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  • Опубліковано 13 чер 2023
  • In this video I visit the site of the Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 (EBR-1) in Idaho. This video was sponsored by Radiacode. If you would like to pick up a Radiacode 102 here is a link to their website. 102.radiacode.com/a
    EBR-1 is the first nuclear reactor to supply usable power. It is also the site of two nuclear jet engines that now sit in the parking lot of the EBR-1 site. The site is free to visit and is only open during the summer months.
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  • @CumminsTwinTurbo
    @CumminsTwinTurbo 11 місяців тому +327

    I work at the Idaho national lab, I can tell you nowadays there is extremely strict regulations on personal exposure and environmental impact. Any increase in background is probably from what went on when they were first experimenting at the site back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s where is was basically the Wild West of the nuclear age. Great videos, I really enjoy them!

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +43

      Thanks. Glad you like the videos. I would like to do a video about the INL ones of these days.

    • @jwenting
      @jwenting 11 місяців тому +12

      I graduated in nuclear waste classification in the 1990s, we had very strict regulations.
      Was interesting work, developing new ways to quantify the amounts of radioactive materials in waste matter (industrial and medical waste mostly for us) to increase accuracy.

    • @embededfabrication4482
      @embededfabrication4482 11 місяців тому

      the gov can't even regulate the intensity of headlights on cars, only a fool would believe they've used their brains in operating these facilities, all they do is create a big radioactive mess

    • @jimfrazier8611
      @jimfrazier8611 11 місяців тому +10

      Well, we did blow up at least 3 reactors out there back in the day, two of them on purpose even. The main difference was that with the two we did for testing, we buried the reactors BEFORE we ejected the control rods.

    • @bobby_tables_wowp2265
      @bobby_tables_wowp2265 11 місяців тому +15

      I made my comment before I read yours. And yes, they really did some incredibly dangerous stuff back in the days. Most people do not realize how much nuclear research goes on out there in Idaho where almost no one lives. But the water that flows under the ancient lava fields buried underground goes right under this site and they had no clue what they were doing to that water source. I am still amazed at how long it takes the water to flow down to the Snake River and now much of it has been diverted to potato and other agricultural use. I just hope that the natural filtering of earth keeps the contaminants from reaching the agricultural fields in Idaho.
      I never knew how beautiful Idaho was until I visited. Something almost everyone on the East Coast should see once in their life. I also had no idea of the vast and insane nuclear experiments performed in this area.

  • @divs1023
    @divs1023 11 місяців тому +247

    The Leaded glass windows were fascinatingly impressive

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +35

      They have a very weird optical effect when you look through them.

    • @willb6070
      @willb6070 11 місяців тому +14

      I grew up near Savannah River Site near Augusta,GA and now live in Vancouver, WA. I did the Hanford B reactor tour last summer and have the Los Alamos area, EBR-1, and the Nevada Test site on my want to visit list. Great video.

    • @peterwexler5737
      @peterwexler5737 11 місяців тому +11

      I always find those windows a little disturbing. I get a weird antiseptic feeling from the monochromatic yellow color of everything behind such windows.

    • @simonstergaard
      @simonstergaard 11 місяців тому +7

      and the mineral oil trick

    • @XSilver_WaterX
      @XSilver_WaterX 10 місяців тому +1

      I checked my old high school and they still have leaded glass commonly used and they are over 12 years old, little bit chipped but not shattered. It's amazing that the most changes in history are the most competitive on other nations.

  • @Muonium1
    @Muonium1 11 місяців тому +93

    The most amazing part of the whole thing is how absolutely minuscule it is! How the hell did they fit all this in a ~100ft cube?? I measured it on Google maps. The reactor itself, the hot cells, the fuel storage, the NaK handling, the spent fuel storage, the turbine hall, the ZPR!! Is this place like a Tardis and 10 times bigger on the inside than on the outside?? I work at a mid size fusion research facility and the entire EBR1 building could literally fit in our lobby and cafeteria area...and it's not a big lobby!

    • @frzstat
      @frzstat 11 місяців тому +1

      Great comment!

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich 8 місяців тому +2

      NaK handling? What the heck did they use NaK for in this reactors ? Very interesting

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 8 місяців тому +3

      @@jacobkudrowich the coolant. Nuclei of K and Na are very large compared to neutrons so collisions are highly elastic and the prompt fission neutrons don't thermalize (aren't moderated) and so can go on to induce fast fission in more 235 in the core.

