soup and radiation
Yeah, that's a weird combo, but here's how it went: my brother-in-law had his birthday on Sunday. His mom babysat so he and my sister could have some kid-free time. The next day she wound up feeling sick, got a COVID test, and now we've had to delay our family Thanksgiving in order to see if the kids caught it or not. This means instead of spending the day making pies and green bean casserole, I wound up spending several hours making multiple batches of soup--and the rest of the time doing laundry/watching the following playlist. I have no idea I wound up there, but it's fascinating! A little creepy for the day before Thanksgiving, maybe, but still. More interesting than football! ;)
Of course, I've spent my entire life living 30 minutes from a nuclear powerplant--we can see the steam clouds on the way to church every Sunday (or running over to the local farmer's market, etc. I still remember going there for a field trip when I was 11 or so, and coming home with a coloring book starring Reddy Kilowatt--and being very impressed by the decommissioned/model control room. (I think it had been replaced with a more modern room with updated computer equipment, etc., but all I recall is the walls of buttons and old-school monitors, not whether or not anyone was actually manning it.) I know a local kid who likes to call it a "cloud factory". Around here, nuclear power is just ... normal. So I don't watch these videos going "oh no, nuclear power is so dangerous!" so much as "wow, I'm glad that our power plant is run so carefully and reliably".
Any of you live ~near a nuclear power plant?
Of course, I've spent my entire life living 30 minutes from a nuclear powerplant--we can see the steam clouds on the way to church every Sunday (or running over to the local farmer's market, etc. I still remember going there for a field trip when I was 11 or so, and coming home with a coloring book starring Reddy Kilowatt--and being very impressed by the decommissioned/model control room. (I think it had been replaced with a more modern room with updated computer equipment, etc., but all I recall is the walls of buttons and old-school monitors, not whether or not anyone was actually manning it.) I know a local kid who likes to call it a "cloud factory". Around here, nuclear power is just ... normal. So I don't watch these videos going "oh no, nuclear power is so dangerous!" so much as "wow, I'm glad that our power plant is run so carefully and reliably".
Any of you live ~near a nuclear power plant?