Tour A Nuclear Power Plant

Since 9-11, many nuclear power plants have ceased to offer public tours of their facilities. While those decisions were undeniably necessary, it's a shame, as there simply isn't a better educational tool for our industry.

Which is why everyone who cares about the industry ought to watch this video tour of the Columbia Generating Plant produced by Energy Northwest:

Thanks to the folks at Energy Northwest for producing a superior piece of video. For more on the Columbia Generating Station, click here.

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Comments

Anonymous said…

That is a great video. I don't know how widely it has been distributed, but there certainly needs to be more information like this out there.

April 3, 2006 at 6:15 PM

distantbody said…

That video was going great until she mentioned "Energy Northwest has a diverse energy portfolio". I would at least hope that they don't use dreadful wind power, because it's absolutely farcical.

April 3, 2006 at 11:59 PM

Anonymous said…

how is it undeniably necessary?

Stupid overreaction. We have one year where some people die, less than die of the flu every year, and our whole life changes in an overeaction reminiscent to moral panic.

It's false security. What does this help? Tells the terrorists how to get in? If the plants have no security on the inside we're screwed anyways. A janitor or someone posing as a vendor and entering the plant shouldn't be able to enter any door he wants.

I'm sick of people overreacting and ruining america. Screw the terrorists- I aint skeered.

June 23, 2008 at 12:48 AM

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