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich 8 місяців тому

      @@Muonium1 thanks ! That's incredible, so it works as both a thermal coolant and fission "coolant" or is it purely a neutron moderator?
      I literally can't imagine a substance that is worse to handle than that! Radioactive explosive liquid Alkali metals.

    • @Muonium1
      @Muonium1 8 місяців тому +2

      @@jacobkudrowich there is no moderator at all. the neutrons are not thermalized in a breeder. it only serves as coolant to the core and heat transfer medium to the Rankine cycle generator.

  • @Max_Marz
    @Max_Marz 11 місяців тому +73

    My favorite part of this entire video was the names written on the wall. I wish people did stuff like this more. As a machinist I often stamp an identifier on the parts I'm most proud of.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +15

      I always like seeing a makers mark on handmade items. Great way to track the history of items and people.

    • @hicknopunk
      @hicknopunk 11 місяців тому +17

      Nice, I have signed and put a forever phone number in the servers I have built over the years. Every now and then I get a random call from someone trying my number so I can tell them how the network was wired or come in and service things myself. I always felt I should stand behind my work. 😃

    • @Max_Marz
      @Max_Marz 11 місяців тому +5

      @@hicknopunk Yes! Whenever I'm deep inside a machine I like to leave labels like that too. Workman like conduct!

  • @aroundthehouseEricG
    @aroundthehouseEricG 11 місяців тому +65

    My father got a ton of radiation that later affected his health working there as a college intern after the clean up of the nuclear accident there. There was a MUCH bigger mess there than it was reported.

    • @msmeyersmd8
      @msmeyersmd8 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm very sorry for what happened to your Father.
      Am I surprised it was underreported? NO.
      Truthful reporting of incidents that kill humans. Long or short term doesn't exist.
      Look over the the True "all cause" death statistics for the last 2 ½ years and you will see the Truth.
      The evil psychopathic traitorous organized criminals (PTOCs) do not careabout other people at all.
      We are not in their club. As George Carlin said many years ago.
      They do not care about us at all, at all, at all, at all.
      “But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got. Because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. Thats against their interests. Thats right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you, sooner or later, 'cause they own this fucking place. It's a big club, and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the big club. And by the way, it's the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head in their media telling you what to believe, what to think and what to buy. The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. Good honest hard-working people -- white collar, blue collar, it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on -- good honest hard-working people continue -- these are people of modest means -- continue to elect these rich cocksuckers who don’t give a fuck about them. They don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t give a fuck about you. They don't care about you at all -- at all -- at all. And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. That's what the owners count on; the fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that's being jammed up their assholes everyday. Because the owners of this country know the truth: it's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
      George Carlin

    • @emerytaylor9734
      @emerytaylor9734 10 місяців тому +1

      Was that at EBR-I or at the INL property

    • @aroundthehouseEricG
      @aroundthehouseEricG 10 місяців тому +5

      @@emerytaylor9734 I need to revist the paperwork as years later it lead to his death, if I remember correctly it was at SL-1 as he was a grad student hired to clean up the mess as they brought in students from West Coast nuclear college programs.

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord 9 місяців тому +6

      Has any accident been properly reported up front?

    • @jacobkudrowich
      @jacobkudrowich 8 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@oatlordyes , sl-1 is a very well known reactor and had a very well known criticality event

  • @im1469
    @im1469 11 місяців тому +64

    I actually live about an hour and a half away from there, visit every year or 2. What has been interesting to me, is watching more and more areas of the building be opened to the public. When I first visited there as a kid, all you were able to see was the main open part of the building, the hot cells, control room and the steam/generator room. They now have many more viewing areas, as you’ve seen. I also have always found the exhibit on EBR-2 there very interesting, because my father actually worked there for a short time.

    • @frzstat
      @frzstat 11 місяців тому +1

      Great comment!

  • @elamentri
    @elamentri 10 місяців тому +9

    There's something kind of magic about the EBR1 museum section, I've read a lot about the reactor program but this walk through tour was a delight to see

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  10 місяців тому +1

      I’m glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully one day you can see it for yourself.

  • @iancanuckistan2244
    @iancanuckistan2244 11 місяців тому +13

    I was nine months old when the reactor had its meltdown.
    During my career as a machinist I made a lot of replacement parts for the CANDU reactors. The precision involved was extremely tight.

  • @benhawke7231
    @benhawke7231 11 місяців тому +22

    I was part of the crew that helped store EBR1, and the two nuclear jet engines. Also my dad used to be head of safety out there and he wrote the nuclear safety program that was adopted I can't remember if it was the '80s or the '90s. He also served on the submarine whose mast is sitting outside of Arco Idaho.🥃🍻🥓🇺🇸

    • @bobl78
      @bobl78 11 місяців тому

      and what did you do to store them ?

