Exclusive Access Inside The Gates Of The Limerick Nuclear Power Plant

[@santinodellacroce2079]

driving past these was a sight. I lived i philly my whole life and never knew we had a nuclear power plant only 40 min away

[@UMAMIMAMU]

Wow, that's crazy to think of. It makes sense though. That is, if you never really had any reason to head out west on 422 for any reason. I grew up smack in between Reading and Pottstown and was born in 1986 (the year the plant opened) so I've been seeing it my whole life. Never fails to grab your attention though!!

[@Na-wj2ts]

@@UMAMIMAMU That’s crazy, I lived in lancaster my whole life and just yesterday went passed pottstown and saw the massive power plants, I also didn’t even know lol.

[@UMAMIMAMU]

@@Na-wj2ts Yeah, they're a hell of a site for sure. Have you ever driven past Three Mile Island?? That's _really_ crazy. The river is actually super narrow there. The water between the road and the plant is maybe 100 feet wide, so the plant is *super* close to the road. It's really weird if you're not used to seeing it.

[@Jemalacane0]

This is a contender for most beautiful thermal power plant in the U.S.

[@UltraMagaFan]

I agree. Cross generating station is also beautiful if you look at it from across Lake Moultrie especially at night when its lit up.

[@ronbennett7885]

Sure is. When high tension powerlines were run through that area, planners acquired a large enough easement to allow for a second set of lines in the future for a nuclear plant.

[@radish848]

YOU are EVIL! ☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️

[@stuglenn1112]

Limerick's two units are boiling water reactors, yet at 01:02 they show a diagram of a pressurized water reactor to explain how it works. Same exact mistake was made in the movie China syndrome. Kind of sloppy reporting

[@peghead]

Thank you.

[@joeyreamer1431]

Support nuclear energy. Support this awesome plant.

[@radish848]

Evil mass murderers psychopaths sociopaths! YOU know nuclear power is DEATH! DISEASES! AND BIRTH DEFECTS!☢️☠️☢️☢️☠️YOU KNOW IT ONLY TAKES ONE HOT PARTICLE TO GIVE YOU CANCER!!!! THEY EXIST NO SAFE LEVELS!!!

[@graysonrapp3985]

Yeah I live in Collegeville

[@lb3843]

I live in Schwenksville but technically Limerick township 😉

[@donaldbelles6500]

This helps me with my homework I'm learning about nuclear energy this helps so much TYSM for making this God Bless You You are my SAVIOR!!

[@radish848]

IT IS EVIL , NUCLEAR POWER IS DEATH,! DISEASES, AND BIRTH DEFECTS! PLANET KILLER! IS ECOCIDE AND GENOCIDE! THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRIES ARE LIARS MASS MURDERERS!

[@ronbennett7885]

Not much of an exclusive tour, since they weren't permitted to view the control room nor the power generators. That's the heart of the plant. Took a tour near the water towers decades ago. Wasn't a biggie, but that was prior to 9/11. Also, some roads nearby used to be open to the public.

[@Jemalacane0]

Nuclear power doesn't emit soot, heavy metals, or volatile organic compounds either.

[@rgmmain4448]

It just emits steam.

[@peghead]

Not steam, water vapor.@@rgmmain4448

[@peghead]

We need MORE nuclear power generating facilities.

[@jakwfrom6779]

Def need to work here

[@ASkyblockNoob]

I can see it out my house window lol😊

[@oilfan2742]

The one by me is owned by first energy.

[@lb3843]

Hey this is right in my backyard hehe 😉

[@richman555]

Well it turns out, the future datacenters fof AI requires more energy. This could be a big turnaround for plants such as the one in Limerick.

[@richman555]

Also in the Philly suburbs its pronounced - Nuc- u- lar

[@eoin1411]

I thought this was limerick in Ireland

[@s.m.mediaproductions5304]

Nuclear reactors are only cost effective if the cost of storing spent fuel is not taken into account.

[@switted823]

False

[@s.m.mediaproductions5304]

You're false@@switted823

[@gamrdudez]

I want to work here when I am older

[@AgentE1Games]

Seems like a cool job

[@radish848]

YOU are stupid! ☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️

[@seansweeney3533]

Stáisiún Cumhachta Núicléich Luimnigh

[@Nielsen.Brian.P]

Nukeweah?

[@UMAMIMAMU]

It's spelled "nuquea".

[@rogerescude5846]

batterys will never die out

[@Jemalacane0]

Actually, batteries do die, even rechargable ones.

[@synthwavecat96]

"Safe" is a fun word to keep repeating until a big boom

[@firingallcylinders2949]

They are safe...people who think Power plants have a risk of exploding out of nowhere have no idea what even happens inside a power plant, I know a guy who works here there's so many failsafes.

[@shanecampo7881]

Nuclear reactors can't become prompt critical and explode, it's simply not possible.

[@synthwavecat96]

Steam explosions are fun.

[@peghead]

Steam is used in every coal and gas power generating facilities, nuclear fission is just another, cleaner way to make steam.@@synthwavecat96

[@nothinglessthanepic9902]

Clean energy? It's a disaster waiting to happen. These plants had a expiration date that passed a long time ago.

[@toe_grips]

The plants wouldn't have been renewed if top experts thought there was a risk. They didn't. And remember, It's not like Exelon would complain terribly if they were shut down, they're not terribly profitable. AND the Employees are all Local, they'd pipe up if there was a problem.

[@Jemalacane0]

This is bullshit! The true killer is coal not nuclear. An energy source which emits only steam and produces tiny amounts of mostly reusable waste is indeed clean.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

After 3 mile island dozens of fail safes were put in place. There are emergency protocols that prevent disaster. These are extremely safe. You're more likely to have a natural gas or coal plant blow up.

