Wednesday, September 7, 2011

MISSOURI RIVER 2011 FLOODING UPDATE - Wednesday September 7, 2011

Receding water from the flooded Missouri River is revealing damage along its path.

Flood damage to the eastbound lane of Omaha's I-680



Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant 20 miles south of Omaha gets safety downgrade

Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 3:47 pm

In its latest review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station's performance was downgraded a notch and plans are in place for more inspection and oversight.

On the basis of two violations, the NRC placed the Fort Calhoun plant in the "Multiple/Repetitive Degraded Cornerstone Column," the second worst of five columns on its complicated Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix. The only column lower is "unacceptable" and plants in that category are not allowed to operate.

http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/local_news/fort-calhoun-plant-gets-safety-downgrade/article_ea4bbf02-d8ca-11e0-bf04-001a4bcf6878.html


Army Corps of Engineers predicts the Missouri River will return to normal levels in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri sometime in October

AP OMAHA - September 7, 2011 — The Army Corps of Engineers predicts the Missouri River will return to normal levels in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri sometime in October, and put an end to flooding that began in June.

The Corps' Jody Farhat said Tuesday the plan to gradually reduce the amount of water released into the river has been going well so far.

The Corps already cut the amount released from Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota from 160,000 to 90,000 cubic feet per second. Officials will wait until Sept. 16 to resume reductions, so there's time to check levees and make sure they're stable.

The Corps estimates that 37.5 million acre feet of water flowed down the Missouri River from May to August. That's significantly more than the normal runoff of 24.8 million acre feet.


http://journalstar.com/ap/state/article_5bfe5105-d838-57ad-9f39-93260dfdcd7b.html


SIOUX CITY IA - MISSOURI RIVER WATER LEVEL DROPS TO BELOW FLOODING STAGE - Sep 7, 2011




NEBRASKA NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NEXT TO FLOODING MISSOURI RIVER:



RadiationNetwork.com




Missouri River Dams and River Levels Flood Map


US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORECAST SCHEDULE OF RELEASES OF 6 MAINSTEM MISSOURI BASIN DAMS

Updated Daily


NOAA Hydrologic

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/river.php?wfo=abr&wfoid=18696&riverid=203276&view=1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1&toggles=10%2C7%2C8%2C2%2C9%2C15%2C6&pt[]=145640&pt[]=142853&pt[]=144098&pt[]=144183&pt[]=142396&pt[]=143355&allpoints=143990%2C145585%2C145025%2C145026%2C144876%2C145027%2C143234%2C143184%2C145519%2C145640%2C144217%2C142150%2C142780%2C142853%2C145202%2C141586%2C144582%2C143543%2C144796%2C144098%2C144240%2C141320%2C141614%2C142968%2C144183%2C142574%2C143478%2C142193%2C142760%2C142003%2C142610%2C142396%2C144496%2C147345%2C141899%2C143355%2C142050%2C141570%2C144165%2C143476%2C141703%2C142023%2C144123%2C141863%2C143539%2C143436%2C141917%2C143009%2C142688%2C142640%2C143925%2C143734%2C142729%2C143790%2C142668%2C141962%2C142132&data[]=hydrograph&submit=Make+my+River+Page!

FT. PECK DAM - MONTANA

GARRISON DAM - NORTH DAKOTA

FT RANDALL DAM - NEAR CHAMBERLAIN SD

GAVINS POINT DAM - NEAR YANKTON SD

MISSOURI RIVER NEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

BLAIR, NEBRASKA NEAR FT. CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

BROWNVILLE, NE - NEAR COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT


RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORTS

The following is the latest Reservoir Readings on the Upper Missouri River. This report is updated daily. Click on the picture for today's readings in reference to Gavins Point Dam, Ft. Randall Dam in SD, Big Bend Dam in SD, Oahe Dam in SD, Garrison Dam in ND and Fort Peck in Mt.

Link to daily report:
http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/showrep.cgi?3MRDTAP7

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