    • @benhawke7231
      @benhawke7231 11 місяців тому +1

      @@bobl78
      I stopped working there in 06'ish. The last place they had them when I worked there was right outside of EBR-1 to the southeast of the building. But I haven't been out there in a while as I moved to Washington in 08.

  • @tonerotonero1375
    @tonerotonero1375 11 місяців тому +21

    On behalf of your foreign viewers interested in nuclear energy, many thanks for the tour. This is certainly a place I would like to visit, weird tourism compared to regular "standards". Regards from France.

    • @Soundbrigade
      @Soundbrigade 11 місяців тому +3

      We “accidentally” ended up there when we made one of my wife’s detours, when crossing USA. The area (the states around that area) are in many other cases interesting, geologically, geographically and historically. But the reactor was a huge surprise.😊

  • @ccjensen4670
    @ccjensen4670 23 дні тому +1

    My sister's husband living in Idaho Falls was an engineer at the site many years ago..I'm 78 years and the youngest of my siblings..only one left.
    In your other site about mines I communicated my dad mined urananium in the early fifties near Moab.
    I'm still fascinated with mining and the desert..retired to Las Vegas near Red Rock.

  • @Hippida
    @Hippida 11 місяців тому +22

    I find it so cool this facility is now a museum.
    Thanks for showing it to us

  • @dylanwestphal3582
    @dylanwestphal3582 6 місяців тому +4

    This was the most fascinating video you have done so far Mr Drew - I was absolutely glued to the screen from start to finish!
    Thanks for taking such good shots of the tour information boards, I have never paused so many times in my life 😆

  • @williamhinton5906
    @williamhinton5906 11 місяців тому +5

    Nice video and good info. I was a navy nuclear instructor and lived in Arco, the first city lighted by atomic power when EBR1 was tied to the grid by Utah Power and Light. I was often asked to help give tours of EBR1 to visiting nuclear professionals on my days off from job teaching navy students at the enterprise prototype. Thank you for your video.

  • @rtqii
    @rtqii 11 місяців тому +48

    Love this content. The videography and music background are incredible. You have a first class sponsor, well earned.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +4

      Thanks...glad you enjoyed it.

    • @rtqii
      @rtqii 11 місяців тому +7

      @@RadioactiveDrew You and I will disagree intensely on some issues. I have some very strong anti-nuclear positions. But I am extremely well educated and experienced on this topic. I totally support the work you do with your channel. The video content is stunning. Amazing.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +16

      @@rtqii nothing wrong with have a difference of opinion on subjects...as long as we can talk about them.

    • @rtqii
      @rtqii 11 місяців тому +4

      @@RadioactiveDrew Totally agree. There are stark realities involved in this topic. Right now, as I type, they are salvaging WW2 memorial wrecks in the Java Sea for pre-nuclear steel.

    • @SOVIET_NIET
      @SOVIET_NIET 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@RadioactiveDrew did you see the new radiacode 102?

  • @b43xoit
    @b43xoit 11 місяців тому +12

    Breeders might be the future (if there is to be a future).
    I think it's awesome that they set up a self-guided tour and that they allow that.

    • @rustyneuron
      @rustyneuron 7 місяців тому

      We really need more nuclear in our power mix. It would have been nice to have been able to avoid the irrational fear that caused nuclear power to fall out of favor. So many more people die on the altar of fossil fuel plants when the whole time we have had a viable alternative. Environmentalists only want to save the planet if we do it their way; sounds to me like if they don't get their way, screw the planet.

  • @samross7381
    @samross7381 11 місяців тому +4

    Hearing you muse about the lack of adoption of fast reactors in the US - in my nuclear engineering degree we had a guest lecture from Tony Judd, head of the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor here in the UK. He had a wealth of stories about the operational history of PFR and why the UK (just like France) didn't adopt fast reactors as part of our fleet. Big tangle of political, technical, economic and environmental issues got in the way of a potentially really advantageous nuclear fleet concept. It's amazing to see the DNA of that reactor on display here, great video.

  • @jefftoll604
    @jefftoll604 11 місяців тому +6

    Wow.. what an interesting place. I'm so glad they made it into a museum open to the public. Thanks for Radiacode for sponsoring the video. The differences in readings between the two meters in CPM was interesting.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Glad you liked the video.

