Here's what we're looking at. You're exploring a General Electric type 5 Boiling Water Reactor inside a Mark II containment. The plant would have put out 820 megawatts to the grid. 2:00 - dispense with the radiation monitor... the plant has been thoroughly decontaminated and you're going to be picking up normal naturally occurring background radiation. 0.05 microSieverts/hr is below naturally occurring background radiation. The construction of the plant provides shielding against that, ergo the lower readings inside. 3:45 - hoistwell for the turbine building going down to the truck bay 4:00 - turbine deck... exciter has been removed, the generator stator (with the round wood cover) and high and low pressure turbines remain. 4:15 - that's the generator, which is driven by the turbines spinning at 1,800 RPM producing 820 megawatts of power. Typically it's output is around 24,000 volts of 3-phase AC which is stepped up to a higher voltage - either 115, 230 or 345 kv depending on Long Island's transmission system. The small platform in front of the generator is where the exciter was. The exciter generated the magnetic field for the generator. 4:30 - that long thing under the tarp is the generator rotor - the part that spins inside the stator 5:45 - GaiTronics party line / paging system. The Hear-Here booth provides some sound isolation so you can hear the other party. It gets very noisy when the plant is running. 9:15 - pressure differential - you're entering an air lock to the reactor building. There's a negative pressure in there to keep any contaminants contained within that building. 9:45 - you are now in what's known as the secondary containment. The 'cylindrical' thing is the reactor's primary containment. The grated floors are removable for hoisting equipment between elevations. 12:15 - main hoistwell to the refueling floor 15:25 - RWCU = Reactor Water Clean Up pump suction temperature gauge - as you can see it goes up to 600 degrees F... it gets pretty hot when it's operating. 16:15 - stairs are tiring... yup - the wonders of a reactor building get old when the elevator is out of service... factor in elevated temperatures when the plant is at 100% power. 17:30 - refueling floor and polar crane 17:50 - you're looking down in to the reactor cavity. The netting is covering the drywell. The actual reactor itself is long gone. 18:05 - laydown pit - during refueling, it's filled with water providing a place for some of the reactor internals for temporary storage. Typically the steam dryer and moisture separator gets placed here. 18:25 - radiation monitors that you walk through - not metal detectors 19:30 - spent fuel pool - where fuel is stored to cool down after spending 6 years in the reactor under 40 feet of water. New fuel is placed in there for refueling. The new fuel itself is safe to handle, but for the ease of handling and expediency during refueling, it's placed in the SFP prior to the refueling outage. 20:45 - personnel air lock - passageway between secondary and primary containment (the drywell). The drywell is kept pressurized with nitrogen. 23:00 - equipment hatch 24:05 - you're standing on top of the suppression pool. No fuel rods there - that's what the spent fuel pool is for... just lots of equipment - pumps, pipes, etc... HP = human physics (or radiation protection). 24:55 - you're in the undervessel of the reactor. That's where the hydraulic control rod drives were all located. 27:35 - if caught you'd likely be arrested for criminal trespass 28:00 - truck bay extension - basically a big air lock for bringing in things like fuel assemblies, equipment, etc... unsure what the tanks are for 30:20 - heat exchangers or feedwater heaters 34:00 - chemistry lab 35:50 - some kind of high pressure steam line and isolation valve 36:50 - main switchgear / power boards feeding other plant systems 39:30 - main control room 40:40 - control rod position controls 42:30 - reactor operators train for about 2 years before they're licensed - every extensive, and they're constantly retraining, recertifying, etc. Needless to say they're paid very well. 44:00 - Plus signs on the ground everywhere is where radiological testing was done to certify that area was free of radiactivity as part of the decontamination process (you see them on the walls as well). The plus signs you see there represent a control rod - really a plus sign shaped blade made of neutron absorbing material to control the reaction. 44:15 - a control room is typically staffed with a shift manager, control room supervisor, a couple of reactor operators and a technical advisor. 44:55 - an old hard drive disk pack
@lesterawilson35 жыл бұрын
@Steven Rivers much cleaner. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that emits carbon and green house gas. While cheaper to generate, the price of gas can fluctuate and increase when demand is high (usually winter). Nuclear power plants have no emissions, and run at 100% power, 24/7. We refuel every 2 years so we're not at the mercy of the commodities market.
@lesterawilson35 жыл бұрын
@Steven Rivers I grew up on LI in the 70s and 80s. LILCo was a clusterfuck. The NIMBY's are the ones who really killed the plant. The TMI and Chernobyl accidents along with that awful movie "The China Syndrome" didn't help (very mis educated about nuclear power) public opinion either.
@photon18325 жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining all of this! Nuclear power is one of my interests and I actually did a big report and interview in high school for it. Almost pursued a career, but I probably won't. Visiting a plant is on my bucket list though, and working at one would be a dream job
@lesterawilson35 жыл бұрын
@@photon1832 Many plants have open house / community nights. You won't get inside the actual plant itself - but it's usually at a visitor's center and/or the training center / simulator if it's located outside of the plant's secure fenced-in "protected area". We'll sometimes give plant tours to certain groups of students in STEM or nuclear programs at school. To work at one - there's many ways... during refueling outages as a contractor laborer - but you need to know who the company that hires outage contractors for a particular plant. There are non-operations jobs... radiation protection (aka human physics) or security is where many get their foot in the door. Skilled trades - such as electrician, pipe or steam fitter, welder, etc... the local union hall may get those folks in to a plant. On our operations side, we have many Navy veterans who served on nuclear powered submarines and carriers. The college route - there are nuclear engineering programs out there (i.e., at RPI). But no matter how you get in the door - stay out of legal trouble, maintain good credit, don't be a wild child risk taker, don't do drugs and don't be a drunk - otherwise you'll get weeded out early in the selection process.
@lesterawilson35 жыл бұрын
@Charlie Thorn - you're referring to PWR and RBMK reactors. I work at a BWR plant - so my knowledge is centered around that type of reactor. In our plant, heat exchangers are used for things like residual heat removal during shutdown (i.e., refueling outages) and reactor water cleanup systems to cool the water (which is around 500 deg F in the reactor core) before it hits the filter train. At 24:05 - they're on top of what's known as the suppression chamber. That's where excess steam is dumped in the event of an emergency. The cooler water of the suppression pool will condense the steam into water. But the same pool of water is used for low pressure core injection emergency cooling as well.
@Ripgardian3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I walked all those stairs hundreds of times in the 6 years I worked there...and yes, everyone in ops knew what everything did. It has been so stripped down, but enough left for you grasp the big picture. Nice tour, guys!
@thatcarguydom2663 жыл бұрын
You worked in that exact plant?
@Ripgardian3 жыл бұрын
@@thatcarguydom266 Yes Indeed
@cd64223 жыл бұрын
That is amazing. Shame they closed it down. We need more of this technology around. We are too dependent on fossil fuels
@Ripgardian3 жыл бұрын
@@cd6422 Yes. It was a sad exodus as we were ready to put the plant into action when decisions above our paygrade shut it down. I can honestly say that I have never worked with a more capable, professional, efficient, and intelligent group of people before or since that time. Such is the quirk of fate.
@tinyrick36413 жыл бұрын
Are you sure this place is safe? These guys wouldn’t face the danger of radiation?
@HyraxAttax3 жыл бұрын
Ironically, this might be one of the safest abandoned buildings I've seen you guys enter.
@TheMNrailfan2272 жыл бұрын
He said Ironically
@shadowgod10092 жыл бұрын
@@bougieBoulet Yeah sure, that's possible. But it is extremely unlikely. Shutting down a reactor is not something they take lightly, it's a lengthy process. Making sure it's safe is a priority. But even if the reactor was active, they would still be safer in there than literally anywhere else they have explored. People have an irrational fear of nuclear power.
@KLAWNINETY2 жыл бұрын
EPA and all the nuclear regulatory agencies have a lot of rules regarding the safe disposal of radioactive waste. It's also really easy to find the waste... You just use the Geiger counter. It's not like it would be some mystery.
@genericchannelname50852 жыл бұрын
@@bougieBoulet the cleanup process of a nuclear power plant is very thorough. none of that is left there, anything that could be contaminated is put into dry cask storage.
