My husband and I just laughed out loud when JJ hit the lights off. “But you said I could push all the buttons” he’s thinking. He was quick to flip them back on. Loved that area. Been to craters of the moon but missed that stop in the video. We did stop at a historical marker titled disappearing creek or springs. The water flows at the marker but disappears into a 5-10 mile lava tub only to appear again in the next town. Idaho is great for RVers.
I, Dave, am a retired nuclear worker - 44 years combined Navy and commercial. Thanks for sharing this. In the late 70's I was in Idaho for Navy nuclear power training. The "nuclear" part of my job always was something to be respected. I always felt safe, even when inside a reactor compartment (reactor was shut down) and literally standing on top of the reactor. The greater "risk" always was industrial safety - trips, falls, electrical shock, etc. Nuclear power is even better today with improvements in dry cask storage of spent fuel. Safe Travels OBTW - The SL-1 was NOT a nuclear expolsion. It was a fast power excursion that made a lot of heat very quickly and caused a steam explosion. OBTW - Power plant capacity factor is a measure of power plant reliability (100% = full power all the time) As of 2021 for United States Nuclear = 92% Natural Gas = 54% Coal = 49% Wind = 35% Solar = 25%
@@RobertSmith-tq6mf Because it takes so long to ramp up and down, nuclear power really can only support our base load. This is important, of course, but we still need other generation sources that can respond faster for our peak power needs. However, we do need to update our nuclear plants, as most of them are operating off very old technology, and many are operating beyond their expected life spans.
@@srameypr i agree that peaking units are needed and many nukes are getting old, but many nukes are making MORE power than when built. My plant made 985 MW electric output when new in the 1980's. After power uprate, now it makes over 1100 MW. Also, nukes are green. Essentially zero carbon emissions. Also, compare the land "footprint" for 1100 MW nuke to the same MW for solar or wind. IMHO, the bottom line is that we need more big base load nukes (@90% + capacity factor) and less "renewables" (@
@@davelauraphillips8814 I am fully aware of these factors, as I worked in the industry. However, building nukes has gotten prohibitively expensive, and we still don't have a waste solution -- these two issues don't make nukes a cost-effective solution to those in the c-suite. I don't see industry leaders willing to make much investment in nukes, with GA Power's Vogtle 3 and 4 being notable and much-needed exceptions. My own company's execs said 20 years ago that they'd never afford another nuke. I did a quick search and there is only one next-gen unit in its early proposal stages in the U.S. So, while next-gen units may expand what we think of when it comes to the load they can handle, the industry doesn't seem convinced enough to throw the funding at it.
Thank you for this video!! My late father worked at these facilities from 1957-1961. He was in the Air Force but on loan to the Dept of Energy there in a supervisory position overseeing the contractors. We lived in Idaho Falls - moved there when I was 6 mos old. They bussed the workers out to the site. He always was a firm believer that nuclear power was one of, if not the safest power sources. This was so cool to see all of those sites!! Thank you.
My grandparents lived in Arco in the 60’s so I have a lot of childhood memories visiting them. I always knew we were getting close when I could see the numbers on the hill.
Great information! We visited Arco, ate delicious hamburgers at Pickles, and hiked all over Crater of the Moon National National Monument; however, we missed out by not visiting the nuclear museum. Now, we will have to go back.
I live in Georgia and when I was in the 3rd grade back in the 70's my school took us on a field trip to Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Power Plant. We went on a tour and learned about nuclear power. It was great. Sadly, they don't do that anymore and so many kids are missing out.
Thanks for sharing this adventure. I grew up in Orange County, CA and we had the Twin San Onofre Nuclear plants that ran for decades without a hitch so I have always had a positive opinion on nuclear power. We would be energy independent today if we had embraced it instead of demonizing it in the 70's.
I currently work at a Nuclear Power Plant as an Equipment Operator. I would love to tour those sites! What a great history lesson. The light switch is the best part of the video though!
So fun to see this video! When we went there a few weeks ago, ERB1 had just closed for the season so we couldn’t tour it. We stayed at the same campground as you guys in Arco. Loved the giant high school graduation numbers on the mountain too.
