Undated OPPD photoThis undated photo from the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), left, seems to confirm NRC Region IV spokesman Victor Dricks' words, that the dry cask storage installation at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant containing high-level radioactive waste is not located behind the Aqua Dam that had been protecting other vital areas at the atomic reactor, at least until a worker punctured it and it deflated. The dry cask storage is on the small island of dry land to the left of the main reactor complex in the photo; the now-collapsed Aqua Dam surrounds the main reactor complex. Although the dry cask storage appears to be behind a flood barrier, it is not behind the Aqua Dam. Water seems to have gotten behind the flood barrier around the dry cask storage, but the dry casks appear to still be on higher ground -- although flood waters are still rising on the Missouri River. Beyond Nuclear is concerned that if flood water rises high enough, it could block the foot vents on the dry casks, disrupting convection air currents, causing the irradiated nuclear fuel to overheat. Dricks' words about the supposed inherent safety of the dry casks against flooding is troubling given such risks. (see entries below)