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Sioux City Journal Monday June 27, 2010
- Flood warnings persist in southern Iowa
- Reservoir drops at Gavins Point as record releases continue updated 6:39 am
- Corps team addressing leaks in levee at Nebraska lake
- Flood berm collapses at Fort Calhoun nuclear plant
- Northbound Interstate 29 closed in Monona County for flood work
- Reservoir drops at Gavins Point as record discharge continues
- Southeast South Dakota highway closed to floods
- Thune calls tour of flood-stricken Fort Pierre area 'sobering'
- GALLAGHER: Home is where the office is
- What about flooded basements?
- Miniature sandbags make keepsakes
- Bread giveaway helps flood victims, needy
- Big Sioux levees 'made for strength'
- EXPLAINER: How Americans came to rely on the sandbag
- South Sioux starts fogging for mosquitoes
- Flooding taking its toll on ticket sales
- Flood-related problems weigh on air travelers
- HYTREK: Restaurant's river view an understatement
- Thune: Protection of life and property is corps' No. 1 job
- Truckers driving more to accommodate I-29 flooding detours
- CF restarts Port Neal production
- Flood damage assessments begin Monday in South Dakota
- Nebraska nuclear plant gets relief from levee breach
- King asks Obama to visit flood-ravaged communities
- Corps: spillway remains option at Oahe Dam
- Flooding prompts evacuations in Missouri, closes park
- NRC chairman to tour both Neb. nuclear plants
- Nuclear regulation chief to tour both Nebraska nuclear plants
- Nebraska nuclear plant gets relief from levee breach
NRC Activates Incident Response Center for Tracking Events at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant (pdf) Sunday June 26, 2011
Published Jun 26, 2011 by
The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says utilities running both of Nebraska's nuclear plants appear to be doing a good job battling Missouri River floodwaters. (June 26)
Reuters | Floodwaters surround Ft. Calhoon nuke plant after breach due to tear in inflatable berm Sunday June 26, 2011
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.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said the breach in the 2,000-foot inflatable berm around the Fort Calhoun station occurred around 1:25 a.m. local time.
More than 2 feet of water rushed in around containment buildings and electrical transformers at the 478-megawatt facility located 20 miles north of Omaha.
Reactor shutdown cooling and spent-fuel pool cooling were unaffected, the NRC said.
The plant, operated by the Omaha Public Power District, has been off line since April for refueling.
Crews activated emergency diesel generators after the breach, but restored normal electrical power by Sunday afternoon, the NRC said.
Buildings at the Fort Calhoun plant are watertight, the agency said. It noted that the cause of the berm breach is under investigation.
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko and other officials planned to visit the site on Monday.
Jaczko will also visit the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Nebraska, another facility that has been watched closely with Missouri River waters rising from heavy rains and snow melt.
But water levels in that area 80 miles south of Omaha are receding, relieving worries that water will rise around the Brownville plant.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/26/us-usa-nuclear-plant-idUSTRE75P21X20110626
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Video: Minot ND Flood 2011
Video: Flooding on the Missouri 6-23-2011 from Bismarck, North Dakota to the Garrison Dam
Aerial video of the Missouri River flood taken June 24, 2011
NC News Press - Nebraska City, Nebraska
Near Brownville's Cooper Nuclear Plant
Another river levee fails in northwest Missouri near Cooper Nuclear Plant
Friday, June 24, 2011
Drilling For Water Removal At Omaha's Eppley Airfield
Eight sink wells installed for pumps to remove floodwater
REAL TIME RADIATION NETWORK
ALERT LEVEL = 100 CPMCPM = Counts Per Minute
NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
BLAIR, NEBRASKA NEAR FT. CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
BROWNVILLE, NE - NEAR COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT
RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORTS
Link to daily report:
July 7, 2011 is scheduled for diversion through regulating tunnels to allow for routine inspection of spillway slabs at Ft. Randall Dam (dam upstream from Gavins Point)
Pickstown, S.D. —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to witness the diversion of surplus water out of Fort Randall Dam through the dam’s four regulating tunnels July 7, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
“This is only the second time in history that such a high volume of water will be released through the regulating tunnels,” said Tom Curran, Fort Randall Dam operations manager.
The opening of the regulating tunnels will equate to a flow of approximately 120,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) through these 22-foot diameter pipes. The water will be diverted to allow for routine inspection of the spillway slab at the dam. The spillway slab is 40 acres of concrete with a thickness of 2 – 6 feet, used to carry water downstream and away from the spillway gates.
Members of the public are invited to witness this event and will be allowed special access to a viewing platform immediately adjacent to the outlet area. Cameras will be permitted.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSI) impacted by flooding Missouri River
BNSF Weather Interruptions
June 24, 2011 - BNSF's Command Center is managing our responses to flood impacts. BNSF is making an extraordinary effort to continue operating on key mainline routes.
- KO subdivision – Both main tracks in Minot, North Dakota are out of service due to record flooding on the Souris River. In a proactive effort to minimize delays, BNSF began rerouting trains prior to the track outage.
- Creston subdivision – BNSF raised the height of four miles of track up to five feet between Pacific Jct., Iowa and Oreapolis, Nebraska, raised the track on three bridges, built levees along both sides of the track and armored portions of the roadbed with rip rap (boulder-size rock.)
- The St. Joseph subdivision - BNSF also raised 3.4 miles of track up to 20 inches near Rulo, Nebraska but the subdivision is now is out of service due to flooding near Rulo as a result of a levee break.
- The River subdivision is out of service south of St. Louis, Missouri due to flooding.
- The Napier subdivision is out of service between Napier, Missouri and Pacific Jct., Iowa after a levee break near Hamburg, Iowa.
- The Omaha subdivision is out of service from milepost 13 in Omaha south to milepost 7 as a result of flood levees erected over the track to protect the City of Omaha. The subdivision is still open from Lincoln to Omaha via Ashland, Nebraska.
- The Choteau subdivision is out of service west of Power, Montana.
- The Big Sandy subdivision is out of service south of Pacific Jct., Montana.
- The Fort Benton subdivision is out of service northeast of Great Falls, Montana.
- The Lewistown subdivision is out of service east of Sipple, Montana due to a washout.
- The Grenora subdivision is out of service north of Stanley, North Dakota.
- The Westhope sub is out of service north of Rugby, North Dakota.
http://www.bnsf.com/customers/weather-interruptions/
Video of Approach over flooded Missouri River to Omaha's Eppley Airfield
*Cave Editor's Note:
Last update time 6:45 AM CDT Monday June 27, 2011
Update 8:15 AM CDT