We love fried pickles. The ones we get are slice in chip fashion and deep fried. My sister was literally a nuclear engineer for the world's number one nuclear power plant builder. I asked her if they were safe and she replied,"if they're built right and all procedures are followed ". She quit them when a guy was promoted to a position above her who didn't even have a bachelor degree in that field that she had a Masters in.
We laughed at JJ when he turned out the lights. Ok, we watched it twice. 😂😂😂. JJ was channeling his inner Rockhound at the end by riding the torpedo. (Yes, that was a movie reference.)
It’s to bad that so many people are afraid of nuclear power because it could solve our energy needs. The new power plants are very safe and I believe can reuse the waste.
My husband worked at a Nuclear Power Plant for 35 years. It is probably the most highly regulated industry in the United States and it is a dying one. Nobody is building new nukes because of the high cost. Some utilities are actually shutting down their plants. It is one of the few sustainable energy source we have. If that 20% goes away 66,600,000 people will be with out sustainable power. Thanks for giving an honest viewpoint of the industry.
Hello There what a beautiful family memories you will have 😊 Going places doing family fun times together enjoy every minute of it 😊 watching you ever since your kids were growing up 😊 thanks for taking us along with you everywhere you go 😊 stay safe out there on the roads Take care God bless you guys ❤
Next tim you’re in Washington state come do the Hanford nuclear plants from the 1940 only one that open for tours is the B Reactor but tours are now over for the winter but the premanhatten tours will Stay running next April and run tell Oct
Of course, with any new invention there is a learning curve. I agree with Dave we need more plants, but we also need to define what method and how we get rid of the spent rods. After a rod is energized it takes over 400 years for it to be at a safe level. The rods are only used for a short period of time then lose enough energy to make them ineffective. At that point they need to be removed. Right now, we place them in lead casing and bury them but dealing in the transportation of medical grade nuclear material it can send radiation though the containers enough to peg a meter 20 feet away. Also, i was thinking someone else may have posted that the round spear is a scaled down Tesla. Design by Nickola Tesla to send power though the air he later stop his experiments when he started killing farm animals. The electricity could travel miles in the ground and zap a horse with shoes on.
I thought Shippingport Pennsylvania in 1957 was the first. Thanks for the update. Hopefully that facility will be upgraded to a thorium molten salt reactor. Not pressurized, cannot blow up. Molybdenum 99. Xenon for interstellar space travel. Excess heat for water, desalinization
Looks like you didn't stop by the nuclear jet engines at the end of the parking lot. Interesting info about the large landing strip and cover for the planned plane in the distance.
At my first grade open house, my teacher leaned in toward my mom, and with a smile said,"I heard you just turned 29." 😅 I didn't realize what was going on till years later.
Nice video as always! Will you please reply to me the home school program that you are using. I may be teaching my grandson...need that Christian base. Thank you so so much 😊
If our country had any sense, we'd have more nuclear power plants, but it's like so many things, facts and truth get overridden by people's feelings and emotions. Great video!
The SL-1 wasn't the follow up to the EBR-1, the EBR-2 was. It ran for 30 years and even did a test to show it was meltdown proof. The SL-1 was a janky army reactor.
Great video! Nice learning about the first nuclear power station and where it was at. I never knew this before. But this is great information and a great part of history. Thank you for such a great video. Nice to to Arco, Idaho. Nice small town. Have a great week and see you next week.
Serious cringe moment with "that" number on what looked like the top of a buried submarine. And hey, who doesn't like electricity right. I just don't like nuclear radioactive waste. 😒
@3:50 - The wand laying directly to the right of the unit is probably what you are supposed to use to interact with that exhibit, would be my guess. Grew up in Montana, but spent nearly two decades in Idaho. Very familiar with driving through that part of the State, as I transit between family/friends in both places. Super dope that you are highlighting (yes, I did) Arco, as I only found out about it the first time I drove through back in the late 90s.
I love Arco! Great tour of the facilities. They still do a lot of experimentation out there on the restricted land. Did you get to Craters of the Moon while you were there?