    • @LegacyVision.
      @LegacyVision. 11 місяців тому +1

      Radeye is a Geiger-Muller technology, the Radiacode is not, it is Scintillation. GM uses electrical impulses whereas Scintillation uses light impulses on a scintillating material. It is comparing apples to oranges.
      Scintillation in fact has very accurate ultra low energy beta detection whilst the GM pancake here does not.
      The plastic on the Radiacode is unfortunately what prevents low electron volt betas from being received adequately and as such is obviously not suited for lab use.

  • @bradboardwell8295
    @bradboardwell8295 11 місяців тому +5

    Drew, thank you for another awesome video!!! The EBR1 is on my bucket list of places to visit but thank you for visiting and making a map with that new piece of kit you have. Radiacode was wise to sponsor this video. Will be buying the 102 from them. You da man!!!!

  • @InterFelix
    @InterFelix 11 місяців тому +8

    Love the TÜV Süd Badge on one of the instruments (presumably the radiation monitor) at 00:35
    Once again demonstrates how well regarded German safety testing is all over the world.

  • @projectartichoke
    @projectartichoke 11 місяців тому +3

    What a great tour of EBR-1 as it stands today. I've seen a lot of old footage of this remarkable historical site, but seeing it as it is now was a real treat!

  • @enclavehere.2281
    @enclavehere.2281 11 місяців тому +4

    I grew up North of the INL, I've been there a million times on school trips and for fun with the family. It's pretty nifty. They employ a heap of people in SE Idaho.

  • @garner6583
    @garner6583 11 місяців тому +2

    I grew up in Arco, the closest city to EBR-1. Arco was the first city in the world to be lit by atomic power.

  • @W.O.P.R
    @W.O.P.R 11 місяців тому +8

    For some reason, I am also completely fascinated by these places and this type of content. Appreciate you doing these videos sir 👊🏼

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +3

      I'm so glad people enjoy these videos...I enjoy making them.

  • @ericasw28
    @ericasw28 11 місяців тому +5

    I live in France and have been working in the nuclear industry for year. This was fascinating !
    Thank you for showing these sites, I'd love to go visit them one of these days !

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      I hope one day you can visit these sites.

  • @peterwexler5737
    @peterwexler5737 11 місяців тому +10

    Great video, again. I had no idea that EBR-1 still existed, even as a museum. Definitely, the place has a bit of a reputation.

  • @WApnj
    @WApnj 11 місяців тому +1

    WoW... Thank you for this. Seeing a place I have no opportunity to visit is priceless. This is fascinating.

  • @KidCorporate
    @KidCorporate 11 місяців тому +3

    Sweet! Hopefully I'll be working there in a couple months.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Nice...I hope so. As cool as I think it is to work at a place like a National Lab, I love what I do. Hopefully I can make a couple videos with INL or LANL in the future.

  • @electronash
    @electronash 11 місяців тому +7

    Fantastic vid.
    Never seen a site quite like this before.
    Shows just how much money was being poured into nuclear research back then.
    Thanks, Drew.

  • @dominikpfleghaar5091
    @dominikpfleghaar5091 9 місяців тому +1

    Cool video, thank you very much. We've been visiting EBR1 in 2012 (we came all the way from Switzerland) and it was a very impressive experience. The place has not changed much in those 10+ years since. Dug the machinery out in the parking lot, nice to see they're still there.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  9 місяців тому

      Glad you liked the video. It’s a cool place to visit for sure. I always enjoy visiting the place. It’s a 3-4 hour drive for me to visit.

  • @EvanBoyar
    @EvanBoyar 11 місяців тому +3

    Mineral oil has an index of refraction almost identical to glass. Because of this property, it was there to prevent refraction losses at the boundaries between the different panes.

  • @MrElifire84
    @MrElifire84 11 місяців тому +3

    Gotta go see the B Reactor. Just visited myself. Used my gamma spectrometer to get a solid reading on Cesium 137 as well. The tour there is absolutely fascinating.

  • @BillyNoMates1974
    @BillyNoMates1974 11 місяців тому +4

    Jet engines and radiation, what more could an inquisitive mind want ?

  • @Michael_Livingstone
    @Michael_Livingstone 11 місяців тому +1

    I quite enjoyed this tour and commentary. Thanks for posting!

  • @cribbsprojects
    @cribbsprojects 11 місяців тому +1

    Excellent documentry, Drew. Keep up the good work!

