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They actually test the stainless steel used for reactors here at NIST. We have a 90 ft tall 12,000,000 lb. press they use to stress the steel and the crack it. It makes the whole building jump when they break it.
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I live about 60 miles from the one around here and figure I'm in a worse place than those closer to it.
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On the National Geographic Channel, there is a show called World's Toughest Fixes. On one of the episodes they replace the turbine on a nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.
Here is some Youtube vid's I found that have some parts of the show, there is 5 videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Owb3_ODek Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Soht5bfEA Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozSz1gyLaLY Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9I3PNGsn54 Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSCNPZK_Iuw Part 5 Last edited by Hydrant; 03-19-2009 at 10:19 PM.. |
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I saw that one too, it was cool to see the host was actually standing inside a part of the turbine or w/e it was.
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