Great video! I love history like this, and more so the scary stuff that happened. I’m wondering how you like your Ram? What year is it and is it the standard or high output diesel? I have a 2024 on order and wondering if it was the best choice when compared to the new Ford Super Duty. Thanks!
My husband and I used to own the other RV Park in Arco. We used to send anyone who was interested out to EBR-1. Everyone was amazed. We used to eat at Pickle’s. A real institution. I miss all the friends I made I. Arco.
For many years thee Navy trained its nuclear technicians at the Atomic Site. They even had a underground submarine that was used as a trainer for them. The air craft carriers that used nuclear power also were trained there.
It was Borax-3 reactor that powered Arco Idaho. EBR 1 only powered 4 light bulbs. Also SW-1 was built in Idaho, was the prototype for the first submarine powered by a reactor. USS Nautilus. There has been over 50 reactor built at INL over 75 year.
Liked the comment about overachievers in Class of '64 (my class at MCHS). I think that touring Oak Ridge in Tennessee in the mid 50's helped me to not be afraid of nuclear energy. I am sure that we will see more and more things that have been classified from the years following the WW2 growth of atomic power. I am surprised that you haven't gone to a rodeo yet in Idaho. After just missing the Stampede in Calgary when we were there in 1957, we made a great local rodeo in Idaho as we came back into the US from Canada.
Thanks for sharing Pickles! We were in Arco in July on the way back from Craters of the Moon. We had googled places to eat and were excited to have Pickles show up. Looked like a fun, unique place. But the line was out the door, and we were on a tight schedule. Had to move on without seeing the inside, and what the Atomic Burger was. Sorry we missed it after seeing your lunch!
Good for you to go there! I’d struggle with this… I went to a lecture by the general who first went in to clean up Chernobyl (my dad was one of the pilots who flew in to the beach at Bikini Island in the “cloud” to pick up the scientists - twice). Insanity. I’d be ready to get out of there too Nathan!
My husband and I just laughed out loud when JJ hit the lights off. “But you said I could push all the buttons” he’s thinking. He was quick to flip them back on. Loved that area. Been to craters of the moon but missed that stop in the video. We did stop at a historical marker titled disappearing creek or springs. The water flows at the marker but disappears into a 5-10 mile lava tub only to appear again in the next town. Idaho is great for RVers.
I, Dave, am a retired nuclear worker - 44 years combined Navy and commercial. Thanks for sharing this. In the late 70's I was in Idaho for Navy nuclear power training. The "nuclear" part of my job always was something to be respected. I always felt safe, even when inside a reactor compartment (reactor was shut down) and literally standing on top of the reactor. The greater "risk" always was industrial safety - trips, falls, electrical shock, etc. Nuclear power is even better today with improvements in dry cask storage of spent fuel.
Safe Travels
OBTW - The SL-1 was NOT a nuclear expolsion. It was a fast power excursion that made a lot of heat very quickly and caused a steam explosion.
OBTW - Power plant capacity factor is a measure of power plant reliability (100% = full power all the time)
As of 2021 for United States
Nuclear = 92%
Natural Gas = 54%
Coal = 49%
Wind = 35%
Solar = 25%
We definitely need more nuclear power plants.
@@RobertSmith-tq6mf Because it takes so long to ramp up and down, nuclear power really can only support our base load. This is important, of course, but we still need other generation sources that can respond faster for our peak power needs. However, we do need to update our nuclear plants, as most of them are operating off very old technology, and many are operating beyond their expected life spans.
@@srameypr i agree that peaking units are needed and many nukes are getting old, but many nukes are making MORE power than when built. My plant made 985 MW electric output when new in the 1980's. After power uprate, now it makes over 1100 MW. Also, nukes are green. Essentially zero carbon emissions. Also, compare the land "footprint" for 1100 MW nuke to the same MW for solar or wind.
IMHO, the bottom line is that we need more big base load nukes (@90% + capacity factor) and less "renewables" (@
@@RobertSmith-tq6mf Vogtle unit 3 went on line earlier this year and Vogtle unit 4 should go on line in 2024.
