Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant (Red Wing, MN) Control Room Simulator

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7 жыл бұрын

On the open house, we stopped at the control room simulator and watched a simulated power outage with diesel generators coming online, and a simulated manual reactor trip.

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@superdaveozy7863 3 жыл бұрын

Earth needs to drop its fear of nuclear accidents, and embrace the cleanest, most efficient energy generation we have.

@KrimsonStorm 3 жыл бұрын

100%

@ja_blitz1208 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@ShadowRaptor42 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@pz20jacobcouttsrogue Жыл бұрын

I hate that

@mvg2x34 6 ай бұрын

Human error, human misunderstanding of operations and, rogue actions have caused all accidents. If we’re going to make batteries for electric cars, it may as well be by a clean source that does not contribute to global warming.

@MrPontificator 3 жыл бұрын

And this, kids, is our boss, Mr. Dyatlov.

@jordancobb509 3 жыл бұрын

Mister? That's "Comrade" Dyatlov you!

@MrPontificator 3 жыл бұрын

@@jordancobb509 Da, comrade. Or as another famed reactor technician might have said, Doh!

@wafi_yeonglihan3702 3 жыл бұрын

Dyatlov from chernobyl

@markrobertson6664 2 жыл бұрын

He’s in shock take him to the infirmary

@kokoh_alpha1388 2 жыл бұрын

Mhm

@lg1355 2 жыл бұрын

Having worked in power generation for 20 years (coal plant, now retired), I am familiar with may of the involved systems. I must admit that even seeing a simulated trip of the station made my blood pressure go up. It becomes second nature to react according to your experience and training. I really do sometimes miss sitting at the control board waiting for the next event to occur. The level of training, especially for the nuke guys, is incredible.

@dermozart80 3 жыл бұрын

My brother worked as a power plant operator in Germany, he told me an interesting thing about german nuclear power plant control rooms: they have no windows! But not for the reason you think. So, there is a power plant operator school in Essen, where every control room of every nuclear power plant is recreated as a simulation room up to the last very detail. If the get a plant or a red recycle bin, or a yellow chair of whatever kind put into the control room of a nuclear power plant, they put the exact same item into the simulator. The immersion you get is 100%. They regularly ask participants of emergency drills how they felt and they say, that after 5minutes into the simulation you have totally forgotten, that you are in a simulation. And that's why they don't have windows in those power plants.

@maxbradley9477 3 жыл бұрын

I also think it may be to a radiation risk, in a actual control room i'd imagine radiation can pass more easily through windows, and in the event you're trying to stop the end of the world, those extra seconds count.

@braddawson4496 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that is not the reason at all. A nuclear plant control room has no windows because the "control room envelope" is very tightly controlled and has an extremely small allowed in-leakage criteria which must be verified periodically by tracer gas testing.. Even a drain line with a blown water seal can result in a loss of control room boundary. The reason for this is that in the extremely unlikely event of a nuclear accident, the operators in the control room must be protected from the possible radioactive plume that would surround the plant...

@sr-7124 3 жыл бұрын

So many redshirts on the bridge today captain, I'm scared

@tcpratt1660 3 жыл бұрын

Scotty had a red shirt, mind you...so the Xcel Energy staff are perfectly safe from death :)

@PunYT 10 ай бұрын

Don't sweat it, we're playing by TNG rules, they'll be fine.

@joker_storm2232 3 жыл бұрын

Switches......levers.....BUTTONS..... MUST...TOUCH......ALL OF THEM

@ethanf5441 Жыл бұрын

I love driving out to this plant. Nuclear is the future and I love seeing it still in operation :D Hope to work there one day!

@johnjones5354 3 жыл бұрын

"No operator action", lending credence to the one operator, one dog theory of operations. The operator is there to feed the dog, the dog is there to bite the operator if he touches anything. On the serious side, I believe they used the terms "increasing" and "decreasing". These can easily be confused. "Raising/Rising" and "Lowering" should be used.

@Blu3Jao 3 жыл бұрын

Your nuketism is showing, nice catch!

@johannscoins657 2 жыл бұрын

I additionally noted that the first sixteen actions after a trip used to be required from memory-at least at Callaway. Now it’s only four.

@G_Silent 3 жыл бұрын

Dad, I want a my bedroom to look like this.

@justimagine2403 Жыл бұрын

A fun day out with the family - nuclear meltdown simulation.

@rule3039 3 жыл бұрын

Generator Regection, Turbine Trip Full Load Regection Turbine Trip. Someone turn that God damn alarm off!

@hedgeearthridge6807 6 жыл бұрын

I got to see the simulator at Plant Hatch. Truly an amazing room. I couldn't imagine learning how to use all that stuff!

@jdblake3224 5 жыл бұрын

Patrick Earthridge One step at a time, one day at a time

@drawingboard82 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Also great that you have these opportunities for the kids.

