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Posted: 4/24/2024 9:41:25 PM EDT
It's outage season. I do miss this. So pretty and so deadly.


Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:43:02 PM EDT
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The Amazon server hardware doesn't have any pretty blue LEDs on them?
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:43:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: THOT_Vaccine] [#2]
Mmmm faster than light glow.

If your nerves could keep up, you would tingle
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:44:07 PM EDT
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I'd love to see Cherenkov radiation sometime in my life...
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:45:07 PM EDT
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That’s an incredible photo. Can you provide a few details?
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:45:19 PM EDT
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I would 100% swim in the spent fuel pool...  
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:45:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By klinc:
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*Meta

This is about as close as we get.


Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:46:42 PM EDT
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Back when I worked in a fossil fuel plant, outages meant running your ass off then sitting for long periods waiting for something to do
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:46:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Matthew_Q:
I'd love to see Cherenkov radiation sometime in my life...
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Quartz tubed fluorescents are near the same spectra.

The cataracts are almost worth it
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:47:02 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

*Meta

This is about as close as we get.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLppJcxV/PXL-20240122-223614863.jpg
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
Originally Posted By klinc:
The Amazon server hardware doesn't have any pretty blue LEDs on them?

*Meta

This is about as close as we get.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLppJcxV/PXL-20240122-223614863.jpg
That's awesome
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:47:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Curmudgeon762:
That's an incredible photo. Can you provide a few details?
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Beaver Valley Power station unit 1 refueling outage. They're removing the core for maintenance and refueling.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:48:08 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Matthew_Q:
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Me too.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:48:18 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:48:22 PM EDT
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That's awesome.

Though,  I thought this going to be a thread about capturing packets.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:49:06 PM EDT
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Is that a live feed OP? That’s a super cool pic.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:49:17 PM EDT
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What does the dosimeter say?
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:49:27 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
It's outage season.
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Why now?  Low loads with the mild temps?
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:50:06 PM EDT
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What does it do?

It turns blue
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:50:06 PM EDT
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How warm are the pools? I always figured they were warmer than pleasant for swimming.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:51:34 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

*Meta

This is about as close as we get.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLppJcxV/PXL-20240122-223614863.jpg
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
Originally Posted By klinc:
The Amazon server hardware doesn't have any pretty blue LEDs on them?

*Meta

This is about as close as we get.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLppJcxV/PXL-20240122-223614863.jpg


Ah, yeah Meta... my mis-remembering.

Yeah, that looks pretty to me too...
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:51:34 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
What does the dosimeter say?
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3.6 rotegen
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:52:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By akguy1985:



3.6 rotegen
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Originally Posted By akguy1985:
Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
What does the dosimeter say?



3.6 rotegen


Not good, not terrible
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:53:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Jayne_Cobb:
How warm are the pools? I always figured they were warmer than pleasant for swimming.
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Jayne Cobb: You made that sound kinda ominous.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:53:11 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By HLB0302:
Is that a live feed OP? That's a super cool pic.
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Yeah screenshot from video feed.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:53:24 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
What does the dosimeter say?
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Not great. Not terrible.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:53:33 PM EDT
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Bucket list item to see in person. Doubt it'll ever happen.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:53:42 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By MethaneMover:
Why now?  Low loads with the mild temps?
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Yes they avoid summer and winter. Another round in the fall.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:54:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cyclone:


Not good, not terrible
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It's not three roentgen. It's fifteen thousand.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:55:16 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TLF:
Bucket list item to see in person. Doubt it'll ever happen.
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you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:56:08 PM EDT
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With there was a way to have a cherenkov lamp
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:57:18 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

Yes they avoid summer and winter. Another round in the fall.
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
Originally Posted By MethaneMover:
Why now?  Low loads with the mild temps?

Yes they avoid summer and winter. Another round in the fall.
Same here.  Yay turnarounds!
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:58:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.
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Well if GD gets its wish we are getting canned sunshine and you might get to see some for a short time.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:59:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
Originally Posted By TLF:
Bucket list item to see in person. Doubt it'll ever happen.
you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.

