of the missouri river is still the same. don't worry. everything is fine. those aqua dams were not keep to the plant's safety. the plant was not required to have them. they were extra, which as it turns out was a good thing since the omaha world herald reports when water from the missouri river got past them after they were punctured, it got through the next level of defense, which was a cement barrier around the main electrical transformer.รง two feet of the missouri river broke through those defenses to the transformer building, so the fort calhoun plant disconnected from the power grid and they used backup diesel power to cool the plant while they pumped out the water and fixed the leaky barriers. the plant spokesman said disconnecting from the power grid, quote, gave us time to ascertain that all was fine. all was fine. all is fine. nobody freaking out here. this is not fort calhoun's first time to go off the grid. it's not even the first time this calendar month. on june 7th before the flooding