FORT CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HAS FINISHED REPLACEMENT FLOOD BARRIER
Sioux City Journal - July 11, 2011BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Power District has installed a new barrier around its Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant and is now pumping out Missouri River floodwaters.
OPPD installed the new 8-foot-tall, water-filled barrier around the plant to replace a similar one that failed two weeks ago after a worker inadvertently punctured it with a bobcat.
OPPD pumped out about half the water behind the new barrier Sunday. It will continue pumping to create a dry area around the plant to make it easier for workers to get around.
Both OPPD and federal regulators have said Fort Calhoun is safe even without this barrier. Officials say all the key areas of the plant have stayed dry inside.
The plant will remain shut down until after floodwaters subside in the fall.
US Army Corps of Engineers Warns Of Possible Heavy Rainfall In Upper Missouri River Basin
Monday, July 11, 2011 1:13 AM CDTYankton Press & Dakotan
Yankton, South DakotaThe Corps of Engineers is maintaining record releases at both Fort Randall Dam in Pickstown and Gavins Point Dam in Yankton amidst a forecast calling for as much as 3 inches of rainfall in the Missouri River basin.
Fort Randall will remain at 156,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 160,000 cfs at Gavins Point, said Jody Farhat with the water management office in Omaha.
“The reservoirs, especially at Oahe and Fort Randall, are so close to the crest that we have very limited flexibility with releases downstream,” she said.
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/07/11/community/doc4e1a6b7a017f2640683281.txt
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NOAA Hydrologic - Water Level at Gavins Point Dam, near Ft. Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Plants
(The following link takes a bit to load all data)
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BLAIR, NEBRASKA NEAR FT. CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
BROWNVILLE, NE - NEAR COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT
RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORTS
Link to daily report:
The Cave's Archive: NW DIVISION OF THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER DAILY REPORT
Link: THE CAVE'S OVERFLOW - Archive of the Cave's Daily Flood of 2011 Updates
