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07/14/11 Omaha, Neb. - A low-level alert issued last month as Missouri River floodwaters approached a southeast Nebraska nuclear power plant has been lifted as water recedes, while a similar alert remains in effect for a second plant along the river that has been shut down since April.
07/14/11 The Missouri River Joint Information Center held a conference call Wednesday evening, July 13, from the Division offices in Omaha, Nebraska. Erik Blechinger, at the Missouri River Joint Information Center, hosted the call. The following is information from the call and other information provided to me by other sources:
07/13/11 The floodwaters near Cooper Nuclear Power Plant in Brownville, have receded enough for the utility to end the alert it issued last month as the Missouri River was rising.
07/13/11 BROWNVILLE, Neb. (AP) - The floodwaters near Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska have receded enough for the utility to end the alert it issued last month as the Missouri River was rising.
07/13/11 The floodwater near Cooper nuclear power plant in southeast Nebraska have receded enough by Tuesday for the utility to end the alert it issued last month as the Missouri River was rising.
07/13/11 An alert issued at a southeast Nebraska nuclear power plant as rising floodwaters from the bloated Missouri River threatened its perimeter has been terminated.
07/13/11 The Cooper Nuclear Power Station is seen near Brownville, Neb., Sunday, June, 19, 2011. When the Missouri River reached 42.5 feet, or 899 feet above sea level Sunday morning, the Nebraska Public Power District issued a flooding alert for its nuclear power plant, Cooper Nuclear Station.
07/13/11 The swollen Missouri River was swamping more farmland in Missouri on Wednesday as federal officials began to prepare for a gradual reduction in water releases from a key dam starting later in July.
07/13/11 The Missouri River Joint Information Center held a conference call Tuesday evening, July 12, from the division offices in Omaha, Neb. Erik Blechinger, at the Missouri River Joint Information Center, hosted the call. The following is information from the call and other information provided to me by other sources:
07/07/11 Landsat 5 captured an image of flooding occurring along the Iowa/Nebraska border on June 30, 2011. Flooding is still occurring on July 6, and Flood Warnings are still in effect from the National Weather Service. The Landsat 5 image captured was an enlargement of the area just north of Omaha. The flood waters show up as very dark blue and, where the water is shallow, medium blue. In the image ...
07/06/11 OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - Missouri River flooding closed another bridge on Wednesday morning, with U.S. Highway 30 between Blair, Nebraska, and Interstate 29 in Iowa shut down for 48 hours as crews install flood barriers, officials said.
07/05/11 Thomas Saporito is a consultant, based out of Florida. He said with flood water surrounding the plant, a nuclear meltdown is bound to happen. Saporito wants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or NRC, to take swift action.
07/04/11 An Enforcement Petition has been filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requesting that the agency issue a Confirmatory Order requiring the shut-down of the Cooper Nuclear Station operated by Nebraska Public District.
07/03/11 On one hand it was a hopeful sign: On May 8, 2010, a gray whale, estimated to be 43 feet long, was sighted in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel. The same animal, identified by its unique markings,...
07/02/11 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tear on Sunday in a temporary berm allowed Missouri River flood waters to surround containment buildings and other vital areas of a Nebraska nuclear plant, but reactor systems were not affected.
06/28/11 Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday he remains confident of the safety of two nuclear generating plants located on the Nebraska border along the flood-swollen Missouri River.
06/28/11 BROWNVILLE, Neb. (AP) - Both of Nebraska's two nuclear power plants are battling flooding along the Missouri River, and the chairman of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission is visiting to check out the protective measures they've taken.
06/28/11 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will visit Nebraska's two nuclear power plants to check out the measures they've taken to battle flooding along the Missouri River.
06/28/11 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Firework sales in Nebraska could be booming heading in the Fourth of July because of road and bridge closures along the flooding Missouri River.
06/28/11 BROWNVILLE, Neb. (AP) - The failure of a Missouri River levee in northwest Missouri is offering a brief reprieve from flooding for southeast Nebraska near the Cooper nuclear power plant. |
