Midwest floods heighten nuclear power plant crisis

I was unaware of this situation at Fort Calhoun until a friend mentioned it this morning. We don't know if there is radiation escaping from the site already and the government is not eager to provide this information in any case. The plant recently received a twenty-year extension from the NRC despite structural shortcomings, and there are now serious questions as to whether the overloaded spent fuel rod pools there are contaminating flood waters that surround the facility. We've really got to find a way to wind down our active nuclear reactors and stop industry from building new reactors with 100% federal government subsidies.
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