Ft. Calhoun (US) Reactor Page
Our work looks at other troubled reactors from time to time. Ft. Calhoun in Nebraska (US) found itself surrounded by water and international attention about a month after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. This page is our ongoing recordkeeping of various issues at this troubled plant.
Feb 2013:
OPPD response to NRC request for design basis document reconstitution in 1996
http://www.houseoffoust.com/data/calhoun/OPPD response to NRC request for info and oath–2-1997.pdf
NRC Request for design document reconstitution
http://www.houseoffoust.com/data/calhoun/NRC%20Information%20Request%20No.%2096-137.pdf
Dames & Moore site testing reports
http://www.houseoffoust.com/data/calhoun/Dames-Moore–1968.pdf
http://www.houseoffoust.com/data/calhoun/Dames-Moore–1967.pdf
OPPD to use new computer model to try to explain away structural problems.
OPPD reports beam is OK 1-18-13
Update: OPPD 1st Geology inspection at bottom of page (PDF links)
OPPD Powerpoint for NRC meeting to discuss structural failures of the internal containment structure
Ft. Calhoun
Calhoun_relicensing_sr1782
relicensing documents
Restart checklist
Misc Documents on Calhoun:
Blount Memo to Collins re Backfit Panel Assessment, 3-6-12, ML12010A090
Letter to NRC Chair Allison Macfarlane 25 Sept 2012
Macfarlane reply–Rec’d 11-23-12
Other pages with information about Ft. Calhoun: Nebraska Watchdog
Satellite photo of Ft. Calhoun while flooded (opens in a new window)
Ft. Calhoun photo gallery on our Flickr page
Photos below taken from the Powerpoint presentation:
Ft. Calhoun 1st Geology Survey Report:
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