Great video I enjoyed it. I am a retired Nuclear Engineer. There is a small inaccuracy in the discussion that I would like to clarify. Heavy water is not used because it has a much higher boiling point than normal water. It does have a higher boiling point, about 1 degree C, but that is unimportant. It is easy to keep water from boiling simply by putting it under higher pressure. The primary reason heavy water is used as a moderator is because it is less likely to absorb a neutron then normal water is. With more neutrons available to cause a chain reaction, heavy water can allow unenriched uranium to be used while still allowing a chain reaction to be maintained. Other plants (PWRs and BWRs) that don't use heavy water (which is very expensive) must enrich their uranium in the U235 isotope in order to be able to maintain a chain reaction.
Adding to this, the engineer above is 100% correct, and what is also interesting is you should look up the Oklo natural reactor. 2B years ago the ratio of U235 to U238 was higher, much closer to the 4%+ we see in the "light water" reactors, such as those used in the US. In order to use "regular" light water, you have to have a higher ratio of fissile fuel, ie more U235. Back 2B years ago, an area with lots of natural uranium flooded and resulted in a natural nuclear reactor. It can't happen anymore. If you want a reactor you have to either enrich the uranium, or use heavy water so you stop wasting so many neutrons.
yes and this is why the candu is able to use natural uranium and depleted fuels from other reactors as opposed to enriched fuels. Its also removes proliferation from the mix as enrichment is not required so the fuel is not desired as weapons grade fuel. The candu does have a positive void coefficient similar to soviet RBMK however the moderator choices and control rod configuration almost make it negligible and make it much much safer, while still allowing active refueling.
Liked! But it isn't that *_easy_* to get a pressure high enough for a temperature to drive the highest efficiency wind turbines. The standard CanDU runs at 310 °C, but there's a design with an oil coolant that does much better. The PWR needs about 150 atmospheres. Its designer, Alvin Weinberg, solved this problem with his Molten Salt Reactor design in which the coolant itself carries the fuel. It is inherently meltdown-immune, because the entire reactor circuit has a plug of solid fuelsalt, that will melt and dump the fuel into a basin that extinguishes the reactivity. It also solves the two problems of ceramic solid uranium oxide, the temperature of the is equal to the coolant's , and the nuisance fission product Xe-135 is a gas that is collected in the inert gas argon at the surface.
My dad is a control room ANO at Bruce A and he knows Dan. There's now a running gag at work about this video, and everyone calls Dan the Smooth Operator
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The general public is ignorant to nuclear power and its safety. The heavy water moderated candu reactors are incredibly safe and reliable. Also thought bruce was the second largest plant in the world. Wish they would do some nuclear here in manitoba but they are obsessed with state owned hydro. The fact that these reactors can use natural uranium as fuel as well as depleted fule from presurized light water reactors amongst others makes them very versitile.
I remember going to Toronto in the 90s and 2000's. We lived in north eastern Ontario in a small town and our air was extremely clean. You could see the air quality difference even with the windows up. Once you got out you could smell and see the difference in the air. You couldn't see the CN tower even from the top of the drop zone at wonderland. I went to wonderland a few years back and I could actually see the city, it was amazing.
I enjoyed the video. It was like a trip down memory lane as I worked at Bruce A as an operator for almost 10 years back in the 70’s and 80’s. At that time, the RL Hearn power plant was decommissioned and many of the staff moved to Bruce A and Pickering A/B. The Hearn was originally coal fired and was a large contributor to smog as it lays on Toronto’s waterfront. Scrubbers and a huge smokestack were added to reduce the impact the pollution but it wasn’t enough so it was converted to burn natural gas. After being decommissioned in 1983, it sat vacant for a long time but was eventually became a popular location for the film industry. I wouldn’t be surprised if Drake and Bieber have filmed music videos there. I hope that Japan and Germany return to nuclear power and an alternative for coal and natural gas.
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As a custodian at the University of Oregon, it is sad that all the heating for the campus is generated by burning natural gas. 😢 It would be awesome if we had a nuclear reactor that both served as a heat source, a generator of electricity, and a source of neutrons for experiments.
Darn, I always thought that it was Celine Dion who did it. But in all honesty, as an aspie I would have preferred more nuclear power plants and less pop culture, I don't understand the latter.
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Here in Japan, my university students are amazed to learn that Ontario nuclear (and hydro) were key to eliminating coal from the provincial power mix. And “progressive, climate-concerned” academic colleagues simply want to ostrich the facts.
@@decouplemedia Most of the over 200 students are in favour of restarts. My course covers critical minerals, capacity factors, and related issues concerning how to decarbonize. I also make it clear that there are no “correct” answers to quizzes and exams. The course is in Japanese with, so the students are not constrained by language barriers. The course resumes next week, so we’ll examine German policy shifts and public opinion.
LOVE this ! I sure hope you have other (much bigger) outlets for this - 28 views, as of this viewing - ain't gonna cut it -- need to latch on to, I don't know what/who. Go forth and do good.
