Berm Collapses at Nebraska Nuclear Plant
That would be a nuclear power plant you are looking at. And the reflecting stuff all around it? Water. Flood water. Somehow the statements from NRC don’t make me feel much better. Safe? Maybe. This time.
A berm holding back floodwater at a Nebraska nuclear power plant has collapsed.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the 2,000-foot berm at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station collapsed about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
There is no danger. The plant has been shut down since early April for refueling, and the commission says there’s no water inside.
Also, the Missouri River isn’t expected to rise past the flood level the plant was designed to handle.
The NRC says its inspectors were at the plant when the berm failed and have confirmed that the flooding has had no impact on the reactor shutdown cooling or the spent fuel pool cooling. NRC spokesman Victor Dricks says the plant remains safe.
Huffington Post and more by Matthew Wald at NY Times
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