Put those idiots in the basement to guard the bee in a jar.

I live one county over from this thing so I'm not getting a kick out of these replies.

Apparently they didn't have a perpetual motion machine to blame.

What I learned from this article:

"idle" can be used as a verb.

Any word Lenny and Carl?

I_Am_Weasel: JerseyTim: If you've ever wondered which nuclear power plant Homer Simpson works at,

Ummm... it's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Which is either beside their house or across town, depending on the episode.

Being the ultra-Simpsons nerd that I am, I seem to remember Matt Groening saying how much he despised the joke that the plant was right across from the house in that one episode.

I_Am_Weasel: JerseyTim: If you've ever wondered which nuclear power plant Homer Simpson works at,

Ummm... it's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Which is either beside their house or across town, depending on the episode.

Just like how Moes was right next to the school in Who Shot Mr. Burns episode?

LeroyBourne: Put those idiots in the basement to guard the bee in a jar.

I think we're done here.

huh. I thought it was Palisades in Michigan. They just had their inspection routine increased because they've screwed some things up.

stovepipe: I live one county over from this thing so I'm not getting a kick out of these replies.

So, you're from Shelbyville?

baufan2005: I_Am_Weasel: JerseyTim: If you've ever wondered which nuclear power plant Homer Simpson works at,

Ummm... it's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Which is either beside their house or across town, depending on the episode.

Just like how Moes was right next to the school in Who Shot Mr. Burns episode?

Or like how Moes was next to the church when the world was going to end?

folly of men?

What would a redneck Godzilla look like?

Clean, safe to cheaper to...

If only they had had a helper monkey...

There is no lonely, wayward crow calling at this nuclear plant. It is not the plant Homer Simpson works at.

"reactor project have idled about 1,000 workers temporarily for a safety talk.
TVA ordered the unpaid safety work stoppage at the reactor project between Chattanooga and Knoxville in response"

Punish the whole gym class? Barbaric, but effective.

gregario: huh. I thought it was Palisades in Michigan. They just had their inspection routine increased because they've screwed some things up.

Groening often directly references Portland, Oregon. When the power plant was more prominently featured, plant-heavy episodes often revolved around local concerns with the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, whose nuclear reactor was damaged within a month of going into service and was unrepairable until it closed. Most of the auxillary character names are named after Portland streets. Springfield Elementary is, by no coincidence, a cartoon copy of Ainsworth Elementary, where he went to grade school.

Most of the time, he's spot on. But the thinly veiled criticism of Portland's MAX light rail system in the "Monorail" episode turned out to be largely unfounded as time has told.

Shelbyville and Springfield are both in KY, a 3 hour commute to the nearest plant, a 4 hour commute to the one pictured.

The project is managed by Bechtel. They have a sketchy track record, like installing a a 420-ton nuclear-reactor vessel backwards at a different powerplant and having to redo the whole thing.

Detinwolf: I_Am_Weasel: JerseyTim: If you've ever wondered which nuclear power plant Homer Simpson works at,

Ummm... it's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Which is either beside their house or across town, depending on the episode.

Being the ultra-Simpsons nerd that I am, I seem to remember Matt Groening saying how much he despised the joke that the plant was right across from the house in that one episode.

Isn't that just the parking lot though (are you guys thinking the Stonecutters episode)?

And it still doesn't make sense though

Obligitory...

Kent: On the line with us now is plant owner C. Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns?
Burns: Oh, hello, Kent. [as loud rhythmic buzzing continues in the background]
Right now, skilled nuclear energy technicians are calmly correcting
a minor, piffling malfunction. [rapid-fire shots of havoc in the plant]
But I can assure you and the public that there is absolutely no danger
whatsoever. [air raid siren wails] Things couldn't be more ship-shape.
[cut to Burns' office, where he is busy donning a radiation suit]
Smithers: Sir, where is radiation suit?
Burns: How the hell should I know? [covers the name `Smithers' on the suit
he is wearing]
Kent: Uh, Mr. Burns, people are calling this a meltdown.
Burns: [laughs] Oh, meltdown. It's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer
to call it an unrequested fission surplus.

drew is pedal: The project is managed by Bechtel. They have a sketchy track record, like installing a a 420-ton nuclear-reactor vessel backwards at a different powerplant and having to redo the whole thing.