I'm trusting in the process. Work hard on the research, writing, cinematography, editing and hosting. And then hope those with distro ideas and/or $$$ jump in to help.
It sure does get interesting about the 15-minute mark. Was it all to get over the 20 minute mark? Nice to see all the mentions at the end, like Bieber and Drake, superstars
THANK YOU so much for this powerful and persuasive case study. Clean, modern SAFE nuclear power suffers so much from negative PR and false information and fears purveyed in mainstream media.
I'm trying to get into the Nuclear Reactor career - so this video was fantastic -- thanks to all of you - and Thank You Dan, for allowing my kids and their future kids etc etc to live in a cleaner world.
Bruce isn't the world larges powerplant, it's North-America largest, and that's it. There are 3 Nuclear powerplant and 15 other power-plants (water, wind, gas, nuclear) that are bigger. Bruce is capable of 6.610 MW Hanul (Korea) is capable of 7.268 MW Kori (Korea) is capable of 7.489 MW Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan) is capable of 7.965 MW The total biggest powerplant is 3 from China and 1 from Brazil/Paraguy: 22.500,16.000, 14.000 and 13.860 MW
There is a full length Decouple podcast episode featuring Dan. It's really worth checking out if you're interested in just transition and the mindset of workers in GHG intensive industries when their jobs are threatened. Dan is really a great plainspoken communicator about these very real and very human issues.
I worked at the Bruce as a Fuel Handling Operator for 25 years. The other seldom spoken benfits are the contribution to the Cobalt 60 Isotope industry! Many other isotopes are being added to the Candu production capabilities as we speak. Someday soon(hopefully) the bomb grade plutonium waste from the rest of the worlds reactors will be burnt up safely in Candu's.
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I love Bruce! I was also impressed when I went there, it so gigantic. I cant quite believe we walked right past the reactor coolant pumps. At Diablo Canyon, those are inside the containment structure (and theyre huge and loud!). It was really fun leaning about the CANDU design. I also *love* that the company was so open and welcoming to your visit. I hope to see more and more of this content that humanizes nuclear. Nuclear is for humans, to help us live better lives with less impact on the planet. Hey, isn’t that what decouple is all about? 😬💪🏼⚛️♥️🌎
@3:19 they were likely more concerned of you dropping your camera in the SFP or losing your shirt going through the monitor than the dose you were being exposed to. lol Water is your shield. Time, Distance, Shielding. At 2.5/hr, you could’ve worked there all day and would’ve been ok. Great video.
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Jesse, Dan, Madi, this was awesome! Being from SK I was a bit ignorant that coal was shut down as late as it was. What a great story. I was a bit skeptical about Drake and Bieber's contribution but honestly, the evidence seems irrefutable
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Great stuff! Thanks to Bruce Power for providing this access! The benefits for humanity could be huge! Hopefully it gets embraced. Im a power plant operator too and this is a pretty awesome sight to see. Nice video!
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Great Video! I was in the control room when the last coal generator came off line in Ontario for good. You are wrong in saying the closure of Nanticoke removed coal from the grid. It was still in use.
You guys are the bees knees! Have you guys ever thought about taking on/deconstructing big youtuber FriendlyJordies's anti-nuclear videos? I've always enjoyed his videos, but it's frustrating when he gets into topics regarding Australia's clean energy transition because he's so obviously clueless but speaks with such absolute conviction.
@@connorbranscombe6819 I think that right now it is stored above ground in shielded storage casks. This after spending 10 or so years in the spent fuel bay.
Cool video, I don’t like that you made it seem like Canada was lying about Ohios pollution blowing over the lake though. It wasn’t the sole reason for smog but it was a sizeable one, and still is.
Very good question. There are a number of answers, most of them involve burying it. We recently filmed at the potential long-term site in Ontario and there will be episodes on waste coming up both on the podcast and here on Decouple Studios in the coming months. For now I would say that nuclear waste storage is a challenge, but it is a lesser and lower-risk challenge than the waste challenges of other energy sources. For example, much better to have a small amount of waste stored deep in a solid, stable bed of rock with little-to-no chance of it ever escaping, than to have an enormous amount of waste up in the air transforming our climate and causing preventable illnesses.
