Why is there a Media Blackout on Nuclear Incident at Fort Calhoun in Nebraska? Since flooding began on June 6th, there has been a disturbingly low level of media attention given to the crisis at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Facility near Omaha, Nebraska. But evidence strongly suggests that something very serious has in fact happened there. On June 7th, there was a fire reported at Fort Calhoun. The official story is that the fire was in an electrical switchgear room at the plant. The apparently facility lost power to a pump that cools the spent fuel rod pool, allegedly for a duration of approximately 90 minutes. FORT CALHOUN NUKE SITE: does it pose a public risk? The following sequence of events is documented on the Omaha Public Power District’s own website, stating among other things, that here was no such imminent danger with the Fort Calhoun Station spent-fuel pool, and that due to a fire in an electrical switchgear room at FCS on the morning of June 7, the plant temporarily lost power to a pump that cools the spent-fuel pool.
FORT CALHOUN: Under water now. Solving-the-World-Financial-Crisis2.jpg (JPEG Image, 822x1071 pixels) - Scaled (52%) 100 Facts. Special Atomic Demolition Munition. H-912 transport container for Mk-54 SADM The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a family of man-portable nuclear weapons fielded by the US military in the 1960s, but never used in actual combat. The US Army planned to use the weapons in Europe in the event of a Soviet invasion.
US Army Engineers would use the weapon to irradiate, destroy, and deny key routes of communication through limited terrain such as the Fulda Gap. Troops were trained to parachute into Soviet-occupied western Europe with the SADM and destroy power plants, bridges, and dams. The project, which involved a small nuclear weapon, was designed to allow one person to parachute from any type of aircraft carrying the weapon package and place it in a harbor or other strategic location that could be accessed from the sea.
Another parachutist without a weapon package would follow the first to provide support as needed. The Atomic Demolitions Munitions school was located at the U.S. See also[edit] External links[edit] 1966 Palomares B-52 crash. The 1966 Palomares B-52 crash or Palomares incident occurred on 17 January 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet (9,450 m) over the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its fuel load ignited, killing all four crew members.
The B-52G broke apart, killing three of the seven crew members aboard.[1] Of the four Mk28-type hydrogen bombs the B-52G carried,[2] three were found on land near the small fishing village of Palomares in the municipality of Cuevas del Almanzora, Almería, Spain. The non-nuclear explosives in two of the weapons detonated upon impact with the ground, resulting in the contamination of a 2-square-kilometer (490-acre) (0.78 square mile) area by plutonium. The fourth, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea, was recovered intact after a 2½-month-long search.[3] Accident[edit] Weapons recovery[edit] Alvin submersible. 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision. The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States.
During a practice exercise, the B-47 bomber carrying the bomb collided in midair with an F-86 fighter plane. To protect the aircrew from a possible detonation in the event of a crash, the bomb was jettisoned. Following several unsuccessful searches, the bomb was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island. Midair collision[edit] Bomb[edit] Some sources describe the bomb as a functional nuclear weapon, but others describe it as disabled. Recovery efforts[edit] Starting on February 6, 1958, the Air Force 2700th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron and 100 Navy personnel equipped with hand held sonar and galvanic drag and cable sweeps mounted a search.
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Cryptome. 9/11 Truth: What Happened to Building 7. Watergate Deaths - Midnight 7/12/76. Flawed Incentives and Dubious Morals: JPMorgan & CDOs That Were “Built to Fail” It’s been a busy week for JPMorgan Chase. It’s only Wednesday, and already the bank has settled one civil fraud lawsuit and been slapped with another one. Both shed light on Wall Street’s flawed system of incentives that helped bring on the financial crisis.
They also raise questions as to the morals of bankers. On Tuesday, JPMorgan agreed to pay $153 million to settle civil fraud charges brought by the SEC alleging that it “misled” investors when it sold them junky mortgage bonds. On Monday, federal regulators sued JPMorgan for allegedly duping credit unions into buying $278 million in mortgage bonds that were “destined to perform poorly,” ie, built to fail. Now, let’s consider the incentives. We pay a lot of attention to incentives at Freakonomics. Assuming he had the correct view of the housing market back in 2007, a “moral banker” was someone who ended up leaving a lot of money on the table. Capitalism-the-reality.jpg (JPEG Image, 700x986 pixels) - Scaled (71%) I Didn't Fight For Your Freedom - First Draft. Nope. No freedom being defended here. So it's Memorial Day, which means that the US is awash with mostly obligatory tributes to military personnel. I hate this shit. I didn't fight for your freedoms.
In the six years I was in, I never once defended your right to vote, or to carry a gun, or to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure (that one doesn't really apply anymore, anyway), or any of the other things you enjoy as a citizen of this country. I just didn't. Neither did anyone who went to Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Vietnam. I passed through Burlington, WI on Saturday to visit their annual chocolate festival. I wanna thank all of our veterans for what they do for us. I wanted to rush the stage and strangle that fuck with a microphone cord. It's all bullshit, folks. I don't mind honoring sacrifice, but the military doesn't have a monopoly on that, now does it? So this Memorial Day, take a minute to actually reflect on the acts and deeds of people in uniform. Remember that. ProPublica.