sol740 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 http://m.imgur.com/a/TwY6q Super interesting, NWS for some disturbing radiation poisoning pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Great pics.!! Crazy how it's still dangerous around ground zero after so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Interesting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Fucking Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 So Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I scrolled through most of those photos. Definitely appreciate the history lesson. I vividly remember in school seeing the "Elephant's Foot": a huge, solidified glass column that formed from super-heated nuclear fuel and sand that melted and then cooled below the radiator. Also scary to think (especially for you youngsters) how close we came to a similar situation in Three Mile Island in PA, though the operators and systems prevented a total failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 The worst part is it could have been prevented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I scrolled through most of those photos. Definitely appreciate the history lesson. I vividly remember in school seeing the "Elephant's Foot": a huge, solidified glass column that formed from super-heated nuclear fuel and sand that melted and then cooled below the radiator. Also scary to think (especially for you youngsters) how close we came to a similar situation in Three Mile Island in PA, though the operators and systems prevented a total failure. They also called this the "Medusa" because if you looked upon it you would die from radiation exposure. http://i.imgur.com/9fqbBCB.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Reminds me of the first COD modern warfare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson1647545504 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 My dad is a nuclear engineer ... shit like this fascinates me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Fascinating. I love this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 They also called this the "Medusa" because if you looked upon it you would die from radiation exposure. http://i.imgur.com/9fqbBCB.gif It also weighed over 2 tons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKilbourne Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Great pics.!! Crazy how it's still dangerous around ground zero after so long. It's going to be a very long time before that place is safe. 30 years is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Whats also a little crazy to me is that we have yet to come up with a better way to protect ourselves from/deal with radiation. I mean, firefighting methods have improved tremendously in the past 50 years, and were pretty much still at "Oh shit, it's radiation, bury it!" for this stuff..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Whats also a little crazy to me is that we have yet to come up with a better way to protect ourselves from/deal with radiation. I mean, firefighting methods have improved tremendously in the past 50 years, and were pretty much still at "Oh shit, it's radiation, bury it!" for this stuff..... Yes it is. What else is scary to me is there is two nuclear power plants (that I know of) right on lake Michigan, if something happens the radiation could cover a large area pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Yes it is. What else is scary to me is there is two nuclear power plants (that I know of) right on lake Michigan, if something happens the radiation could cover a large area pretty quickly. There's two on Lake Erie, Perry and Davis Besse. Here's a bit of info on Davis-Besse from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Besse_Nuclear_Power_Station On March 5, 2002, maintenance workers discovered that corrosion had eaten a football-sized hole into the reactor vessel head of the Davis–Besse plant. Although the corrosion did not lead to an accident, this was considered to be a serious nuclear safety incident.[1][2] The Nuclear Regulatory Commission kept Davis–Besse shut down until March 2004, so that FirstEnergy was able to perform all the necessary maintenance for safe operations. The NRC imposed its largest fine ever—more than $5 million—against FirstEnergy for the actions that led to the corrosion. The company paid an additional $28 million in fines under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.[1] According to the NRC, Davis–Besse has been the source of two of the top five most dangerous nuclear incidents in the United States since 1979 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson1647545504 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_C._Cook_Nuclear_Generating_Station Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located just north of the city of Bridgman, Michigan which is part of Berrien County, on a 650-acre (260 ha) site 11 miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. The plant is owned by American Electric Power (AEP) and operated by Indiana Michigan Power, an AEP subsidiary. This is currently the company's only nuclear power plant, which has two nuclear reactors. The construction cost of the power plant was $3.352 billion (2007 USD).[1] The plant produces enough electricity to meet the needs of a city 1.25 million people. The plant is connected to the power grid via one 765KV line that goes from the plant to AEP's DuMont substation near Lakeville, Indiana and by numerous 345KV lines, two of which interconnect with Consumers Energy/METC, connecting with the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, owned by Entergy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 D.C. Cook and Palisades are the two plants I was referring to, I have been to cook and worked (briefly) at Palisades. I did not know about the 2 on lake Erie or that incident. It is scary to think that there are 4 that close, what if something happened to them (say a terrorist attack and they were bombed or something). A good portion of the midwest would be unlivable for a very, very long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 A good portion of the midwest would be unlivable for a very, very long time. Not like anyone thinks Michigan is livable currently, but I get what you are saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Fermi II is on lake Erie, just north of Monroe, MI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace1647545504 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 That was very interesting.. Some of you too young to remember this and in the late 70s our disaster 3 mile island Thank you mace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Here is one not many seem to know about. SL-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Great read; thanks for posting that. All of that stuff is fascinating to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturg1647545502 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/9fqbBCB.gif http://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Random/fat_woman_looks_like_a_melting_ice_cream_cone.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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