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@@decouplemedia we as a community and a province were fortunate that the British Energy rep on site beat the busses for investors that saw the Nuclear advantage . When Ont hydro was a public utility it was run by professionals then it became a crown corp and is now run by political appointees not a very good idea. Ontario has Duncan Hawthorne to thank for getting us off coal
It's impossible for greenhouse gas behavior to cause global warming. The reason for nuclear power should be that it is cheaper than any other form of generating electricity and cleaner. Hydropower is considered almost incrementally free, but if the cost of displacing people and making reservoirs were to be included it is not cheap. Hydropower is typically a by-product of reservoirs constructed for flood control, irrigation and drinking water. Earth's greenhouse effect is frequently used as a primary example to high school students of a system always in saturation from the strong greenhouse gas water vapor absorbing all the greenhouse radiant energy from the earth with greenhouse gases within 20 meters of the surface that is all around us everyday and can't have its overall effect changed. There is no further greenhouse radiant energy to interact with greenhouse gases. At 1% average tropospheric water vapor over 99% of earth’s greenhouse effect is from water vapor. Water vapor would hold earth's greenhouse effect in saturation if it were the only greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Arctic warming is taking place with the proving mechanism being warm Atlantic Ocean waters migrating deeper and more frequently into the Arctic Ocean warming it and the region. That warmer water is causing a few weeks less of reflective snow and ice coverage resulting in more solar heat gain to the Arctic region surface. Atmospheric CO2 levels of 1200 ppm about three times what they are today would greatly invigorate C3 plants the majority of plant life on earth greatly greening the planet. 0.4% of the atmosphere is CO2 and on average 1% is H20 water vapor. (1% H20)/(0.4% CO2) = 25. Water vapor is 25 times more present in the atmosphere on average than CO2. Water vapor has an CO2e of 18, 18 X 25 = 450 CO2e total for water vapor to 1 CO2e for CO2. The Earth’s oceans have 3-1/2 million sea floor volcanic vents warming the water and changing it’s chemistry that have not been systematically accounted for.
Thanks for your detailled explanation! Unfortunately the stupid and ignorant and paid-for shills will maintain their ignorant opinions. These are aided by government money that uses the "carbon" scare for more taxation.
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I've worked here, be glad you didn't go into the vault, between the airlock and the reactor face it's quite menacing. I got about 1.4 REM after about 5-6 jumps... The vault is spicy when it's running.
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As someone who researches electricity supply globally, and wants a career path in Nuclear, I legit had no idea about Drake and Justin, as well as Ontario's coal pollution causing smog. Very fascinating and never expected this from those artists, I legit thought it was a joke at first. Just like the Sudbury copper mine reclaimation, other places too should look at Ontario and take inspiration. These problems may seem impossible but Canada has proven them wrong, and its time for the world to take notes
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Correction on the spent fuel pool it’s actually theorized you could basically swim right up to the spent fuel and almost touch it with no ill effects as long as there are no open or damaged fuel bundles
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Absolutely great story about resurrecting Bryce units 1 and 2 and shutting down the largest coal plant in North America. And Justin Bieber led the charge! That’s amazing! 👍🙏
it is weird when I see a video in my youtube fed and I recognize the people in the video as people I walked passed on the Bruce Nuclear site. I worked at Bruce B though not at A. My grandpa was a Nuclear Operator at Douglas Point many years ago. Walked into the office there with a resume and they hired him! over 50 years ago now...
The Ontario government hides the debt costs of the nuclear program in public debt specifically to reduce the sticker price of electricity. In reality, the generation costs in Victoria or NSW are comparable.
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As if I needed any more reason to love the Biebs and Drake! Haha, well done Jesse and the Decouple crew. Another golden nugget to add to the ever impressive collection! Also, I HEART Dan!!
Also should be noted that Three Mile Island is going to restart, albeit largely will be powering an AI server farm from Microsoft, but is a clear example how its still economical to recommission nuclear reactors.
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Excellent production, Jesse! I knew some of the story of Bruce, but the Drake and Bieber backstory was a bit of an unknown and an under appreciated component of the revival.🤣. Looking forward to seeing your next video!
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I’m sure I’ll be back to make more corrections along the way. But I’ve only just started watching this clip and within the first 30 seconds he’s already made a false statement. That being the fact the plant isn’t the largest operating nuclear plant in the world (nor the largest by any standards). It used to be, but all of those records were broken by 2010 (some 13+ years ago now)… Onto watching the video… Had to stop 2/3’s the way through. Couldn’t handle the “music” mafia angle… Well produced otherwise!
Your title is not right. The actual biggest plant in the world is in Korea. And one precision. In operation refueling was made to produce plutonium during the atomic bomb development run. Maybe that's the largest plant in number of reactors but have more powerful reactors that this kind of units. Did you tell how much electric power is rated one of the reactor in this powerplant ?
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It seems to be hitting 50/50. Really love it or hate it. But I think in the future I'll try to separate the more serious "how a nuclear plant works" stuff from the mock investigation goofy stuff.
@@decouplemedia I think having some fun totally works. I like and enjoyed the idea. It also depends on your audience right? Myself I was super excited for some Bruce Power / Mighty CANDU action. Then a bit dissapointed with the Bieber/Drake stuff, I wanted more CANDU. Also there was some serious stuff in here regarding a just transition and radiation exposure. But now we can't really use this video if we want to share it to discuss those issues, because it takes such a strange tangent. Now that I'm thinking about it. I think the Bieber / Drake stuff should've been it's own video. It could've been a "conspiracy theory" investigation ala Ancient Aliens. Essentially a lot of silly tongue in cheek fun contained in one video. Also if it's intended to be a stepping off stone for people that are more interested in Drake than nuclear, it would be ideal for that audience. That audience I'm guessing would care less about a nuclear reactor operator. But yeah, keep on injecting some fun. There is no reason for anything discussing nuclear to be stuffie and boring.
The CANDU reactor a great British invention built by Canadians it is the solution. God knows why it is not used worldwide read Fred Hoyles Fuels Paradise.
