Exploring an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant

Exploring an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant - Long Island

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10 ай бұрын

History:
The Shoreham nuclear power plant was built between 1973 and 1984, completed with a General Electric type 5 boiling water reactor using Mark II containment. Shoreham utilized a BWR-type reactor that could produce 820 MW of electricity. Cost overruns caused its estimated final cost to approach $2 billion by the late 1970s.
On February 17, 1983, the Suffolk County Legislature voted 15-1 in favor of a resolution stating that the county could not be safely evacuated in the event of an accident at Shoreham.
On February 28, 1989, Cuomo and LILCO announced a plan to decommission the plant, which involved the state taking over the plant and then attaching a 3 percent surcharge to Long Island electric bills for 30 years to pay off the $6 billion price tag. In 1992, LIPA bought Shoreham from LILCO for the nominal sum of one dollar and closed it, making Shoreham the first commercial nuclear power plant in the US to be dismantled. The plant was fully decommissioned in 1994.
It cost $186 million to decommission the reactor, with the radioactive materials license ending in May 1995. The low-pressure turbine rotors are currently in use at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. LILCO paid Philadelphia Electric Company $50 million to take its fuel to the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.
*DON'T try to recreate this, the cops legit showed up at my house because of this. They have wicked tracking tech.*
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@usnr5950 22 күн бұрын

Looks in better shape than some active plants Ive been in.

@ann._.ika12 10 ай бұрын

I honestly wish they'd turn these into cultural museums instead of just letting them decay

@ann._.ika12 10 ай бұрын

Also while exploring anything involving nuclear material it's almost a requirement you have one of those sorta "grain filter" masks and always always carry a geiger counter on you to be safe, radiation poisoning is a nasty thing

@ann._.ika12 10 ай бұрын

and taking a shower without using conditioner and thoroughly washing your clothes after these should be done just to be safe as well

@SeaBass. 10 ай бұрын

Funny you say that, I actually do have a Geiger counter and was going to monitor rad levels but I forgot to pack it lol.

@vasilekovmir1786 7 ай бұрын

@@ann._.ika12the reactor got decommissioned before ever used because locals were afraid of a Chernobyl disaster. It’s not radioactive

@AbandonedArtistries 2 ай бұрын

Why are all the lights out? They used to all be on. Edit: I get that every explorer breaks stuff at some point. Just try your best to preserve these places. I would do absolutely ANYTHING to be able to go to a place like this.

@EdisonBus 10 ай бұрын

This video would of been pretty good. However... At 6:25 " too bad people break sh*t". Then you proceed throughout the video and break more stuff. Pretty disappointing.

@SeaBass. 10 ай бұрын

lol

@mwhad9991 8 ай бұрын

I have don't respect people who go to abandoned places and break stuff.

@Philmore. 5 ай бұрын

@@SeaBass.ur a weirdo for that bro