Narrow minded assholes...

Link Posted: 4/24/2024 9:59:42 PM EDT
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That’s cooler than endless racks of gear and servers humming away.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:01:41 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By TLF:

Narrow minded assholes...

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Originally Posted By TLF:
Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
Originally Posted By TLF:
Bucket list item to see in person. Doubt it'll ever happen.
you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.

Narrow minded assholes...

Not very inclusive.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:01:48 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ATLDiver:
That's cooler than endless racks of gear and servers humming away.
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Yeah but the lack of stress and + comp and work life balance make up for it.

All my pipes are PVC now.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:03:08 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
What does the dosimeter say?
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Don't worry, it's only like a chest x-ray.  
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:04:27 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

Well if GD gets its wish we are getting canned sunshine and you might get to see some for a short time.
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Attachment Attached File
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:06:51 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

Yeah but the lack of stress and + comp and work life balance make up for it.

All my pipes are PVC now.
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It is it’s own type of stress and many think it’s as similar as a runaway reactor. Gotta watch those telco tech M’F’ers, they’re sketchy as hell.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:08:36 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ATLDiver:



It is it's own type of stress and many think it's as similar as a runaway reactor. Gotta watch those telco tech M'F'ers, they're sketchy as hell.
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The actual server guys are sketch as hell. I don't turn my back on them.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:09:46 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By MethaneMover:
Not very inclusive.
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Originally Posted By MethaneMover:
Originally Posted By TLF:
Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
Originally Posted By TLF:
Bucket list item to see in person. Doubt it'll ever happen.
you could try.

the guards with the automatic weapons won't be thrilled.

Narrow minded assholes...

Not very inclusive.

What if I identify as a nuclear engineer and employee?
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:11:29 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
It's outage season. I do miss this. So pretty and so deadly.

https://i.postimg.cc/mk3Lh4J5/img-1-1714008687918.webp
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Reading the thread title, this is exactly what I pictured first. Then I saw who posted it "oh yeah, now I KNOW!" And I knew.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:12:13 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

The actual server guys are sketch as hell. I don't turn my back on them.
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
Originally Posted By ATLDiver:



It is it's own type of stress and many think it's as similar as a runaway reactor. Gotta watch those telco tech M'F'ers, they're sketchy as hell.

The actual server guys are sketch as hell. I don't turn my back on them.

They feed on your fear and hot pockets........
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:12:57 PM EDT
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Funny, isn't it? In comic depictions of nuclear components they always have them glowing green.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:14:39 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

Yeah but the lack of stress and + comp and work life balance make up for it.

All my pipes are PVC now.
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So instead of calling the pipe-fighters you call Mario and Luigi?   Gay.
Originally Posted By TLF:

What if I identify as a nuclear engineer and employee?
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Only if you identify as a qualified, though not necessarily experienced or intelligent, nucular engineer.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:15:34 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By CastleBravo91:
Funny, isn't it? In comic depictions of nuclear components they always have them glowing green.
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It was a cheaper color to print in the comic book"s heyday.
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:16:05 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

*Meta

This is about as close as we get.

https://i.postimg.cc/cLppJcxV/PXL-20240122-223614863.jpg
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:

The actual server guys are sketch as hell. I don't turn my back on them.
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And I was just thinking that picture was missing a mildly malevolent gremlin peeking around a rack…
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:17:28 PM EDT
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Ah yes...outages.

FIL, BIL, SIL all work in the industry (a lot of those hot water heaters around here).
Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:18:11 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JustinU235:
It's outage season. I do miss this. So pretty and so deadly.

[url]https://i.postimg.cc/mk3Lh4J5/img-1-1714008687918.webp/url]
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I keep forgetting to ask you, you might know my uncle and BIL, they are big in the nuke plants, sent you a PM.

Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:19:46 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By CastleBravo91:

Reading the thread title, this is exactly what I pictured first. Then I saw who posted it "oh yeah, now I KNOW!" And I knew.
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Link Posted: 4/24/2024 10:20:02 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By -daddy:

They feed on your fear and hot pockets........
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