MH-1A: Floating nuclear power plant, STURGIS: Construction report

This video was digitized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and can also be found at their digital library: usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digi...

[@williamj3359]

Thank you for posting.

[@SY-Selene]

Thanks for digitalizing and posting these old videos. Very interesting
For me, who wasn't born for another like 15 years, it's amazing to see how nuclear power generation was hyped in the 50s and 60s. It was the solution for every problem ;)
All the movies are made in a way like: "We are the best, no problem at all, everything is safe, nothing can happen, no radiation leaks" + this dramatic music - haha!
But from today's view, it's crazy how recless they were. Well: What's never been said: There were quite some incidents where people got hurt/killed, when operating such rudimentary devices....

[@TechOne7671]

Interesting video, thanks for posting. Need to get part up next.

[@tunneloflight]

Seeing its construction now, decades later, the construction is extremely rudimentary. At least they had a secondary pressure vessel. There is that at least. Incredibly slow scram rates though. 24 fuel bundles. 12 cruciform control blades. It appears they used globe valves in the primary loop. Astounding - not in a good way.

[@QbutNotTheQ]

Back when we could do something.

[@killman369547]

You mean back before America had a giant tumor of corruption sucking the life out of it?

[@leechowning2712]

Honestly confused why a shipborne disaster relief powerplant built nearly a decade after the first Navy powerplants had neither a marine rated plant, nor Naval technical support. Did they talk about that and I missed it?

[@johnkern7075]

When will reel two be available?

[@whatisnuclear]

Reel two is here: czcams.com/video/QFgM2AKvhUo/video.html

[@johnkern7075]

@@whatisnuclear thank you! 👍

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Finland had one today.

[@killman369547]

And the Russians have at least one and they plan to build more.

[@tunneloflight]

Better than most for the Army Nuclear program. Though it still lacked the fundamental lessons and command and control of the US Navy. - In particular the Safety Culture and SUBSAFE program and intolerance for anything that isn’t Safety Culture. With only a 56% capacity factor, the costs could not compete with alternate sources of power. It also lacked major safety design features.