@dannelson8556 Жыл бұрын
@@shadowgod1009 they have a healthy fear of something going wrong, when this thing was operating there was enough spent fuel in that cooling pound that should it have caught fire do to a catastrophic failure of the cooling pond it would have contaminated most of the northern hemisphere and made it uninhabitable for 1000's of years , we came very close to this very scenario with fukushima
@inkman234 Жыл бұрын
I'm way late to the party, but simply amazing. As I have commented elsewhere, how surreal is it that the people who built, maintained and operated that facility one day after a predetermined shutdown procedure, left and never came back. Weird how some areas look intact, some ransacked, others just left as they were on that last day. It's so intriguing to wonder when the last time someone lay hands on a phone, made a control adjustment, or made a repair, for the last time and didn't know it. Then ALL of that steel, concrete and various materials will most likely be left behind to slowly decay. It must have taken an immense amount of effort to design and build such a facility, only to have it abandoned. Great video, thanks for sharing.
@TaureusGrey6 жыл бұрын
Seems to be a lot of confusion here on what is probably one of the most thorough "tours" of a Boiling Water Reactor you'll find on KZfaq. They don't technically make it into the Reactor Core, as there isn't one. From the top level or Reactor Hall in this case they look down into a massive circular pit which would have housed the Reactor Vessel (which contains the fuel rod assembly/reactor core) before it was decommissioned and removed. The rectangular pit adjacent to this would have been for fuel rod storage. Had they climbed down below the safety netting they would have ended up on top of the plate they refer to as the "aliens nest". The room they entered below that (with the cutaway opening) is where the control rod jacks are housed. This inner chamber is inside a massive upside down concrete light bulb called the Dry Well (accessed through the heavy doors and airlock). The many ominous holes in the floor (with triangular plates on top) have nothing to do with storing fuel rods but rather lead to the slightly more complex labyrinth of tunnels called the Wet Well. Have the lights been left on for decades? Almost certainly. Does that mean its still generating power? No, generally the auxiliary power to run one of these stations comes from diesel generators on site and in this case, we know there's a station next door. It would be a death trap to both intruder and security guards alike without lighting. Its highly likely that some of the halls are still used for storage anyway. Could they encounter radiation here? Unlikely, the clean up process is insanely thorough and this is a baby reactor in the scheme of things. At best, the biggest reading would be from discarded PPE and left over lab samples, I would be more worried about falling/drowning. Had the plant still contained fission materials they would have more likely found themselves shot (in the UK too). What was the long missile shaped object wrapped in a protective cover? That's a rotor, slots inside the stator (large drum with the plywood end cap) but left as one unit it would surely corrode in place. The turbines in this plant are directly driven by the steam from the reactor vessel and thus will have been highly contaminated and removed early on in the decommissioning. Why is there "abandoned" - abandoned equipment everywhere? There will have been thousands of contractors and sub contractors working here throughout a period of bureaucratic frenzy, especially if the electricity company has government funding to burn. Three separate contractors will be commissioned, to fabricate the same safety rail whilst two other firms will be simultaneously removing it and none of them know who is using which ladder and whether or not they've finished with it.... Hope this clears up any misconceptions - Power Station Anorak/Welder
@Insectoid_5 жыл бұрын
I love that term. Anorak. To describe a geeky fanatic lol.
@onekingeighteen1k1835 жыл бұрын
Were you or still are a Nuclear Power Plant worker at one point because you just friend my brains
@justinbuchowski5 жыл бұрын
What's with all the black markings on the walls?
@vintageelectronicsandamate45215 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting how the "Proper People" don't want to respond to the truth. Their sensationalistic fearmongering has just been hit by the torpedo of truth and all I hear a crickets.....classic.
@mrfunkington5 жыл бұрын
You have to take them for what its worth. The stuff is interesting, but they make a lot of uneducated guesses at stuff and from the stuff I see that i do recognize, they are pretty far off.
@nuuhkia59317 жыл бұрын
I respect your self control to not push any buttons...
@Enduro300rr7 жыл бұрын
I would have allahu ackbar'd the fuck out of that place on accident. Buttons are my weakness
@joebillage35787 жыл бұрын
LMAOO
@Mike-mt4ln7 жыл бұрын
Nuuh Kia I would have tried that rusty elevator
@silasmcgee36477 жыл бұрын
Mike7998 are those vehicles abandoned at 0:53?
@Bizarre-Daniel7 жыл бұрын
Nuuh Kia dude nothing would happen the system is discharged there are no fuel rods or live ones at last and the coolant is still there so the least that would happen is a pump would start then shut back off for safety reasons
@audiquattro67683 жыл бұрын
Crazy thing about this particular facility is that it was never actually operated for more than just tests and was decommissioned shortly after being completed due to local opposition after the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl meltdowns.
@_monti1423 жыл бұрын
retarded local opposition
@thomasplunkitt51092 жыл бұрын
My parents knew some of the contractors who built it. He told my parents if they ever made it fully operational to move as far away as we can.
@moviemania11372 жыл бұрын
@@_monti142 Biden voters 😂
@mikethemaniac12 жыл бұрын
@@thomasplunkitt5109 Reactors are pretty safe. Even RBMKs BEFORE they fixed the design faults were extremely safe, you just had to not full throttle a stalled reactor. Reactors in the west are designed with negative void coefficients though, so if the chain of events at chernobyl were to start over here, the reactor would stall as it overheated and the reaction would self cancel.
@jamestrepiccionebaseball2 жыл бұрын
@Alin S this plant on Long Island so if they have evacuate where are they going
@Max1musPrime4 ай бұрын
Watching this almost 8 years later- Man what a place to explore. I can’t imagine what it would be like to walk around such a complex masterpiece.
@thomasgoller76215 жыл бұрын
25 yrs since it's operated bit the lights are still on....huh, my wife and kids must've been there last. Every day I come home from work and every single light in the house is on
@austinoates71265 жыл бұрын
Thomas Goller now this is a hilarious comment. I’m sure they moved the thermostat up 5 degrees also ha ha
@TheShaddix5 жыл бұрын
time to invest in some automated switches!
@williamstone75445 жыл бұрын
How are they generating power without a running nuclear reactor.
@thomasgoller76215 жыл бұрын
@@williamstone7544 the power plant is still hooked up to the grid which means the power is coming from the grid. The power is produced elsewhere since this plant is offline
@williamstone75445 жыл бұрын
@@thomasgoller7621Cheers mate.
@elireloaded5 жыл бұрын
What's ironic is the building was made to create power. But now does nothing but consume it.
@Sea_bear_425 жыл бұрын
Lol so true
@zzoega5 жыл бұрын
whats ironic is that ur mother was made to create babies and now she just consumes them
@elireloaded5 жыл бұрын
@@zzoega no u
@historyliker5 жыл бұрын
@@zzoega That went from 1 to 100 real fast
@barbarabartleson89505 жыл бұрын
Whatev .. 😑
@Grumpy27n233 жыл бұрын
I worked in a nuclear plant close to 30 years ago. This was like a trip through time. Thank you.
@SpicyMang0s Жыл бұрын
Neat
@12marcusboy Жыл бұрын
Can I ask what the Chambers with doors were for ?
@Grumpy27n23 Жыл бұрын
@@12marcusboy can you give me a time stamp?
@12marcusboy Жыл бұрын
@@Grumpy27n23 21.16 mate
@Grumpy27n23 Жыл бұрын
@@12marcusboy decontamination chamber.
@kevinnagel683 жыл бұрын
Loved the control room, reminded me of plants I ran 30 years ago. You learn the plants by tracing lines and drawing them from memory on a board. You learn the SCADA and Control systems from Operation Handbooks and PNID drawings.
@bretthepler7223 жыл бұрын
You’re obviously far more capable and intelligent than I. Truly impressive work to run a plant like this. I hope the pay was good too. Nuclear energy is perfect it’s a shame so many people hate on the cleanest form of energy we know of.
@cyclonic71342 жыл бұрын
You mean P&ID drawing, right? Like a process flow diagram.
@kevinnagel682 жыл бұрын
@@cyclonic7134 lol Correct P&ID Piping and Instrumentation. Operations training back then consisted of tracing lines, valves pumps compressors until you knew to draw them from memory.. You didn’t pass the unit until you could do it twice. Some of these plants were so big just to walk from one side to the other took 20 minutes.., at pace.Thousands of valves and miles of pipe Just getting signed off the various units was 3 or 4 years.
