Anthony's Weiner is Only Radioactive in the Mainstream Media. Two Flooded Power Plants in Nebraska Pose Real Nuclear Threat.

While most of the mainstream media will be talking about Anthony's Weiner until the cows come home, the cows might not have a home to come back to with two nuclear power plants in Nebraska flooded and in danger. Flooding near both the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant in Blaine, Nebraska and the Cooper Plant is causing concern. There was also a reported fire at the Fort Calhoun plant.

They're calling it an "unusual event" at Calhoun, not to worry:



The Cooper plant filed it's own Notice of Unusual Event after being unable to discharge sludge into the Missouri River due to flooding.

So, what is the US doing about these two volatile situations? No Fly Zone. News Blackout.

According to the Russian Federal Atomic Agency, "the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant suffered a “catastrophic loss of cooling” to one of its idle spent fuel rod pools on 7 June after this plant was deluged with water caused by the historic flooding of the Missouri River." The Russian nuclear agency also expressed concerns that the Omaha Public Power District is downplaying the seriousness of the Fort Calhoun situation, classifying it as a Level 4 emergency category: "accident with local consequences".

I hope this isn't as serious as the Russian nuclear agency believes and that the US authorities are correct. However, the no fly zone and news blackout are reminicient of the news blackouts in the earlier days of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. That situation turned out to be far worse than the Japanese officials and executives at Tokyo Electric admitted. Out of sight, out of mind, didn't do much for the Japanese people and that crisis continues. The consequences will continue for a very long time.