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Canada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new ones into the same hole, bringing the reactor back online se… (www.autonocion.com)
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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 93 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (8 children)

Bruce Power cut into the roof of an operating nuclear station, hauled eight steam generators weighing 100 metric tons each (about 110 US tons) out through the top, and lowered brand-new ones into the same hole. Then it brought the reactor back online on June 8, according to Bruce Power, seven months ahead of schedule.

I was picturing some burly Aussie-Canadian lumberjack called Bruce Power doing all this without breaking a sweat.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 8 hours ago

Over-hype much? "an operating nuclear station" followed by "then it brought the reactor back online"...

[–] socsa@piefed.social 23 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He didn't even ask permission. He just started cutting the roof and nobody had the courage to ask him what he was doing.

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 5 points 10 hours ago

Hard hat and a white truck, you can do anything you ever wanted.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

"G'day, I'm Bruce Power, eh?"

I totally thought the same thing.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

His accent alone would destroy whole planets

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

This guy would immediately drink all of our beer

[–] sepi@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Plot Twist: Bruce Power is the son of Rowsdower and The Kid.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

The Ford government loves the idea that we are fast tracking nuclear reactor upgrades "ahead of schedule".

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

He’s related to Max Power.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

What the fuck is a US ton...

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck is a US ton...

I dunno, like two American football fields?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Ah, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

2000 lb

[–] heydo@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Or 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some).

This shit isn't at all confusing /s

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's what we call the things Yanks and North Koreans use to measure weight since 'ton' is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world.

(Yes, I've seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)