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An Inside Look at the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant

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Phoenix, Arizona's Channel 3 crew had the opportunity to record a few minutes of video of the inside of containment at one of the three Palo Verde units that was undergoing a refueling outage. Be sure to check it out.
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Anonymous said…
Palo Verde 'Nucular' plant.
May 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Anonymous said…
Way to go Palo Verde for making this happen, but I wish the tv station would have made the most out of it. There was nothing of substance in this piece and not a lot of shot of the inside.
May 12, 2009 at 12:08 PM
DW said…
Sucker runs of waste water from Phoenix. How cool is that?
May 12, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Jason Ribeiro said…
That's pretty cool but too bad it's just a short filler segment.

Since most of the general public can't go on a tour of a nuclear plant anymore, it would be really nice if someone would produce a video tour of a plant and put it online. Something with some educational commentary that after you watch it, you really felt like you went on a real tour.
May 12, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Anonymous said…
What an incredibly anti-intellectual piece of TV.

Too bad, given that it's a fascinating plant.

/Starvid
May 12, 2009 at 10:14 PM
anony-Mouse said…
Its a pity they didnt say much of a substance. I visited one NPP during refueling shutdown and there were so many cool things going around - refueling machine, Cherenkov radiation clearly visible, tests of tubes in the steam generators etc.

What a shame they dropped all these possibilities to educate the public for the silly radiation gate shots and contamination scarce nonsense.
May 13, 2009 at 12:40 AM
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