@@davelauraphillips8814 I am fully aware of these factors, as I worked in the industry. However, building nukes has gotten prohibitively expensive, and we still don't have a waste solution -- these two issues don't make nukes a cost-effective solution to those in the c-suite. I don't see industry leaders willing to make much investment in nukes, with GA Power's Vogtle 3 and 4 being notable and much-needed exceptions. My own company's execs said 20 years ago that they'd never afford another nuke. I did a quick search and there is only one next-gen unit in its early proposal stages in the U.S. So, while next-gen units may expand what we think of when it comes to the load they can handle, the industry doesn't seem convinced enough to throw the funding at it.
You are giving your kids an amazing childhood and they are learning more than 99% of the kids in this country. Congratulations keep it up
Thank you for this video!! My late father worked at these facilities from 1957-1961. He was in the Air Force but on loan to the Dept of Energy there in a supervisory position overseeing the contractors. We lived in Idaho Falls - moved there when I was 6 mos old. They bussed the workers out to the site. He always was a firm believer that nuclear power was one of, if not the safest power sources. This was so cool to see all of those sites!! Thank you.
Thank you for watching, we are glad you enjoyed it.
I was at work and a woman who had just moved from Idaho came in and I was so excited to tell her about your videos and how beautiful her state was!
My grandparents lived in Arco in the 60’s so I have a lot of childhood memories visiting them. I always knew we were getting close when I could see the numbers on the hill.
Great information! We visited Arco, ate delicious hamburgers at Pickles, and hiked all over Crater of the Moon National National Monument; however, we missed out by not visiting the nuclear museum. Now, we will have to go back.
That was interesting. Can’t believe you got shocked! 😬 ❤
I live in Georgia and when I was in the 3rd grade back in the 70's my school took us on a field trip to Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Power Plant. We went on a tour and learned about nuclear power. It was great. Sadly, they don't do that anymore and so many kids are missing out.
Thanks for sharing this adventure. I grew up in Orange County, CA and we had the Twin San Onofre Nuclear plants that ran for decades without a hitch so I have always had a positive opinion on nuclear power. We would be energy independent today if we had embraced it instead of demonizing it in the 70's.
Someday come visit the Hanford site and tour the B Reactor. I’m sure there are tons of people in the area who would enjoy meeting you all as well.
That would be cool, thank you for the suggestion.
It looks like you are on your own private tour! I love the kids “pew pew” laser fight!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and informative video. Blessings
You are so welcome, thank you for watching.
I currently work at a Nuclear Power Plant as an Equipment Operator. I would love to tour those sites! What a great history lesson. The light switch is the best part of the video though!
We are glad you liked it. 😀
So fun to see this video! When we went there a few weeks ago, ERB1 had just closed for the season so we couldn’t tour it. We stayed at the same campground as you guys in Arco. Loved the giant high school graduation numbers on the mountain too.
So cool!
We love fried pickles. The ones we get are slice in chip fashion and deep fried. My sister was literally a nuclear engineer for the world's number one nuclear power plant builder. I asked her if they were safe and she replied,"if they're built right and all procedures are followed ". She quit them when a guy was promoted to a position above her who didn't even have a bachelor degree in that field that she had a Masters in.
We laughed at JJ when he turned out the lights. Ok, we watched it twice. 😂😂😂. JJ was channeling his inner Rockhound at the end by riding the torpedo. (Yes, that was a movie reference.)
It’s to bad that so many people are afraid of nuclear power because it could solve our energy needs. The new power plants are very safe and I believe can reuse the waste.
Anything deep fried is good. Great vid!
You guys find some of the neatest places!
Thank you so much 😀
My husband worked at a Nuclear Power Plant for 35 years. It is probably the most highly regulated industry in the United States and it is a dying one. Nobody is building new nukes because of the high cost. Some utilities are actually shutting down their plants. It is one of the few sustainable energy source we have. If that 20% goes away 66,600,000 people will be with out sustainable power. Thanks for giving an honest viewpoint of the industry.
Thank you for watching.
Enjoyed the video. My husband works on Nuclear Power Plants around the country. We love it! Nuke life has taken us on lots of adventures.
That is very interesting.
