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A bit more they didn't restart the reactor after they changed the fuel so that it wouldn't be running if the worst happened. That was smart of them. Smart of you is to leave if they flood. This fall we will have dodged a bullet if things are still OK.
The reactor had been shut down for repairs, last fall, I believe.
Its sad to think about the large number of people that will die as a result of the still ongoing Fukushima catastrophe. I wonder what would happen if a EF5 tornado similar to the one that hit Joplin hit one of these plants?
You might want to take a look at how those plants are built relative to wood frame houses and walmarts.
Eat your Sea Veggies and your anti-oxidants and don't eat any food that was grown in the part of the country ESPECIALLY DAIRY which is very conducive to radioactivity concentrating in it. Of course all of us to the east are going to be affected by the fallout in the Jet Stream.
A plant never at risk...a bunch of ill-conceived conspiracy muttering and now that the flood risk has abated we have a nother wave of vague grumbling about the SCARY NUCLEAR THREAT....from an inactive plant.
The government is telling us not to panic. All is under control, just like in Japan. But here are a few troubling inconsistencies. One, the Red Cross shelter next to the Fort Calhoun plant has been closed. They claim it was due to “decreased need.†During a flood? Now there is a no-fly zone around the plant. Then there is the disturbing news that the spent fuel rod pool was so full that they store the surplus fuel rods in a dry storage area outside the safety of the pool. How long will that area stay dry and what happens if it gets wet? One reporter claims the dry storage bunker is now half-submerged. One of the intake structures is prone to flooding that could affect the water pumps. Non-functional water pumps?... Does that sound familiar?
Tell you what... Why don't you take a stroll with Ann Coulter down by Fort Calhoun... I doubt you would...
If I still lived in the Midwest, I would, as there is nothing going on there to fear.
I might accidentally push Ann in the river, though.
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