EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of a nuclear power station ( EDF’s Torness nuclear)
MailOnline was given exclusive access to EDF’s Torness nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland
Special Projects Manager Ian Cathro explained how it's perfectly safe to stand on top of its nuclear reactors
The plant produces enough electricity, from nuclear fission, to power around two million homes
Incredible pictures show the sheer size and sophistication of the plant, which is 33 miles east of Edinburgh
When things go wrong at a nuclear power station, it can be a total disaster.
This has led to the perception with some that even popping into one is a risky endeavour. However, MailOnline was given exclusive access to EDF’s Torness nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland – and didn’t come out glowing.
One of the lead engineers there pointed out that in fact flying exposes you to more radiation than standing on top of one of its two reactors.
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
Torness mullet
Caught a wee mullet on lrf gear... Good fight with the drag set low
Diverted Torness Flasks
For a space of a few weeks the weekly torness flasks where diverted Via the tyne valley due to emergency engineers works at niddry west jct offering a rare chance to get some up close footage of the working using the loop at dunbar to run back towards Torness yard as well as being the first class 88s to use the platform at dunbar.
Diverted Torness Flasks
Working as 6Z43 via the Tyne valley 37609 and 069 are seen arriving and departing Dunbar platform a first for a flask working heading for Torness
DRS 37259 with 68023 DIT (6S43 Carlisle Kingmoor Sdg(DRS) - Torness Power Station) @ Dunbar 02/06/16
I thought I'd make a new intro, I think it works very well.
In this video we see a DRS Class 37 with a DRS Class 68 Dead in Tow, numbered 37259 & 68023, working 6S43 Torness Flasks through Dunbar with some nice engine noises.
Train Information:
6S43 06:23 CARLISLE KINGMOOR SDG(DRS) - 10:27 TORNESS POWER STATION
Runs on 02/06/2016
WTT schedule runs MSX from 17/05/2016 - 09/12/2016
Operated by DRS
Coal
Diesel Locomotive
Timing Load - 400 tonnes
Timed to run at 60mph
Trains Runs As Required
Train ID - 096S43C602 (Masked ID 605E)
37603 + 37606 6M50 1512 Torness Power Station - Carlisle Kingmoor Sdg(Drs)
37603 + 37606 6M50 1512 Torness Power Station - Carlisle Kingmoor Sdg(Drs)
Cooling Water at Torness
Cooling water system for the Torness nuclear power station. Filmed for the 3rd year Fluid Mechanics course at The University of Edinburgh.
Licence: CC-BY-NC
Voyager vs A1 passing Torness Power Station
Arriva XC Voyager vs A1 passing Torness Power Station
Dunbar Does the Big Bike '07
Peddling for Heart & Stroke
37 606 & 20 304 coast through Dunbar with 6S43
I suppose it wouldn't be right spending a week in Scotland and not seeing at least one 37!
Workin 6S43 Carlisle Kingmoor DRS - Torness Power Station empty nuclear flasks, 37 606 and 20 304 round the curve at the North end of Dunbar station, opening up as they reach the signal further along.
Enjoy!
88's to Torness
Description
Sailing off North Berwick
The boats from East Lothian Yacht Club are taking part in the Saturday race off the harbour.
Taken for the BBC's 'Britain in a Day'
Viridor Dunbar Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) Golden Shovel July 2015
Scotland’s ambitions to become a zero waste nation were today bolstered with the start of construction of Viridor’s new £177m energy recovery facility (ERF) in East Lothian, Scotland.
Viridor was pleased to welcome Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment, to mark this milestone, which sits squarely within Scotland’s vision for a society where all waste is seen as a resource.
Cockenzie Power Station chimneys demolition. From Prestonpans.
Demolition of the chimneys in Cockenzie. Not much more to add to that. My video. I retain copyright. Please credit me if using.
east coast 225 passing Torness southbound
east coast 225 passing Torness southbound with the flying Scotsman dvt. Filmed from Pan bridge between Innerwick and Cockburnspath.
Mini show Cockenzie and Port Seton harbor3
Driving up the park n ride car park.
D9009 passes Torness, 10/06/13
DPS Deltic D9009 Alycidon passes Torness power station on its way from Barrow Hill to Edinburgh to work the following day's return leg of The Elizabethan railtour to London Kings Cross.
D9009 - 3,300 bhp from two Napier Deltic diesel engines.
Torness - 1,800,000 bhp from two GEC steam turbines (of English Electric ancestry).
Catch fish at Dunbar
Me catching a fish at Dunbar East Lothian
Local fishermen feeding a very tame seal at Victoria Harbour in Dunbar, Scotland
Local fishermen share some of their catch with a very tame (brave) seal. 11 October 2017
Thornton Loch Shoulder Pier Jump
jumping off on mills' shoulders