Any Nuclear plant workers?

[goodnitelvr10]

Any fellow nuclear plant workers on here? I’ve always been curious of any of my fellow nukes come home after and enjoy the pleasure of a diaper after our long shifts?

I’m at Catawba nuclear station right now. Anyone else on this particular outage?

 

[Cottontail]

Any fellow nuclear plant workers on here?

Not me, but the university (Washington State) I attended had a student-run nuclear reactor, and one of my roommates was an operator. That was in the early/mid 90s. I got to take a tour, look down into the reactor pool, as see the core surrounded by its eerie blue glow. (Of course, it was nothing like an energy production reactor.) I've also toured B Reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, which was probably the best/coolest/spookiest tour I've ever gone on.

 

[goodnitelvr10]

Thats so awesome that you were able to see that. Not many people are able to experience that eerie blue glow. I’ve seen it dozens of times now but I still am so mesmerized by it.

I’ve gotten to do inspections on top of a half dozen reactor heads and even reached in to a couple to do a few different different tasks obviously not while in use!!)

The stuff that goes on behind the scenes is just wild.

 

[wiliawi]

I worked in the computer lab of my schools energy center. University of Massachusetts in Lowell. Got to go into the reactor once and saw the blue light as well.

 

[Pelusos]

I think if I worked there, I wouldn't be allowed to tell you.

 

[Chimera]

I dont work in nuclear, but man nuclear power is sooo cool! I heard actually working in one can be pretty boring though. Nuclear workers definitely deserve nice cushy padding after a hard day of work!

 

[goodnitelvr10]

I dont work in nuclear, but man nuclear power is sooo cool! I heard actually working in one can be pretty boring though. Nuclear workers definitely deserve nice cushy padding after a hard day of work!

There are definitely some boring times! Lots of waiting around. You get used to it but it can get annoying

 

[Tenawearer]

You guys need lead diapers for the radiation.

 

[foxkits]

I was a pipe fitter helper helped build a plant in Texas when I was 19.

 

[PaigeCherubiel]

I never worked at a reactor, but I spent my entire career doing jobs like Lab Tech and HP Tech at a DOE site.

 

[goodnitelvr10]

I never worked at a reactor, but I spent my entire career doing jobs like Lab Tech and HP Tech at a DOE site.

Very cool!

 

[goodnitelvr10]

I was a pipe fitter helper helped build a plant in Texas when I was 19.

South Texas project maybe or Comanche Peak? Those are the only ones I have been to in Texas.

 

[iluvdps2]

I dont work in nuclear, but man nuclear power is sooo cool! I heard actually working in one can be pretty boring though. Nuclear workers definitely deserve nice cushy padding after a hard day of work!

It's true, it is very boring work most of the time. Nobody ever wants to have "an exciting day" in the control room of a nuclear reactor.
And yes, padding up after a long day is the best feeling.

 

[Tenawearer]

You guys need lead diapers for the radiation.

Thanks Mikey, an attempt at humour.

 

[MikeyInNappies]

Thanks Mikey, an attempt at humour.

It certainly made me laugh! Lead diapers? Umm, that would bring a new context to the feeling ‘this diaper is getting a bit heavy!’

 

[Tenawearer]

Very good.

 

[Dakota13]

In a fitter, that does regular outage work in the Midwest. If I don't feel like taking off a few weeks after layoff of my current job, I might take a jab at the nuke circuit for the spring summer fall.

 

[foxkits]

In a fitter, that does regular outage work in the Midwest. If I don't feel like taking off a few weeks after layoff of my current job, I might take a jab at the nuke circuit for the spring summer fall.

I was told the big money was oil wells.

 

[Dakota13]

I was told the big money was oil wells.

Just depends on what you wanna do, between working steady 48 hours a week and two separate outages, I made 107k this year. But I'm also a journeyman.

 

[TheMat]

No but I see the clouds that nuclear station puts out. I take my jetski out on Wylie occasionally. Usually up on Mountain Island though closer to McGuire.