NRC: Ft. Calhoun needs review (federal regulators are “most concerned about,”)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Nancy Gaarder

The Nebraska nuclear reactor located 20 miles north of Omaha is one of three nationwide that federal regulators are “most concerned about,” a U.S. House subcommittee was told Thursday.

Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said regulators believe that three reactors -- one each in Kansas, Nebraska and South Carolina -- require heightened federal oversight.

The NRC identified those power plants as Fort Calhoun in Nebraska, Wolf Creek in Kansas and H.B. Robinson in South Carolina.

Officials said all are operating safely.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110331/NEWS01/110339929#nrc-ft-calhoun-needs-review

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Over one million people live in the 50 mile radius!

Plant photo: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20110331&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=110339929&Ref=AR&maxw=490&maxh=275
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is keeping a close eye on OPPD's Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station and two other nuclear plants.

[JDPriestly]

1. What about San Onofre and Indian Point?

They need to be shut down if for no other reason than that they are so close to the beach and on relatively low land.

[crickets]

2. And both near fault lines as well.

Makes you wonder what they were thinking when the sites were picked.