from the nrc now. you don t hear the nrc laying out what the scenarios could look like if the waters, in fact, did rise to 110 feet 1,010 feet or 1,014 feet. i would feel much more assured if they would lay out the various scenarios for us and not just trying to reassure us there is nothing going on here, move along. when the nrc says, as you say, the river levels are going to be at a place where the plant should be able to deal with it, that s what we re hearing from the nrc chairman, what do you think they really are most concerned about? what do you think is the most pressing worry for ft. calhoun? there are two worries. and one is that there could be damage to the dams upstream, the ft. peck dam, for example, is certain concerns that could break. if that broke, you would have substantially higher water damage. and we don t know what would happen to the plant. we have never had a situation like this, as you said. we have never had a u.s. nuclear
we have never had a u.s. nuclear plant flooded the way this one is. we don t know what would happen if the water came over the barriers and flooded the entire plant. number two is, the water levels are expected to stay at this height for at least another month. what is that doing to the underground structures? how is that weakening this foundation, the structures at the plant? already, you have at the plant site, heavy machinery has been told not to run on the paved roads, because they re afraid the floodwaters have weakened the underlying earth structure. joe, the thing that is fresh in everybody s mind, whether or not they ever paid attention to nuclear safety issues before is, of course, the ongoing crisis at fukushima. we spent a long time covering fukushima disaster as it was starting to unfold. i know you have been doing a lot more media trying to explain that. for people who have paid a little attention to what has happened in japan, can you contrast or compare what s been hap
putting distance between you and your depression, ask your doctor about adding seroquel xr. if you can t afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. here s a picture of something that shouldn t usually be all that scary, but right now it is. the ft. calhoun nuclear power plant located roughly 20 miles north of omaha, nebraska where for weeks now the flood flood missouri river has been racing up to and past this nuclear plant at an estimated 15 miles per hour. footage you see here was taken from a boat. this past weekend, first and second lines of flood defense failed and the plant decided to unplug itself from the power grid and start cooling its nuclear fuel with backup diesel power. for 12 hours. then they plugged back into the grid and they say everything is fine now. but this 40-year-old reactor is still facing the worst flooding test of any nuclear power plant in the united states ever. and it is expected to go on for weeks.
out what the scenarios could look like if the waters, in fact, did rise to 110 feet 1,010 feet or 1,014 feet. i would feel much more assured if they would lay out the various scenarios for us and not just trying to reassure us there is nothing going on here, move along. when the nrc says, as you say, the river levels are going to be at a place where the plant should be able to deal with it, that s what we re hearing from the nrc chairman, what do you think they really are most concerned about? what do you think is the most pressing worry for ft. calhoun? there are two worries. and one is that there could be damage to the dams upstream, the ft. peck dam, for example, is certain concerns that could break. if that broke, you would have substantially higher water damage. and we don t know what would happen to the plant. we have never had a situation like this, as you said. we have never had a u.s. nuclear plant flooded the way this one is. we don t know what would happen
in the united states ever. and it is expected to go on for weeks. so, yeah, this, what you re looking at here, these are scary scenes. however, you may be relieved to know the worst rumors the internet has coughed up, the worst rumors are really, really not true. a pakistani newspaper, for example, reported that the ft. calhoun plant had suffered a near meltdown and is now under a obama-imposed media blockout. that is not true. nor is it true ft. calhoun has become a no-fly zone because it is leaking radiation. ft. calhoun is not leaking radiation and as with all u.s. nuclear plants, its air space has been in a no-fly zone since 9/11. but the missouri river turning it into a giant photo op, officials asked the feds to remind pilots of the existing no-fly zone so news helicopters would stop violating that no-fly zone. but it s nothing new.