Power Washing Nuclear Reactor Cooling Towers

[Mike Hughes]

Yea, I wish. Imagine the red tape involved in this job.........hypotheically.

I was on a sales call last year near Three Mile Island.........the guys house was about a 5 minute drive down the road. I snapped the pics just for fun. Notice the bottoms are dismantled on two of the towers........that must be the one that had the problems years ago.....

 

[Ron Musgraves]

now we know what happened to you mike. radiation?????????

 

[mbryan]

No thanks. Stick me in the nastiest grease duct you want but you wouldn't catch me going anywhere near those things.

 

[Mike Hughes]

now we know what happened to you mike. radiation?????????

Now that we know what happened to me..............what's your excuse?

Too much sun perhaps?

Just kidding around....

 

[ColonelWickham]

Mike's point about nuclear power technology as a tool to preserve the climate is probably the best thing I have ever read. I have been looking into how this nuclear technology company approaches reactor design, and it is a useful reminder that nuclear engineering involves a whole ecosystem of safety procedures and specialised contractors. Of course, a cooling tower is not automatically radioactive just because it belongs to a nuclear plant. Has anyone here actually bid for industrial work at a nuclear facility? What is your experience?