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Ah, the 90s. Such a great time for, "hey kid, let me show you something." I remember getting semi-private, and slightly off-the-official-track tour of a nuclea

Ah, the 90s. Such a great time for, "hey kid, let me show you something." I remember getting semi-private, and slightly off-the-official-track tour of a nuclear power plant by my Dad. His company was involved in servicing the plant during an outage. It was open for organized public tours during that time (an idea that just seems bonkers now). My brothers and I got to see that part, and even a little bit more. I was pre-teen at the time and unfortunately he has passed. I really wish I could get more details from him on this and other stories.

bradknowles 4y ago
I did that for my parents, when I was working at the Pentagon and they came to town for a visit. We saw the full public tour, plus I took them on a private tour. And since I had escort privileges inside the NMCC, I took them on a private tour of that, too -- including the Crisis Action Center floor. It was a different time.
xattt 4y ago
My Grade 3 teacher had connections with someone who worked at a nuclear generating station in Ontario. There was an open house (!) one weekend that she took my dad and I to. Next year, there was an open house at a different plant that I also got to go to. What’s interesting was that photography with non-SLR camera was allowed but no video camera recordings. Some of the memorable things were being able to go into the control room with a bunch of green screens, walking up to the spent fuel pool, a drive through tour on a school bus through the outdoor spent fuel storage facility, and seeing an SGI workstation (with 3D shutter goggles!) that they used to model water flow of Lake Ontario in the event of an inadvertent release. I distinctly remember the unique smell of the second plant, something akin diesel exhaust. This would be unheard of in this day and age.

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Ah, the 90s. Such a great time for, "hey kid, let me show you something." I remember getting semi-private, and slightly off-the-official-track tour of a nuclea

by Pyrodogg 4y ago

bradknowles 4y ago
I did that for my parents, when I was working at the Pentagon and they came to town for a visit. We saw the full public tour, plus I took them on a private tour. And since I had escort privileges inside the NMCC, I took them on a private tour of that, too -- including the Crisis Action Center floor. It was a different time.
xattt 4y ago
My Grade 3 teacher had connections with someone who worked at a nuclear generating station in Ontario. There was an open house (!) one weekend that she took my dad and I to. Next year, there was an open house at a different plant that I also got to go to. What’s interesting was that photography with non-SLR camera was allowed but no video camera recordings. Some of the memorable things were being able to go into the control room with a bunch of green screens, walking up to the spent fuel pool, a drive through tour on a school bus through the outdoor spent fuel storage facility, and seeing an SGI workstation (with 3D shutter goggles!) that they used to model water flow of Lake Ontario in the event of an inadvertent release. I distinctly remember the unique smell of the second plant, something akin diesel exhaust. This would be unheard of in this day and age.