Cool Jobs: Three Mile Island reactor operator
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2015
- Nick Favorito at the Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island training center simulator. Favorito of New Cumberland is a licensed senior reactor operator at Exelon Corporation’s Three Mile Island nuclear generating station in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pa. The Unit 2 reactor has been closed since March 28, 1979 when a partial meltdown took place. The Unit 1 reactor is still in operation. (Video by Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com)
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Worked at TMI 2 starting in 1978. Worked the restart of TMI 1 in the mid 1980. Sorry to see much a reliable unit shut down forever.
I spent 15 years in a Control Room as an operator. Interesting yes but also long stretches of serious boredom
golfer59 the boredom do affect me too. Very bored, an operator is a loner ranger
How did you become a operator?
Did you atleast get to be on your phone?
can you email me i am interested in this job fieldi want to know more i am just waiting to get out the Marines. Brentwilso285@gmail.com
just lower the coolant for the reactor and it'll get fun
Wow! Thank you so much for this!
Keep up the good work, TMI operators!
So sad it’s being shutdown forever in a few weeks
Huh?!
Achim Samir Mihail Three Mile Island has been permanently shutdown. It is being de-fueled and decommissioned.
Now that sucks...
But why tho?
Achim Samir Mihail they said operating costs were too expensive. They asked the state for assistance as other states have helped their nuclear industries, but the heavy lobbying of gas and coal power providers, who claimed this was just a bail out and there was still no safe disposal for nuclear waste, won over the politicians.
Perfect idea. Like that they made it on an actual island. (I assume it is 3 miles long) Looks like a nice place to work.
too bad its being decommissioned
Well I mean half the plant isn’t even able to produce power and I’m sure it better now but after 1979 I’m sure it wasn’t the greatest place to work at that time, but I’m not surprised they kept this unit operating, might as well while it’s good
I absolutley went to kick myself in the head today not getting video as I was here and this entire training center property is abandoned and weeds are just taking over the main building. Yet there were radiation detection air machines still running there. I will be going back.
I thought that three-mile had a meltdown
reactor 2 did, reactor 1 survived.
That wasn't as big as needed to shut it down
Unit 2 did 28th March 1979 due to a stuck pilot pressure relief valve which caused a partial meltdown damaging the reactor. TMI 1 was unaffected and still continues to operate although I think TMI 1 is in the process of being decommissioned.
Chernobyl Unit 4 had its meltdown in 1986. Its last reactor (Unit 3) shut down in 2000. Nuclear power plants are extremely resilient, and much of the time even a severe incident in one reactor won't permanently halt operations in others.
How can i get hire somewhere like there , as i have 7 years experience in steam power plant in control room
sure...
Jafar Jafarpour // asking yt users wont get you hired.
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Hi, I will be on his defense attorney here:
It is better than asking nothing. We don’t know others true backgrounds but someone watching may see this comment and give a general recommendation.
@@42luke93thanks wyatt
If anything goes wrong just pour a bucket of water on the controls and problem solved
Excellent Smithers
I love this video. I wish I could be him. My dream job.
This Job isnt easy
You know that ,
Right?
@@oliverv1471 did he say it was easy or did he say he wanted to do it?
This is a killer euro rack setup.
i am seeking for a power plant mechanic job
"ya know i never really thought i would work at a nuclear power plant...i always thought i would become a manager at a car wash"
I can't concentrate on 1 or 2 of those switches and there's a gazillion! 😨
Navy Nuc's are the best !! Integrity and Intelligence !! @1:54 clear delineation between Navy and Civilian >> Safety is #1 concern as engineer !!!!!!!!!
this is a such cool cool job
Who is watching this in 2021?
yes
How can he work in that and not know how "nuclear" is pronounced?
HER JUSTE ADMITTED HE IS NOTTE ACDEMICALLY QUALIFIES TO BE THERES.
Dang I would love to work at a plant. But in New Zealand people are ignorant towards nuclear power.
....I never thought Id become Homer Simpson
My dad studied PHD chemical engineer
I got an A in religion.
3.5 roentgen, not great, not terrible
hey, im quite confused; where do nuclear power plant operators work? the coolant towers? little cylinders? the main buildings? right next to the reactors? please answer.
The control rooms are in the same building as the reactor
3 mille island reactor 2 💀
Some say that its shut down from a leak is that true or false prophit?
Unit 2 was shut down from a leak and caused a nuclear disaster in march of 1979 unit one is shut down due to operating cost there are.documentaries on the disaster
@@JohannZ100they werent talking about chernobyl.
@@JohannZ100oh wait i read that wrong.
What happens next? Exploration it is!
Why cant people say Nuclear correctly. Its not Nuqular LOL!
There are people who write No clear power plant
What unit is that the 2 or the others
The simpsons
is tmi shutdown
It look like old trhnology.....why????
Everything is so old
if it’s not broken don’t fix it
by the nrc
Homer Simpson does this job-think about it!
In NK there is no waring before meltdown...
What about the P.O.R.V.?
Poor Old Rusty Valve? It's still in the open position last I heard.
@@rlsweeneyjr1its pilot operated relief valve
What is this "Nucular" he speaks of? Is that like Nuclear? All that education you would think he'd have learnt how to say the word.
learnt?
He can say the word it’s just sometimes people tend to say the wrong things by mistake ever heard of the phrase “cat caught your tongue”
Wow... vintage equipment... No modern TDC/SCADA/DCS systems... Why not use a modern dcs system like Honeywell Experion, or Emerson DeltaV? Why stick to the analogue meter systems??? Ps i am an E/I technician at a oil refinery in europe
I wouldn't say it's because "half the plant is shut down." Unit 1 and Unit 2 are independent power plants located at the same site (Three Mile Island). Unit 1 is still in operation, and Unit 2 suffered the partial core meltdown in 1979. In all honesty, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." There have surely been upgrades, but the indication is sufficient for all the reactor systems that were built in the 70s. The plant is only licensed to operate into 2034 (although if the energy market has anything to say about it, it could be offline as early as 2019). It will then be decommissioned. There just isn't really a way to justify a control system overhaul that would take the plant offline for a rather long time, given the above situation.
Did reactor 2 operate again after the accident
@@comptelo-cz it didn't destroy it alot actually only half of the fuel melted down it just was to radioactive to clean so they couldn't repair it or remove it at the time so they started decommissioning
How much math is needed?
This job looks very fun and it’s one of my dream jobs but I think there is a bit of math involved. I’m very bad at math btw.
@@pyrogaming2500 Yo dude I was bad at math too and now I'm an engineer at a large defense company, don't let that stop you. You will learn it I promise
I think 2 or 3
No way should equipment that old still be in use. This is terrifying.
it’s actually more reliable than most modern systems you can search it up.
The Simpsons
Wait this is before the accident right
No, this is from 2 years ago
Unit 2 suffered the partial core meltdown in 1979. Unit 1 is still licensed and in operation. There was only a minimal radiation release in 1979 as a result of core damage, so there's no health risk living near, or working at Unit 1.
Google is your friend.
All those degrees and still can't pronounce nuclear properly. An obvious Penn State graduate.
What a dinosaur!
What is it with people that dials and switches automatically mean it's somehow inferior? It's almost as if the same people think computers never fail.
Educated engineer working at a nuclear plant and he still can't say it right. It's nuclear, not nuk-e-lar. I'm happy this place closed down and you lost your job.
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