@mlwakat7 ай бұрын
I’m a Control System Engineer on the Gulf Coast. My guess is there is several jobs , and each job has different responsibilities. The more job qualifications you have the more you know. The more you know the more you make
@asdwasd58875 жыл бұрын
Dude you are what exploring channels should be! No dramatic bs and no clickbait.
@kodi02235 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing while watching. So many other exploring channels are destructive and rude, but these guys just politely explore and cause no harm, even tries to educate when they can.
@Arkangel6305 жыл бұрын
I see a lot of people saying its not a nuclear power plant for some reason, while the reactor was removed (for obvious reasons) this is absolutely a boiling water reactor nuclear power plant.
@ethancook30075 жыл бұрын
@@TJBfilms The plant would have been thoroughly sanitized and had all (or most) of all radiation removed. they would have been shot if there were still nuclear materials in the building.
@tezy01934 жыл бұрын
Like that annoying josh guy, hate him.. talking trash from start till end, getting over excited or scared of every little bs, almost unwatchable
@silasmcgee36474 жыл бұрын
Kodi022 despite other replies stating that they didn’t know buck shit about this particular plant
@neildecker30615 жыл бұрын
I like how y'all were worried about walking near the pedestrian 480V temporary line, but then stroll right by the humming cabinets fed from the 69,000 V line hah.
@Kane345725 жыл бұрын
what time in the video
@atl36305 жыл бұрын
Because they are ignorant and excited 😆
@LazorVideosDestruction4 жыл бұрын
*Kane34572* sometime after 36:50 You can see written on the transformer “fed from 42F 69Kv yd.” 69Kv = 69,000 volts
@LazorVideosDestruction4 жыл бұрын
@Jason Cougar There are likely other nearby areas that are still using that power. As a result, the building is being fed with electricity even if it isn't using much of it.
@silasmcgee36474 жыл бұрын
Those who say ignorance or more ignorant than then the proper people since no one else seems to know what’s going on like they didn’t even watch the video
@chrisbyrne3937 Жыл бұрын
Nearly 6 years too late to this video, but this is genuinely the best urbex video I've watched. Incredible. Well done boys!
@Snakeplisskin4403 жыл бұрын
I couldn't even imagine the amount of labor hours it takes to construct a power plant like this.
@thiagof94815 жыл бұрын
You better whisper so the radiation doesnt wake up
@1991tommygun4 жыл бұрын
I hear the radiation has a drinking problem, past out long before they came
@thatdrh4 жыл бұрын
If I was radiation, I would wake up and ask if they had cheese cake.
@SAOrules4 жыл бұрын
3.6 roentgen not great not terrible
@TexboyGamer4 жыл бұрын
SAOrules based
@thatdrh4 жыл бұрын
TexBoy broccoli
@willgoodwin25604 жыл бұрын
All those physical buttons, switches, dials, gauges, cables and mysterious magnetic data storage media... obviously the lights are still on because nobody could find the light switch.
@briantruck22843 жыл бұрын
😆
@niel44773 жыл бұрын
there is no such things as magnetic data storage media 💀😂
@DJB1ack0u73 жыл бұрын
@@niel4477 ? Ever seen a cassette tape? Or a floppy disk?
@niel44773 жыл бұрын
@@DJB1ack0u7 Yes i figured that out after some research
@quill4443 жыл бұрын
Plain old removeable disk packs from a 1970s or 1980s era disk drive, each pack maybe holds 50MB to 100MB - probably still readable data! - j q t -
@Samuel-km5yf Жыл бұрын
40:10 “Let’s fire this bad boy up!” 😂
@achalmehta33623 жыл бұрын
I am facing my megalophobia watching this. You guys are brave to be here.
@screemobear70343 жыл бұрын
THATS WHAT THAT IS!!!!! I've had this for years and years as far as my memory goes..I'm 28 and I could never explain my fear of commercial generators.. underground to above ground man hole pipes, ......ugh...water towers.... semi trucks... boats.. ships... giant pipe bolts..God I could keep going Now I know after years of fearing these things that it has a name!! Thank you random youtube comment person!
@-.SweetBaby.-3 жыл бұрын
@@screemobear7034 Same here; I never knew this was an actual phobia.
@reganjones24453 жыл бұрын
@@screemobear7034 same here
@TheMNrailfan2272 жыл бұрын
Anything that is about the size of a very large ship I get a little squeamish
@FreeSpeechisMyRight102 жыл бұрын
This place is uber creepy to me
@americancitizen7484 жыл бұрын
That place looks insanely complicated. I can't imagine how long it would take to design and build (and debug) something like this.
@doyouknow70354 жыл бұрын
@Jwad now active the plant or not
@boratsagdiyev56794 жыл бұрын
@@doyouknow7035 can you just walk in active power plants on India? Cause you know that's like bad for you don't you?
@TheArchitect5154 жыл бұрын
Ask the people of chernobyl
@jonyfrany13193 жыл бұрын
You sound like a software dev 👍
@kuslerf123 жыл бұрын
My grandpa was a nuclear engineer for ge, never really said anything about it sadly and now he's passed on
@raymankruman72847 жыл бұрын
Reactor is/was a General Electric BWR design. The Turbine-Generator is/was a 820 MW General Electric. First thing under the black tarp was the 4 pole generator field which rotates at 1800 RPM for 60 hertz power output . In areas with 50 hertz power, nuclear units turn at 1500 RPM. Fossil units turn at twice that speed and are 2 pole (3600 & 3000). The field uses DC current to produce a rotating magnetic field inside the stationary generator core (stator) which then produces 3 phase AC power (820MW) at maybe 24 to 30,000 volts. The generator core and field are cooled by running in pure hydrogen gas at about 60 psig. The high voltage stator windings are cooled by pure deionized water circulating through the copper conductors themselves. The high purity of the water makes the water an insulator. By the way, the low pressure turbine rotors ot this unit were removed and used on another nuclear turbine. This plant was never allowed (licensed) to produce more than 5% rated power before it was decommissioned. 820 MW is a little over 1 million horsepower. I was an GE engineer who specialized in working on these large machines (nuclear and fossil fired) although I never worked on this one. Largest one I ever worked on was the two million horsepower units (3) at Palo Verde Station outside Phoenix, AZ. They were the largest in the world at that time I think, maybe not now but still close to largest i"m sure.
@MrEddieG4207 жыл бұрын
why would they build the reactor and then only let it operate at 5% of its designed output ? Was there a design flaw of accident or something ?
@raymankruman72847 жыл бұрын
Two main factors contributed to the eventual demise of the plant. 1) The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 and the 1986 Chernobyl accident created local and environmentalist opposition to the plant. 2) A satisfactory emergency evacuation plan for the area, required after the Three Mile Island accident, could never be developed because of the area's unique physical location. Without an approved evacuation plan, the operating license could not be approved and the reactor was dismantled. Had the unit gone into operation as planned, it is estimated that it would have prevented the emission of an estimated three million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
@MrEddieG4207 жыл бұрын
Did some research last night damn public outcry and not approving the evacuation orders ! thanks for your reply !
@PytonPagom6 жыл бұрын
So they were basically in physical test phase using some first-batch fuel when stuff happened and they couldnt keep up with needs the regulatory board for nucear power came up with ? So, they just had it scraped ? ... is that the same for the other reactors shown from the outside at the end too ( meaning for the whole plant ), or was it jst this one unit ? P.S.: Also, at 24:11 - nice joke :D .... those are probably closed up oppenings for the main closing valves ( now taken away and scrapped ) for the water entering reactor vessel itself ? ( www.nuclear-power.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ABWR_reactor.jpg ) Interresting these reactors use the same wessel as a steam-generator. Meaning activated water had to make it into the turbine ( corporate.vattenfall.com/globalassets/corporate/about_energy/illustrations/boiling_water_reactor2.jpg ) ... were having the russian VVER400 design, using a secondary loop of water for steam-production, whyle keeping the reactor water in liquid form going trough the heat-exchangers. ... cant imagine this one wessel thing as so much more of the technology could have been contaminated and was thus active even in the turbine ! ( 4.bp.blogspot.com/-IK9ztN5iYrM/Uj9XQpQp4ZI/AAAAAAAABKk/9zR6QK4rNC0/s1600/vessel.gif ) How on earth do these turbines and stuff get checked and repaired at the annual stoppage during re-fueling - one would have to check and dezactivate the whole thing before the dissassembly ! ( hence all the shielding around the turbines ).
