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		hshdhdhehd 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A worker fell into a nuclear reactor pool Like what is a reactor cavity? HN title makes it sound like they fell into the reactor but maybe this is some sort of moat or something? what did they fall into and why?

PaulHoule 49 days ago [–]

Almost certainly a refueling outage, this video will give you a good image of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCfapqYy00

SoftTalker 49 days ago | | [–]

Palisades is not an operating reactor. It has been shut down since 2022. It's in the process of being recommissioned/restarted.

Centigonal 49 days ago | | [–]

ooh, thank you for this!

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