Here's what it looks like inside a nuclear power plant 

Engineering is absolutely beautiful

I visited Pickering back in the 90s. Even though it's much smaller than Bruce, it's still very impressive.

That body scanner uses a mix of argon and methane to detect radiation, sorta like a very large geiger counter tube but the gas slowly flows through it. They are very sensitive especially for beta and alpha contamination ❤

When I was a kid, my father worked a a Draftsman at Ontario Hydro. I never saw Pickering, but Darlington was of similar design. Before Darlington was completed, all the families got a picnic and a tour. I remember seeing the 'core' and so wanted it to look space-age and cool... instead it was just a bunch of tube caps. I also remember the coolant pool well before it was filled with water. I remember seeing a soccer ball at the bottom of the pool, but memories are a funny thing, so it may not be true, just one of those weird little child-like fantasies. I mean, you'd never lose the ball!

Okay but where is the safety technician working in sector 7-G? I wanted some input from that particular individual.

Nuclear (fission) energy isn't perfect, but it's what we need in the meantime while we continue to research fusion energy. "Don't let perfection be the enemy of good", and nuclear is leagues better and safer than coal (don't forget, coal is radioactive too and pollutes a LOT).

I was always wondering what the turbine looked like. I had no idea! Great video.

Nuclear power is amazing. I wish people weren't so scared of it. It's absolutely fabulous

a CBC video without comments disabled, thats different.

I'm American, but read about Canadian CANDU reactors and how stable they are. Canada should make it national priority to use NPPs over fossil fuels. And bonus, export electricity to lower 48 U States.

I worked for one of the equipment and service vendors at the Pickering station back in the 90s for several years, prior to returning to the US. It wasn't unusual to attend back-to-back meetings at Units at opposite ends of the station. That effort would require about a half-mile walk and several scans along the way. Boy, did I lose weight. It was great working with the Ontario Hydro people - although I can't say I miss the winters.

Excellent work

i was hoping for a more extensive tour of the power plant, it was just starting to get interesting.

I don't understand why people are so against building modern nuclear plants that are 3 times safer than these ancient 1960's plants, with their refurbished 1980's computer systems....

Wow. Thanks for showing us how yall make our lives easier with power. You rock❤

i was in there in 1982 when i had a summer job in the engineering dept at ontario hydro. i worked for 2 engineers and we did an inspection there to see how the new units were progressing. i think unit 6 or 7 is where i was. it was under construction . i remember having to put on tyvek booties and then walking out on top of the reactor where the control rods were . i couldn't tell you what the purpose of the tour was. also remember a pipefitter was covering some pipes with lead pipe split in half about 1 inch thick. he would cover it then solder the 2 halves together.

Thats wild. But that was a fantastic walk thru of your facility.

Really refreshing to see such care taken, I realize why, but it seems like maintenance and taking care of equipment and staff have taken a backseat to profits across industries.

You know what’s wild to think about, a lot of these technologies were discovered in the last

This is truly the only clean unlimited energy source! Imagine greenhouses that could heat and cool themselves in any place on the earth or unlimited water desalination!

Yes, now build more.

Amazing! What was that switch for? No not that one. Yes that one.😮 .

People come from all over the world to study the Canadian nuclear program as it's efficiency and safety record is second to none.....

Bravo!

Nice video! Passed my 2nd class power engineer's exam in October. 🎉😂 👍

Fascinating

I visited a natural gas power station and the turbine hall was so loud, we wore ear protection in there, but it sure was interesting, at the time 🙂

Nuclear Energy is so damn facinating. Sure it leaves a negative taste on the mouth when you think of accidents. but it can be so damn amazing and beautiful and for its time its absolutely still high tech!

Is that guy in the yellow suit named Darth Vader...from the planet Vulcan ?

The real unsung heros are those who pick up materials for the lab

Hatsoff

I wonder how often the plant has to do a full blown sq meter survey.

What a job ❤

I wish someone would find footage of inside Douglas Point as its going to be gone soon as they are decommissioning it. being the first and start of it all for the bruce site it would be nice for history a record of it

Recomission unit 2 and 3!

Surprised they let you into the Control Room of an active reactor and not a Simulator Control room.

Btw, not every plant is like this, some plants allow you to see the reactor, while others don't. It's a design thing

So was it figured out that this energy could be harnessed to make electricity first or to make a bomb?

Engineering Marvel!👏🏻

how about make nuclear fucion with sounds wave like direnet frequency

That duty shift managers hair!!!😂

Atomic energy establishments are quite awesome to work in ! ( AEA , near Didcot , UK ) ...... DAVE™🛑

Why they store those turbine shafts like that? A crankshaft from a diesel or gasoline engine, needs to be stored standing straight up and down. Gravity will make it bend in the middle. Or am I missing something?

