Cooper Nuclear Station
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Cooper Nuclear Station is a boiling water reactor type nuclear power plant located on a 1,251-acre site near Brownville, Nebraska between Missouri River mile markers 532.9 and 532.5, on Nebraska's bor
The reactor complex on June 20, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River Floods
The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a shut-down nuclear power plant located on 660 acres between Fort Calhoun, and Blair, Nebraska adjacent to the Missouri River between mile markers 645.6
Cooper Nuclear Station
…The plant left the emergency status at 9:47 a.m., July 12 after the river dropped to 895.8 feet—3 feet below the emergency status level. The nearby Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station also faced flooding during this period. On March 15, 2019, another Unusual Event low-level emergency was declared at Cooper due to flooding, with a…
Fort Calhoun plant, seen from U.S. Highway 75
Fort Calhoun plant on June 16, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River Floods; vital buildings were protected using water-filled perimeter "flood berms"