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This excellent article reminds me of the time in the early 80's when I got to visit the Dounreay nuclear reactor complex[0]. Now we didn't quite get to see all
by teh_klev 5y ago
This excellent article reminds me of the time in the early 80's when I got to visit the Dounreay nuclear reactor complex[0]. Now we didn't quite get to see all the guts of the power station as Charlie did, but nonetheless even as a young teenager I was impressed by the scale and complexity of the engineering. The thing that really made the hairs on the back of my neck activate was standing right above the reactor itself. We also got a tour of the labs where radioactive components and other "hot" things were manipulated by remote control arms and grippers behind very thick glass. We even got to have a go, though obviously not with anything too dangerous :)
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dounreay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dounreay
- acidburnNSA 5y agoI'm in the nuclear industry and have chatted with some old timers from Dounreay. What a wonder it was!
- teh_klev 5y agoI know that it's a good thing it's being decommissioned and cleaned up, but there's a certain fondness I have of the site because we spent many a holiday camping and B&Bing in the area when I was a youngster. That and the sound of the Scrabster(?) fog horn.