Just freeking awesome Jesse! With your EU tour de force, that's two now right ... or did I miss something? Anyway, looking forward to your next production!
Gary you are doing the world a favour expanding people's understanding of rooftop Renewables. Central generation is an economic nightmare for the future. When you think it through. 'Monkeys' or roofers can install solar panels. Every building on the planet has a roof. Roofers can not run nuclear electric generators. Super duper safe nuclear reactors are too expensive to allow low trained operators. So millions of safe nuclear electric generators will need 3shifts every day of the years including weekend, public holidays, sick leave, training days, emergencies back up staff. Highly paid and scarce nuclear staff. The extra generators will need extra national grid capacity. More costs. Grids TRIPLES the cost of new generators. No fossil fuels QUINTUPLES (×5) the number of generators. Roof Monkeys look extremely cheap even if you put extra on your roof. Electric vehicles will be parked 23hrs every day as usual and have a battery big enough for the all day drive when needed. Billions and billions of massive battery storage at every building, and billions building connected to the existing national grids. The existing national grid is massively UNLOADED as it does not have to distribute to the billions of ends of the grid. Nuclear is a decades and decades to build solution and will be the stranded asset nobody will be able to turn off or demolish for 100years. FMD. Nuclear deal. Nuclear electricity needs government disaster guarantees and cash flow guarantees and renewables suppression by government government grid building expansion. Military budgets exploding. Taxation increasing to cover government spending.
Great video I enjoyed it. I am a retired Nuclear Engineer. There is a small inaccuracy in the discussion that I would like to clarify. Heavy water is not used because it has a much higher boiling point than normal water. It does have a higher boiling point, about 1 degree C, but that is unimportant. It is easy to keep water from boiling simply by putting it under higher pressure. The primary reason heavy water is used as a moderator is because it is less likely to absorb a neutron then normal water is. With more neutrons available to cause a chain reaction, heavy water can allow unenriched uranium to be used while still allowing a chain reaction to be maintained. Other plants (PWRs and BWRs) that don't use heavy water (which is very expensive) must enrich their uranium in the U235 isotope in order to be able to maintain a chain reaction.
would you say a nuclear engineering degree / career is worth it?
If a person is good at math and physics I believe it is an exellent career. Very good pay and excellent working conditions.@@annakatebertolet2703
Adding to this, the engineer above is 100% correct, and what is also interesting is you should look up the Oklo natural reactor. 2B years ago the ratio of U235 to U238 was higher, much closer to the 4%+ we see in the "light water" reactors, such as those used in the US. In order to use "regular" light water, you have to have a higher ratio of fissile fuel, ie more U235. Back 2B years ago, an area with lots of natural uranium flooded and resulted in a natural nuclear reactor. It can't happen anymore. If you want a reactor you have to either enrich the uranium, or use heavy water so you stop wasting so many neutrons.
yes and this is why the candu is able to use natural uranium and depleted fuels from other reactors as opposed to enriched fuels. Its also removes proliferation from the mix as enrichment is not required so the fuel is not desired as weapons grade fuel. The candu does have a positive void coefficient similar to soviet RBMK however the moderator choices and control rod configuration almost make it negligible and make it much much safer, while still allowing active refueling.
Liked! But it isn't that *_easy_* to get a pressure high enough for a temperature to drive the highest efficiency wind turbines. The standard CanDU runs at 310 °C, but there's a design with an oil coolant that does much better. The PWR needs about 150 atmospheres.
Its designer, Alvin Weinberg, solved this problem with his Molten Salt Reactor design in which the coolant itself carries the fuel. It is inherently meltdown-immune, because the entire reactor circuit has a plug of solid fuelsalt, that will melt and dump the fuel into a basin that extinguishes the reactivity. It also solves the two problems of ceramic solid uranium oxide, the temperature of the is equal to the coolant's , and the nuisance fission product Xe-135 is a gas that is collected in the inert gas argon at the surface.
My dad is a control room ANO at Bruce A and he knows Dan. There's now a running gag at work about this video, and everyone calls Dan the Smooth Operator
Mission Accomplished.
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The general public is ignorant to nuclear power and its safety. The heavy water moderated candu reactors are incredibly safe and reliable. Also thought bruce was the second largest plant in the world. Wish they would do some nuclear here in manitoba but they are obsessed with state owned hydro. The fact that these reactors can use natural uranium as fuel as well as depleted fule from presurized light water reactors amongst others makes them very versitile.
I remember going to Toronto in the 90s and 2000's. We lived in north eastern Ontario in a small town and our air was extremely clean. You could see the air quality difference even with the windows up. Once you got out you could smell and see the difference in the air. You couldn't see the CN tower even from the top of the drop zone at wonderland. I went to wonderland a few years back and I could actually see the city, it was amazing.
