Most of the noise around nuclear right now goes to new reactors. Small modular reactors on slick conference slides, fusion machines in startup press kits, the
Bruce Power cut into the roof of an operating nuclear station, hauled eight steam generators weighing 100 metric tons each (about 110 US tons) out through the top, and lowered brand-new ones into the same hole. Then it brought the reactor back online on June 8, according to Bruce Power, seven months ahead of schedule.
I was picturing some burly Aussie-Canadian lumberjack called Bruce Power doing all this without breaking a sweat.
I was picturing some burly Aussie-Canadian lumberjack called Bruce Power doing all this without breaking a sweat.
He didn’t even ask permission. He just started cutting the roof and nobody had the courage to ask him what he was doing.
Hard hat and a white truck, you can do anything you ever wanted.
“G’day, I’m Bruce Power, eh?”
I totally thought the same thing.
His accent alone would destroy whole planets
This guy would immediately drink all of our beer
Over-hype much? “an operating nuclear station” followed by “then it brought the reactor back online”…
He’s related to Max Power.
What the fuck is a US ton…
That was more surprising to me than the actual article.
I dunno, like two American football fields?
Ah, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.
It’s what we call the things Yanks and North Koreans use to measure weight since ‘ton’ is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world.
(Yes, I’ve seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)
2000 lb
Or 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some).
This shit isn’t at all confusing /s
The Ford government loves the idea that we are fast tracking nuclear reactor upgrades “ahead of schedule”.
Plot Twist: Bruce Power is the son of Rowsdower and The Kid.