CGS nuclear power plant tour (how it works)

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[BvD14624]

do the reactors expose radiation to employees? if so is it daily, and enough to give them cancer

[Dharok60]

@BvD14624 no, because the reactor is under water, with 2 meter cement covers over it.

[superklb86]

so why was this not done in Japan. (turned off)?

[Dharok60]

@superklb86 because it can take up to a week or even months for the reactor to cool down to a low temp.

youtube.com/watch?v=m0uUtJz9RZ­Y&feature=feedu <this might help you out

[superklb86]

can it be turned off if a natural disaster were to occur ?

[Dharok60]

@superklb86 Yes, the control rods would be dropped into the reactor core stopping the nuclear fission from happening.

[123Jus1]

very 90's

[mozdonny]

@BvD14624 Each employee has to wear an indicator, which colors when you get unhealthy dose (develops through years, just like medical x-ray operators wear such indicators). After you get a dose, you can't work for a certain amount of time, and after radiation is gone from one's body, they can return to work.

Note that the recommended level of dose a plant employee can be exposed to is sometimes lower than common background radiation. They are safer in there than us out here.

[biukucanoe]

@BvD14624 A properly running nuclear reactor is completely safe. If it suffers a meltdown, that's entirely another story.

[lovegoob]

boring,,,