Month: July 2011

The Missouri River is way above its normal level and that is a potential threat to the nuclear power stations located at this river.

This is the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station, which lost his cooling for some 90 minutes. And although it is in a shutdown state, the spent fuel rod pool needs active cooling to prevent the rods from melting.

The airspace above this reactor is still closed.

Those who are not concerned:

• hhgygy
• mccrumplair
• Milosh, Serbia
• Paul Franson
• LawnBoy
• Dennis S.
• Michael T
• Bill Close
• Chris Nason
• Sasha Smith
• Doc Will
• Josh Muehe
• Andy McConnell
• David Kozina
• Matt Manolides
• Mark Hessenflow
• Steve Jaycocks
• Sarah G.
• steven simmons

– Hint –

• Skip
• Andy M, USA
• José Miguel Diaz

I do hope the water doesn’t get too high…

Until recently, the Jeffrey Mine in Canada was the largest asbestos mine in the world. It is located in the Canadian town of Asbestos, which is of course named after the mineral that is found here. (Thanks, Paul)

There was some stir in the International Community this week as Canada, together with the Ukraine, managed to block asbestos from the U.N. Hazardous List although asbestos is banned in Canada from inland use.

Those who kept on digging