  • @highdesertdrew1844
    @highdesertdrew1844 11 місяців тому +7

    Fascinating, we must have missed each other by minutes. I was there last Friday, and I think that big RV was in the same spot in the lot near the nuclear jet engines. Was an interesting time, the tour was good and worth the time. I was up teaching a class north of there. Also, about 17 miles away is the city of Arco, don't forget to stop by Pickles and try an Atomic Burger. The whole reactor, and stuff in Arco had a really strong Fallout vibe, like from a game they should have made but never did.
    Funny thing, for some reason people started asking me questions, I kinda went into a little detail and then recommended they check out your channel.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +4

      I was there last Thursday…missed each other by a day. The town of Arco is pretty cool. I’ve only passed through it a couple times. I need to give it a good walk thru next time I’m down there. Thanks for recommending the channel.

    • @Blend3rman
      @Blend3rman 11 місяців тому +4

      Sorry to butt in, but I just had to remark on the amusing fact that both of you are named Drew and could not be at the same place and same time together...

    • @highdesertdrew1844
      @highdesertdrew1844 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Blend3rman The tour-guide at the EBR-1 was named Andrew.

  • @shayne109
    @shayne109 11 місяців тому +7

    fascinating walk round Drew thankyou. surprising the site is still more or less intact when you think of how many others historic sites are no more than a sign and a fence now!

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      It was in great shape. Place is extremely clean and well kept.

  • @robertmeyer4744
    @robertmeyer4744 11 місяців тому

    That was a great video. Thank you for the look at the 102. love how you explained the difference in detectors. maybe with the lower cost more will get one and have some fun learning about radiation .

  • @dandeheck108
    @dandeheck108 11 місяців тому +1

    I was just out here three weeks ago my grandparents used to bring me out here as a child great memories your video brought more too light for me

  • @drrs7440
    @drrs7440 11 місяців тому +4

    Great video, I live near there in eastern Idaho. I love going to ebr 1 have always wanted a dosimeter to see the hot spots there.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      I don’t live that close but I enjoy going there in the summer to visit the site. Takes me about 4 hours to get there.

  • @MrSlartybartfast42
    @MrSlartybartfast42 11 місяців тому +3

    Another great video thanks. I think that the problem with breader reactors was the use of NaK. The special handling that NaK required increased the engineering costs. The whole reason for breader reactors was at the time there were fears that there could be a future scarcity in available Urainium (which didn't happen).

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      Yeah there’s plenty of uranium out there.

    • @LiborTinka
      @LiborTinka 11 місяців тому +1

      @@RadioactiveDrew Even in case o future shortage of uranium, there is recent development on LFTRs (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) being able to breed fissile U-233 from non-fissile Th-233. Taking advantage of thorium fuel cycle also allows us to utilize fertile U-238 to make more fuel. There are tons of U-238 and thorium is about four times more abundant than uranium (in the Earth crust).

  • @tedstrikertwa800
    @tedstrikertwa800 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for recording in 4K. Means I could go back and pause the video to read the information boards. I learned the origin of the word SCRAM!

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      I figured that’s what people were going to do.

  • @brucefrye8799
    @brucefrye8799 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for taking me along with you I live an hour away from ORNL and have taken the in that place it's where I learned about the place you were at I've been wanting to go and see this place your video makes me want to even more now

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому

      I hope you get a chance to check it out.

    • @brucefrye8799
      @brucefrye8799 11 місяців тому

      @@RadioactiveDrew thanks for taking the time to send me a reply. It means a lot

  • @qv81
    @qv81 11 місяців тому +3

    Fascinating! I could spend there hours reading all the signs. I love this sort of metalic, industrial smell. New facilities dont smell like this anymore. It's like comparing a steam locomotive to a new, modern electric tram.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      I totally agree. Old places like this have a very particular feel and smell to them, which I love.

    • @user-de1nz2tu5j
      @user-de1nz2tu5j 11 місяців тому +2

      My brood hated going to sites like these when we were of the travelling ages. I would read every sign, look at every display, hell, I would spend hours just looking at the doo-dads and what not. Nope, they ran through the doors, looked for games to play, found the snack bar and the souvenir shop, and were back at the truck before I could even get started.
      Maybe if I ever retire I'll strike out on my own revisit the best of them.
      Travel safe friend.

  • @-yeme-
    @-yeme- 11 місяців тому +7

    I got a Radiacode 102 a couple of weeks ago, the capabilities of the thing for how much it costs are incredible. I never thought I'd be able to do real time gamma spectroscopy literally anywhere for about the price of taking the family out to dinner at a decent restaurant. They're perfectly happy with pizza, I'm sure.

