The boys and I got to go to Donald C. Cook, Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday morning for a field trip! It was so fascinating. We only got to see the reactors through a big picture window, but the videos they showed were very cool and informative. They also have a scale model about 2 stories tall and 15 feet around (approximately) that rotates around and explains things in a very kid friendly and dynamic way! I had no idea that the nuclear reactors merely heated water to run generators, which run turbines! I also learned more about the intake and replenishing of water from Lake Michigan. School can be fun! :)
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That's cool you guys got to do that. It seems like when I was a kid a lot of our school field trips were pretty dull, but this one sounds like it would be interesting even for kids. :-)
Its probably more interesting for adults than for kids seeing as how adults have lived more during the cold war and (some of us) know about the capabilities of nuclear energy.
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