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.
Over-hype much? “an operating nuclear station” followed by “then it brought the reactor back online”…
Plot Twist: Bruce Power is the son of Rowsdower and The Kid.
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.
The Ford government loves the idea that we are fast tracking nuclear reactor upgrades “ahead of schedule”.
“G’day, I’m Bruce Power, eh?”
I totally thought the same thing.
This guy would immediately drink all of our beer
He’s related to Max Power.
What the fuck is a US ton…
I dunno, like two American football fields?
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
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)