  • @wcvp
    @wcvp 11 місяців тому +2

    I got my Radiacode 102, it's pretty awesome. You can actually do a lot with it without using the app which I really appreciate.

  • @williamlabarre4755
    @williamlabarre4755 7 місяців тому +1

    Wow that museum is extremely well curated, especially considering the past issues there.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  7 місяців тому

      The national labs know how to clean up a site.

  • @JSStrom
    @JSStrom 11 місяців тому +4

    This was absolutely captivating. I have been aware of this museum for a long time. It now a high priority on my list of places to visit. Super interesting. Atomic power is one of the wonders of the world...
    Best

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      It’s a very interesting place to visit. Make sure you bring a radiation detector of some kind for some added entertainment.

  • @SavageGunFighter21
    @SavageGunFighter21 11 місяців тому +3

    Been playing with my Radiacode 102 myself lately. Been working pretty good.

  • @Mr.Cyberdude
    @Mr.Cyberdude 10 місяців тому

    Amazing tour of this Nuclear facility. It's now on my Bucket List.

  • @j.trevorharris5645
    @j.trevorharris5645 11 місяців тому +3

    I always enjoy your information from a former Nuclear Submarine Sailor Drew!

  • @jaeweld19
    @jaeweld19 11 місяців тому +3

    I visited this place many times as a kid. I remember you used to be able to go up to the hot cell and play with those manipulator arms and stack the blocks inside. Very cool video!

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      I wish they still had that setup.

    • @emerytaylor9734
      @emerytaylor9734 10 місяців тому +2

      @@RadioactiveDrewhi Drew! I’m one of the tour guides out here and one of you followers told me you made this video I enjoyed watching it! I also wish we could still play with the manipulator arms but because of how expensive and difficult they are to fix we don’t have the time or budget for it. But they are super cool we used to have one set up with just the arms people could mess with but that was taken out last summer

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  10 місяців тому

      I remember that setup. I’ve never seen it working but now it’s replaced by that theater. Would be cool to have a manipulator setup somewhere in that area.

  • @joerossi4231
    @joerossi4231 8 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant video, well done man

  • @apollomoon1
    @apollomoon1 9 місяців тому +1

    Very cool video. So interesting to see this stuff. Thankfully it wasn’t destroyed in haste like so many projects that seemed to be of no use when completed.
    Thanks for posting.

  • @AtomicElectronCo
    @AtomicElectronCo 11 місяців тому +9

    I've been there and toured that entire lab and site. Can be done if you make the arrangements, Drew! In Ketchum there is a nuclear watchdog group that takes tours out there every year! They have a museum and "first reactor" site!

  • @cdalton3169
    @cdalton3169 11 місяців тому +3

    So, so cool!!! Love your videos!

  • @broslyons8045
    @broslyons8045 9 місяців тому +1

    my second video- thanks- you make great videos, full of so much info, and good camera work- and pace- and explanation- truly good

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  9 місяців тому

      I try and make my videos better and better. Every time I release a video, I’m happy with it but I’m always thinking I can do better.

  • @jonboz7585
    @jonboz7585 10 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely AMAZING tour. Thanks, very much!

  • @Leadvest
    @Leadvest 11 місяців тому +3

    I've been told that breeder/spent fuel reactors were considered diplomatically problematic due to proliferation. Spent fuel reactors will likely fill out that gap in the near future as those concerns are not as pressing anymore.

  • @Eremon1
    @Eremon1 11 місяців тому +3

    I wonder if mounting a detector to a drone to reach areas that are hard to get to, or maybe off limits, would be practical or allowed. 🤔
    Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Cheers.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +3

      The area that EBR-1 is in happens to be a no fly zone for drones. It’s restricted airspace so the drone won’t even take off.

    • @Eremon1
      @Eremon1 11 місяців тому +1

      @@RadioactiveDrew I guess that makes sense. Too bad though, that would be handy in some cases. Cheers.

  • @bluesideup007
    @bluesideup007 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the tour Drew!

  • @The_twins_3D_printing.
    @The_twins_3D_printing. 11 місяців тому +1

    Yore videos are awesome you have inspierd me and my brother to get a giger counter and it is pretty cool.we have found some pretty radioactive things in some antique shops. Keep up the hard work!

  • @gafletcher1
    @gafletcher1 11 місяців тому +3

    I work at ANL. The hot cell windows on our 1960's era cells were leaded glass and zirconium bromide liquid in between. Was it mineral oil to shield neutrons from fresh fuel ?

