Exploring a Nuclear Reactor Test Site in Georgia, 4K 60fps

[@JohnCompton1]

The destroyed railroad bridge across the Etowah river is an awesome sight as well...The Action Adventure Twins have a recent video where they actually breach and explore the underground part of the facility in inflatable dingies. Very cool indeed. Thanks so much for sharing, and I wish everyone a wonderful day!

[@randygreene5977]

Thank you for putting this together. I am glad you did your research before hand. I see so many videos that have little or no facts. After Kennedy shut it down the nuclear bomber project there was a lot of research that went on after that for the next 8 years on how materials are affected by radiation. This site and one other in White sands did most of the testing that was needed. This site was used for large objects and white sands was used for smaller items.

[@Jarrett_derryberry]

I hope you weren’t talking about my video.

[@cobrajet8866]

My father in law worked there; he is 92 now and still talks about that lab back in the 50's. I'll show him this vidya to see if he recognizes anything.

[@xxhouse]

I'm fascinated by this place. I've explored every inch of it. Would love to compare notes

[@BarefootCaveman]

I can help with that, I live next door to this place. I have hand drawn maps I've made somewhere

[@Landofthefreeusa259]

@@BarefootCaveman are the cops strict about people exploring inside of this place? Will I go to jail?

[@hughellisATL]

Great video! I live less than a mile from the facility.

[@AtomicSurf]

I'm glad you liked it. What an interesting place that is.

[@033randy]

The cooling off area is fenced in like the hot cell building because it is still hot.

[@BarefootCaveman]

Lots of stuff in this video is great but alot of info about the place is wrong. At 4:00 or so, you say its the train house. In fact it's the roof of the reactor room. It goes down some stories where ethe reactor pool was at. It would actually be hoisted about 100 ft above your head at that point in the video. Also, the building with the hole in the roof I've been inside of.

[@dxxdlxve1412]

what was inside ?

[@VFxOP]

The area that doesn’t have any trees isn’t the reactor site? It looks like where the reactor was had a lot of trees grow in its place. The area with the underground facility is maybe where the open field is. Is this correct?

[@ri3m4nn]

I live here. Now there's a new housing complex a block away and an elementary school less than a half a mile away.

[@033randy]

When I was a kid we rode motorcycles down there. There were not many trees back then.

[@smokeybear5460]

I live about an hour north of here. I remember hearing stories of nights where the sky was an odd darkish red color and people would joke about it being the reactor running. Who knows lol.

[@TASmania-22]

Some of your info is incorrect. Much the the information about Lockheed is intentionally misleading. The government doesn't want us knowing what they really did there. I know a good bit about the underground structures and some of the goings on. My mom's uncle was a Security Guard there, in the civilian sector, where the large concrete building is located. I used to camp inside that building with my dad, as a child. It was completely open then. As a teen a was in Lockheed almost everyday exploring, having adventures, riding motorcycles and horses. I'm one of the reasons why they welded the opening shut. I was told many times to stay out of the above ground and below ground buildings. I kept coming back, going inside and getting caught. They went as far as taking 2 old rusty signs I took from there (a U.S. Federal Government, no trespassing sign & a Radiation warning sign) from my home, threatened to imprison my parents if they didn't keep me out of Lockheed. The threats didn't work, I continued to explore and play there and they welded up several sites. They filled in the entrance to the tunnel and staircase, leading to the underground reactor building. I've been inside those buildings many times. The offices had desk, government papers all over the floors and a lot of equipment. Nearly all of that is gone now. As a teen I was defiant, knew a little about the place and wanted to know more. They (the Government) didn't want me there, but I didn't care. It's probably a good thing that I drove them to shut up much of the place. It was dangerous inside some of those buildings. The concrete building left standing is still there because it's a strong structure. They tried to blow it up, without having a massive explosion. There were massive holes blown in the floor. I've been down inside those holes. I've been inside most of the underground buildings in that area. I've camped on top of the buried reactor. I'm not sure why they took down the Radiation signs along the fence. Anyways, Lockheed has been my playground for nearly 5 decades. I recently watched a video of what it looked like as they were building it. People have no idea how many buildings are underground and how large this facility was. I've said too much! Lol Interesting video though!!