@ChaosFragrances6 жыл бұрын
That is so fascinating. Thanks for sharing
@Just1Nora3 жыл бұрын
The HOT on the control panels behind the nets meant that there is electricity flowing through it. The net was likely put up when the plant was closed for safety. That was crazy high power as you could hear. The funny thing about the computers in the control room is that if they were from the 1980s then given their size they probably each had about the same computing power as a 90s desktop. Computers up until the 80s were still very large. The thing labeled CDC might have been an old removable multi platter storage drive.
@mlwakat7 ай бұрын
I think they were old bourneli platters
@RockyDoggaPitchaShow3 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys, the computer discs at 44:55 are called Winchester discs. I used to use a Quantel PaintBox in 1984 and it had a stack of about 6 or 8 discs of about 15" diameter and hardwired into the computer with no external cover. The computer was the size of a standard domestic refrigerator enclosed in a glass cabinet. When writing to disc it was noisy. PaintBox was pre-Photoshop and cost about a million dollars for a basic unit. We can buy the same now for about 1 or 2 thousand dollars and is a laptop with Photoshop. Love the vids, keep up the good work and stay safe.
@tomcorwine30913 жыл бұрын
I used a Quantel Hairy I think it was called for broadcast graphics.
@leinanightray42945 жыл бұрын
Most abandoned places have a creepy feel to them but those lights made the power plant oddly welcoming.
@ilovecops54995 жыл бұрын
This nucklera power is not abandoned it is running and online. they entered the beast.i.e. core, at 21 minutes into the videos.
@DaryxFox5 жыл бұрын
@@ilovecops5499 There is no core. At 17:50 they look down into where the reactor vessel--which contained the core--was. When plants are decommissioned they remove the entire reactor vessel and core because it's easier to dispose of it and store the contaminants (the by products of nuclear fission) along with spent fuel rather than decontaminating it in place.
@trulyinfamous4 жыл бұрын
I do kind of enjoy that florescent hum.
@silasmcgee36474 жыл бұрын
Truly Infamous it gives a certain feel to abandon buildings and to quote the initial comment it very much feels like a warm welcome The building wants you to feel warm and safe and not have to waste time with your own lights
@Gr3nadgr3gory4 жыл бұрын
Almost as if ghosts are inviting you to hang out.
@gabriellewarburton79616 жыл бұрын
Me: why are we whispering You: it's scarier Me: oh
@beloved_lover5 жыл бұрын
Maybe they just don't want to get caught by shouting if there's security checking the premises.
@Mr_Rabbit2 жыл бұрын
These videos are special. Just imagining the history behind what now lies abandoned induces an emotion i find hard to put into words.
@FSAUDIOGUY3 жыл бұрын
Me and my wife watched this one together, I streamed it to my T.V. off my laptop. One of the best walk through's I've ever seen.
@djblackarrow5 жыл бұрын
I would recommend that you take an atmospheric measuring device with you when you are traveling in unknown buildings and especially in lower-lying rooms. There are odorless gases that can be extremely dangerous for you. Before you can detect any lack of oxygen by yourself, it could be too late.
@calvinlunny96154 жыл бұрын
Stay out of sump pump pits. During construction they filled with argon and WILL kill you. Been there done that, watched three dudes die in one.
@madmax20694 жыл бұрын
@UrbanExplorer1000 obvious by argon
@Ciotti6754 жыл бұрын
duh
@WestOzCards4 жыл бұрын
Spot on. Look up the term; Stratification.
@The_Beast_6664 жыл бұрын
Yes but they did complete the recording, editing and posting the video and lived to tell the story right?
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
I worked on plants for about a decade, have a couple things to point out. The turbine area is referred to as the "turbine deck". The end that had plywood over it used to connect with a shaft to the generator, which is missing, though the mounting blocks are apparent. Since this is an old reactor, and most likely retired (though that's an assumption, I haven't watched the whole video yet), this facility is probably a BWR or boiling water reactor. That is the older type of reactor setup, which uses a single loop between the reactor and the turbine, with no heat exchanger or second loop. This is not a definite, again since I just started watching this, though it's good to know of BWRs anyway. Some are still in operation, I believe. The second type, as you mentioned in the video is a PWR, or Pressurized Water Reactor, which uses two loops and a heat exchanger. Your description of the process was a little faulty, I have to mention. The fuel rods heat reactor water, creating steam. The steam pressure provides the force to move through the system and drive the turbine (whether PWR or BWR). As the steam cools late in the cycle it is condensed and returned to the reactor by means of the cooling towers that are often so prominent. If I have more comments, I'll chime in again.
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
"Metal detectors" - no - Dosimetry scanner. They were used to detect/measure radiation on workers.
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
timestamp 24:00 "where the fuel rods might have been?" - no - torus tank. It was a donut-shaped tank that ringed around beneath the reactor. That tank was used for cooling the reactor water under certain circumstances. Those floor penetrations were for circulation pipes that penetrated the bottom of the torus tank. Among them are also remnants of the saddles that were the foundation of the tank. I haven't watched more yet, but there should be several large penetrations, maybe covered over, that went from the bottom of the RPV, the reactor pressure vessel down to the taurus tank. They were pipes, and very large pipes.
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
timestamp 25:00, I was at first skeptical you actually were in the reactor, and while technically you weren't, because the bottom of the reactor vessel was gone, you were indeed standing at the base of where the bottom of that reactor was located. Looking up, that's the top of the shroud, where the fuel rods penetrated, their elevation within the reactor determining the quantity of steam they produced. If this site were still intact, you would have not gotten anywhere near there - even if you were alone. SERIOUS kudos for posting the most entertaining abandoned exploration video EVER!
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
Timestamp 34:00, radiation levels and other data was routinely checked on various systems, hence the lab.
@cadavatar7 жыл бұрын
timestamp 36:00, every power plant has a transmission station of course. If this is (and I suspect it is) a GE Mark 1 reactor, it used to put out around 1,000 plus megawatts most likely. Larger transmission lines may handle 650,000 volts for each set of 3 phases, so what you're looking at is some of the larger examples of power distribution components like fuses or whatnot.
@ezekielperez40424 жыл бұрын
10:23 that beep scared tf out of me
@arnepianocanada2 жыл бұрын
I love the whispering - common reaction when in awe of huge structures (and of course, unsure at times if anyone is around!) I also like your tones and actions showing respect in top explorer tradition.
@ConnerOnTop5 жыл бұрын
“There’s so much to see here” *zooms in on a broken light*
@TechBrosGamingChannel6 жыл бұрын
FYI the "metal detector" with the big transformer isn't a metal detector. It's actually a radiation detector that makes sure workers are clean before leaving the reactor and possibly contaminating the entire facility.
@WickedEngineer5 жыл бұрын
yes, i used to work in building these. most likely a scintillator crystal with pmt tubes. highly sensitive.
@Miktai5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that too. I mean, why would there be metal detectors:D
@l0rrow2885 жыл бұрын
@@Miktai torille perkele
@mbsevans5 жыл бұрын
Mikko T for security.
@SheaMcCombs5 жыл бұрын
They probably got the idea from the archway, which says "Metal Alarm" on the left and "Explosive Alarm" on the right. But yeah, the cabinet on the left is definitely a particulate detector.
@felixthecleaner88434 жыл бұрын
my all time fave sub-exploration vid, watched it a few times over the last couple of years (and again now) and it's *still* awesome!
@lavapix3 жыл бұрын
I thought Homer Simpson would be in the old fridge.
@voxkisser2 жыл бұрын
YEAH FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT LMAO
@TheMNrailfan2272 жыл бұрын
I swear to god if it was in a town called Springfield…..
@conraad102 жыл бұрын
Doh!
@MassEffectGER2 жыл бұрын
Nah, he's still stuck between two soda machines.
@colinklang2 жыл бұрын
I really feel like someone should leave a box of doughnuts and a family photo of the Simpsons in the control room
@BEbouzywouzyBE4 жыл бұрын
You know, after watching HBO's Chernobyl, I am something of a nuclear physicist myself.
