Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Start up, 500kW, 1MW, and Shut Down (ANNOTATED)

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  • Опубліковано 31 бер 2017
  • By popular demand, I bring you an annotated video of the Breazeale Nuclear Reactor! The sound is fixed and many things are explained.
    If you have any questions or want elaboration on any part of this video, please leave a comment. I love explaining nuclear power to curious people.
    I look forward to reading your comments!
    PS: I'm aware of spelling errors in the video (I am an engineer ya know). No need to point them out.
    Music is a non-copyright track by DM Galaxy titled "Etiquette."
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    ORIGINAL VIDEO: • Breazeale Nuclear Reac...
    CHERENKOV RADIATION VIDEO: • Video
    REACTOR FACILITY INFORMATION: • Penn State Breazeale N...
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  • @danielbooth5310
    @danielbooth5310 3 роки тому +6980

    "Alexa"
    "Mood lighting please, 3.6 roentgen"

    • @chillylytical9410
      @chillylytical9410 3 роки тому +377

      Everyone in the Chernobyl reactor room
      Surprised pikachu face

    • @bcrx5780
      @bcrx5780 3 роки тому +107

      *exhales air through nose*

    • @sirjohnbarlow7261
      @sirjohnbarlow7261 3 роки тому +356

      Okay, setting lighting profile to "not good, not terrible"

    • @zarrowthehorse
      @zarrowthehorse 3 роки тому +6

      @@chillylytical9410 didn't laugh

    • @electricianr2529
      @electricianr2529 3 роки тому +24

      Not good.. but not bad

  • @nickjett108
    @nickjett108 2 роки тому +12511

    These new PC rigs and what it takes to cool them are just insane.

    • @prla5400
      @prla5400 2 роки тому +262

      Yeah, my PC is RGB all sea coloured and looks just like this in the night, haha

    • @UenoLocker54
      @UenoLocker54 2 роки тому +211

      And graphics haven't even improved that much from 2007.

    • @user-vi3fy2cc9z
      @user-vi3fy2cc9z 2 роки тому +75

      Yeah like these new quantum and nuclear computers

    • @GamingWithBlitzThunder
      @GamingWithBlitzThunder 2 роки тому +31

      Ever heard a pc fridge?
      Yea it already existed ever since the 90's

    • @ShotgunGunna
      @ShotgunGunna 2 роки тому +8

      XDDD

  • @Solotocius
    @Solotocius 10 місяців тому +150

    One of the few things in our real world that looks as sci-fi as it sounds.
    I love it

  • @edwardpedley8813
    @edwardpedley8813 2 роки тому +583

    As I am just an average person who enjoys science in all its forms, this was a great educational video. Never in my life did I expect to see a nuclear reactor in both start up and shutdown mode.

    • @GhostSenshi
      @GhostSenshi Рік тому +13

      A very precise process. A matter of inches can be the difference between normal operation and super critical.

    • @noizW
      @noizW Місяць тому

      It was dumb as fuck. The video lost me when he stated that the blue light comes from electrons moving faster than light...

    • @chrisroux8137
      @chrisroux8137 14 днів тому +2

      @@noizW Oh WoW, you just qualified to be nominated for the Nobel Prize for DF's

  • @marcelrodriguez2067
    @marcelrodriguez2067 5 років тому +12727

    Everybody's gangsta till the Rods start jumping up and down violently.

    • @crazydrifter13
      @crazydrifter13 5 років тому +274

      HAHAHAH THIS CRACKED ME UP

    • @finalbossoftheinternet6002
      @finalbossoftheinternet6002 5 років тому +27

      Marcel Rodriguez lol

    • @khanshi
      @khanshi 5 років тому +59

      What it's just lots of bubbles

    • @gundabalf
      @gundabalf 5 років тому +465

      which, i'm told, is impossible

    • @bobanppvc
      @bobanppvc 5 років тому +91

      you copied comment from other video poor boy

  • @ellieg.9595
    @ellieg.9595 3 роки тому +5150

    That blue color it gives off is horrifyingly beautiful though. 5 stars radiation. Truly an outstanding performance

    • @mags247
      @mags247 3 роки тому +130

      Not great, not terrible*

    • @osamabinladen824
      @osamabinladen824 3 роки тому +14

      Where

    • @zachsuarez1830
      @zachsuarez1830 3 роки тому +11

      That is not 5 stars of radiation

    • @plopeye1
      @plopeye1 3 роки тому +20

      That blue light is “Cherenkov radiation”

    • @GwynC
      @GwynC 3 роки тому +6

      What that guy said. Iirc, cherenkov radiation is not very dangerous.

  • @scsi_joe
    @scsi_joe Рік тому +489

    The clarity of that water is astonishing, I've never seen water so clean & clear before, in such a large volume

    • @asvarien
      @asvarien Рік тому +91

      I imagine the 1MW of heat plus all the neutron and gamma rays go along way to keeping the water clean. I imagine they also have to keep the water very clean as it's used for research purposes.

    • @rasmus1600
      @rasmus1600 Рік тому +130

      The water have to be clean. If there's any salts or unknown ions in the water they will over time make deposits on the side of the reactor walls, which will decrease the heat transmission coefficient, making the water less good at cooling. Most powerplants use deuterium (heavy water/D2O) as cooling and neutron moderator, which has to be very pure.

    • @asvarien
      @asvarien Рік тому +11

      @@rasmus1600 This isn't a power generating reactor, it's a university research reactor.

    • @scsi_joe
      @scsi_joe Рік тому +37

      @@rasmus1600 I know, I'm not questioning why it has to be so clean. I'm just simply amazed by it.

