Nuclear flood threat: 1100 troops, 25,000 homes flooded, NRC chief onsite (vid)

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Emergency Update: At approximately 1:00am June 26,the aqua-berm quickly constructed around Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station broke and electricity had to be cut.The plant is now reportedly running on emergency generators as workers try to restore electricity after water surrounded main electrical transformers.The auxiliary building at Ft. Calhoun was surrounded by water after the berm failure.A Nuclear Regulatory Commission letter said if water enters the auxiliary building,there could have been a station blackout with core damage in hours.Obama's emergency declaration enabled FEMA and the Red Cross to begin establishing "transitional housing centers." This week, however, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War doctors harshly criticized government and industry for not being more forthcoming with warnings that radiation from Nebraska's nuclear plants.

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)