That just stinks of 'makework' corrupt union types.
/support collective bargaining

Homer has been smokin them glowin green rivets again.

lewismarktwo: drew is pedal: The project is managed by Bechtel. They have a sketchy track record, like installing a a 420-ton nuclear-reactor vessel backwards at a different powerplant and having to redo the whole thing.

That just stinks of 'makework' corrupt union types.
/support collective bargaining

You sir are an optimist!

I thought it was Fukushima.

iworkedatsubway: What I learned from this article:

"idle" can be used as a verb.

Really? Learned that one a long time ago, and use a lot (since my Mustang has an issue idling.)

Don't matter if it's up to spec...
Long as it looks like it is.... (swig)
Hey gimmie one of dem squares Billy

sethstorm: I thought it was Fukushima.

What episode of Matt Greongins??? Fukushima.??

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Present.

TVA ordered the unpaid safety work stoppage at the reactor project between Chattanooga and Knoxville in response to finding cables being erroneously removed from the plant's operating Unit 1 reactor in December and discovering last week that a valve in the Unit 2 reactor now under construction was improperly removed from another system.

*headdesk* Okay, what the hell does "cables being removed from the plant's operating reactor" mean, exactly? Like, they were erroneously cutting control cabling? They screwed up the CAT6 for the operating room? Some asshole did a lift wrong? WHAT? This is so vague I have no idea what it means. Any work mistake is treated as severe, but seriously, this could be anything from severing control room cabling to some asshole unplugged the building teledose repeaters.
As for the second bit, it's an under construction unit. Dammit, maintenance, pay attention to where valves are supposed to go.

I'm sure they had to disable those parts because they were making too much noise to think clearly.

I_Am_Weasel: JerseyTim: If you've ever wondered which nuclear power plant Homer Simpson works at,

Ummm... it's Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

Which is either beside their house or across town, depending on the episode.

It's both it has a really big parking lot that stretches from the end of town to the back of the house.

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Present.

TVA ordered the unpaid safety work stoppage at the reactor project between Chattanooga and Knoxville in response to finding cables being erroneously removed from the plant's operating Unit 1 reactor in December and discovering last week that a valve in the Unit 2 reactor now under construction was improperly removed from another system.

*headdesk* Okay, what the hell does "cables being removed from the plant's operating reactor" mean, exactly? Like, they were erroneously cutting control cabling? They screwed up the CAT6 for the operating room? Some asshole did a lift wrong? WHAT? This is so vague I have no idea what it means. Any work mistake is treated as severe, but seriously, this could be anything from severing control room cabling to some asshole unplugged the building teledose repeaters.
As for the second bit, it's an under construction unit. Dammit, maintenance, pay attention to where valves are supposed to go.



Cables?
/shamelessly hot

Not surprised to see that this happened at a TVA plant...

Candles are fun!

It wasn't the guy from sector 7G's fault! It was some idiot contractor or ...whatever...

Ohhh, Diablo Canyon 1, why can't you be more like Diablo Canyon 2?

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Present.

TVA ordered the unpaid safety work stoppage at the reactor project between Chattanooga and Knoxville in response to finding cables being erroneously removed from the plant's operating Unit 1 reactor in December and discovering last week that a valve in the Unit 2 reactor now under construction was improperly removed from another system.

*headdesk* Okay, what the hell does "cables being removed from the plant's operating reactor" mean, exactly? Like, they were erroneously cutting control cabling? They screwed up the CAT6 for the operating room? Some asshole did a lift wrong? WHAT? This is so vague I have no idea what it means. Any work mistake is treated as severe, but seriously, this could be anything from severing control room cabling to some asshole unplugged the building teledose repeaters.
As for the second bit, it's an under construction unit. Dammit, maintenance, pay attention to where valves are supposed to go.

No need to *headdesk*... TVA showed up, and then they fixed the cable.

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