Ever Wonder What It's Like at a Nuke Plant?

[MrAnderson41]

This is a video made by Indiana Michigan Power to give the public some sort idea of what life is like at the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant in Bridgman, MI. It just so happens that this is the Nuclear Power Plant where I work. My avatar is actually of me next to one of the Reactor Coolant Pumps.

Enjoy

 

[Set-In-Stone]

interesting..... Two questions: Do you receive a hazard pay? Also, more importantly, do they have beads there ? :laugh:

Thanks for video

 

[Light this!]

Cool video and here I thought you worked in the food processing industry because of your avatar.

 

[Asel.mike]

Cool video and here I thought you worked in the food processing industry because of your avatar.

Well of course, they cook food on the reactor core!! hahahah

 

[aquiring93]

Very interesting video! I would love to tour a nuclear facility some day

 

[MrAnderson41]

interesting..... Two questions: Do you receive a hazard pay? Also, more importantly, do they have beads there ? :laugh:

Thanks for video

No hazard pay. They keep our radiation exposure (known as dose) very very low. For an engineer like myself I get more dose flying on a plane or getting an xray than I do in one year working at the plant. The guys that are actually in there doing the real work obviously pick up more dose but there are federal regulations for the amount of dose someone is allowed to receive. We are, in general, paid more than our counterparts in other industries though but that is because it takes a special type of person to work in nuclear power and we try to attract the best and brightest so pay is usually at a premium for that reason.

I forgot to add, yes we have beads but I certainly wouldn't recommend licking them :laugh:

 

[broblues]

I worked on Nuc Submarines for a couple of years. Had to carry a pocket dosimeter and a badge. Acceptable exposure levels were very low.

 

[MrAnderson41]

I worked on Nuc Submarines for a couple of years. Had to carry a pocket dosimeter and a badge. Acceptable exposure levels were very low.

Lots and lots of old Nuke Navy guys go into Nuclear Power. My brother is working his way through "A" school right now down in Charleston then he's off to power school.

 

[Tall Paul]

Cool video Mr. A! Not that it's nuclear but I one of the contracts our company has is with the local power supplier of New Hampshire and their big plant is a coal plant. It is very cool to see the inner workings of big industrial facilities like these plants.

 

[MrAnderson41]

Cool video Mr. A! Not that it's nuclear but I one of the contracts our company has is with the local power supplier of New Hampshire and their big plant is a coal plant. It is very cool to see the inner workings of big industrial facilities like these plants.

This is going to sound silly but other than the source of heat (atomic fission vs. burning coal or nat gas) most power plants are very very similar.

 

[Tall Paul]

Cool video Mr. A! Not that it's nuclear but I one of the contracts our company has is with the local power supplier of New Hampshire and their big plant is a coal plant. It is very cool to see the inner workings of big industrial facilities like these plants.

This is going to sound silly but other than the source of heat (atomic fission vs. burning coal or nat gas) most power plants are very very similar.

So you have HVAC guys and electricians running around like crazy as well...

I figured it was around the same. The main factor is the by-product right. Coal is a dirty bitch and reeks havoc on all the cooling equipment.

 

[broblues]

It's all about the steam baby!!!

 

[2K6TBSS]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MrAnderson41]

So you have HVAC guys and electricians running around like crazy as well...

I figured it was around the same. The main factor is the by-product right. Coal is a dirty bitch and reeks havoc on all the cooling equipment.

We have pretty much every single trade you can think. Right now, because we're in the middle of a refueling outage, we've got iron workers, laborers, masons, carpenters, mill wrights, electricians, etc. on site. I don't do a whole lot with the HVAC myself. I'm more of a thermal hydraulic guy. I do a lot of the modeling of the fluid systems.