Complete with a three minute PR video focused on the need to re-paint lines for parking lot spaces on asphalt, and to replace dead trees in landscaping long underwater on the historically flooded Missouri River, Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has submitted a 113 page "Post-Flooding Recovery Plan" to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Ironically, the video does not show the vital areas of the plant, such as the reactor containment building, or auxiliary building housing safety and cooling systems, which at points in the past couple months -- like when its AquaDam was punctured by a piece of heavy machinery -- have been surrounded by waist-deep flood waters (see photo, left) literally lapping at their doors. OPPD claims "plant operations remain focused on providing reliable electricity," not seeming to notice the irony of dubbing Ft. Calhoun "reliable" when it has been shut down for four months due to flood risks. OPPD also speaks of "assuring the health and safety of the public and employees," when a mere 6 feet of margin existed between the floodwaters and an inability to continue provided cooling to vital safety systems -- a margin that could have been instantly erased if any one of a half dozen severely strained dams upstream had failed.