I worked in that control room for 14 years. Each shift had different coloured lockers. A shift red, B shift white, C shift green, D shift blue and E shift yellow. It meant people weren’t right next to each other when getting changed. Which was good news after a night shift curry.
@@abandoneduk4640 and those dvds were from decommissioning. We weren’t allowed to do anything on nights because of covid restrictions and the risk of encountering intruders so we’re told to watch films! My dvd player was still in the top drawer on Unit 2 when I left!
@@FluelessCooker So was it an easy job? Seems pretty much simple enough. Did it pay well? What happened in terms of redundancy? Seems a specific skillset, what do you do now?
@@tiepup Yes I'm aware most of the coal came from Poland & Australia. I'm not suggesting we fire them all up, I'm saying some should be retained in working condition to cope with problems or peak winter demand. Coal more expensive than gas with current prices? I'm not sure where you heard that one? Wave power, what percentage of the electricity generated is tidal? Well let's hope your utopian dream of wind and solar can keep the lights on during a dull calm winters day.
@@tiepup I'll look into the coal cost myself as I seriously doubt it's more expensive than gas, particularly in 2022. So tidal power accounts for bugger all then? You missed out the part where we're reliant on the French & Norwegians to prop up our electricity grid. I don't dismiss wind power in this part of the continent, you just need a viable alternative for dull, calm days, which currently we don't have.
@@tiepup I don't share your rose-tinted veiw of our renewable future. Next you'll be proclaiming that electric cars are the magic salve the media portray them as. Sometimes wind powers 2/3rds of the country sometimes it powers nothing. Plan? There's no plan, moreover a 'it'll be alright on the night strategy'. The vast majority of the electricity comes from France & Norway, a small ammount may flow the other way at the dead of night, when there's a surplus of wind, and unlike your coal claim, I'd encourage you to look into that if you don't believe me. I'm still waiting for you to expand on your tidal power claim.
20:32 the instem boxes are 1970s/80s industrial control computers phased out in the mid 90s. DEC PDP/11 clones but they ran their own OS developed by CEGB and programs in a custom language called CUTLASS. My dad worked there in CEGB/early Powergen days and I was fascinated by all the blinking lights.
Thought i would leave an update for you guys. I am now working on the site however i cant create any content covering it as its really strict on site. Have you any chat groups, telegram etc
@@paddyalex3094 Also try and save those pictures they found at the 3:30 mark if you can, some of the people who were doing those artistic exhibitions would love to have them preserved, I've heard the admin buildings are on the chopping block and it would be a massive loss to see them torn to shreds.
I dunno but we got caught a few weeks ago at a different place and police just told us to leave so we did they can’t do much unless you have broken in or caused damage
