New on 500px : [POWER] by WolfT by WolfT

old hydroelectric power plant at the “Walchensee” in Germany, now it’s a museum

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New on 500px : danger zone by RudolfMoerkl by RudolfMoerkl

The Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear plant built in Austria, of 6 nuclear plants originally envisaged. The plant at Zwentendorf, Austria was finished, but never operated. Start-up of the Zwentendorf plant, as well as construction of the other 5 plants, was prevented by a referendum on 5 November 1978. A narrow majority of 50.47% voted against the start-up.

Here you can see the control rod mechanism on the bottom of the reactor pressure vessel. A place where you normally cannot, and do not like to be……

btw. the reactor is the identical type as the one in Fukushima.

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New on 500px : Cooling tower interior by jarekjanuszewski by jarekjanuszewski

Have you ever wondered what’s inside those big cone power plant chimneys? Here you have. They are called “natural draft cooling towers” and their function is to cool steam/water for further reuse by plant.

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