I lived in Amarillo for some years, and I have a cousin who worked at Pantex, but I was never near the plant. Although I remember seeing a huge oil refinery from like a 1/2 mile away. I worked in 1970 in a famous cafeteria for its fish. Sadly, it was demolished in 1971 and in that terrain was erected the tallest building in Amarillo. The building was finished in less than a year. I went to Palo Duro Canyon once and I rented a horse there. I used to cruise Polk street which was the reunion point for youngsters. I also visited the university in Canyon and the water reservoir in Fritch all of that in 1970. Thanks for your video.
Take it for what it's worth but I work at pantex as a machinist. You are very correct nda all day every day. It's so compartmentalized no one except the higher ups know what's going on. And if I were to tell you what I know it wouldn't make any sense most likely as it doesn't to me. I can tell you if I were to bring my phone or any recording device onto the facility I could be brought before a court under treason or espionage. Full Homeland Security is needed to be a janitor.
@@nonyabidness824 thanks for your comment. I find the whole process of what Pantex does to be very fascinating. Although macabre, MAD has kept us out of WW3. Thank you for the work you do.
Awesome video....I'm fascinated. For any of you railroad or Santa Fe railroad fans, Amarillo Texas is the Mecca of the old Santa Fe. So many hidden gems everywhere...just have to know where to look. Great vid. Madame Queen is a beauty.
I worked at Pantex for 37 years and retired 6 years ago and was raised here so this is not news to me or my family, my wife worked there as well. I think this video is not bad for a tourist view. Too bad you can’t see the goodies inside and I have traveled to most all of the sites in the nuclear weapons complex. I like the Nevada site and some of the Area’s there and we stayed in Las Vegas and flew out every morning.
Then you know far more about it! It was too bad that I couldn't get inside, especially with my past government career. I think there's a strong resistance to the general public becoming too aware of these facilities.
Lived here my whole life and I've never heard Amarillo called "bomb City." Must be an inside joke from those that work there however, we are still the helium capital of the world. It's just that the US government doesn't use it anymore for NASA for the Apollo and shuttle missions.
The best man in my weddings brother was a tech at pantex. He would talk about the disasembly part of the warhead but only to about the disasembly of war heads. The US did reduce the number of war heads but the govt took the remaining energetic material and refined it even more. Yes fewer bombs but more lethal ones.
Your line near the end about not realizing the destruction of nuclear weapons. I had a new airmen with me one night. Showing him the area in Missouri. His first question was about where was he supposed to go if one went off? I knew that there was no answer. You would never know it. But the only thing that I could say was Montana ?
The U.S. nuclear weapons complex was once far more vast than it is today. There was another assembly plant in New Mexico (the original one at Sandia National Lab) and one in Burlington, IA: www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/public_reading_room/deeoic_training/DOE_Info_Sessions/PDFs/BAECP.pdf In addition, there were parts plants in Rocky Flats, CO, St. Petersburg, FL, etc
Not yet. The camper will be at the shop until end of April. But I have footage from January, and I'm working on a "pilot episode" for the purpose of pitching to Netflix, Amazon... lol, not that I'll ever get the chance.
Do an update video on rv repair. How you get them to take it? Is it back in Oregon? I thought they turned you down for warranty because it was normal use?
@@JamieHasaSmile3574 The camper is at the RV dealer now, I'll do a video on it when it's finished. Host turned me down for customer abuse - they claimed I didn't take care of the 20 day old camper and that's why stuff broke
I’ve been working nuclear since 2008. I grew up in Dumas TX, north of Pantex and worked at Pantex from 2016-2018. Work in the nuclear industry is one of the safest jobs you can work. There’s a big focus on safety for the workers and the public. As far as high rate of nuclear related cancers… no. Radioactive material and contamination is controlled and monitored. Your dose allowed throughout the year is pretty conservative as well.
Maybe it's just me but.... you would think that the official historian of a nuclear weapons facility would be able to pronounce nuclear correctly. Its nuclear, not newkiller.
Regardless of the opinion on nukes , don't now how many cuts it took but what a competent presenter of the history.
I lived in Amarillo for some years, and I have a cousin who worked at Pantex, but I was never near the plant. Although I remember seeing a huge oil refinery from like a 1/2 mile away. I worked in 1970 in a famous cafeteria for its fish. Sadly, it was demolished in 1971 and in that terrain was erected the tallest building in Amarillo. The building was finished in less than a year. I went to Palo Duro Canyon once and I rented a horse there. I used to cruise Polk street which was the reunion point for youngsters. I also visited the university in Canyon and the water reservoir in Fritch all of that in 1970. Thanks for your video.
I’d imagine the guy who services the candy machine at Pantex has to sign an NDA
Take it for what it's worth but I work at pantex as a machinist. You are very correct nda all day every day. It's so compartmentalized no one except the higher ups know what's going on. And if I were to tell you what I know it wouldn't make any sense most likely as it doesn't to me. I can tell you if I were to bring my phone or any recording device onto the facility I could be brought before a court under treason or espionage. Full Homeland Security is needed to be a janitor.
