Comments on: Nebraska Nuclear Situation Gets Worse https://planetsave.com/articles/nebraska-nuclear-situation-gets-worse/ Science, Animals, Planet Earth, & More Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Michael Ricciardi https://planetsave.com/articles/nebraska-nuclear-situation-gets-worse/#comment-12025 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:05:38 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=23160#comment-12025 Yeah…there’s “no story” unless some major catastrophe hits…apparently, diligent coverage of a potential disaster, or a disaster in the making, is not “newsworthy”…fortunately, not everyone in the journalism field succumbs to the sensationalist ethos…

So, we can add major river flood plains (along withe earthquake fault lines) as places not to build nuclear plants…

Worst case scenario: the cascading dam failures wipe out both plants and successively contaminate every reservoir downstream of the plants..ruining drinking and agricultural water for millions…

Yup, no story here…

]]> By: Paul Canaday https://planetsave.com/articles/nebraska-nuclear-situation-gets-worse/#comment-12024 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:58:15 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=23160#comment-12024 The record releases from the upper Missouri River dams are so the integrity of the earthen structures are not comprimised. As long as they continue to release the water downstream these dams will be fine, just as they have been fine for the last 50 years.

A dam burst would only result if the Corp of Engineers comprimised the structures by holding back more water in the reserviors than they were designed to do. That’s not happening. Gavins Point, the furthest downstream dam in the Missouri system has been steadily increasing the release…not decreasing it. I was there June 19th and saw it myself.

]]> By: Jeff Torgerson https://planetsave.com/articles/nebraska-nuclear-situation-gets-worse/#comment-12022 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:45:56 +0000 http://planetsave.com/?p=23160#comment-12022 The fact that nobody has responded to this feed suggests the utter sensationalistic nature of the story. Check with the REAL news sources and report what is real. What is real is that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is all over this situation, and the facility in question is not in danger in any way….unless somebody drops the ball on his/her shift and allows for a problem. It’s not an adventure….It’s a JOB. No story here.

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