@poodlecomb50534 жыл бұрын
Not great not terrible.
@BEbouzywouzyBE4 жыл бұрын
@@poodlecomb5053 I rate it 3.6 / 15000
@kadenwatt20334 жыл бұрын
He's delusional, take him down the infirmary.
@athensboy1234 жыл бұрын
@@kadenwatt2033 lol
@jew_world_order4 жыл бұрын
A nuclear physicist has probably 2 years more schooling than community College but that's it
@dustybinproductions47797 жыл бұрын
Am I the only person who loves that constant 480 volt Transformer Humm throughout the video?
@dustybinproductions47797 жыл бұрын
Arthur White ah, you know, that does make a little more sense
@resneptacle7 жыл бұрын
Me too
@pford7 жыл бұрын
yeah 60 hz hum more likely.
@nickg52767 жыл бұрын
That's from the high pressure sodium or metal halide high bay lights. 60 hz is the frequency at which electricity "alternates" the humming is because the ballasts are aging. Journey electrician.
@LaudiumEnoch7777 жыл бұрын
+Nick I think Productions guy knows what the frequency is and means ;) And yeah its sorta a nice hum. I love hearing fans as I sleep so yes its great!
@Nemacyst1172 жыл бұрын
Great video guys! It's also cool to see so many comments from people who have worked in similar plants sharing their knowledge.
@rrios283s732 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@SuperManuMania3 жыл бұрын
@The Proper Peoples Ik hoop echt op meerdere van deze powerplants!! zo gaaf om te bekijken. Deze video was de mooist complete erover. Heb de anderen ook gezien die veel kleiner waren enz. maar die vond ik minder spannend maar ook wel heel mooi!! Love you guys!!!
@JVenger6 жыл бұрын
Smithers, theres a pair of blundering oafs desecrating my beloved abandoned plant!......*scowls*.....release the hounds!
@zcxvasdfqwer12346 жыл бұрын
Fifty 1 Fifty SEEEEEEE MYYYYYY VEST
@KDill295 жыл бұрын
"Right away Mr. Burns."
@s.lingner5735 жыл бұрын
"The emotional support hounds then the attack hounds"
@AceOSpades7175 жыл бұрын
D'OH!!!
@lungsmen86415 жыл бұрын
Fifty 1 Fifty lol I live somewhat close to it and I ride my bike near it and beagles bark once you are on the property
@Synathidy4 жыл бұрын
Should've used the geiger counter on the 40--yr-old thing in that fridge.
@jessicah34504 жыл бұрын
Yes that thing has been absorbing rays for decades 😂
@nin1ten1do4 жыл бұрын
they wil definetly broke him XD
@markj.91773 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows that’s where they keep the alien hearts.
@Swearinbag4 жыл бұрын
I did my internship in the biggest nuclear powerplant of my country. I'll never forget how amazing it all was for the whole 3 months I've been there. Amazing people as well. 40:00 thing is, this is still true for the stuff today. They go hardcore with the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
@dreammix94303 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys! That was one of the coolest fucking videos on the internet! I watched it 3 times and sent to to most of my friends. Not only did I watch it three times but I read every single comment and was completely fascinated
@campagnian4 жыл бұрын
Just the fact that you walked into the plant WITH NO PROBLEMS means that no matter what would you do in that control room, nothing catastrophic would happen. Otherwise the owner would know about you the second you entered the power plant. (my opinion)
@eliwanderung842 Жыл бұрын
When it´s unloaded (even if it would be loaded with all rods, but not properly in proper possition with proper start process) you can dance cha cha on that panel and you would not even start super mario on that computer, neither the reactor
@MegaFPVFlyer8 ай бұрын
I've said this before, but if you tried to enter a building with fissile material still inside (including spent reactor fuel) you would be shot dead before you could get in the front door. The government does not fuck around when it comes to radioactive sources, which is why the rad levels in this decommissioned plant were so low.
@MadScientist2676 ай бұрын
@@MegaFPVFlyerThese dumbasses are still stupid AF for doing it
@LifeRunner40004 ай бұрын
@@MegaFPVFlyer Maybe not shot, but one of the reasons why decon is done so extensively in all decommissioned NPP's is because the operator of the plant is contractually bound to either completely disassemble and dispose of everything that is even slightly radioactive, if not it needs to be heavily guarded 24/7 all at the operators expense. Until everything that is contaminated has been removed and disposed of, and the site has been verified clean by something like the NRC it cannot be declared decommissioned, and until it is, the bills will keep rolling in for the operator.
@ThisisDanBell7 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC!!!
@111111111111123ful7 жыл бұрын
I was freaking out the whole time, cause I googled power plants, probably a bad idea while watching this viedo? but it was a really good video!
@sandybxx7 жыл бұрын
This is Dan Bell. My two well three favourite explorers
@timmayguy947 жыл бұрын
can you please go explore it to please dan haha
@ijulesy7 жыл бұрын
Can you explore it too please? :)
@111111111111123ful7 жыл бұрын
RnK I love your vids, and i watched your vid first before I watched this one, si it was super cool to see different reactions and explores.
@MotiveCap4 жыл бұрын
That control room was insane. You guys are lucky to have been able to find that.
@engineslovetostartmatthew Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/love/CYHK1k9LpKFqMpeLqfLZlw
@JohnSmith-ms8nj2 жыл бұрын
Wow... I think this is the most incredible abandoned find. You all are so lucky
@engineslovetostartmatthew Жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/love/CYHK1k9LpKFqMpeLqfLZlw
@TheSkrillexRemix5 жыл бұрын
Man who knew so many people were nuclear engineers on KZfaq lol
@sarasilgado9494 жыл бұрын
Tbone Scriv lol exactly my thoughts!!! Cool though, love the informational comments
@leander_1_4 жыл бұрын
@@sarasilgado949 like it too, but I cannot trust comments without sources/references... If there is an engineer I would like to see a linkedin profile or s.th. like that..
@corystansbury4 жыл бұрын
As it turns out, I am! Not surprising that I found this, as have others of similar background.
@556diplomacy4 жыл бұрын
Some of us work in the industry you goof 😃😃
@robh32674 жыл бұрын
@@leander_1_ If it's BS it's pretty impressive BS
@grahamhaspassedaway45807 жыл бұрын
The "metal detectors" are radiation detectors. You scan workers as they enter and leave to see if they are contaminated. There's a fun story of a nuclear plant worker who used to set the detectors off every morning as he came IN to work. They thought he must be stealing radioactive stuff and sneaking it out somehow then contaminating himself at home. Turned out he had really high natural radon gas levels in his house.
@alexandrugrosu69737 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally, this is how they figured out something was up in some other part of the world at a nuclear facility in Sweden during the Chernobyl disaster, before the Soviets released anything officially. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20140514STO47018/forsmark-how-sweden-alerted-the-world-about-the-danger-of-chernobyl-disaster
@andlir27 жыл бұрын
Homer Simpson?
@michajastrzebski43837 жыл бұрын
seeing the stuff that people do/did with radiation (i.e. nuclear boy scout story) - cant be too secure tbh. Also, stealing radioisotopes is quite a real concern.
@RingshadowCat7 жыл бұрын
As someone who spent six years nuclear contracting: THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. Common triggers: antique radium dial watches, tungsten welding rods, tungsten rings, motorcyclists during temp inversions (Radon), medical isotope receivers (they know, they filed paperwork, they set off alarms because they're trolls)
@Felamine7 жыл бұрын
Radon is nasty stuff. It's the second biggest cause of lung cancer after smoking. If you've ever known anyone who was never a smoker but had lung cancer, chances are it was caused by radon.
@SA-52472 жыл бұрын
As a former GE guy, this stuff is like an entire generation and leap of technology backward from today (Obviously) its just really cool to see this stuff. Usually when I get to it, something bad happened.
@lukemarvenko28452 жыл бұрын
Rewatching this now that I’m in school to me an industrial electrical maintenance tech. So interesting, cheers after 5 years!
@bbtank30005 жыл бұрын
The Proper People: "Sponsored by Pepsi. JK we don't have any sponsors. Watching in 2019: "Patience. You will. You will..."
