Eddy currents flow in circles, which makes them the only thing at the outage that never needs directions.
Outage Season
Power plant outages, measured in hours and coffee. For Power and Nuclear. 14 jokes.
An outage is a power plant's way of saying 'We're out, but you're in.'
What is an outage with perfect weather?
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A rumor.
How many hours are in an outage day?
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Twenty-four, and every one of them has a task card.
Why do outage workers read the radiation work permit so carefully?
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It's the one document that tells you where to be, how long to stay, and when to leave.
In an outage, everything is measured in hours: the work, the dose, the schedule, and the line for the break room.
The code book is the one document every inspector reads and marks up with sticky notes.
You might be an outage inspector if you know what time it is by which pre-job briefing you are attending.
'How many steam generator tubes are left?' Carlos asked. 'About three thousand,' said the lead. 'At this pace, Thursday,' said Carlos. 'Good,' said the lead. 'Tube three thousand gets the same attention as tube one.' Carlos nodded. Tube one had been very well treated.
Outage clock ticks on,
tubes passed, forms signed, doses logged,
day twelve of twenty.
Critical Path (n.): The chain of jobs that can't slip, and the one the inspection always lands on.
Nobody warns you that an outage is long enough to learn every name in the plant and short enough to forget them all before the next one.
Ever notice that the most precise thing on a job is the micrometer and the least precise is the weather forecast?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Outage.
Outage who?
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Outage time, as usual.