Took a drive by the nuclear reactor today

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  • AMSM
    • Jul 2026
    #1

    Took a drive by the nuclear reactor today

    I dont know how hot it gets in there but all I know is it gets very, very, very hot.



    Eric
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    • AMSM
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        • Donny
          As you wish...
          • May 2002
          • 13754
          #3
          The temperature reached in a nuclear reactor is in the range of 570 degrees F / 300 degrees C.

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            • brassmonkey
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              • Sep 2005
              • 77396
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                • AMSM
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Donny
                  The temperature reached in a nuclear reactor is in the range of 570 degrees F / 300 degrees C.
                  20 billion gallons of water at 570 is very hot to me lol

                  Eric

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                    • 2MuchMark
                      Mark of 2Much.net
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 50987
                      #6
                      Originally posted by AMSM
                      20 billion gallons of water at 570 is very hot to me lol

                      Eric
                      It's the same temperature regardless of how much water there is. Also, water boils at 220 degrees so in order to keep water as "water" and not steam at 570 degrees it would have to be under alot of pressure. The pressure or sudden release of pressure would probably take your hand off before it was burned by steam.

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                        • 2MuchMark
                          Mark of 2Much.net
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 50987
                          #7
                          Originally posted by AMSM
                          I dont know how hot it gets in there but all I know is it gets very, very, very hot.



                          Eric
                          Where was this by the way? I've always wanted to visit a nuclear reactor. Do you know if they give tours? Man that would be cool...

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                            • Stephen
                              Consigliere
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 1771
                              #8
                              Originally posted by MarkPrince
                              Where was this by the way? I've always wanted to visit a nuclear reactor. Do you know if they give tours? Man that would be cool...
                              I've toured Seabrook Station several times, but they stopped tours after 9/11

                              Don't know if they've started doing them again, but it was cool

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                                • slapass
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Nov 2002
                                  • 14625
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Donny
                                  The temperature reached in a nuclear reactor is in the range of 570 degrees F / 300 degrees C.
                                  I wonder why they push it so far over the temp needed for steam?

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                                    • wehateporn
                                      Promoting Debate on GFY
                                      • Apr 2007
                                      • 27176
                                      #10

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                                        • _Richard_
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Oct 2006
                                          • 30991
                                          #11
                                          same designs, tech, and company who built this, built fukushima

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                                            • AMSM
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by MarkPrince
                                              Where was this by the way? I've always wanted to visit a nuclear reactor. Do you know if they give tours? Man that would be cool...
                                              Not sure if they give tours. I find the facility really fascinating though, cant help to stare at it whenever I drive by. I might call one day to check about a tour, it would blow my mind to be in the building.

                                              Eric

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                                                • dyna mo
                                                  just a fucking jerk
                                                  • Dec 2008
                                                  • 68184
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by slapass
                                                  I wonder why they push it so far over the temp needed for steam?
                                                  i'm *thinking* they need extra high pressure to drive the turbines????

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                                                    • AMSM
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by dyna mo
                                                      i'm *thinking* they need extra high pressure to drive the turbines????
                                                      the turbines are the two smaller round things pointing up in the first picture. They must be probably 150 - 200 yards in diameter

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                                                        • PR_Glen
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                                                          • Oct 2006
                                                          • 9058
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by _Richard_
                                                          same designs, tech, and company who built this, built fukushima
                                                          amazing how they would use the same company for just about everyone. Next you are going to tell us airlines are mostly made up of planes designed by boeing...

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                                                            • janosik
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jan 2002
                                                              • 755
                                                              #16
                                                              This is what I see from my balcony every fucking day.

                                                              And no ... I don't have three legs

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                                                                • dyna mo
                                                                  just a fucking jerk
                                                                  • Dec 2008
                                                                  • 68184
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by AMSM
                                                                  the turbines are the two smaller round things pointing up in the first picture. They must be probably 150 - 200 yards in diameter
                                                                  ha, can you imagine how much grunt it takes just to get one of those turning? dang.

                                                                  + to add to the thread,
                                                                  under pressure water boils at something other than 100c. so they need the high pressure to turn the turbines, they need the different temp to keep the boiling point of h2o under pressure.

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                                                                    • John-ACWM
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                                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                                      • 20060
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by wehateporn

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                                                                        • seeandsee
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                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by janosik
                                                                          This is what I see from my balcony every fucking day.

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                                                                            • rayadp05
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                                                                              • Nov 2005
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                                                                              Oh shit.

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                                                                                • Vendzilla
                                                                                  Biker Gnome
                                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                                  • 23200
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Ok, since I slept 30 ft from a reactor, I'll fill you guys in on how they work.

                                                                                  The primary water is pressurized to keep it from boiling or creating stream. Then using heat transference, think a radiator on your car, it heats the secondary water which expands into steam. It's the heat expansion that turns the generators/turbines.

                                                                                  The power source on a nuclear submarine is the size of a baseball and can power it for about 10 years.
                                                                                  The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier has two reactors. One is enough to power all on board ships needs, the second can be used to power a small city like it did in the Philippines after they had a really bad hurricane.
                                                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                                                  think about that

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