Inside San Onofre Nuclear Power Fuel Pool and Spent Fuel Storage

Should be showing this stuff in schools to educate our youth. It's not that scary, and we are going to need more nuclear power plants built. You are providing a valuable service. 😄

The level of engineering that goes into this kind of operation is absolutely mind blowing.

I'm proud to say I worked at San Onofre for 35 years. The software used on site was developed over the years by a team of programmers. I designed, wrote and maintained the most recent version of the software that was (is) used to track worker exposure using electronic dosimeters and TLDs. The software also is used to control access the the Radiation Control Area, track radioactive sources checked in and out for testing instrumentation, etc. If we must have nukes, I feel good about my work to make it safe for the workers.

It's comical to hear people get all obsessed with green energy and electric cars but then they're totally against nuclear energy out of ignorance

We need more Nuclear Power stations

NICE MOVE getting in there and Kudos to the staff at the plant for so graciously showing you around like pros! This is invaluable education for the public. Nice to see capable and open tour of such a place run by people that you'd want there.

Dude you got some great access here. Respect to the Plant for allowing you in, this whole industry needs to take a lead from these guys on demystifying the industry if it's to dispel the fears

It blows my mind the great amount of science and engineering that goes into building these plants. To think that nuclear research has been going on before computers came along. Just incredible!

In 1979/1980, I was stationed at Camp Pendleton Ca which is across the highway from the plant. I got a part time job with Wells Fargo as construction security on the plant. I would spend 8 hours walking every part of the plant looking for smoke, fire, running water. Belief me, that is a huge plant. It was also extremely educational. My patrol area was the containments, control, and the turbine/generator area. It’s sad to see it’s being decommissioned considering the huge effort I watched during its construction.

The detection device has strips instead of buttons because they want your arms straight and as close to you as possible. The strips allow for the differences in arm length/ height between workers.

I never knew much about radiation until I went through an OSHA trainer course with a nuclear physicist. We all had to give presentations specific to our fields. He covered the foundations of how radiation works, how it's stopped/blocked, and it was really eye opening!

Very interesting. Amazing how safe the places are and low the radiation is. Too bad the media is so ignorant about these places.

In 2001/2002, I worked with the DOE and NRC to do a cyber risk assessment. This was one of the plants we selected. Nice to see it again after 20 years.

this video is so underrated , the guy with 3,5k subs just gave us content as good as some ppl with millions . you really deserve more subs and views ! he and his team just gave us a full length documentary for free! edit: wow the sub just flying it , its honestly deserved !

16:48 I worked there at SONGS several times over the years. I ran cranes at the unit 1 decommissioning project as well as unit 2 & 3 refuel outages. It’s a damn shame this place is being shutdown. A lot of great people worked here and were ALWAYS professional.

My older brother had worked at nuclear and coal plants in for years now. I remember him telling me so much from his training in the nuclear plants I love seeing this stuff, reminds me of those simpler times

My 2 years in the industry with hundreds of hours in the reactor building and around a lot of the hot stuff is less than 150mrem. I had to operate a valve that was 3000mrem/hr on contact. Got 2mrem in the 30 seconds to get to and turn the valve. It isn't that bad at all, if you fly a lot you pick up a lot more radiation than I do running around a nuclear plant.

In a perfect world... SONGS would still be generating, and a huge desalination plant would also be onsite to create water and power from clean energy. Thanks for that cool tour and thanks to SCE for the in depth look. , and total access tour. Nice B-roll.

That is fascinating getting to see inside, I remember all the times we've driven past it seeing it from the freeway. Where I live the university here used to have a miniature nuclear reactor (they removed it in the early 2000's), and when I was in high school we took a field trip to see it once and we all got to stand around the pool as they pulled the control rod out causing it to emit that blue glow.

I'm a retired nuke worker. I worked at TMI, Oyster Creek, Limerick and Peach Bottom. The last 20 years of my carer were spent on the fuel floor or fuel handling building depending on the location. I've performed fuel handling, HSM dry cask storage, reactor disassembly and reassembly. I found this video to be one of the best at explaining in simple terms how a spent fuel pool and dry cask storage work. Seeing the use of portal monitors and small article monitors brought back memories of not passing the monitors while trying to exit the plant. Great video. Keep them coming.