Interesting spot to. find in Idaho. Thank you for the tour.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello There what a beautiful family memories you will have 😊 Going places doing family fun times together enjoy every minute of it 😊 watching you ever since your kids were growing up 😊 thanks for taking us along with you everywhere you go 😊 stay safe out there on the roads Take care God bless you guys ❤
Thanks so much
Next tim you’re in Washington state come do the Hanford nuclear plants from the 1940 only one that open for tours is the B Reactor but tours are now over for the winter but the premanhatten tours will
Stay running next April and run tell Oct
Thank you for the suggestion.
Your intro about space race USA vs USSR reminded me of the 1980 Olympic games, USA vs USSR hockey, what a game☺! Great video!
Thank you.
I had breakfast at Pickles a couple of months ago passing through. it was good
After following your family for all these years, seeing your kids growing so fast is making me feel old! 😂 what an amazing journey!
Thank you for watching.
Of course, with any new invention there is a learning curve. I agree with Dave we need more plants, but we also need to define what method and how we get rid of the spent rods. After a rod is energized it takes over 400 years for it to be at a safe level. The rods are only used for a short period of time then lose enough energy to make them ineffective. At that point they need to be removed. Right now, we place them in lead casing and bury them but dealing in the transportation of medical grade nuclear material it can send radiation though the containers enough to peg a meter 20 feet away. Also, i was thinking someone else may have posted that the round spear is a scaled down Tesla. Design by Nickola Tesla to send power though the air he later stop his experiments when he started killing farm animals. The electricity could travel miles in the ground and zap a horse with shoes on.
We did the same thing in my small hometown of Raton NM we painted our class year on the Rock on mountain near high school
I thought Shippingport Pennsylvania in 1957 was the first. Thanks for the update. Hopefully that facility will be upgraded to a thorium molten salt reactor. Not pressurized, cannot blow up. Molybdenum 99. Xenon for interstellar space travel. Excess heat for water, desalinization
Great information, thank you for watching.
we have to.many reactor all over the globe god help us all
Looks like you didn't stop by the nuclear jet engines at the end of the parking lot. Interesting info about the large landing strip and cover for the planned plane in the distance.
When JJ starts the countdown sequence....
😂😂😂
At my first grade open house, my teacher leaned in toward my mom, and with a smile said,"I heard you just turned 29." 😅
I didn't realize what was going on till years later.
Forever 29 😀
Cool science less🎉❤
Hey from San Antonio Tx
Nice video as always! Will you please reply to me the home school program that you are using. I may be teaching my grandson...need that Christian base. Thank you so so much 😊
We use The Good and The Beautiful.
@@LessJunkMoreJourney Thank you
:)
I was in France 2 weeks ago. One of our tour guides said France is 70% powered by nuclear.
If our country had any sense, we'd have more nuclear power plants, but it's like so many things, facts and truth get overridden by people's feelings and emotions. Great video!
Thank you, we now have a different outlook on nuclear power.
Watching your kids grow up is amazing! They are really enjoying their lives!!
Thank you.
The SL-1 wasn't the follow up to the EBR-1, the EBR-2 was. It ran for 30 years and even did a test to show it was meltdown proof. The SL-1 was a janky army reactor.
Haha. My dad worked there when I was a kid. The stories I have heard....
Most workers were bused every day from Idaho Falls.
My dad was one of those workers from 1957-1961. I saw you said your dad worked there, when was your family there?
Great video! Nice learning about the first nuclear power station and where it was at. I never knew this before. But this is great information and a great part of history. Thank you for such a great video. Nice to to Arco, Idaho. Nice small town. Have a great week and see you next week.
Thank you so much.
My dad worked with nuclear power for many years. It doesn't scare me unless Homer is in charge. Or Russia
😂😂😂
Very cool and interesting content! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching
This is so cool and watching you guys is comical ...having a blast .
Thank you.