@@nonyabidness824 thanks for your comment. I find the whole process of what Pantex does to be very fascinating. Although macabre, MAD has kept us out of WW3. Thank you for the work you do.
This thing is on CZcams legally ☝️worldwide ? Amazing 👋🇺🇸☮️
Awesome video....I'm fascinated.
For any of you railroad or Santa Fe railroad fans, Amarillo Texas is the Mecca of the old Santa Fe.
So many hidden gems everywhere...just have to know where to look.
Great vid.
Madame Queen is a beauty.
worked there in 2012,
crazy weird place. Brought me memories
What was crazy and weird about it?
@@sergantd204 sorry its classified lol
@@miguelsaldana5768 sad face
Nukes glow
I worked at Pantex for 37 years and retired 6 years ago and was raised here so this is not news to me or my family, my wife worked there as well. I think this video is not bad for a tourist view. Too bad you can’t see the goodies inside and I have traveled to most all of the sites in the nuclear weapons complex. I like the Nevada site and some of the Area’s there and we stayed in Las Vegas and flew out every morning.
Then you know far more about it! It was too bad that I couldn't get inside, especially with my past government career. I think there's a strong resistance to the general public becoming too aware of these facilities.
Lived here my whole life and I've never heard Amarillo called "bomb City." Must be an inside joke from those that work there however, we are still the helium capital of the world. It's just that the US government doesn't use it anymore for NASA for the Apollo and shuttle missions.
The best man in my weddings brother was a tech at pantex. He would talk about the disasembly part of the warhead but only to about the disasembly of war heads. The US did reduce the number of war heads but the govt took the remaining energetic material and refined it even more. Yes fewer bombs but more lethal ones.
Your line near the end about not realizing the destruction of nuclear weapons. I had a new airmen with me one night. Showing him the area in Missouri. His first question was about where was he supposed to go if one went off? I knew that there was no answer. You would never know it. But the only thing that I could say was Montana ?
From what i understand, Plantex plant is the only and has always been the only nuclear manufacturing plant in the entire USA.
The U.S. nuclear weapons complex was once far more vast than it is today. There was another assembly plant in New Mexico (the original one at Sandia National Lab) and one in Burlington, IA:
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/public_reading_room/deeoic_training/DOE_Info_Sessions/PDFs/BAECP.pdf
In addition, there were parts plants in Rocky Flats, CO, St. Petersburg, FL, etc
@Radioactive RoadTrippin' (R&R)
Interesting. I dont remember where i got my information but for a while i thought it was always all at Plantex plant.
@@texasblaze1016 It's been just Pantex for a long time now.
Assembly & disassembly has also been happening in New Mexico for the last decade.
Are you back on the road? Looking forward to additional history and education.
Not yet. The camper will be at the shop until end of April. But I have footage from January, and I'm working on a "pilot episode" for the purpose of pitching to Netflix, Amazon... lol, not that I'll ever get the chance.
Do an update video on rv repair. How you get them to take it? Is it back in Oregon? I thought they turned you down for warranty because it was normal use?
@@JamieHasaSmile3574 The camper is at the RV dealer now, I'll do a video on it when it's finished. Host turned me down for customer abuse - they claimed I didn't take care of the 20 day old camper and that's why stuff broke
The only assembly ..plant left in existing
My home town , dad
Awesome video thank yu
Raill line out of white sands los Alamos..lead to stable raill. Line to assembly sitr. Pantex ..has assembeld most of us nukes. Probably 90 percent
My little home town, sister!( World worst weapons a. Site in surveillance history
Clarksville,tennessee
22,456 pits!
How does this affect the health of the employees and community? Is there a high rate of nuclear related cancers, etc.?
I’ve been working nuclear since 2008. I grew up in Dumas TX, north of Pantex and worked at Pantex from 2016-2018. Work in the nuclear industry is one of the safest jobs you can work. There’s a big focus on safety for the workers and the public. As far as high rate of nuclear related cancers… no. Radioactive material and contamination is controlled and monitored. Your dose allowed throughout the year is pretty conservative as well.
I.love this woman
Google has some funny reviews trolling this ☢️facility
Indeed, it does!
She. Is. Correct
Maintenced?
Potter county
The graveyard of bomb city
In the U.S. weapons complex
20 000 are buried out there.pantex Dismantled
Harvey Sister's train....
And apparently an ex nuclear scientist
Maybe it's just me but.... you would think that the official historian of a nuclear weapons facility would be able to pronounce nuclear correctly. Its nuclear, not newkiller.
She pronounces nuclear like I do.
Nuclear weapons are fske but its a cool video
They build bombs her. E
Shut up
They design it at Harvard and UCLA.r BUT THEY builde it at Pantex
20,ooo ghost bombs buried out back. .in twenty thousand weapons decommissioned now lie buried in the assembly grounds
Nuclear Bombs
Talking heads????
Poor video
You can see it from. Space. Aat Lawrence Livermore as well