I enjoyed the video. It was like a trip down memory lane as I worked at Bruce A as an operator for almost 10 years back in the 70’s and 80’s. At that time, the RL Hearn power plant was decommissioned and many of the staff moved to Bruce A and Pickering A/B. The Hearn was originally coal fired and was a large contributor to smog as it lays on Toronto’s waterfront. Scrubbers and a huge smokestack were added to reduce the impact the pollution but it wasn’t enough so it was converted to burn natural gas. After being decommissioned in 1983, it sat vacant for a long time but was eventually became a popular location for the film industry. I wouldn’t be surprised if Drake and Bieber have filmed music videos there.
I hope that Japan and Germany return to nuclear power and an alternative for coal and natural gas.
Fascinating. Thanks for the info. Will try to visit it soon.
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As a custodian at the University of Oregon, it is sad that all the heating for the campus is generated by burning natural gas. 😢 It would be awesome if we had a nuclear reactor that both served as a heat source, a generator of electricity, and a source of neutrons for experiments.
Darn, I always thought that it was Celine Dion who did it.
But in all honesty, as an aspie I would have preferred more nuclear power plants and less pop culture, I don't understand the latter.
It's known as Canuck humour eh.
Nice! Love this video. Great to see Bruce Power supporting content creators! This comes with considerable benefit to the future of Nuclear energy
Very grateful for their sharing access to facilities with an independent media group like us! There hasn't been much non-corporate coverage.
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Here in Japan, my university students are amazed to learn that Ontario nuclear (and hydro) were key to eliminating coal from the provincial power mix. And “progressive, climate-concerned” academic colleagues simply want to ostrich the facts.
Interesting. What do your students tend to think about the restarting of Japan's reactors?
@@decouplemedia Most of the over 200 students are in favour of restarts. My course covers critical minerals, capacity factors, and related issues concerning how to decarbonize. I also make it clear that there are no “correct” answers to quizzes and exams. The course is in Japanese with, so the students are not constrained by language barriers. The course resumes next week, so we’ll examine German policy shifts and public opinion.
Which university do you instruct at?
@@andrewdewit4711 I'm very curious how much distrust of TEPCO and their implementation is the concern instead of the technology itself?
@@holysirsalad On the anti-nuclear left in Japan, it's the technology per se. Tepco is just a convenient framing of allegedly unsustainable nuclear.
LOVE this ! I sure hope you have other (much bigger) outlets for this - 28 views, as of this viewing - ain't gonna cut it -- need to latch on to, I don't know what/who. Go forth and do good.
I'm trusting in the process. Work hard on the research, writing, cinematography, editing and hosting. And then hope those with distro ideas and/or $$$ jump in to help.
@@decouplemedia or Curiosity Stream
Drake and Biebs had anything to do with going nuke? Come on, that's too rich.
I see a familiar name in the credits! :D lol Great video!
Gotta stroke the ones that count eh. :P
It sure does get interesting about the 15-minute mark. Was it all to get over the 20 minute mark? Nice to see all the mentions at the end, like Bieber and Drake, superstars
I call huge BS on Drake and Bieber making there careers about removing coal energy 😂😂
THANK YOU so much for this powerful and persuasive case study. Clean, modern SAFE nuclear power suffers so much from negative PR and false information and fears purveyed in mainstream media.
Hi how are you Susan. Greetings from . Kindly man, Hope you're safe from the covid. Have a good week and stay safe 😄 Alex
So amazing Susan, I am looking forward to watch the next.
I'm trying to get into the Nuclear Reactor career - so this video was fantastic -- thanks to all of you - and Thank You Dan, for allowing my kids and their future kids etc etc to live in a cleaner world.
Bruce isn't the world larges powerplant, it's North-America largest, and that's it. There are 3 Nuclear powerplant and 15 other power-plants (water, wind, gas, nuclear) that are bigger.
Bruce is capable of 6.610 MW
Hanul (Korea) is capable of 7.268 MW
Kori (Korea) is capable of 7.489 MW
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan) is capable of 7.965 MW
The total biggest powerplant is 3 from China and 1 from Brazil/Paraguy: 22.500,16.000, 14.000 and 13.860 MW
Look at annual output. Bruce makes more power than the others.
@@diybotic Hydroplants in Brazil/Paraguay and China are larger. Over 16 gigawatts per hour
Crazy important story Dan has to tell in this video. Fantastic work.
There is a full length Decouple podcast episode featuring Dan. It's really worth checking out if you're interested in just transition and the mindset of workers in GHG intensive industries when their jobs are threatened. Dan is really a great plainspoken communicator about these very real and very human issues.
I worked at the Bruce as a Fuel Handling Operator for 25 years. The other seldom spoken benfits are the contribution to the Cobalt 60 Isotope industry! Many other isotopes are being added to the Candu production capabilities as we speak. Someday soon(hopefully) the bomb grade plutonium waste from the rest of the worlds reactors will be burnt up safely in Candu's.
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Well done! Thanks for the tour!
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I love Bruce! I was also impressed when I went there, it so gigantic. I cant quite believe we walked right past the reactor coolant pumps. At Diablo Canyon, those are inside the containment structure (and theyre huge and loud!). It was really fun leaning about the CANDU design. I also *love* that the company was so open and welcoming to your visit. I hope to see more and more of this content that humanizes nuclear. Nuclear is for humans, to help us live better lives with less impact on the planet.
