Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode, we're venturing inside the abandoned Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant. Here, spent Uranium fuel rods from nuclear power plants all over the country would have been brought to be recycled. The facility never entered commercial service and was only ever used for testing and research purposes. In recent years, the building found new life as a tactical training facility, but the interior remains as an incredible time capsule of nuclear history.

Historical Media Sources:
@whatisnuclear
youtube.com/watch?v=ZtktGhIFl9U
archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22atomicarchive%22
localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/10826/rec/9

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00:00 Intro
01:23 Sponsored Segment
02:38 History
07:30 Entering the Plant
15:53 Fuel Rod Pool
23:00 Remote Maintenance Cell
28:44 Control Room
38:02 Misc Areas
44:36 Remote Manipulators
51:40 Outro