Nuclear flood: Nebraska nuke plant to be America’s Fukushima?

Nebraska nuke plant totally surrounded by floodwaters: How can Omaha levees hold?

• Dykes designed for a few weeks of water — 3-4 months expected, with 5+ foot rise

June 14th, 2011 at 08:07 PM

WOWT, June 13: Nuclear plant “almost like a castle surrounded by a moat”

Journal Star, June 14: “Farther south, near Fort Calhoun, farmland and the nuclear power plant are surrounded by floodwaters, [Governor] Heineman said.”

See troubling video from June 6 at Action 3 News

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