Florida Scuba Diver Says He Was Sucked Into Nuclear Plant Intake Pipe

None of the nuclear power plant people think this is worrisome?

Good way for a terrorist to get into the plant, don't you think?

How many other plants have these things?

here is the deal with this.

In 1996 I was (still am) a commercial diver (hard hat) on a crew that performed work in those very intake pipelines.

There are three in total that travel 1200 ft or so out into the Atlantic. Two are 12 dia and one is 16ft in diameter. The "buildings" he references are known as velocity caps, there use is to slow down current and entrap trash and bio from entering the cooling lagoon. they are NOT mechanically active (no pumping). Natural flow only. Now, during an incoming tide the water that flows through them is put in a kind of bottle neck which increases the flow rate. Had he been down there on a slack or outgoing tide he would not have been able to enter due to the outflow. As for him entering the velocity cap, they contain a series of "switch backs" that hold heavy debris from entering the lagoon. First stop gap that keeps large debris from entering the actual cooling (turbine) wells that are up near the plant.
yes offshore they are bouyed for the most part and I believe they show on nav charts.

As for his "ride" what a fuck wit. I could imagine his mental state as to the unknown. Only real danger was cuts from bio fouling (barnies and oysters etc.), hitting head on concrete or (the big one) his air going tight due to increased breath rate. Fucking dumb ass fish watchers. LOL

when I read the title of this thread my first thought was a "scooby doo" (recreational diver) performing industrial work had been chewed up. It has happened. Two plants here on west coast of Florida had these horrendous accidents due to lack of knowledge working around/within these types of facilities.

as for the work we preformed. clean - inspect - grouting
worked around the clock for 2 months catching the slack and switch tide times. water depth less than thirty feet.

And Now you know the rest of the story LOL


come to the swamp

I read this, and I cannot imagine the terror he must have felt.
Five stars and pin suggest.

None of the nuclear power plant people think this is worrisome?

Good way for a terrorist to get into the plant, don't you think?

How many other plants have these things?

How did the diver survive going through the big pump - whatever was pumping the massive flow of water from the ocean?

read my post up a couple.



come to the swamp

Actually all Power-Plants need Water to produce Steam for the Generator!

Normally in "-" this Water Intake is in a protected Area
and no Fish, Diver or Terrorist (Drumpf) could use it as a Shortcut!

Oh it is natural pumping, using the tides of the ocean. Thanks. Now the whole world knows how to get into this nuclear plant.

This is my town. Excellent fishing right there. I have literally fished within 1000 feet of this exact spot thirty or forty times. I never knew that was down there lol

What a knuckle head!

Go SCUBA diving near a nuke plant.

Maybe he wants to try it in the shipping lanes next.

What's this guys name? Homer J. Simpson?

I would have shit my pants for sure.

How did the diver survive going through the big pump - whatever was pumping the massive flow of water from the ocean?

This is my town. Excellent fishing right there. I have literally fished within 1000 feet of this exact spot thirty or forty times. I never knew that was down there lol

the discharge is north of the intake. water flowing out the discharge canal can exceed ambient water temp by as much as 30 degrees. This sets up a water temp differential that draws fish like a magnet. yuppers outstanding fishing.

and this dim witt scubbie diver was right about the amount of fish on the lagoon side. It is an aquarium of sorts. Jew fish the size of pickup trucks, linesides that would make any backwater guide froth at the mounth. mangs the length of your arm. LOL good stuff. Did I mention the poons the workers feed like pets LOLLOL

It is cool to see whats in there.. seen any of the dolphin in there?

they get in when they are young and small.. growing as fast as they do it don't take long before there are some big ones.. i saw a school of about 8 of them at the turn on the west side of the island there a few years back. near the mud creek end.