Best job I ever had, I miss working there

Yes that's cool I want to see the molaculs come apart⚛️👾

A great friend to me, Lorne Haacke, once worked there. Anyone know him?

Imagine discovering how to split the ATOM, the very thing that holds the universe together, and using it to boil water.

CANDU reactors are truly the best designed and most durable type of nuclear power program that exists and if this country truly wants to get itself off fossil fuels it would reinvest heavily in this program... Refurbish all the existing reactors and open new ones using the CANDU Monark 1000 design... Each reactor can produce 1 GW of baseload power which is awesome in its size and scope... I urge the federal and provincial governments to not only work together on this but also to sell these reactors to places like the USA which need new clean power sources and ways to get ride of their nuclear waste stockpile... Something CANDU reactors can do quite well!

Show MORE!!!!

I think we can do a lot with miniature nuclear technology. This is going to be great. We can do great things with the smaller reactors. There are prototypes being developed. And they aren't as dangerous. Not to stop the big ones from being built better, safer by fixing existing reactors and advancing the technology. They can make this very economical. Electric cars, high speed rails and nuclear energy maybe what we do reducing the need for so much fossil fuels from use. We can drop the usage down or change how we refine it. They are working with all the data. I think we are close to a revolution with nuclear technology that may add to our power grid in a big way. And I believe they are one discovery away from this being something that fills our power grids nationwide. All kinds of other technology will advance. I hope I live long enough to see what is going to happen. Fascinating! Hydro tech, wind tech, solar tech, nuclear tech. Computer AI tech can be designed to warn people and offer information in real-time to fix all problems with a nuclear reactor. AI will not take jobs here, it will solve complex problems and assist technicians so that it is never dangerous. It can be built so that it is never dangerous with AI integral to the system to monitor every mechanical process. It is going to be the safest and cleanest energy source in the future. We need it.

Never forget about safety. Use Softgle Comfort

Interesting

Back room?

I’m a boiler operator trying to figure out how to get involved in this

The control room still analog and does not have any cams

Cool vid, but where was Homer?

Now I know who Ronny Pickering is

Terrifying to think what would happen if something bad happened there considering how big the place is

The control room looks like 80s

Jezz I’d find it pretty boring in the control room just sitting looking at buttons & leds for hours

No large sign stating 'DONT BE A HOMER !' ???

Good

Nuclear power is going to be one of the necessary things in the future - we can't generate enough electricity using natural methods like wind, water and solar Your only option left without carbon pollution is Nuclear, and with more and more electrical demand, well...

Seeing all this fancy tech and equipment make me realize how dumb I am

Nuclear power is genuinely the way forward. The phasing out of fossil fuels and replacement of it with nuclear and renewables should be the world's priority.

Bro who hired the Gta prison guard as voice fr 0:29

Boleh cuba nuclear di Indonesia/sabah/sarawak kesannya👍🎉🥳

What happens if the power goes out there

These guys work for the Lethal Company

Why are reactor 6 and 8 such similar colors? Seems like that could lead to a mistake

What if they are exposed and they were sent to there doctor's etc. Could raidation be on anything they carry home also? If they never would tell them what there radiation levels was. Why would they not?

There should be college or university providing this type of knowledge informing nuclear program, build a university

1980s (mostly 50s) control technology still used because the antinuke people won't let the industry modernize. They are responsible for almost all nuclear accidents.

lmao, an off the shelf schlage lock for their control room. wow.

I'm here because of homer simpson 😂😂😂

that "digital control system" is called S.C.A.D.A.

thumbnail looked like backrooms video

Mini nuclear power plants are the way to go.

The moment you upgrade to digital problems will likely arise

And the whole world like my country Argentina 🇦🇷

I think its for going to space to nuclear energy.

i would start pushing buttons and pretend on was on the star ship enterprise. warp speed.

Does uranium come from Uranus!

What are we talking aboot today😊

Well hell. That's a nice wonderful safe method of entering a nuclear power plant. Just scan the door once then hold the door open for every other yoko to walk in unchallenged 😮

Please give me chemical work in power plant

Or i'm not ruin so yeah i'm not even ruin it i repeat

Wow windows in the control room rather than dumb terminals. Scary stuff. I hope they are not networked. edit: I can only imagine how insecure a newer plant is post 90's/early 2000s. With all sorts of end of life software with networking support rather than just serial lines going to a PDP clone like the candu's use.

Is this the one spot China couldn't get to so we put it on TV for them?

Those pink doors are the ladies entrance.. men use a different door.

ancient controls

Where's Homer 😳?

Where are the doughnuts? Are there any disaster recovery simulations or exercises?

Damn even your audio mics are as old as our nuclear technology

I didn't see graphite

That guy looks unsure

What will happen if I push all the buttons?

And they know what i'm saying

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Canadians. Am I right???