Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Tuesday July 12, 2011 - Missouri River 2011 Flooding Update
Cooper Nuclear Station no longer at emergency status
|Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:00 pm
The plant, about three miles south of Brownville along the Missouri River, was threatened by floodwaters.
As required by federal regulations, NPPD and Cooper management declared a "notification of unusual event" on June 19 due to the steady rise of the river.
A notification of unusual event is the lowest and least serious of four emergency classifications established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for nuclear power plants.
At 9:47 a.m. Tuesday, the plant exited that emergency status because river water levels near Cooper had dropped to 895.8 feet above sea level, which is more than three feet below the average sea level at which Cooper is required to enter the emergency classification status, NPPD said in a news release.
Weather forecasts and expected upstream dam releases indicate the river's level at Brownville will slowly continue to drop, the Columbus-based utility said. The plant continues to operate safely.
The nuclear plant issued a notification of unusual event as part of its emergency preparedness plan that includes procedures to follow when flooding conditions are in effect.
Cooper was in such status for about 23 days. NPPD officials said there was no threat to plant employees or the public throughout the event.
Utility officials made the decision after several days of river elevations measuring consistently below the 899-foot mark and discussing the decision with county and state agencies.
Plant staff also conducted an assessment of the site's emergency preparedness plan and made a decision to keep a majority of the flood barricades in place, while removing selected others for accessibility in and around the plant.
Fort Calhoun Station, the state's second nuclear power plant about 20 miles north of Omaha along the Missouri River, remains at emergency status.
Omaha Public Power District management declared a notification of unusual event on June 6 when floodwaters were projected to reach 1,004 feet above sea level. It reached that level three days later.
Fort Calhoun Station is protected to a river level of 1,014 feet.
OPPD has said it will not not start generating electricity until floodwaters surrounding Fort Calhoun Station recede. It was shut down in April for a scheduled refueling outage.
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA has spent more than $2 Billion to buy-out land in flood prone areas over a nearly 2 decade period
3:00 PM Jul 12, 2011
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent more than $2 billion to buy out land in flood-prone areas over a nearly two-decade period.
The buyout program launched after widespread flooding in 1993 now has gobbled up almost 37,000 properties -- tearing down the homes that were there and prohibiting people from rebuilding. In some cases, entire neighbors and small towns have disappeared as a
result of the buyouts.
So far, the greatest number of flood buyouts has occurred in Missouri, though the value of bought-out properties has been higher in coastal states such as Texas and North Carolina.
Another round of buyouts may be in the works for communities affected by flooding this year along the Missouri River valley and the lower Mississippi River.
The buyout program launched after widespread flooding in 1993 now has gobbled up almost 37,000 properties -- tearing down the homes that were there and prohibiting people from rebuilding. In some cases, entire neighbors and small towns have disappeared as a
result of the buyouts.
So far, the greatest number of flood buyouts has occurred in Missouri, though the value of bought-out properties has been higher in coastal states such as Texas and North Carolina.
Another round of buyouts may be in the works for communities affected by flooding this year along the Missouri River valley and the lower Mississippi River.
http://www.1011now.com/news/headlines/FEMA_flood_buyouts_top_2B_since_1993_125437168.html
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RELEASES NEW SCHEDULE OF RELEASE FOR THE 6 MAINSTEM MISSOURI BASIN DAMS
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Missouri River Dams and River Levels Flood Map
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?q=https://sites.google.com/site/gmap4files/p/news/missouri_river.txt&ll=43.761599,-101.071993&t=h&z=6&label=onNOAA Hydrologic - Water Level at Gavins Point Dam, near Ft. Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Plants
(The following link takes a bit to load all data)
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/river.php?wfo=oax&wfoid=18705&riverid=203276&view=1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1&toggles=10%2C7%2C8%2C2%2C9%2C15%2C6&pt[]=141614&pt[]=144183&pt[]=142396&pt[]=143355&allpoints=143990%2C145585%2C145025%2C145026%2C144876%2C145027%2C143234%2C143184%2C145519%2C145640%2C144217%2C142150%2C142780%2C142853%2C145202%2C141586%2C144582%2C143543%2C144796%2C144098%2C144240%2C141320%2C141614%2C142968%2C144183%2C142574%2C143478%2C142193%2C142760%2C142003%2C142610%2C142396%2C144496%2C147345%2C141899%2C143355%2C142050%2C141570%2C144165%2C143476%2C141703%2C142023%2C144123%2C141863%2C143539%2C143436%2C141917%2C143009%2C142688%2C142640%2C143925%2C143734%2C142729%2C141978%2C143579%2C143348%2C142822&data[]=all&submit=Make+my+River+Page%21#bron1
BLAIR, NEBRASKA NEAR FT. CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
BROWNVILLE, NE - NEAR COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT
RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORTS
The following is the latest Reservoir Readings on the Upper Missouri River. This report is updated daily. Click on the picture for today's readings in reference to Gavins Point Dam, Ft. Randall Dam in SD, Big Bend Dam in SD, Oahe Dam in SD, Garrison Dam in ND and Fort Peck in Mt.
Link to daily report:
http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/showrep.cgi?3MRDTAP7Link to daily report:
The Cave's Archive: NW DIVISION OF THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER DAILY REPORT
Link: THE CAVE'S OVERFLOW - Archive of the Cave's Daily Flood of 2011 Updates
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