‘Event’ (number 46970) at Cooper Nuclear Plant, Brownville, Nebraska, June 20, 2011: Oil released into Missouri River after levees over topped

‘Event’ at Cooper nuke plant: Oil released into Missouri River after levees over topped

enenews.com, June 20th, 2011 at 10:33 p.m.

Event Number: 46970, Current Event Notification Report for June 20, 2011, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, June 20, 2011:

Facility: COOPER
Region: 4 State: NE
Event Date: 06/19/2011
Event Time: 19:40 [CDT]

RELEASE OF OIL TO THE MISSOURI RIVER

Notification is being made to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality regarding the release of oil to the Missouri River from the Cooper Live Fire Training Facility. Currently, levees separating the Training Facility and the Missouri River are being over topped due to flooding of the Missouri River. This condition has resulted in flooding of the burn pits in the fire training facility, with the subsequent release of the residue which includes unburned fuel oil. Any release of this water containing oil to the Missouri River is uncontrolled at this time. Then [sic] is no radiological contamination in this area.

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