Hey, isn’t that what decouple is all about? 😬💪🏼⚛️♥️🌎
Come back to Ontario soon!!!
So amazing
@3:19 they were likely more concerned of you dropping your camera in the SFP or losing your shirt going through the monitor than the dose you were being exposed to. lol Water is your shield. Time, Distance, Shielding. At 2.5/hr, you could’ve worked there all day and would’ve been ok. Great video.
Strong Canadian Persuasion going on here…grateful to see pop stars getting involved in the fight for our future.
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Jesse, Dan, Madi, this was awesome! Being from SK I was a bit ignorant that coal was shut down as late as it was. What a great story. I was a bit skeptical about Drake and Bieber's contribution but honestly, the evidence seems irrefutable
Hi Brahm, Can you link some og the sources on Drake and Bieber being Pro Nuclear (or at least, anti coal) ?
@@mortennygaard5335 Hi Morgan, it was a bit of tongue-in-cheek joking, considering the tone of the video :)
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Excellent work! Great imagery, camera work, message and delivery!
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Amazing! You CANDU it!
Spent fuel is still 90% useable, in fact France has 20 years or so of recycled spent fuel ready to go back to work.
Great stuff! Thanks to Bruce Power for providing this access! The benefits for humanity could be huge! Hopefully it gets embraced. Im a power plant operator too and this is a pretty awesome sight to see. Nice video!
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So cool! Love getting a look into the CANDUs!
Jesse, amazing storytelling and production quality. Seriously top shelf!
this was awesome! sharing this with everyone who's got doubts about nuclear
Great Video! I was in the control room when the last coal generator came off line in Ontario for good. You are wrong in saying the closure of Nanticoke removed coal from the grid. It was still in use.
You guys are the bees knees! Have you guys ever thought about taking on/deconstructing big youtuber FriendlyJordies's anti-nuclear videos? I've always enjoyed his videos, but it's frustrating when he gets into topics regarding Australia's clean energy transition because he's so obviously clueless but speaks with such absolute conviction.
Don't forget us Britd tested nuclear bombs on yr country
How do they dispose of nuclear waste now?
Bury it deep in a geologically stable area and forget about it, this has been the obvious solution to anyone but NIMBYs for years.
@@connorbranscombe6819 I think that right now it is stored above ground in shielded storage casks. This after spending 10 or so years in the spent fuel bay.
I was lucky enough to be on construction when Bruce 'B' Units 7 & 8 were being built/commissioned. It was an experience that I'll never forget.
Im biased but this is based!
Yes you are right ... on both counts!
Great stuff!
Net Zero Needs Nuclear!
Cool video, I don’t like that you made it seem like Canada was lying about Ohios pollution blowing over the lake though. It wasn’t the sole reason for smog but it was a sizeable one, and still is.
But where's the final resting place of all that radioactive waste?
Very good question. There are a number of answers, most of them involve burying it. We recently filmed at the potential long-term site in Ontario and there will be episodes on waste coming up both on the podcast and here on Decouple Studios in the coming months.
For now I would say that nuclear waste storage is a challenge, but it is a lesser and lower-risk challenge than the waste challenges of other energy sources. For example, much better to have a small amount of waste stored deep in a solid, stable bed of rock with little-to-no chance of it ever escaping, than to have an enormous amount of waste up in the air transforming our climate and causing preventable illnesses.
Good to see you are also using Yokohama instruments! Gotta love control room footage.
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did we miss the part when Ont Hydro walked away from Bruce and British energy saved it
We definitely did. Unfortunately the format doesn't allow for telling stories in their full complexity. What's your takeaway from that moment?
@@decouplemedia we as a community and a province were fortunate that the British Energy rep on site beat the busses for investors that saw the Nuclear advantage . When Ont hydro was a public utility it was run by professionals then it became a crown corp and is now run by political appointees not a very good idea. Ontario has Duncan Hawthorne to thank for getting us off coal
It's impossible for greenhouse gas behavior to cause global warming. The reason for nuclear power should be that it is cheaper than any other form of generating electricity and cleaner. Hydropower is considered almost incrementally free, but if the cost of displacing people and making reservoirs were to be included it is not cheap. Hydropower is typically a by-product of reservoirs constructed for flood control, irrigation and drinking water.
Earth's greenhouse effect is frequently used as a primary example to high school students of a system always in saturation from the strong greenhouse gas water vapor absorbing all the greenhouse radiant energy from the earth with greenhouse gases within 20 meters of the surface that is all around us everyday and can't have its overall effect changed. There is no further greenhouse radiant energy to interact with greenhouse gases. At 1% average tropospheric water vapor over 99% of earth’s greenhouse effect is from water vapor. Water vapor would hold earth's greenhouse effect in saturation if it were the only greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
Arctic warming is taking place with the proving mechanism being warm Atlantic Ocean waters migrating deeper and more frequently into the Arctic Ocean warming it and the region. That warmer water is causing a few weeks less of reflective snow and ice coverage resulting in more solar heat gain to the Arctic region surface.
