Trojan

[Rennhack]

Talk About: Trojan

[UncaBuffalo]

Oh...someone asked about Trojan pay rate on another topic...I haven't been there in a while, but am fairly sure it's still high twenties per hour/no diem?  Hope that helps.

[Atomic_Punk]

Actually, the pay rates are as follows.
Non-Local:  $20.35 hr, $80.00 a day per-diem.
Local: $32.OO hr.

SFP D&D has just finished and characterization surveys
are in progress.  Final Survey is on going in the aux bldg at this time.  Unc Buf, we miss ya here dude.

[ex-turbine_cowboy]

I really miss Trojan---I remember how we would all play basket ball in the plant---Then during lunch it was frisbee in the park and after work it was softball.  Trojan was truly a country club of the North West.  Met my first wife there. Saw Mt St Helens erupt on May 18th 1980,  Still have my copy of the Portland Newspaper with all the photos.  My Folks still live at the top of a mountain on the other side of the river. Dad retired from Trojan a couple of years ago.
Memories

[Atomic_Punk]

Hey TC, if you're refering to Big Bad Bill Whatley, he's one hell of a good guy.  I've got nothing but respect the
man.  He is missed at the site.

[ex-turbine_cowboy]

The One and The Same - Havent heard that title since I ran into a couple of his buds from NAM - They had the same feelings.  Merry Christmas to you

[UncaBuffalo]

Unc Buf, we miss ya here dude.

Thanks, PunkinHead...I miss you guys, too.  Trojan definitely is on my Top Three List for good nuke plant memories.

[CraigT]

Hi nukies,

Everything is going well at Trojan. We are cleaning up a few of the remaining areas in the plant that could not be remediaited until the SFP was emptied and deconned. Final surveys of most of the Aux. and Fuel Buildings are still needed to be worked on. We have also been final surveying the remainder of the embedded piping throughout the plant and are about 50% done with that. The schedule has us being completed this Fall or early Winter.

It has been a great place to work over the years and a ton of very good people have come and gone through this plant. I wish the best for all my old friends!

[UncaBuffalo]

Only a few more months to treat Portland, OR as a work location, but thought the info might come in handy for people travelling the I-5 corridor...or easy striking distance from Columbia & Hanford...



Best concert venue (possibly my favorite in the world) is the amphitheatre at the Zoo...they run free/cheap concerts all summer and you can take the family, so...


Good live music all year long at The Alladdin and Berbati's gets its fair share of fun acts, too.  The Crystal Ballroom is a great place to dance when they have the right band, but the seating is almost non-existent, so only go for bands you are willing to stand for.

I love the Laurelthirst for a beer...AND they have the best early evening music, so...

[incrediblehulk]

It was in the local papers yesterday here in Portland that on May 21st they're going to implode the Trojan cooling tower. Same company that took down the Kingdome in Seattle. It's supposed to be the first time that anything so securely built will be imploded. The police are going to block off the roads to discourage "looky-loos", but there's supposed to be TV coverage. I'll provide a link as soon as one becomes available.

[HydroDave63]

It's interesting to see how S/G plugging problems led to an early shutdown, which weakened PGE finances to make the Enron merger possible, which led to the California energy situation that raised rates throughout the western US, and caused a LOT of changes in FERC, NERC and the electric industry.

Brings new meaning to the importance of secondary chemistry and S/G work, yes? 

[UncaBuffalo]

Stuck up a few pix from now...a few from D&D...and a few from the sleeving outage...

http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/thumbnails-153.html

[tolleshaug]

Thanks for posting the Trojan pictures. They brought back good memories of faces that I have not seen for awhile.Craig Tolleshaug

[dagiffy]

Is Trojan an operating plant? Anyone know the story about this facility?

[vikingfan]

No its not operating and hasn't operated in a number of years but you would have known that if you had read the threads about this site.

[dagiffy]

there's more than the two under "Trojan"? I actually googled it and couldn't find my info, so I came here.

[HydroDave63]

The prior 5 years of posts in this thread might have been the first indicator....

[Rennhack]

This video might help explain the status:

[dagiffy]

ok ok I get it, I'm feeling the love.

This is the greatest web site ever created. Ever.

[HydroDave63]

ok ok I get it, I'm feeling the love.

Actually what are you are feeling is us rubbing mayonnaise into the burns from prior smites....

to ya 

[peteshonkwiler]

While it existed, it was a very good plant to go to for an outage.  I have always been sorry that I was only there one time.  However, that one time was in the top 5 of my All Time Favorite Outages List. 

[alphadude]

me too... way back in 79

[UncaBuffalo]

Guess they got containment demolished this fall.  All that's left in the old protected area are a few outbuildings & the ISFSI pad...

http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/11/25/top_story/doc492b9b8c7cf16893724531.txt

[jjack50]

I suppose it has already been discussed here but I don't think it was the chemistry problem that lead to the closure and then the sale of PGE.

The explosive sleeving went very well except for the one tube that was not annealed and then failed. The removal of most of the tube plugs and the sleeving those tubes added substantial capability back to the life of the plant. After the tube rupture that caused the "final shutdown" it seems that PGE management found the reason they were looking for to close the plant.
And why would they want to?  My guess is the manoeuvrings were already going on to sell the utility to Enron and Enron didn't want an operating nuke. There was no other credible reason for not operating the plant following the investigation after the tube rupture... They had the OK from the NRC to restart and they had to OK from ODOE as well.  How do I know? A man from ODOE told me as much on the bridge over the SFP.

Companies do what they want to and makeup the reasons to fit what they want to do..

I missed the place as an operating plant and refused to go back for  decomissioning..


Have my TOJAN 1993 Defueling Team Member "Will Work For Food" mug on my desk...

[matthew.b]

My guess is the manoeuvrings were already going on to sell the utility to Enron and Enron didn't want an operating nuke.

Yes, Enron wouldn't want an operating plant.  It would have been hard to fabricate a west coast power shortage to radically raise rates if that 1120 MW was still operating.

Did you ever hear rumors of the plant being sold to an independent operator?