Officials: Nebraska nuclear plants safe despite flooding

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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/2011-06-27-nuclear-plant-nebraska-flood_n.htm

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

Updated 1h 16m ago

Despite Missouri River floodwaters breaching one nuclear plant and nearly surrounding another, federal officials said the two plants near Omaha remain safe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28nuke.html
Nuclear Plant?s Vital Equipment Dry, Officials Say

By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: June 27, 2011

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. ? When safety regulators arrive for a tour of a nuclear plant, the operators usually give the visitors a helmet, safety glasses and earplugs. When Gregory B. Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, got to the Fort Calhoun plant on Monday morning, the Omaha Public Power District offered him a life jacket....

The Fort Calhoun nuclear plant, seen from a temporary catwalk across the parking lot that is the only access to the plant