The look on your face when JJ turned off the lights Was epic
He likes buttons 😂
Serious cringe moment with "that" number on what looked like the top of a buried submarine. And hey, who doesn't like electricity right. I just don't like nuclear radioactive waste. 😒
@3:50 - The wand laying directly to the right of the unit is probably what you are supposed to use to interact with that exhibit, would be my guess. Grew up in Montana, but spent nearly two decades in Idaho. Very familiar with driving through that part of the State, as I transit between family/friends in both places. Super dope that you are highlighting (yes, I did) Arco, as I only found out about it the first time I drove through back in the late 90s.
So do you guys not need night lights now. Just kidding, I'm sure the radiation is gone now. Interesting place. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
I looked up nuclear reactors in the U S. and it says there are over 90 nuclear reactors here ...
Time to visit the USS Nautilus in Groton Ct. ⚓️
Couple really good laughs in this one!! Lol.
That was a "sail" from a submarine
I love Arco! Great tour of the facilities. They still do a lot of experimentation out there on the restricted land. Did you get to Craters of the Moon while you were there?
Thank you for watching!
You gave me a “new clear” appreciation for your channel🥴 Always look forward to your videos. Love your family.
😊 thank you
Wow, so amazing❤ good job
Thank you! 😄
Great video! I love history like this, and more so the scary stuff that happened. I’m wondering how you like your Ram? What year is it and is it the standard or high output diesel? I have a 2024 on order and wondering if it was the best choice when compared to the new Ford Super Duty. Thanks!
Our truck is a 2015 Dodge Megacab Laramie. We love it but we didn't compare it to other trucks.
My husband and I used to own the other RV Park in Arco. We used to send anyone who was interested out to EBR-1. Everyone was amazed. We used to eat at Pickle’s. A real institution. I miss all the friends I made I. Arco.
That is awesome, we loved the visit and our time there.
We stayed at Arco a few months ago. Mountain View RV park. Cool place with unique history. The scenic byways north of Arco was really nice also!
Thanks for the info!
For many years thee Navy trained its nuclear technicians at the Atomic Site. They even had a underground submarine that was used as a trainer for them. The air craft carriers that used nuclear power also were trained there.
Very cool.
Very cool video! That's the first time I've ever heard of that nuclear explosion.
Thank you for watching.
Marissa, am I close? I guessed 2013?😮
😀😀😀
It was Borax-3 reactor that powered Arco Idaho. EBR 1 only powered 4 light bulbs. Also SW-1 was built in Idaho, was the prototype for the first submarine powered by a reactor. USS Nautilus. There has been over 50 reactor built at INL over 75 year.
Interesting 😊
Glad you think so, thank you for watching.
Is there still a sign as you walk up to the door about rattlesnakes in the area?
Could be, those signs are common, we don't remember about this one.
Liked the comment about overachievers in Class of '64 (my class at MCHS). I think that touring Oak Ridge in Tennessee in the mid 50's helped me to not be afraid of nuclear energy. I am sure that we will see more and more things that have been classified from the years following the WW2 growth of atomic power. I am surprised that you haven't gone to a rodeo yet in Idaho. After just missing the Stampede in Calgary when we were there in 1957, we made a great local rodeo in Idaho as we came back into the US from Canada.
Having worked in electric utilities and been in one of my company's nuke plants, this was really cool!
You should check out some of the old footage of Liquid Thorium Fluoride Reactor from Oak Ridge labs.
Very interesting.
Glad you think so, thank you.
😍
Thanks for sharing Pickles! We were in Arco in July on the way back from Craters of the Moon. We had googled places to eat and were excited to have Pickles show up. Looked like a fun, unique place. But the line was out the door, and we were on a tight schedule. Had to move on without seeing the inside, and what the Atomic Burger was. Sorry we missed it after seeing your lunch!
It was a good stop, we loved it.
Awesome video. Editing all the video to tell the story must have been really tough. I would love to tour this place someday.
You should!
Stanley, now on my Bucket List.
Great video, we will have to add it to our list!
Good for you to go there! I’d struggle with this… I went to a lecture by the general who first went in to clean up Chernobyl (my dad was one of the pilots who flew in to the beach at Bikini Island in the “cloud” to pick up the scientists - twice). Insanity. I’d be ready to get out of there too Nathan!
Wow, what amazing stories.
Dave the sail that you showed was from the SSN 666 submarine not the diesel boat.