@bf1255 5 жыл бұрын

“Jack! You can’t do that!”

@polskiobywatel553 3 жыл бұрын

**proceeds to explode the entire facility**

@PC_CERTIFIED 3 жыл бұрын

barney open relief valves 14 and 15 “Jack! You can’t do that!” screw the damn book the water is almost to the steam lines

@johnjones5354 3 жыл бұрын

@@PC_CERTIFIED That was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.

@PlaneMaster-tc7yw 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy China Syndrome reference.

@anikidwolfy 3 жыл бұрын

Barney the dinosaur

@bobl78 5 жыл бұрын

see how the operators get busy an nervous as the alarms sound ? They`re trained to do their stuff, hearing the alarm they can´t just sit there and simulate a game

@WhitfieldProductionsTV 4 жыл бұрын

I work in a factory and after so many years, you hear an alarm go off you go respond instantly.

@ilovecops5499 3 жыл бұрын

Thwe were SOlitares on WINDOES XP PRO WITH SERVISE PACK 3. i DID NTO TELL TEHTMES!!!!

@frybreadking351 3 жыл бұрын

This power plant is on my reservation. I only see the outside of it. Cool to see the inside.

@calvinhobbes7504 3 жыл бұрын

The wonderful thing about Power Operators in the civilian world is all the ROOM they have in the RCC ... That's not even counting all the room in the turbine halls and other structures! :)

@paulmanero6448 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Columbia Generating Station.

@Nomannium 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone gangsta until they realize its the wrong control room

@benkleschinsky 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of guys in this career are right out of the Navy.

@TheAdventuresofMrMrsB 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting for sure. Lots of buttons and stuff. :-)

@michaelahern3006 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoyed working at PI. Some good folks there. Was always treated well.

@Geoffrey6_ Жыл бұрын

You worked there?

@johannscoins657 2 жыл бұрын

It used to be that for licensees the first sixteen actions after a trip were required to be performed from memory.

@matthewschweitzer7354 3 жыл бұрын

Even when the operators think they are speaking in Layman's terms, they aren't. I wonder why they thought this would be a good field trip for small students; maybe the exciting noises and lights.

@heathg2681 3 жыл бұрын

It's cool to show kids something that is really neat and that helps them and is safe.

@DC. 4 жыл бұрын

Here after 'Chernobyl' series.

@Falcoun1 6 жыл бұрын

That's amazing

@jefecrx 3 жыл бұрын

Where are Akimov, Toptunov, Stolyarchuk and Kirshenbaum?

@anikidwolfy 3 жыл бұрын

Barney the dinosaur, get me feed water!

@txting_stories 3 жыл бұрын

0:24 The plane is crashing

@padathir 6 ай бұрын

Wow if there's a LOOP they want to make sure you know it...

@nevadacountymusic9439 6 жыл бұрын

What in the living f**k are they saying with their so called "3 way communication"

@mrgeraldbrent 3 жыл бұрын

Late, but it's basically saying something, the person receiving the communication saying it back, and the original person confirming that readback was correct.

@tedubadu2536 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what their manual says to do in case of Pepsi Syndrome

@WeatherMondacicci 6 жыл бұрын

What are all the lights blinking on the top?

@grantchisholm1308 5 жыл бұрын

The lights at the top are warnings and info the plant control room workers can use to know what’s going on inside the reactor and what’s going on with power and all that stuff

@confi4011 5 жыл бұрын

They are there to tell you that a part of the reactor needs some attention

@sarahk236 5 жыл бұрын

The blinking lamps are known as annunciators, which provide crucial details about off-normal conditions to the control room operator.

@mattjohnson9743 5 жыл бұрын

Those are alarm annunciators. Many valves and motor pumps

@thejackbox 5 жыл бұрын

@Glow in the dark Bus Driver annunciators*

@oliverh.4314 6 жыл бұрын

Emergencies are so easy to control. Only pressing some buttons. But if something is going really wrong, it was unexpected.

@NE-Explorer 3 жыл бұрын

Look on the side and you can just make out Gus Fring.

@LCdrDerrick 3 жыл бұрын

Not great, not terrible, but IT from Stephen King seems to have joined the party! That is really not recommended for a Nuclear plant!

@juans.n9407 3 жыл бұрын

this blonde child is the supervisor

@raminham1077 5 жыл бұрын

What are the kids doing in there?

@LDGHsimulations 3 жыл бұрын

It's a control room simulator not the real thing

@tedubadu2536 3 жыл бұрын

Take your kids to work day? It's not dangerous lol

@L30GH05TDUD3 3 жыл бұрын

@@tedubadu2536 yeah they just run around pressing buttons and then someone accidentally pushes the button that causes an instant meltdown (wait, why would they even have these?!)

