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@RadioGuy LOL

@lillymunster They probably have super-secret radiation-hardened Hello Kitty duct tape imported from Fukushima, where it's been doing a bang-up job for them. ;)

@Mona I hate to remind this, but all these peak numbers are based on snow-melt estimates and current dam pool levels, and are based on current loads. But it has yet to stop raining, and with all those billions of acre-feet under water now, and a warming summer evaporating it all over, it's unlikely that it will. All that water has to come down somewhere. The floodgates are open wide virtually up and down the river by now. Even Gavin's Point, the last holdout, is being opened up to 160,000 CFS.

"Above Gavins Point, the Missouri River drains nearly 280,000 square miles from five states, a region bigger than Texas.

On June 23, the corps increased releases at Gavins Point to a record 160,000 cubic feet per second. At that rate, 1 million acre-feet passes through the dam's floodgates every three days.
The corps expects peak releases to extend well into August."
www.omaha.com

@Mona It's false color time lapse. The false color helps break same-colored vapors into different colors so you can distinguish steam from fog. The time laps makes it scream right along, where really it drifts, but this shows the constant high release rate.

@Radioguy ty for updates and info. I do think of what Arnie Gundersen mentioned in a video, the possibility for a dam to break along the Missouri, I hope they will hold.I do not have internet axcess all the time now, but I come to update when I can - hard not to when so much is happening.. You are doing so great everybody!

@Mona His quote that "nuclear power plant and sandbags should never be mentioned in same sentence" is still the classic.

@Radioguy True words there.

@lillymunster Yes, I lived in a subdivision with groundwater issues, and "sump pump" quickly becomes just a couple of four letter words.

Also, as was pointed out for Fukushima, by dean perhaps, plants not only require lots of water, they require clean water. And that requires filtration and pumping which requires power. How big an issue does that become as everything around becomes more and more flooded?

#FDA ALERT avoid Evergreen Produce brand alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts bit.ly

OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO PETROLEUM RELEASE TO THE MISSOURI RIVER

"At approximately 0125 CDT, the AquaDam providing enhanced flood protection for Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 failed. This resulted in approximately 100 gallons of petroleum being released into the river after a protective barrier was breached and many fuel containers were washed out to the river. The fuel/oil containers were staged around the facility to supply fuel for pumps which remove water within the flood containment barriers. The spill was reported to the State of Nebraska at 10:45 AM CDT on 6/26/2011.

"This condition is being reported pursuant to 10 CFR 50.72(b)(2)(xi) for News Release or Notification of Other Government Agency. Applicable governmental agencies have been notified per plant procedures."

The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

@Veenie ? sry I actually didnt know if it was old news so I just put it up to see if it was new sir it came from here www.nrc.gov ...sir erm would ou like a coffee sir

@Veenie is it tweetworthy or old? I will go find some tweets to retweet I am good at that ...I think :)

@Veenie help me !!! tell me this news report isnt some PR cos it seems to me they are saying that the americans have come up with a magical removal method to get plutonium out of the body !! translate.google.com

@lillymunster ty

@lillymunster @Elaine Kirk That the way i understood it too..difficult

Fukushima cover on its way
27 June 2011

Tepco plans to complete the construction of a cover over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi unit 1 by the end of September, according to a progress report submitted to the Japanese nuclear safety agency. Meanwhile, recent analysis suggests most of the fuel in the unit's storage pool is undamaged.

Fukushima Daiichi 1 cover
The cover over unit 1 should be complete by the end of September (Image: Tepco)
A cover is being installed over the unit 1 reactor building, damaged by a hydrogen explosion on 12 March, as a temporary measure to reduce the release of radioactive materials to the atmosphere as well as to prevent the ingress of rainwater. Preparatory work, such as levelling the ground, began in mid-May. Crawler cranes are to be used in the installation process to minimize the exposure dose of workers and shorten the work period.

According to a report on the construction plan submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on 24 June, on-site construction work is now underway and is scheduled for completion by the end of September, although the plans include a contingency margin to the end of November.

The cover will be able to accommodate an accumulated snow load of 30 centimetres, wind speeds of up to 25 metres per second, and a horizontal seismic load of 0.2, according to Tepco. All the wall panels will have a flameproof coating, and the structure will have a filtered ventilation system capable of handling 10,000 cubic metres per hour through six lines, including two backup lines. The cover structure will also be fitted with internal monitoring cameras, radiation and hydrogen detectors, thermometers and a pipe for water injection.

Unit 1 used fuel 'sound'



Nuclide analysis of water from the used fuel pool at unit 1 suggests that most of the fuel in the pool is sound, Tepco reports. The analysis of 300 millilitres of water from the pool on 22 June showed higher activity levels than would be expected under normal conditions, but this is assumed to arise from contamination by radioactive materials from rubble, dust and incoming contaminated water.

Trial operations of a system to treat contaminated water at Fukushima are continuing despite an interruption for a caesium absorption unit to be exchanged. According to Tepco, 2489 tonnes of contaminated water had been treated as of 24 June.