Inside Washington's Columbia Nuclear Plant (Video)
Relicensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this year, the reactor at the Columbia Generating Station provides electricity for the equivalent of 1 million homes.Energy Northwest – the plant's operator made up of about two dozen publicly owned utilities in Washington state – recently produced this video with a range of footage taken inside the plant.
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Highlights from the general overview of the General Electric Type 5 boiling water reactor include:-- Fuel assembly composition
-- Footage of the control room
-- A condenser module, pre-installation
-- The plant's canals and cooling towers
-- Refueling
-- The 27 dry casks for spent fuel storage on site.
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