Nuclear visit
Went to Bradwell on sea, to see the power station. 4 of us plus teacher in his mini metro.

Was in awe at the safety features like the boron rods that drop in .0000 of a second to absorb the radioactivity that may explode in case of meltdown.

We even had a "Nuclear safety Video" reminiscent of Troy Mclures one at Mr Burns power plant in the simpsons.

Very reassuring.

Then we were taken outside and shown various bits - the one that took the cake was this massive hangar outside. A massive blue metal strip ran around the wall with a red one about 20 ft away from it. Curious, we asked where they went and what they were. "look through here....." and lo, there it was.

About 200 10ftx10ftx20ft "car" batteries, red being connected to the anodes and blue to the cathodes. This hangar was the failsafe power that shut down the power station in times of crisis.

f*ck. I did ask where the alternator was and did the AA do a homestart on "Plutonium" service just in case it didn't go first time was met with very dissaproving looks.

Say no to nuclear, as it clearly is not safe.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Thu 7 Dec 2006, 12:40, Reply)