Inside a Japanese nuclear power station

In August 2007, IDG News Service was invited to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station. This video provides a rare glimpse at the inside of the world's largest nuclear power plant.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• TEPCO
• Kashiwazaki Kariwa
• Fukushima
• Daiichi
• nuclear
• power
• plant
• reactor
• containment
• vessel

[mexican2000]

"all men", except for the woman showing you around from 1:45 to 2:08? and i see at least one woman at the far right in group E on the shift board at 2:50. We're you describing something other than what's shown in this video?

[networkworld]

@mexican2000 The women that appear in the video include other journalists and TEPCO PR workers.

The day I visited, group C was on duty. The woman on the board was not on duty. I was speaking about the plant workers I met.

[EphraimRodrigez]

but will it blend ??

[27isanum]

This show needs more views

[ricardomaritza1]

nuclear power plants should be inside a massive dome for maxium safety stopping any chemicals being released, governments of the world do that for fuck sake

[sspecialairsservice]

thumbs up if at 0:08 and at 3:00 reminded you of chernobyl

[RespectMyHate]

Now I don't really mean to do this but I can't help it.

You have just seen the insides of a nuclear power plant and yes it is pretty inpressive, I will agree.

But this marvel of engineering is still utter childs play when it comes to the majesty of a single human cell. Let me explain.

All of those pumps and wires and pipes that you have seen, your cell has all of that, and produces energy more efficiently then this plant, yet it remains microscopic.

SO EVOLUTION? REALLY, Evolution SMH.

[22ness0hayden]

Nice. Let's hope it doesn't all go horribly wrong in the future! One thing you can't plan for is multiple human error

[FerretxMagic]

Well, Isn't it generally fossil fuels? -_-

[FerretxMagic]

Interesting.... Me and my friend have to show these videos in class for extra credit :P Thanks for uploading!!

[nagasako7]

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the largest nuclear plant in the the world?

Then you should have said it... Jeremy Clarkson style.

"Kashiwazaki-Kariwa.... the most powerful nuclear plant... in the Wooorld."

[tokyoscoop]

@GoneToPlaid My memory on that lacks, because it was 3 years ago, but my tape doesn't appear to show any concrete pillars. Email me and I can send you the picture. martyn_williams@idg.com

[MrBeauDoggy]

This thing is supposed to be leaking as well.

[GoneToPlaid]

1:45 I notice that the video filmed while entering the containment vessel of reactor 3 at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa power plant shows two very strong steel inward opening access doors. Yet engineering diagrams for the Oyster Creek BWR, which is supposed to be virtually identical in design to the Fukushima Daiichi BWRs, shows a single outward opening access door which normally is covered by huge concrete pillars which slide into place on rails. Did you see similar concrete pillars at Kashiwazaki?