Which plant has the shortest walk from the contractor parking lot?

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Mike McFarlin

Dec 14, 2009, 05:09
VC Summer was kinda short. Fermi is not that bad either.
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desertdog

#1
Dec 15, 2009, 03:09
The motorcycle parking at Prairie Island. When I was there you could park your bike right next to the Guard Shack.  No longer a 'plant', Waltz Mill let you park right next to whatever building you were working. :)

Old HP

#3
Dec 15, 2009, 10:33
I have only been to 32 plants and the shortest walks were Prairie Island in the 70's (they even had outlets to plug in so your car would start in the sub zero temps) and Vermont Yankee.

retired nuke

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Dec 16, 2009, 06:37
Quote from: Old HP on Dec 15, 2009, 10:33
I have only been to 32 plants and the shortest walks were Prairie Island in the 70's (they even had outlets to plug in so your car would start in the sub zero temps) and Vermont Yankee.

VY is now 1/4 mile, due to post 9/11 security mods.

But still not too bad... ;)
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RDTroja

#5
Dec 16, 2009, 07:49
When I was at Kewaunee in 1976 you parked right next to the Turbine building... no idea what it looks llike today.
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Smooth Operator

#6
Dec 16, 2009, 05:15
Limerick is pretty easy....

The Lower Lot is a couple of minutes to the roto gates....

Upper Lot is no more than 5-10 min at most.

RDTroja

#7
Dec 17, 2009, 12:12
Quote from: Smooth Operator on Dec 16, 2009, 05:15
Limerick is pretty easy....

The Lower Lot is a couple of minutes to the roto gates....

Upper Lot is no more than 5-10 min at most.
Quote from: mutant on Dec 16, 2009, 05:19
Definitely not how I remember LGS...but I have slept since I was last there, maybe 10 years ago...

Strictly adhering to the topic title, Limerick does fit... it is an easy walk FROM the contractor lot... particularly if you roll down Heart Attack Hill. Going TO the contractor lot is a different story.
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jowlman

#8
Dec 17, 2009, 03:24
Susquehanna's walk is short. Though they don't have a contractor parking lot. Everyone parks first come, first served. They treat their contractors just like their house techs.

Mike McFarlin

#9
Sep 19, 2010, 10:50
Fitzpatrick is like the old days. Park next to the fence and a short walk!
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snowman

#10
Sep 20, 2010, 06:40
Shippingport in the mid eighties. They let you park motorcycles under the covered walkway, you got off, took 5 steps and you were in the guard shack.

MeterSwangin

#11
Sep 20, 2010, 09:43
One of the things San Onofre does right:  no "contractor" parking lot.  Nor any contractor cafeteria, bathrooms, etc.  Never been treated like second-class citizen.  At night I park in the manager's parking...all OK.

5kip6

#12
Sep 21, 2010, 12:56
I have to agree can't beat it!    Been going there for a few years now and in and out in 10 min.   
Quote from: jowlman on Dec 17, 2009, 03:24
Susquehanna's walk is short. Though they don't have a contractor parking lot. Everyone parks first come, first served. They treat their contractors just like their house techs.

retired nuke

#13
Sep 21, 2010, 06:59
Quote from: MeterSwangin on Sep 20, 2010, 09:43
One of the things San Onofre does right:  no "contractor" parking lot.  Nor any contractor cafeteria, bathrooms, etc.  Never been treated like second-class citizen.  At night I park in the manager's parking...all OK.

Same here at VY   8)
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Rennhack

#14
Sep 21, 2010, 07:10
You mean things aren't like Braidwood everywhere?





raymcginnis

#15
Sep 21, 2010, 07:31
I know that this is about power plants, but at one government site, I parked inside some of the buildings that I was working at.  Now that is close.

NHSparky

#16
Sep 30, 2010, 05:37
Have done a couple of outages at Duane Arnold.  While they segregate ONE small parking lot for permanent/long-term contractors, all the parking lots are close to the guard shack, and it seems to move a lot faster than other places I've been. 

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shehane

#17
Oct 04, 2010, 02:36
In 2002 I worked Monticello and parked up against the fence right next to the secruity access.  If its the same then Monticello was by far the closest I have seen.
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walstib

#18
Oct 04, 2010, 02:41
 The contractor parking lot here at Monti is now out by the shipping / receiving warehouse, not quite half a mile away.  They are presently expanding it in preparation of their spring EPU outage.  At that point the back parking area will be half a mile out.  Really looking forward to those brisk morning walks in at -20, not counting the wind chill factor. :D But you take the good with the bad, at least it a long term job   :)
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stownsend

#19
Oct 05, 2010, 01:07
I'm not at a plant but I have to walk six feet from my car and climb a cruelling four steps to reach my air conditioned office at BNL. :D

HydroDave63

#20
Oct 05, 2010, 01:16
Quote from: walstib on Oct 04, 2010, 02:41
The contractor parking lot here at Monti is now out by the shipping / receiving warehouse, not quite half a mile away.  They are presently expanding it in preparation of their spring EPU outage.  At that point the back parking area will be half a mile out.  Really looking forward to those brisk morning walks in at -20, not counting the wind chill factor. :D But you take the good with the bad, at least it a long term job   :)

Can't wait to see how many OSHA recordables occur from that root cause  >:(

stownsend

#21
Oct 05, 2010, 04:06
Quote from: Marssim on Oct 05, 2010, 01:13
show off,...I have to walk sixty feet, sweltering summer or bone chilling winter with 7" snowdrifts notwithstanding, and then I have to climb five,...that's right count 'em, five steps!!!!,.....
:P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P
Would that be uphill both ways?

HenryBlack

#22
Oct 06, 2010, 05:54
Quote from: stownsend on Oct 05, 2010, 04:06
Would that be uphill both ways?

And Barefooted?

JavaJoe

#23
Nov 29, 2010, 10:18
Off the top of my head from the places I've worked

  • Oconee - they shuttle you in buses so you park far away
  • Duane Arnold as mentioned above pretty close
  • Prairie Island close
  • Peach Bottom close
  • Hatch - at least a 1/2 mile away, no shuttle
  • CY and Trojan  nevermind already filled with dirt
  • VC Summer close
  • HB Robinson - far
  • Shearon Harris far away
  • Brunswick not too bad
  • Catawba - kind of far but shuttle
  • McGuire - see Catawba
  • Indian Point 3 not bad walk
  • Watts Bar - a bit of a walk

Rennhack

#24
Nov 29, 2010, 11:59
DC Cook has a shuttle bus during outages, not too bad of a walk.
During non-outage?  Well, its typical.
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