The plant is going to stop producing electricity in a month or two and its going to take 400 people another 2 or 3 years before they can let them go?
Just exactly what do you keep 400 people busy doing for 2 or 3 years at a power plant that isnt producing electricity? Those sound like some easy jobs working all day doing nothing and then we should feel sorry for them because they got told 3 years in advance they would lose their jobs. Oh those poor things!
Re: Fort Calhoun Power plant
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:25 am
by MadMartin8
GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:The plant is going to stop producing electricity in a month or two and its going to take 400 people another 2 or 3 years before they can let them go?
Just exactly what do you keep 400 people busy doing for 2 or 3 years at a power plant that isnt producing electricity? Those sound like some easy jobs working all day doing nothing and then we should feel sorry for them because they got told 3 years in advance they would lose their jobs. Oh those poor things!
There is a bit more to decommissioning a Nuclear Plant than simply throwing a switch. It takes time, and people who know what they are doing.
Re: Fort Calhoun Power plant
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:32 am
by Omaha_corn_burner
GRANDPASMUCKER wrote:The plant is going to stop producing electricity in a month or two and its going to take 400 people another 2 or 3 years before they can let them go?
Just exactly what do you keep 400 people busy doing for 2 or 3 years at a power plant that isnt producing electricity? Those sound like some easy jobs working all day doing nothing and then we should feel sorry for them because they got told 3 years in advance they would lose their jobs. Oh those poor things!
Security.
Re: Fort Calhoun Power plant
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:43 am
by jessep28
Not just security, but after the reactor is defueled, the fuel has to cool down for several years in a spent fuel pool before it can be placed into dry storage. You have to monitor and maintain the equipment for that process. Then it's a substantial activity to actually decommission the plant. There's plenty to do.
jessep28 wrote:Not just security, but after the reactor is defueled, the fuel has to cool down for several years in a spent fuel pool before it can be placed into dry storage. You have to monitor and maintain the equipment for that process. Then it's a substantial activity to actually decommission the plant. There's plenty to do.
