ANS Students visit DC Cook Nuclear Plant

A group of students from Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering visited the DC Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman, Michigan on Friday March 2nd. In attendance were nine students (4 sophomores, 2 juniors, and 3 seniors) from Purdue's American Nuclear Society Student Section. The tour began with a trip around the turbine building to see the condensers, heat exchangers, turbines, and generators for each unit. The group was able to step inside the radiological health monitor room to view live feed of the spent fuel pool and even a man suiting up to enter it for maintenance, something rarely done. They also attended lunch with several alumni from Purdue including Stephanie Meyer 10'. The trip concluded with a look inside the control room training facility which included the nation’s only duel-reactor simulator. Several of the students were given the opportunity to attempt to manage plant failure situations, including those in Fukushima. The trip was a wonderful experience for all the students in attendance and we look forward to future visits!

 

Purdue's American Nuclear Society Student Section at the DC Cook Nuclear Plant in Bridgman, Michigan.

 

Two students look around the radiological health monitor room.

 

A group photo of the students at the radiological health monitor room.