Check out this week's radio segment here. It discusses the current flooding at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant near Council Bluffs and potential safety issues all Americans should consider. You can read the transcript below. With the Fukushima tragedy still fresh on everyone’s mind it’s time for Americans to consider the safety of our own…
SALT LAKE CITY, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Energy
Solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Dominion Energy to acquire the Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) located in Carlton, Wisconsin.
KPS is a 566-megawatt nuclear plant that officially shut down May 7, 2013. In June 2017, Dominion Energy completed the used nuclear fuel transfer to the onsite dry fuel storage facility. The remaining decommissioning work will be executed by Energy
Solutions and will result in complete dismantlement of the facility and removal of all radioactive waste. Progressing with decommissioning KPS now will accelerate completion of decommissioning activities and allow considerations for beneficial reuse of the property years ahead of the original decommissioning schedule.
the nuclear regulatory commission discovered the error in an inspection two years ago, and the plant has been upgraded since under the not so old old protection. the system calculated that the pumping plant had a 97.5% chance of react protecting the reacting core from a catastrophic flood, which is almost good enough. the fort calhoun nuclear power plant is now two feet below the level of the missouri river where the plant is required to shut down. the river is at about 1,006 feet above sea level. the water got above 1,014 feet. they say it would knock out the backup genlateors and at some point it would come over the specific berm that protects the casks of spent nuclear fuel. again, don t worry. the plant operators tell the omaha paper that these 88 ton casks, these radioactive bohemoths are anchored. they won t float away. at least there s that. for now everything is fine, if