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Maybe that’s the reason for it. Seems like a big reason for the mineral oil was for optical clarity with all that glass.

  • @Captain_Char
    @Captain_Char 11 місяців тому +3

    I never knew the old timey hot boxes were filled with mineral oil, i always assumed they were just really thick glass or multi layered, also I do own an anton geiger counter, im going to assume its the same company that made that full body scanner, also i wonder how big those geiger tubes were that were the site dectors, they looked massive

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +2

      Yeah those area radiation monitors looked very big.

  • @Soundbrigade
    @Soundbrigade 11 місяців тому

    Cool! On our first cross_country tour, we made a stop at EBR-1, had a lunch there and got it on photo even, me mrs K, our lunch and the two reactors in the background.
    It’s very good you address the issue with radioactive radiation as unlike other stuff that are out there to kill us, radiation is a silent killer.

  • @edwemail8508
    @edwemail8508 10 місяців тому +2

    Great video. Thanks for posting. I bought a Radiacode 102 recently. Amazing piece of technology.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  10 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed the video. The Radiacode is a nice tool to have out while exploring areas.

  • @basroos_snafu
    @basroos_snafu 11 місяців тому +3

    Very interesting and well done! And will you show us the "radiogram" of the site, or wasn't it that spectacular? Thank you!

  • @rtqii
    @rtqii 11 місяців тому +7

    Radiation effects on wildlife are actually minimal. Their lifespans are too short for most of the radiation effects to bother them. This is something I have researched in depth relating to the radiation effects on wildlife in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. What was more concerning to me was the Russian invasion there, there were real time reports on Telegram and Twitter of Russian soldiers breaking into a nuclear research laboratory, breaking containers of highly radioactive samples, contaminating themselves, their vehicles, and their bunks.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Wow, that made me wince reading that last part.

    • @markae0
      @markae0 11 місяців тому +4

      Russian soldiers dug foxholes in the radioactive grounds around the plants.

    • @rtqii
      @rtqii 11 місяців тому +2

      @@RadioactiveDrew Background radiation levels all around the complex soared.

    • @basroos_snafu
      @basroos_snafu 11 місяців тому +3

      A bunch of the terrorists were taken away from the area having large blisters on their skin, that's what a local reported. And they took away a lot of equipment, fortunately mostly things they were personally interested in, like PC graphics cards and water kettles, so a lot of scientific equipment remained there, yet vandalised in many cases. So immensely irresponsible and stupid.

    • @markae0
      @markae0 11 місяців тому +2

      Russian soldiers leave Chornobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine says
      Nuclear operator says troops suffered radiation sickness after digging trenches at contaminated site
      The Associated Press · Posted: Mar 31, 2022 2:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 31, 2022
      Ukraine's state nuclear operator, Energoatom, says Russian soldiers suffered radiation sickness after digging trenches in the forested area around the Chornobyl site. (Efrem Lukatsky/The Associated Press)

  • @0pen22
    @0pen22 11 місяців тому

    I appreciate you in every video u make very interesting places that’s aren’t very known or talked abt and or areas where ppl are prohibited and or areas where people wouldn’t go make the trip or the severity of radiation. 💯 keep it up !

  • @themilkmanv
    @themilkmanv 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the tour. I know I'll never get to see this site in my lifetime. Interesting

  • @calebbowling4137
    @calebbowling4137 11 місяців тому +4

    nuke-LEE-er, not nuke-YA-ler

    • @pheargoth
      @pheargoth 11 місяців тому +2

      I love his videos but that makes me wince every time :/ NEW CLEAR!!!

    • @davebrunker3399
      @davebrunker3399 11 місяців тому

      My father-in-law who worked on an early fusion reactor (a linear predecessor of the tokamac) in California and thermonuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site still pronounces it "nuke-YA-ler".

  • @battshytkrazy156
    @battshytkrazy156 11 місяців тому +4

    Fascinating. TURBINE. or. GAS TURBINE might b better terminology over JET

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +4

      Technically I think they refer to them as Heat Exchangers.

  • @thelonewrangler1008
    @thelonewrangler1008 8 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely enjoyed this tour of EB1

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  8 місяців тому

      It’s a cool place to hang out for the day.

  • @OnTheRiver66
    @OnTheRiver66 11 місяців тому

    A really informative video! Thanks, Drew!

  • @Ghost-Zeroj
    @Ghost-Zeroj 11 місяців тому +5

    First

  • @Omegajet223
    @Omegajet223 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely fascinating tour, thankyou 👌.