@BuiltNotBought19874 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure you can't support someone breaking the law without being a party to a crime or some law like that
@JarradBruessel324 жыл бұрын
@@BuiltNotBought1987 they have sponsors now haha
@ablemagawitch4 жыл бұрын
@@BuiltNotBought1987 They have Paetrons now supporting their hooligan riff raff rapscallion behaviours ;)
@ablemagawitch4 жыл бұрын
They have Paetrons now supporting these hooligan riff raff little rapscallions' behaviors ;)
@BuiltNotBought19874 жыл бұрын
@@ablemagawitch cool never said I didn't want them to just stating there was probably some stupid law saying they couldn't glad to see they have a patreon and sponsors 👌
@willagresham29787 жыл бұрын
You guys were pretty close on most of your educated guesses on what was what. You were actually standing where the fuel rods once were when you found that abandoned scaffold. The area joining the reactor core is called the spent fuel pool. This is where they staged the new rods and storage for used rods. When moving rods, they must remain under water to prevent contamination from going airborne and it helps reduce gamma radiation as well. The walls you noted as being very thick are a special concrete that contains lead to absorb gamma radiation. Source- I worked in a nuclear power plant for approx 4 years.
@javieratam59dotnet7 жыл бұрын
Just curious, why did you stop working at a nuclear power plant? It looks like the coolest thing ever.
@Lordmattfreeman7 жыл бұрын
Are you serious? You do know that if that fucker blows ur fucked and even if you do get a certain distance away you will get cancer from the radiation or probably still die from the radiation. Imagine a nuke right and that nuke could blow any moment if someone does one wrong mistake but at the same time you are trying to harvest power from it that is basically a nuclear power plant. ( Not very factual but yeah also this comment is not meant to be some sort of 100% explanation of why someone would quit working in a nuclear power plant )
@koool567 жыл бұрын
I dont think he stop working because of that reason because it is too childish, modern nuclear power plants is incredibly safe and you have higher chance of your house collapse then something go wrong inside them.
@Lordmattfreeman7 жыл бұрын
koool56 True but who knows when that plant was made? What if it was made 35 years ago and has had not the most professional maintenance?
@koool567 жыл бұрын
Armor Matty Everyone know when plant was made, it is easy to research. As far as I know no one use plants which is 35 years old
@IrishStache Жыл бұрын
That opening with the blinking lights always brings me into the right mood for this episode. Very well done
@jstarr90992 жыл бұрын
Nice vid guys! Having worked at a nuclear power plant it is a complete different world once you get inside. Unfathomable amounts of money go into building and maintaining these facilities. And look what happened to this one...
@zeberdee19726 жыл бұрын
I got to say that electrical buzz noise instantly scares the shit out of me .
@mikehall39765 жыл бұрын
nathan whitworth Just the 60hz hum Typical electrical sounds, but still unnerving.
@blackcountryme5 жыл бұрын
"Roll on one!"
@fiddlesticksbessette3985 жыл бұрын
AS LONG AS THER'S A BUZZ,YOU SHOULD NOT STAY THERE,OR MABY,IT'S ALREADY TO LATE.AS LONG AS THE LIGHT'S ARE ON,''STAY OUT FOR YOUR OWN SAFTY...
@OttawaOldFart5 жыл бұрын
@@fiddlesticksbessette398 buzz is good
@streaky815 жыл бұрын
60hz hum is the worst noise in the universe.
@4ktre3984 жыл бұрын
i can’t tell you how many times i’ve watched this video fully. one of my favorite videos on the internet.
@SpicyMang0s Жыл бұрын
Tagging you so you can watch it again in 2022
@RJ-luci2 жыл бұрын
You guys are AWESOME!! Absolutely mind boggling exploration!
@andrewfisher81263 жыл бұрын
i’ve been binge watching your videos for hours since i found your channel, so far this is my favorite and most interesting one!
@nyslut6664 жыл бұрын
Screw everything. Imagine being the architect who had to draw all of this up and make sure every pipe fitting was in the right place. Every wire there was ran to the right place... all of that crap. That has got to be the most intense drafting job on the planet.
@thetophatkin0064 жыл бұрын
What about the bigest particle accelerator wouldn't that be harder
@splint30484 жыл бұрын
There would have been a team of dozens of engineers and draftsmen, maybe even upwards of a hundred. I'm not play it down though, it would have been a massive task.
@badgerpa94 жыл бұрын
GE had teams of architects and this is not a big plant. Intense work but they followed a template.
@donniebrown28964 жыл бұрын
Architects had a very minor role in this. More engineers than you could imagine. An average welder would not even be considered, most every weld had to be done by certified welders capable of doing welds certified by x-ray.
@cheerios1024 жыл бұрын
Architects do the basic structure, each sub contractor would provide shop drawings for their trade and have to work around everyone else's routing plans.
@SirCommoner7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVED this one. Looks like Aperture Science
@GoGoTomoko7 жыл бұрын
Could of swore I saw a potato in there.
@thatguyoverthere5317 жыл бұрын
The cake is a lie!
@knightsofsaintgeorge90987 жыл бұрын
Eh. Looks more like Black Mesa to me.
@2001daf7 жыл бұрын
In the end, it was a triumph for science.
@mollyf19987 жыл бұрын
omg i was thinking that the whole time, looks exactly like the levels from portal 2
@tinabina95422 жыл бұрын
This place is HUGE...Wow. I love yalls vids. Keeps me intrigued.
@gurleykristin3 жыл бұрын
That was SO COOL to see!!! Thank you for sharing, Wow!!
@patrickbrookings6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was insane! Just imagine the amount of engineering that went into building this!
@AircraftTurnAndBurn5 жыл бұрын
@Bipolar Gemini about 6 billion, not 50 million dollars lmao
@AircraftTurnAndBurn5 жыл бұрын
@Bipolar Gemini ok, well I kinda lived through this whole thing and why it closed down, I lived in New York as a kid and this plant was secretly being built too close to homes and residents, worry from the public grew and they shut the plant into this kind of graveyard state. There is no doubt there is a lot of labour, materials, and design plan costs. They later had to clean it out from the very little use this place saw, which also costs a lot of money. You can look up the cost of the whole thing if you do not believe me. This isint even all of this plant, there is a lot more (more reactor buildings and some staff buildings). There are papers you can look for the total city cost for the city of New York, which estimates to 6 billion... FuCk oFf
@AircraftTurnAndBurn5 жыл бұрын
Aaaand he deleted his comments lmao
@DC-yb7qd5 жыл бұрын
Probly would have to pay some1 1 million dollars
@HorstEwald5 жыл бұрын
@@AircraftTurnAndBurn What is the reactor they are in? I'm looking through the comments and there's people who seemingly know every little thing, but I still haven't found someone mentioning the GODDAMN name... can you help please? :D
@HarleyFXS6 жыл бұрын
A lot of the electronics were what my company manufactured and I tested and repaired it. The GE MAC7000 line was bought out by Bailey controls Co. I worked there 1975-1995. The Keyboard was an Intecolor which was a data terminal that connected to more modern digital controllers in the Network 90 system. All those racks in the hall with gray faced modules with red test points, were simple analog units. Those big things that had "CDC" on them were changable hard drives. They were probably 2-10 Megabyte drives. By today's standard, would only store a couple pictures from a digital camera.
@PWCPhoto5 жыл бұрын
Actually they were 67 mb cartridges. Used the same ones on a DEC RM03 disk drive back in the 80s. The keyboard was part of an HP graphics terminal. The brown one sticking out of the console.
@christopherbordelon59605 жыл бұрын
Yeah those circular devices that you found that you said looked like a tape are the big brothers of our modern day hard drives. I know this because I had a brother in law that worked for the Air Force on the A-10 Simulator and this is what all the different programs were copied to in order to run the thing. It took 5 of those entire casings to run an entire mission for the computer as well as the simulator and this wasnt a 3D simulator
@jr-pl9kj Жыл бұрын
it would be nice to have expert tour guides telling and showing these guys and us what everything actually is and what it does.
@l3rlc8 ай бұрын
The experts are here in the comments, lol. I think having an expert tour guide like that would really change the video. When it's just the two of them exploring the unknown, they are taking us on a journey and we experience all the tension, fear, wonder and sense of awe right along with them. I feel like most if not all of that emotion the whole feel of the video would be completely different and imo, less interesting and unique.