@paulsharrow3004 5 жыл бұрын

But i only really did a search for "nibiru and the", filter-Today this is related ytub?

@xNottoCx 3 жыл бұрын

3.6 not great, not terrible

@cmynuts 4 жыл бұрын

That was the last thing those kids saw before the accident of Chernobyl

@sh3junior 3 жыл бұрын

That’s Homer office 😂

@steelwarrior105 4 жыл бұрын

Get me a primary loop water sample

@alexandrosandreou8585 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure that is possible or legal

@steelwarrior105 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrosandreou8585 Determining water chemistry conditions in nuclear reactor coolants - Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. Absolutely you can, this is a review paper on various technologies involved with that. High pressure sampling is of course very dangerous but can be done safely.

@jfan4reva 3 жыл бұрын

Baby Yoda is not allowed in this room.

@michaelexman5474 5 жыл бұрын

A mini Chernobyl very cute with kids running around inside.

@kletterfisch6661 3 жыл бұрын

The kids are scared even if they know it's a test I mean it's super loud and flashy and there are only dim lights

@RickyJr46 3 жыл бұрын

🙄

@kletterfisch6661 3 жыл бұрын

@@RickyJr46 Why that reply?

@bingdong8571 6 ай бұрын

Seems like ai could swallow these jobs up, no problem.

@billg2025 3 жыл бұрын

Talk to me Barney

@835g 3 жыл бұрын

Daddy whats this button do, NOOO don't press it

@cyrus4157 2 жыл бұрын

Why are the kids here?!?!?

@commentor3485 3 жыл бұрын

After watching Chernobyl, this room would give me nightmares.

@johnfarmer3506 3 жыл бұрын

They seem a little cocky. Also its kind of weird to have anyone in the control room who does not need to be there.

@tedubadu2536 3 жыл бұрын

This is not the control room. This is like a fancy airplane simulator for a reactor. No connection to the real thing. You can't crash a real plane in a sim. Can't cause a Chernobyl in a sim.

@midnite1112 3 жыл бұрын

@@tedubadu2536 do they do public tours at redwing? I imagine not during Covid but we don't live too far away and have always wanted to see what they do there.

@Willaev 3 жыл бұрын

Read the full headline next time.

@alexandrosandreou8585 2 жыл бұрын

@@midnite1112 in some plants you can schedule kind of an appointment to go there

@josephmarsh1501 5 жыл бұрын

Try working at one I dare u

@comradedyatlov4143 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I will..

@johnjones5354 3 жыл бұрын

Been there, done that, 31 years. Got the T-shirt, and mugs, and jackets, etc, etc, etc.

@staceypierce8336 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnjones5354 I always wanted to get into a Nuclear plant, but have been stuck in coal fired units for twenty+ years, neat to see the old control systems we had before upgrading to DCS

@johnjones5354 3 жыл бұрын

@@staceypierce8336 At my plant we were always at least 20 years behind. We only started upgrading to DCS about 10 - 12 years ago.

@Slazerable 6 жыл бұрын

2:07 Teenagers scare The living shit out of me They could care less As long as someone'll bleed

@the_expidition427 3 жыл бұрын

If it bleeds it leads who cares unless someone is bleeding

@anikidwolfy 3 жыл бұрын

Dissapointment crosses my mind everytime someone references chernobyl instead of the china syndrome.

@b3j8 3 жыл бұрын

If you mean the 2 movies, I agree. If you mean the actual events, what took place at Chernobyl came ridiculously close to being the China Syndrome!

@josephmarsh1501 5 жыл бұрын

They train u to know what to do if something goes bad they tell u how to shut it down and fix it and most importantly what those buttons do so yeah

@benkleschinsky 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a lot of heavy math involved?

@tedubadu2536 3 жыл бұрын

@@benkleschinsky did you see them doing math?

@Hartsock2009 6 жыл бұрын

this is all cool but, you can never prepare for the unexpected.

@krashd 5 жыл бұрын

Thankfully the unexpected is rare and most things that happen in a control room or nerve centre or flight deck etcetera are the expected, and those are heavily trained for.

@Willaev 3 жыл бұрын

Not true.

@garyclouse7234 3 жыл бұрын

This seems like B.S. DEEP! These kids would be just as amazed at Toys are Us!! Their presence is meaningless!

@user-jp4tl9zd8n 6 ай бұрын

I was there at one point where I was given a chance to trip the alarm 🚨🚨🚨🚨😵‍💫🤬😡😵‍💫😤🤑💰🤑💰 isn't happening to me and I am okay thanks 🙏.

@isabelblan 3 жыл бұрын

Week

@KeoniFilmTV 4 жыл бұрын

THE CHINA SYNDROME. lol.

@paulsharrow3004 5 жыл бұрын

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