Interesting Documentary on the Dounreay Breeder Reactor

[gmax137]

I didn't know much about this plant, interesting documentary.

Spoiler

About halfway through, I realized the narrator is Balin from The Hobbit movies. (Ken Stott)

 

[sbrothy]

Here's a short description of a personal tour of the nuclear reactor complex at Torness on the Scottish coast by one of my favorite authors.

 

[sbrothy]

OK. Reading it once again I realized my mind must have skipped this word: "brobdingnagian".

: marked by tremendous size

EDIT: Heh.

 

[gmax137]

Oh thanks. Whenever I hear that word, it repeats over & over in my mind, like a bubble-gum pop song from the '60's.

 

[sbrothy]

That post belonged in another thread. Sorry.

@gmax137 ’s comment above instantly made this pop up in my mind

Post in thread 'Most Hard-Driving Music?'
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/most-hard-driving-music.1078565/post-7276510

 

[Astronuc]

The video in the OP offers a fair assessment. There was a level of negligence involved.

Reprocessing nuclear fuel is complicated because it requires remote handling due to the high level of radioactivity of the Pu and recycled U. Then there is the waste (fission products).

Here's a short description of a personal tour of the nuclear reactor complex at Torness on the Scottish coast by one of my favorite authors.

One correction on the story, AGR fuel uses 20/25/Nb (20% Cr - 25% Ni - ~1% Nb stainless steel for the cladding, endplugs and grid. Zirconium alloys are not used.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876619616300778

https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/the-art-of-innovation-westinghouse-agr-fuel
https://westinghousenuclear.com/uknuclear/products-services/advanced-gas-cooled-reactors/