@seththebeatmxchine4 ай бұрын
Yes, but that would be legal and less fun.
@ZacharyCusanelli4 ай бұрын
One of my favorite videos from you guys. This is the one that got me hooked.
@Alex-uq5ez7 жыл бұрын
in soviet russia, power plant explore you.
@quackerkats50887 жыл бұрын
XD
@TheJewjewjew7 жыл бұрын
Chernobyl.....
@TheAnnieDeppeChannel7 жыл бұрын
nice job. :)
@kggunner777 жыл бұрын
lol
@pseudonym507 жыл бұрын
quite literally
@ke6gwf5 жыл бұрын
For those wondering why it still has power, it's because they can't just abandon something like this, the government regulations don't allow it. So they have to keep the sump pumps working and the smoke alarms working, and probably have to inspect it and test for radiation periodically, so the lights stay on. And basically, it's cheaper to keep a minimal level of maintenance, and pay the power bill forever, than it is to fully tear it down.
@AndreasDelleske Жыл бұрын
Well after all, making the future pay is their business model anyway.
@scottdavidson526 Жыл бұрын
Okay. That makes sense why there were still a lot of lights still turned on in that place.
@sithlordbilly420611 ай бұрын
What I would want to know more than anything is where this power plant's name & location so I can do some research on Google & look it up on Google Maps & see what happened to it & why it got shut down in the first place?
@ke6gwf11 ай бұрын
@@sithlordbilly4206 they have to be relicensed every few years, often requiring upgrades or major repairs to get a new license, and so if it's a smaller or more expensive design, it may not be economical to keep it working. Remember that these plants have a designated lifetime, because the inner parts of the reactor core that can't be repaired or replaced once it goes into operation do wear out and corrode and weaken from constant bombardment, so to extend the lifetime past the design life they have to do expensive inspections of the inner parts of the reactor to certify that it is still strong enough for another 10 years or whatever, and the older it gets, the more frequent and invasive these are. In some places, where it's a really high output plant with minimal issues it's worth it to keep it running, but at some point it costs less to mothball it. For instance, the last nuclear plant in California was going to be finally retired after many extensions because the next one was going to be expensive, but the state is stepping in and asking them to keep it running to help maintain energy stability in the state grid, and probably going to give some subsidies to help offset the costs of getting another extension.
@dexxfilm10 ай бұрын
@@sithlordbilly4206Shoreham Nuclear power plant in Brookehaven, NY (Long Island)
@xanderm75538 ай бұрын
Absaloutly fascinating that somthing this massive and intricate is just left totally abandoned lost in time almost, just blows my mind the time, materials, planning and effort to build this place and now it's just... I don't even know, just incredible
@tomgirldouble3249 Жыл бұрын
You guys are my original urbex explorers, fantastic explore & good to see you're still looking at some cool places 😮
@OAleathaO4 жыл бұрын
This must have been the Motel 6 of nuclear reactors...they left the light on for you. ;)
@mousejjt24 жыл бұрын
Love it! Hahah
@jessicah34504 жыл бұрын
Nothing like that warm buzz
@redcross97264 жыл бұрын
Best. Comment. Ever.
@googlepleaseleavemealonean61983 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was wondering WHY the lights are on?
@musicflashdrive53423 жыл бұрын
@@googlepleaseleavemealonean6198 I was wondering why the door was left open.
@N44DI5 жыл бұрын
The last thing i want to hear in a nuclear power plant is: "Oops"
@josephbennett34825 жыл бұрын
No, the only thing that you wouldn't want to hear is the nuclear meltdown alarms going off because that is a VERY bad thing.
@texasbeast2394 жыл бұрын
"D'oh!" --Homer Simpson
@PuffleFuzz4 жыл бұрын
They did, on April, 26, 1986 at 1:23 am
@torn12164 жыл бұрын
Oops my bad.
@malectric Жыл бұрын
Bloody amazing. You just look at all the levels, pipes, fittings, cranes, chambers etc. etc and wonder at the planning and engineering that went into it. I had to chuckle when you came across the old CDC (Control Data Corporation) hard disk pack. Yep, old drives were the size of washing machines in those days. I was also amused at you reaction to hearing the energized transformers humming in the power supply room.
@7passionstar2 жыл бұрын
Most interesting to me is how little dust there is after 25 years. I guess it's sealed up pretty tight? Thanks for exploring! 🤩
@dockshund59164 жыл бұрын
"Oh, I had the Geiger counter set to the wrong decimal point. I don't feel so good."
@robrocksea4 жыл бұрын
I see a Darwin Award in somebodies future, or a nomination at a minimum.
@zolikoff4 жыл бұрын
Oh don't worry, an order of magnitude error is not enough to cause any health issues let alone nausea.
@TheBungle6992 жыл бұрын
Was it set at 3.6 Roentgen?
@TheSunflowerGiraffe7 жыл бұрын
People commenting on the lights: Most abandoned places... Especially those that produced eletricity or mechanics left the lights on, even though these buildings are abandoned, there will still be security patroling the building every so often to make sure everything in the building is okay and there aren't any trespassers or people who thought it would make a great shelter. As abandoned buildings are prime locations for illegal events. it also helps prevent animals entering the building that could do damage or even harm themselves, Hence why they found tracks in the darkest place.
@spartanjohn8587 жыл бұрын
Kiba The WolfPuppy r
@lokki45187 жыл бұрын
Yeah, burning lights for 25 years and still going. Sounds about right
@TheSunflowerGiraffe7 жыл бұрын
No, Not all the lights were actually on. They left them on in places where the light will reflect more, thus covering more area and thus saving more energy. It's called strategic lighting. Covered it in theatre class.
@z1852847 жыл бұрын
So, commenting on strategic _stage_ lighting (much different than real-world light engineering)... You have 50,000W of lights (at least in my theatre) in a typical mid-size theatre... You don't really need strategic lighting :P
@Felamine7 жыл бұрын
I'm sure electricity is needed to run heaters during the winter months as well. Freeze/thaw/freeze cycles in an unheated building will deteriorate the place in no time.
@bandfromtheband94454 жыл бұрын
The whole place is buzzing and lit from within. That is precisely what makes it so scary! So, is there anyone else in here?
@fivespit3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, thank you for sharing every inch of the building. When you explore a place like this are your hearts racing the whole time?
@BassMeister176 жыл бұрын
44:36 - 45:17 The CDC Model 877 hard disks you see here (the entire case is one disk, with five platters stacked on top of each other) stored 80 megabytes of data each.
@youruncle25 жыл бұрын
how do people even live with that much space
@highstreetkillers43775 жыл бұрын
Young bucks have no idea. In the mid 90's internet porn took 10 minutes to view 1 topless picture
@ByteMeDammit5 жыл бұрын
Lol yeah was still swapping platters in the early 90's! Head crashes were pretty spectacular too. Made quite a noise....and the smoke! Ooooeeee did it stink!
@kowalskidiazdegeras91905 жыл бұрын
At least I find a comment about those hard disks! I know it's not ok to steal stuff during urbex, but that is such a relique...
@ilovecops54995 жыл бұрын
That isa lof of diosk storage. external SATA 2 dr4ive I got last week is only 2 megabytes. They were way ahead backl in the 1950's.
@zapfanzapfan6 жыл бұрын
43:14 Halley's comet? It passed by in 1986, maybe they were astronomy fans in the control room?
@tibor20775 жыл бұрын
Or planet X, lol.
@SirRorschachJack5 жыл бұрын
Why would it be there on the open table like that? And it was abandon in 89.. Why would they worry about something that passed 3 years prior to its closing? the elite/NWO/Illuminati/whatever.. they highly worship Saturn. You need to research the elite with Saturn worship and the cube. It's the possible Lucifer/Baphomet/whatever. So it is very very strange that of all the planets listed there, the only one with the name and its "orbit" was Saturn? And then.. on top of that.. what the hell was that other orbit that was not even on the paper going in close to the Sun and out to the left? This makes me think "Power Plants" were used for more than just "powering" cities. Just as CERN is not used for what it's been described as. This is freaky..
