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Canada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new ones into the same hole, bringing the reactor back online se… (www.autonocion.com)
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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 109 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (19 children)

Bruce Power cut into the roof of an operating nuclear station, hauled eight steam generators weighing 100 metric tons each (about 110 US tons) out through the top, and lowered brand-new ones into the same hole. Then it brought the reactor back online on June 8, according to Bruce Power, seven months ahead of schedule.

I was picturing some burly Aussie-Canadian lumberjack called Bruce Power doing all this without breaking a sweat.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

What the fuck is a US ton...

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It swhatbwe call the things Yanks and north Koreans use to measure weight since 'ton' is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world.

(Yes, I've seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck is a US ton...

I dunno, like two American football fields?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2000 lb

[–] heydo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Or 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some).

This shit isn't at all confusing /s

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That was more surprising to me than the actual article.

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