Nuclear Powered Ride Today

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

We rolled out this morning with the temps at 25 degree's . Took the backroads all day and the temp's warmed up to near 50 today with nothing but sunshine.Made a few stops along the way the first in Oak Ridge , Tennesssee near the K-25 plant ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-25 ) . At its peak it took 25,000 workers to build and employed 12,000 folks after it was completed at a cost of 512 million if built today it would cost 6 billion . This is where the nuclear bombs was made that we dropped on Japan to end World War 2 .The building is under demolition right now with clean-up it could keep folks working for years at the start it was known only as the Manhattan Project ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project ) You folks that know my ridin' buddy Big Al he works at the sister plant to K-25 and they seem to be still going strong at that location.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Took some great backroads out of Oak Ridge along beautiful Watts Bar Lake and made our way out by Watts Bar Nuclear Plant ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Bar_Nuclear_Generating_Station ) The company I work for owns and operates this site and have been and still is hiring up to 2,300 people to finish the unit # 2 reactor.





This is a picture of Watts Bar Dam the company I work for also owns and operates this and the water is used for electricity and the water also cools the nukes that in turn makes more electricity .

[Ghost]

Great ride report Joe, You are truely blessed living where you do. It snowed all day here in Indiana, not much stuck but alot of salt dumped today. I am Having my trunk painted black so i will just keep working on the bike until i can get out and ride..

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Great ride report Joe, You are truely blessed living where you do. It snowed all day here in Indiana, not much stuck but alot of salt dumped today. I am Having my trunk painted black so i will just keep working on the bike until i can get out and ride..

Floyd we did have to dodge the higher elevation's around here for the same reason ...Nasty salt     I look forward to seeing the bike when you get it finished.

[thumper]

Took some great backroads out of Oak Ridge along beautiful Watts Bar Lake and made our way out by Watts Bar Nuclear Plant ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Bar_Nuclear_Generating_Station ) The company I work for owns and operates this site and have been and still is hiring up to 2,300 people to finish the unit # 2 reactor.





This is a picture of Watts Bar Dam the company I work for also owns and operates this and the water is used for electricity and the water also cools the nukes that in turn makes more electricity .

You weren't riding with Wimp.....the Cornhole King.....were you?

[Jabba]

More nukes... more nukes... more nukes...

 

Jabba

[Madmike]

Took some great backroads out of Oak Ridge along beautiful Watts Bar Lake and made our way out by Watts Bar Nuclear Plant ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Bar_Nuclear_Generating_Station ) The company I work for owns and operates this site and have been and still is hiring up to 2,300 people to finish the unit # 2 reactor.

They are talking about putting in a Nuke Plant about 10 miles North of where I live.  They say that the dirt work for this projest will be 2years work for 30000 workers.  They have optioned 20+ quarters from two guys that I know and have the option to purchase until 2014.  Lots of local opposition but personally I hope that it goes, the only currently viable choice here is coal and I believe that that is harder on the environment.