@neurofiedyamato87635 жыл бұрын
I hope you are just joking Sir Rorschach
@MannyLectro5 жыл бұрын
@@SirRorschachJack Let me get this straight. You think it is more likely that the photocopies of the solar system are here because of a crazy conspiracy rather than just an employee being interested in space ? Man... My work has nothing to do with space and yet because I'm interested in that field I have a lot of space related stuff lying around. This is a power plant, not a spaceport. It's basically a big facility where we heat water to produce electricity. The nuclear aspect of it has nothing to do with space at all. And why the hell would people let these papers there if they were hiding something ? I know conspiracy theories are very tempting to believe, but when your mind gets so distorted that you end up seeing them everywhere when there are much more simple explanations maybe you should stop and wonder if you are not going too far with them. Get help.
@SirRorschachJack5 жыл бұрын
@@MannyLectro You have no idea what's going on in the world. You don't understand how to take in information and hold it for future observation/truth seeking. That's on you. You take it as black and white. Can't do anything to closed off "normal" people. Especially when I literally say "research" the topic. You obviously have not. Have a good day dude.
@crhonda500 Жыл бұрын
love this stuff great going guys thanks for the tour.
@secretsquirrel420 Жыл бұрын
This was an awesome video,, I enjoyed every second of it,, great job guys!
@ShinyApocrypha4 жыл бұрын
"this must be a REALLY old metal detector..." *gestures to a wooden frame* 18:19
@EricJh216903 жыл бұрын
🤦🏻♂️😂😂😂😂😂
@jakegingrich72147 жыл бұрын
lol the diagram of the solar system says "not to scale"
@flinchfu7 жыл бұрын
No diagram of the solar system is to scale, otherwise the planets would be tiny ass dots.
@jakegingrich72147 жыл бұрын
exactly why its so funny :)
@kggunner777 жыл бұрын
because,why would it even need to say that?,its fuckin obvious
@TheChrisey7 жыл бұрын
Welcome to single-level bureacracy
@owainglyndwr84027 жыл бұрын
JMGRICH it means that the model isn't to scale. Being to scale doesn't mean actual size. It just means on like a map 1 inch = 1 mile
@austingupton14213 жыл бұрын
What I find amazing is how many of the lights still work. HP sodium’s and Metal-Halides go out fairly regularly .
@jimanderschat70689 ай бұрын
Totally geeked out over this video! Great stuff!
@wakawoo126 жыл бұрын
Man...I love the aesthetic of power plants. Justthat cold, brutal, industrial, calculated design mmmm... o__O
@jessecarpenter64345 жыл бұрын
When I read that I thought it said atheistic Oops😂
@DarkExploration7 жыл бұрын
haha i did this video first on youtube and now proper people are on it already damnnnn
@madsgrunddal83637 жыл бұрын
Dark Exploration fuck off
@DarkExploration7 жыл бұрын
check my profile for urbex videos as well. New video tm
@TheProperPeople7 жыл бұрын
We had been planning for this location for awhile but then we saw it was starting to get attention and decided we had to go now before it was too late. Didn't watch your video yet cause we didn't want spoilers before we went in, but I'll check it out!
@drRuMIO7 жыл бұрын
+Dark Exploration dude stop promoting ur self
@DarkExploration7 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys. I went in the middle of summer and the ticks were insane. Hope you guys had better luck than me haha
@ErikHernandezPhotography3 жыл бұрын
This was the coolest video I have watched on abandoned sites.Thank you for the extensive tavel through! Were you scared at any point?
@jonyfrany13193 жыл бұрын
So satisfying exploring this stuff
@octoking96115 жыл бұрын
30:55 It smells like toxic gas. The water we're walking on might be electrified and radioactive. Let's keep going. Subscribed.
@Todesengel885 жыл бұрын
Nuclear power plants are thoroughly decontaminated before decommissioning. There is absolutely zero chance in a developed country that any part of this plant could be more radioactive than background, to avoid contamination of any surrounding area
@RawbLV5 жыл бұрын
@@Todesengel88 In reality it would be even cleaner since the thick concrete walls would block off outside radiation.
@TheBlackbird804 жыл бұрын
33:34 Look, a sign for chemical, maybe dangerous stuff, I have no Idea what's behind that door. *OPENS DOOR* That's my man :)
@handlemonium4 жыл бұрын
You a MarkPlier fan?
@badgerpa94 жыл бұрын
The toxic gas came from his blow pipe. He dealt it and smellt it.
@everseeker7 жыл бұрын
FYI, the "Tape Things" you found, near the end? They were the platters for a real HDD (Look at the side view and you will see the platters stacked) You took the entire thing and inserted it in the HDD tower (size of a small washing machine) There's a locking mechanism that allows you to remove the blue dome, leaving the stack behind Once in the tower, the platters would spin up to speed and the HDD Read/write heads would emerge from the side All of that, probably for about 6-10MB storage [MASSIVE, back in the day]
@cultofdeath797 жыл бұрын
the cdc model 877 had 80mb storage capacity
@pasoundman6 жыл бұрын
Wow ! Large for its day. CDC = Control Data Corporation.
@dylancruz11316 жыл бұрын
finally, thanks for telling this guy. I was about to.
@mikegallant8114 жыл бұрын
@Bill Williams And 1 terabyte of storage on a HDD you can hold in your hand....
@alphaone1013 жыл бұрын
Amazing place and video! Thanks for sharing it!!!
@Idelia4123 жыл бұрын
Amazing that you just were able to walk into this place. You would have thought security guards would be around. Those consoles in the main control room remind me of the movie "The China Syndrome.
@limagabriel687 жыл бұрын
This was the coolest video i've ever seen! Btw,some curiosities: The counter you were using measures the radiation in Sievert, that can also be converted to Röntgen (or Roentgen). The convertion unit is: 1 rem=0.01 sievert (Sv) Also, if you go on this reactor again, try to find the EPS-5 button (also known as the AZ-5 button) in the control room. It's a full emergency stop system. When pressed, it drops the rods into the water to cooldown the reactor. In Chernobyl, this button was pressed by Alexsander Akimov when the overheat started, but due to a failure on the reactor design, the reactions became faster and the reactor exploded. Btw, very cool video!!
@Isobel2017 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, I didn't know exactly how the reactor exploded in Chenobyl.
@OEverettC7 жыл бұрын
cool comment!
@michaelbaughman9847 жыл бұрын
the reactor exploded by insufficient safety measures the plant was built too quickly. Having a ton of flaws, when they did a shut down test the rods were too hot so it was still producing heat and again due to poor safety conditions the reactor containment blew and tons of radiation escaped and cause the whole town to be contaminated for over a 100 years.
@joasveenstra24957 жыл бұрын
thanx you liked your comment :)
@limagabriel687 жыл бұрын
Michael Baughman I see your point. I just tried to explain in a few words,but yes,there were lots so safety mistakes and design failures on the reactor. The best documentary that I've ever seen (I already saw it like 8 times) is the BBC Surviving Disaster about Chernobyl, I recommend it a lot!! Btw,thanks for the observation! =)
@mikeall70126 жыл бұрын
22:30: that is the drywell, not the reactor. The reactor is kept inside the bioshield, which was the cylindrical shape you face when you enter the drywell. Where you thought the fuel rods went in were part of the suppression pool system. The alien nest part was under the reactor. That is where the drives for the control rods go. Normally, that area is very radioactive, even when a reactor is shut down for maintenance.
@roman_fla6 жыл бұрын
seems like you know stuff about power plant. what are those crosses or Xs on every single wall inside ?
@mikeall70126 жыл бұрын
sidewaysrussian can you give me a time stamp to look at? I am an engineer at a nuke plant and also a have an operator certification so I should be able to answer any question you have
@roman_fla6 жыл бұрын
9:52 or 10:11 those "+" and "T" marks are on every single wall in pretty much every single room a few feet apart from each other. Thanks for reply.
@mikeall70126 жыл бұрын
sidewaysrussian nothing super interesting. They look like markings that were put there for installing either pipe supports or cable chases. I'm not sure why their are so many. The plant looks completed. The construction crew may have marked all places that were structurally acceptable to hang "stuff" from.
@michelefiorentin6 жыл бұрын
sidewaysrussian I think the t or X are there to check if any structure is having deformation thus are going to break
@jonminnella41573 жыл бұрын
The amount of instrumentation in the control Room is amazing they had some expensive Foxboro controls their
@Eevee_1333 жыл бұрын
I have watched this video probably 10 times and it’s still my favorite urbex video!