Russian Nixies in real world use (video)

[Paolo Cravero]

Hello.

I just spotted a Nixie-based numeric indicator used in real-world, filmed probably in 1980's:

https://youtu.be/KX9hHqByXzo?t=535 (at 8:55)

Audio is in Russian, I've no idea what it is counting nor the tube model, but given the type of control room maybe nobody wanted to move to a more modern instrument. ;-)

At just 3 digits it is less impressive than the countdown clock of tomorrowland.

Paolo

[Marcin Adamski]

IMHO it's showing pressure and the tube model is IN-18.
Marcin

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[gregebert]

Chernobyl ?? Seriously, though, it's a nuclear reactor and possibly an RBMK style.

It wouldn't surprise me if they were using IN-9's to indicate critical reactor parameters.

[Terry Kennedy]

On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 12:42:50 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote:

Chernobyl ?? Seriously, though, it's a nuclear reactor and possibly an RBMK style.

It wouldn't surprise me if they were using IN-9's to indicate critical reactor parameters.

It is the Leningrad plant, which has 4 RBMK-1000 reactors (same basic design as Chernobyl). They are supposed to be serially decommissioned between now and 2025 and replaced with VVER-1200 reactors. It is unusual for a reactor to come on-line on schedule, so those dates are subject to slippage. After all, Chernobyl continued to produce power until more than 14 years after the accident - http://www.world-nuclear.org/reactor/default.aspx/CHERNOBYL-3

The video from the original post is 20 years old, so it isn't suprising that they were still using Nixies.