[@johnskidmore9020]

it not the makeing of [ower it the getting rid of the spent fuel rods thats the problem

[@zachmunch4807]

It shouldn't be though. Just do what France does and reprocess the spent fuel into new fuel rods. Additional highly radioactive waste is a tiny fraction of the waste produced by nuclear plants. Coal plants produce more toxic waste by the way of coal ash

[@peghead]

Spent fuel rods are stored in casks on site, not a problem as long as there's enough real estate, I worked around these casks and would gladly rent out my back yard to them.

[@amystoudt7395]

They were building this Power plant during time of Three Mile island power plant that leaked in 1979

[@UltraMagaFan]

I don't think this is clean energy. Yeah you don't put out carbon emissions but now you got a metric ass ton of nuclear waste to deal with. I know they said its "safe" and "manageable" but still.

[@Giannantonio9]

The roughly 85000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel rods that have been safely stored could fit inside a football stadium and in 30 years lose half of the remnant radiation and in 100 it essential poses no danger they are stored in a dry cask that is triple lined and poses no impact to the environment really nuclear waste isn't like people imagine it in movies and shows

[@Harold710]

@@Giannantonio9 it can take up to about 400,000 years for plutonium to decay. You should read up about Chernobyl.

[@switted823]

@@Harold710 Mercury and arsenic are toxic forever, they never decay, and guess what, we know how to deal with them. The same is true for spent nuclear fuel. You should read about that :)

[@switted823]

Mercury and arsenic are toxic forever, they never decay, and guess what, we know how to deal with them. The same is true for spent nuclear fuel.

[@andikerl2486]

This journalism lets these people advertise whatever they want. Including this green energy BS

[@Jemalacane0]

Nuclear power is very green energy. It does not pollute the air or water and it produces waste which can literally be destroyed.

[@usernotfound904]

Clean energy as smoke billows out of the cooling towers

[@TA92752]

its pure water vapor. steam. what clouds are made of.

[@switted823]

"smoke out of the cooling towers" Yeah well, shows how little you know.

[@mowafab]

cancer boss

[@jimmyfaustjr6413]

3 mile island and chernobyl come to mind.

[@brodster7042]

3 mile island didn’t realise as much as Chernobyl and Chernobyl is still contained in a big arch cover

[@Harold710]

I can see the vapor plume from Limerick. I used to live near 3 mile island in PA. Nuclear fission should be banned. Look what happened in Chernobyl and Fukushima . It's expensive and a disaster waiting to happen. (just my thoughts)

[@TA92752]

its water vapor. steam. what clouds are made of. it the safest source of power as well. 350 times safer than coal.

[@switted823]

There are no RBMKs in the US or anything even remotely close to it, and nobody died because of Fukushima. The worst case scenario is much milder than you are lead to believe from movies.

[@josephbennett3482]

Nuclear power generation is not the safest way to generate power , it's one of the worst ways to generate power.

[@Jemalacane0]

Absolutely wrong! Nuclear power is awesome.

[@josephbennett3482]

@@Jemalacane0 it's the most dangerous and destructive way to generate electricity because if a meltdown occurs then the are where the plant is located becomes uninhabitable for hundreds of years due to radiation contamination.

[@Jemalacane0]

@@josephbennett3482 Absolute bullshit! And meltdowns are easy to prevent,

[@Jemalacane0]

The most harmful sources of energy are coal and ones which cause energy scarcity.

[@KieraCameron514]

@@josephbennett3482 Wrong!

[@Dragunov38]

Clean and safe?... The problem is that at this time we just don't possess the technology to responsibly produce electrical power using Nuclear reactors. One of the biggest dilemmas people forget is the waste and by products left by nuclear reactors and atom splitting (fission). The whole operation of a nuclear facility is vast and complex. The % of error and miscalculated failures is a constant peril. While for the last 60+ years since the commercial use nuclear reactors have been considered safe.. 3 major accidents proves that all progress can simply be wiped out by an accident since it would be a catastrophe for any region affected by such event. Until a better generation of nuclear reactors comes. This form of power production is simply a ticking bomb. (literally)

[@maxdavies9958]

Less deaths than solar and wind. Clean, small amount of waste that is also reusable, stupid amount of safety systems to prevent anything from going wrong, Crap load of electricity, small area needed compared to other forms of clean electricity. Seems good to me.

[@WNFlyer]

@@maxdavies9958 Exactly. People always bring up these accidents and don't actually research them and don't realize how much safer it has been since these accidents. And just to get into statistics about how safe nuclear is, the death rate per TWh of electricity produced in lignite coal plants is somewhere around 32-33 and regular coal is around 25 while nuclear is at a chill .03. People can say whatever they want about how dangerous nuclear is but that wont change the actual numbers that prove more deaths have occurred because of problems at coal plants compared to nuclear. If we can have both nuclear and renewables mixed with each other then this will be the best way we can get by in energy production, for now at least.

[@radish848]

TELL that to the survivors in FUKUSHIMA JAPAN, CHERNOBYL, ECT..

[@radish848]

SEE the hundreds children born with horrible birth DEFECTS! ☢️☠️☢️☠️☢️☠️

[@peghead]

Both were inherent design flaws, Chernobyl was a risky test procedure and Fukushima was designed without watertight doors to prevent water from disabling the emergency diesel generators to supply the plant with power to safely shut down the reactors and maintain a safe shutdown configuration.@@radish848

[@rogerescude5846]

batterys will never die out

[@Jemalacane0]

Actually, they do die over time, even rechargable ones.

[@rogerescude5846]

batterys will never die out

[@peghead]

"Batteries" Einstein. . . .

[@rogerescude5846]

batterys will never die out

[@Jemalacane0]

Fucking idiocy! Batteries do die out.