  • @sheep1ewe
    @sheep1ewe 11 місяців тому +1

    Thenk You! This was genuinely interesting!

  • @mentalizatelo
    @mentalizatelo 11 місяців тому +1

    What an awesome museum! Thanks, Drew, love your productions.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks. I hope everyone that sees these videos tries to check out the places I show. Our world is one filled with so many interesting things.

  • @DangaRanga
    @DangaRanga 11 місяців тому +2

    That's an awesome price on the 102. 100% buying one thanks to seeing you use their detectors. Been looking for a casually priced unit but hard to tell what's decent or junk

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      I'm very happy with the 102 so far. I've been using the 101 for a while now with almost zero problems.

  • @philkipnis7403
    @philkipnis7403 11 місяців тому +1

    Utterly fascinating, thank you very much

  • @steve4296fred
    @steve4296fred 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic tour - thanks for sharing!!!

  • @rdwatson
    @rdwatson 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the tour. I visited around 5 years ago but got there too late to see it all.

  • @SkyChaserCom
    @SkyChaserCom 11 місяців тому +2

    Wow. Amazing tour. Thanks for sharing!
    When I was young I was lucky enough to take a detailed tour of two major nuclear facilities...
    ...One was the Shoreham Nuclean Generating Station in New York.
    ...Another was Union Carbides 5mw research reactor in upstate NY (pharmaceuticals / nuclear medicine).
    These reactors were in the scammed mode, but there were canisters of Cobalt-60 stored under the deep water of the "swimming pool" reactor as it was called at Union Carbide.
    Eerie blue glow from Cerenkov effect and all. Incredible.

  • @BigManko
    @BigManko 11 місяців тому

    Holy moly, this is extremely interesting! Thank you very much for the video

  • @markmedley6849
    @markmedley6849 11 місяців тому +1

    I had no idea that place existed. Thanks to your tour I now do and really appreciate it. I love nuclear energy. I wish there was more inventions.

  • @petermines9748
    @petermines9748 8 місяців тому +1

    Awesome and thank you. I know alot about the site. And it's great to see it left as a museum. Of history.

  • @danpatterson8009
    @danpatterson8009 11 місяців тому +2

    An impressive facility even today, though it takes some dedication to actually reach it. The creativity is amazing.

  • @henrycarlson7514
    @henrycarlson7514 10 місяців тому

    Such a fine tour , A fine reminder of the importance of Nuclear Power

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics 11 місяців тому +1

    An absolutely fascinating tour - thanks for sharing!

  • @b4d0n10n
    @b4d0n10n 8 місяців тому +1

    Dude, fantastic video!!! Thank you

  • @4Nanook
    @4Nanook 11 місяців тому +2

    Your slight increase is about half of what I normally see here which is 10-15 uSv / Hr, so if you're only seeing 6 that is low, and I'm about 13 miles north of Seattle, only reactor that has ever been nearby is a small research reactor at the U-of-W used to make medical isotopes.

  • @iitool
    @iitool 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the tour!

  • @simonstergaard
    @simonstergaard 11 місяців тому +1

    Waiting for my Radiacode to arrive. Thanks for reviewing it.

  • @markhuebner7580
    @markhuebner7580 11 місяців тому +1

    Great coverage, and demonstration of radiation detector, for a very historic nuclear application research facility!

  • @stinson87
    @stinson87 11 місяців тому +1

    Cool video! I was there last week! I currently work at ORNL and hope to get out to INL soon. It is interesting to see the difference between my world of accelerators and the radiation with them vs the reactors.

  • @riccroll8190
    @riccroll8190 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow! The shots with the thing and the clouds are super impressive!

  • @frzstat
    @frzstat 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video! I will be reasonably close to INL this Summer, and didn’t know if I should take the time to see EBR-1. I’m definitely visiting EBR-1 now.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      Glad to hear it. Its a great site packed full of info.

  • @TheSilmarillian
    @TheSilmarillian 11 місяців тому

    What an amazing place indeed thanks for the tour, hello from Australia

  • @oldminer5387
    @oldminer5387 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you Drew for the great tour. Those nuclear jet engines are interesting.

    • @RadioactiveDrew
      @RadioactiveDrew  11 місяців тому +1

      They are very interesting. I would like to do a more in-depth video about them.

  • @crabcrab2024
    @crabcrab2024 11 місяців тому

    Wow! That was very interesting and inspirational. Thank you!