - 2011

Gavins Point dam running at 160k, Big Bend at 166k. All lower Missouri dams expected to keep up the
higher output for the rest of June.

Blair NE at 32.54 inches, expected to go up to 33.10 by 6-29. Brownville, NE at 43.10 expected to return to 44 ft by 7-2.

Flood water seeping into Ft. Calhoun turbine building. Currently being pumped back out.
Plant currently running on grid power. Cooper Station still above water infiltration. Source

Berm was damaged by equipment being used at the plant. Source

Ft. Calhoun went to generator and then back to grid power on Sunday in order to check the grid system. Source

Cooper Station has stockpiled supplies, installed 4 ft high flood protection at doors. Source

June 26 - 2011

Water berm at Ft. Calhoun accidentally collapsed by plant staff.
Water level projections over the next week, at Calhoun it will stay the same. At Brownville expected to hit 903 ft.
Gavins point dam still releasing 160k in water. So far Calhoun claims to be running on back up grid power sources.
No word of water infiltration at the plant. The main concern would be keeping water out of the electrical equipment
inside the containment and auxillary buildings.

Omaha.com | Assoc. Press | Washington Post | Reuters

June 23 - 2011

Interview with OPPD and NPPD about their plant safety.

So much for the rumor of a "media blackout" on Cooper - Calhoun - CNN coverage MSNBC coverage

Facts and original sources on Ft. Calhoun NPP current status. - debunking the "level 4 emergency" rumor.
Facts and original sources for spent fuel and reactors in NE - debunking the "regional spent fuel storage" rumor