Atmospheric CO2 levels of 1200 ppm about three times what they are today would greatly invigorate C3 plants the majority of plant life on earth greatly greening the planet.
0.4% of the atmosphere is CO2 and on average 1% is H20 water vapor. (1% H20)/(0.4% CO2) = 25. Water vapor is 25 times more present in the atmosphere on average than CO2. Water vapor has an CO2e of 18, 18 X 25 = 450 CO2e total for water vapor to 1 CO2e for CO2.
The Earth’s oceans have 3-1/2 million sea floor volcanic vents warming the water and changing it’s chemistry that have not been systematically accounted for.
Thanks for your detailled explanation! Unfortunately the stupid and ignorant and paid-for shills will maintain their ignorant opinions. These are aided by government money that uses the "carbon" scare for more taxation.
Tremendous work putting this together! Highlights the tangible benefits nuclear has for both the “just transition” and coal phase out :)
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So cool to see both Nanticoke AND Bruce Power. I wish more people would see nuclear for what it is.
Dan's personal story of turning black dust into the Cherenkov glow, lights a path for other nations to follow & inspires all of us to do better
Visiting the worlds largest cathedral of clean energy! What an awesome experience :D
I've worked here, be glad you didn't go into the vault, between the airlock and the reactor face it's quite menacing. I got about 1.4 REM after about 5-6 jumps... The vault is spicy when it's running.
That Cherenkov Effect link doesn't work for me. This one does: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
Thanks David. We got it fixed!
Great video! I love the glow coming from the SNF. Did you subconsciously pick the colour of your armband to match it haha
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As someone who researches electricity supply globally, and wants a career path in Nuclear, I legit had no idea about Drake and Justin, as well as Ontario's coal pollution causing smog. Very fascinating and never expected this from those artists, I legit thought it was a joke at first.
Just like the Sudbury copper mine reclaimation, other places too should look at Ontario and take inspiration. These problems may seem impossible but Canada has proven them wrong, and its time for the world to take notes
Such a well done video and amazing story, I’m so impressed. Great job!
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So amazing
Correction on the spent fuel pool it’s actually theorized you could basically swim right up to the spent fuel and almost touch it with no ill effects as long as there are no open or damaged fuel bundles
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Just great! Obviously Justin and Drake had a part to play all along!
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If someone continues to be Anti-Nuclear after a video like this, you can tell they are not a nice person.
Wait is this really true about Bieber and Drake being covert nuclear activists?
Let's just put it down as Canuck humour eh. ;)
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Nuclear enthusiasts are thinking too small. That is their biggest failure.
Awesome drone shot at the end of a dynamite presentation (incl. the toppling of the coal plant stacks!)
Hahahaha 5:45-5:48 that;s my son the guy with the beard!!!!!!! Hi Jeff!!!!!!
Absolutely great story about resurrecting Bryce units 1 and 2 and shutting down the largest coal plant in North America. And Justin Bieber led the charge! That’s amazing! 👍🙏
it is weird when I see a video in my youtube fed and I recognize the people in the video as people I walked passed on the Bruce Nuclear site. I worked at Bruce B though not at A. My grandpa was a Nuclear Operator at Douglas Point many years ago. Walked into the office there with a resume and they hired him! over 50 years ago now...
Amazing video - I wasn't aware that you could get so close to the spent fuel.
To be honest, when I arrived that day I had no idea I was going to be that close either. Very cool surprise.
It’s the way of the future. The sooner everyone realizes it the better
You have such a head start on Australia. we should of been there 30 years ago, we pay some of the highest electricity and gas bill in the world.
The Ontario government hides the debt costs of the nuclear program in public debt specifically to reduce the sticker price of electricity. In reality, the generation costs in Victoria or NSW are comparable.
Incredible story. Well done!
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As if I needed any more reason to love the Biebs and Drake! Haha, well done Jesse and the Decouple crew. Another golden nugget to add to the ever impressive collection! Also, I HEART Dan!!
i don’t think that was true lol… drake got famous from a TV show before any of this
Amazing content, genius storytelling and high entertainment value. Hope this video is shown in schools.
When I was a kid years ago my private school took a field trip to a nuclear reactor...its safe to be in there...and really cool.
Also should be noted that Three Mile Island is going to restart, albeit largely will be powering an AI server farm from Microsoft, but is a clear example how its still economical to recommission nuclear reactors.
Very much liked this video just as much as i like my cool drink in south africa. I subscribed and keep very much looking forward to new stuff coming
Lol at one of top 5 Great Lakes. Being a “smooth operator” myself, I’m biased in saying it’s my favourite. It really beats the heat.
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Excellent production, Jesse! I knew some of the story of Bruce, but the Drake and Bieber backstory was a bit of an unknown and an under appreciated component of the revival.🤣. Looking forward to seeing your next video!
Right!?! It's amazing they kept it so hidden for so long. Haha.
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I'm a South African ... why would you reference SA regarding what we name our 'soda'? It was a (correct) nice surprise : what is the connection?
