- OPPD confirms Unit 5 at the North Omaha Power Station was taken offline after a steam tube failure — no injuries reported.
- Neighbors continue raising concerns about aging coal units and long-term health risks.
- OPPD says the failure did not expose anyone to added health risks; the unit remains under inspection.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
OPPD confirms that Unit 5 at the North Omaha Power Station — one of the last two units still burning coal — was taken offline after what the utility describes as a “steam tube failure.”
Late Monday night, I received a message from a tipster saying there had been what he called an “explosion” inside Unit 5 in the boiler room. I also received video that appears to show damage inside the building. We are not publishing the video at this time as we continue working to verify its authenticity…