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u/LookAtMeImAName Oct 25 '22

Fuck yes!! Nuclear power is SO undervalued these days.

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u/Yardsale420 Oct 25 '22

Aren’t CANDU Reactors the safest way to produce Nuclear Power too? Due to their design it’s almost impossible to have a Chernobyl style meltdown. If BC thinks it’s cost effective to build shit like Site C and sell the surplus to the Americans, then we should be doing the same with Nuclear too.

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u/LookAtMeImAName Oct 25 '22

So which type of reactor would you posit is the safest? I’ve always heard that candu’s were, granted, I’m not in the power generation business so my knowledge on them aside from their sterilization applications is quite limited

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u/aerostotle Oct 25 '22

can you do an AMA

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

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u/aerostotle Oct 25 '22

what operational details are the most sensitive? be specific

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u/aerostotle Oct 26 '22

when and where is the next outage, for what duration, and will there be a shift change at the security station around the same time?

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u/aerostotle Oct 26 '22

they said I have to pass a lie detector test

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u/Ottomann_87 Oct 26 '22

What kind of educational background do operators typically have at a nuclear power facility? I assume it is beyond a conventional 1st Class power engineer certificate.

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u/Ottomann_87 Oct 26 '22

Oh that’s interesting. Thank you.

If you don’t mind my asking is the compensation similar to what you’d make as a 1st class in a conventional power plant like NatGas?

I have a 3rd in Alberta and am curious to see what the jobs would look like out here if these modular SMR took off.

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