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Yum yum, love this
This was cool to watch
I’m sure I’ll be back to make more corrections along the way. But I’ve only just started watching this clip and within the first 30 seconds he’s already made a false statement. That being the fact the plant isn’t the largest operating nuclear plant in the world (nor the largest by any standards). It used to be, but all of those records were broken by 2010 (some 13+ years ago now)… Onto watching the video…
Had to stop 2/3’s the way through. Couldn’t handle the “music” mafia angle… Well produced otherwise!
Well done. Talented script, production . And funny. Not easy to do.
Your title is not right. The actual biggest plant in the world is in Korea. And one precision. In operation refueling was made to produce plutonium during the atomic bomb development run. Maybe that's the largest plant in number of reactors but have more powerful reactors that this kind of units. Did you tell how much electric power is rated one of the reactor in this powerplant ?
Love this content 👏 👌 🙌
Great content as always!
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¡¡¡Grandioso trabajo muchos éxitos querido Jesse!!!
Oi tudo bem Rosa. Saudações de . Por favor, cara, espero que você esteja a salvo do covid. Tenha uma boa semana e fique seguro 😄 Alex
Great video , should be on top of ppl list with the resurgence of nuclear power plant - great for the environment even for short term ( smog asthma)
The Drake and Bieber stuff while hilarious. I'm not sure it works.
It seems to be hitting 50/50. Really love it or hate it. But I think in the future I'll try to separate the more serious "how a nuclear plant works" stuff from the mock investigation goofy stuff.
@@decouplemedia I think having some fun totally works. I like and enjoyed the idea. It also depends on your audience right? Myself I was super excited for some Bruce Power / Mighty CANDU action. Then a bit dissapointed with the Bieber/Drake stuff, I wanted more CANDU. Also there was some serious stuff in here regarding a just transition and radiation exposure. But now we can't really use this video if we want to share it to discuss those issues, because it takes such a strange tangent. Now that I'm thinking about it. I think the Bieber / Drake stuff should've been it's own video. It could've been a "conspiracy theory" investigation ala Ancient Aliens. Essentially a lot of silly tongue in cheek fun contained in one video. Also if it's intended to be a stepping off stone for people that are more interested in Drake than nuclear, it would be ideal for that audience. That audience I'm guessing would care less about a nuclear reactor operator. But yeah, keep on injecting some fun. There is no reason for anything discussing nuclear to be stuffie and boring.
Nice one
16:08 - 16:15 liked that part the most, especially Photoshop Drake
What do you call the process of bringing fresh blood to nuclear energy?
A transfission.
The CANDU reactor a great British invention built by Canadians it is the solution. God knows why it is not used worldwide read Fred Hoyles Fuels Paradise.
Same reason most corners are cut - cost
Why did the stupid Brits nor use it?
Just freeking awesome Jesse! With your EU tour de force, that's two now right ... or did I miss something? Anyway, looking forward to your next production!
Thanks! So this is the 9th video I've done so far for Decouple, you can find the rest here... th-cam.com/play/PLyouH0mkPJXEYBa_DHtD9eVWo8ExIUNA-.html
But yes, lots more to come, just starting to find my stride I think.
LOL top five greatest Great Lakes
Yeah that one got me hooked right from the get go!
¡¡Estoy tan orgullosa de ti, Bravo, bravo!!
Hi how are you Rosa. Greetings from . Kindly man, Hope you're safe from the covid. Have a good week and stay safe 😄 Alex
Fabulous work. Thank you
Hold the phone.. Bieber and Drake... where did you research this.?
Gary you are doing the world a favour expanding people's understanding of rooftop Renewables.
Central generation is an economic nightmare for the future.
When you think it through.
'Monkeys' or roofers can install solar panels.
Every building on the planet has a roof.
Roofers can not run nuclear electric generators.
Super duper safe nuclear reactors are too expensive to allow low trained operators.
So millions of safe nuclear electric generators will need 3shifts every day of the years including weekend, public holidays, sick leave, training days, emergencies back up staff.
Highly paid and scarce nuclear staff.
The extra generators will need extra national grid capacity. More costs.
Grids TRIPLES the cost of new generators.
No fossil fuels QUINTUPLES (×5) the number of generators.
Roof Monkeys look extremely cheap even if you put extra on your roof.
Electric vehicles will be parked 23hrs every day as usual and have a battery big enough for the all day drive when needed.
Billions and billions of massive battery storage at every building, and billions building connected to the existing national grids.
The existing national grid is massively UNLOADED as it does not have to distribute to the billions of ends of the grid.
Nuclear is a decades and decades to build solution and will be the stranded asset nobody will be able to turn off or demolish for 100years.
FMD.
Nuclear deal.
Nuclear electricity needs government disaster guarantees and cash flow guarantees and renewables suppression by government government grid building expansion.
Military budgets exploding. Taxation increasing to cover government spending.
Such a great video thanks!
Thanks!
2:30 New Zealand call it soft drink, not pop soda or cool drink.
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Their swat team is a world championship winner
North American here and although I don’t drink it, I call it pop.