    • @cherrypepsi2815
      @cherrypepsi2815 Рік тому +45

      @@asvarien Even if it isn't generating power, the water needs to cool the reactor.

  • @CreeperIan02
    @CreeperIan02 Рік тому +685

    As a PSU student, it was an absolute privilege to be able to tour this facility a few weeks ago and see the reactor operating with my own eyes. Seeing the blue glow of Cherinkov radiation is genuinely one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen.

    • @andresfuentes16
      @andresfuentes16 Рік тому +22

      Im really jealous right now.

    • @MaSa-bp5qe
      @MaSa-bp5qe Рік тому +41

      You’re right. Though only bad thing is I grew an extra arm and a few extra digits by the time the tour was over.

    • @nevermindgamer4946
      @nevermindgamer4946 Рік тому +1

      ​@@MaSa-bp5qe Ayo

    • @pi0neer758
      @pi0neer758 Рік тому

      Nice pfp, can apreciate

    • @therealmatthewsmith
      @therealmatthewsmith Рік тому +7

      I thought it meant that orcs were nearby.

  • @fridaycaliforniaa236
    @fridaycaliforniaa236 4 роки тому +4979

    What you see when you overclock a Core 2 Duo to 5 GHz 😂

  • @robertzeurunkl8401
    @robertzeurunkl8401 2 роки тому +4158

    It's pretty amazing that all this power comes from simply bringing a natural element into close proximity with itself.

    • @Obshowersyndicate
      @Obshowersyndicate 2 роки тому +347

      Yes one that's been highly refined and enriched

    • @hkasia8139
      @hkasia8139 2 роки тому +479

      Even more amazing when you bring a man and a woman in the proximity of each other!

    • @yahwehvii6059
      @yahwehvii6059 2 роки тому +230

      @@hkasia8139 True chemistry.

    • @LarsLarsen77
      @LarsLarsen77 2 роки тому +176

      @@Obshowersyndicate It has happened in nature before. There is such a thing as a natural nuclear reactor underground.

    • @Obshowersyndicate
      @Obshowersyndicate 2 роки тому +53

      @@LarsLarsen77 yes it's call the earth

  • @ynoT_63
    @ynoT_63 6 місяців тому +9

    I worked for Commonwealth Edison in Illinois for 17 years as a mobile maintenance mechanic at the Will County Station 18 plant in Romeoville, IL. I traveled to Dresden Nuclear plant many times over during those 17 years for refueling and other maintenance outages. I got to see the fuel pool which had a beautiful cobalt blue glow. I also changed out and rebuilt fuel rod drives. I had a mental understanding of what was going on while the reactor was running but this is the first time I've seen that process. Thanks for sharing this.

    • @FokinSandwithButter
      @FokinSandwithButter 6 місяців тому

      That’s quite amazing, what did it take( like the process) to be able to work there?
      I’ve always wanted to become a nuclear engineer myself so I’m just curious 👍

  • @szibur8324
    @szibur8324 Рік тому +6

    I learned more from this video than I did from all my physics lessons in school combined! Thank you UA-cam Algorythm

    • @AlexLandress
      @AlexLandress  Рік тому +4

      You're welcome for providing the algorithm with a video that you enjoyed!

  • @sibiris8474
    @sibiris8474 5 років тому +9799

    A perfect pool heater. Where do I get one?

    • @danielson1989
      @danielson1989 4 роки тому +711

      @@DanielTseng100 As well as the International Atomic Energy knocking on your door asking about your new high tech pool heater while handcuffing you

    • @higgs135
      @higgs135 4 роки тому +180

      @@DanielTseng100 how is he gonna buy one when he can barely afford a pair of socks?

    • @campate6237
      @campate6237 4 роки тому +9

      @@DanielTseng100 bawhahaha

    • @mrmister1335
      @mrmister1335 4 роки тому +70

      Chernobyl

    • @ItsTheHDStudios
      @ItsTheHDStudios 4 роки тому +181

      It comes with blue pool lighting also

  • @vukjovanovicofficial
    @vukjovanovicofficial 3 роки тому +2483

    Now start revving it a little bit, let's hear that bad boy.

    • @nudge7006
      @nudge7006 3 роки тому +127

      *BOOM*
      _uh_ _oh_

    • @dr.cheeze5382
      @dr.cheeze5382 3 роки тому +48

      Nuclear reactors don't blow like a nuke, but that doesn't me they can't go "nuclear" and create a massive steam/nuclear waste explosion

    • @satibel
      @satibel 3 роки тому +3

      @dick_kickem 420 IIRC that wasn't an explosion but a meltdown, still devastating nontheless

    • @satibel
      @satibel 3 роки тому +19

      @dick_kickem 420 for the sake of the argument, the explosion was steam based, not nuclear. you basically drop a super hot rock into a cooking pot and close the lid real fast, it goes boom.
      technically the water/steam was radioactive, but it's not a nuclear explosion.
      so the explosion was not nuclear, then it was on fire for a bit, which was the main problem as far as radioactive contamination goes.
      tl;dr it was radioactive material on fire, not a nuclear explosion, the explosion was steam.
      basically the argument is: you got boiled in water, not fried in oil. same-ish result, one's slightly less worse than the other.

    • @vknl99
      @vknl99 3 роки тому +6

      @@dacomputernerd4096 did he say nuclear explosion? no... so who asked you?

  • @griachae5582
    @griachae5582 2 роки тому +3

    One of the best and most interesting videos i have ever seen. Thank you so much!

  • @Clubette
    @Clubette Рік тому +74

    Props to the camera man for sitting underwater for so long

    • @ghosted9108
      @ghosted9108 Рік тому +7

      Fr I heard they can hold their breath forever

    • @Ghaileruodeal
      @Ghaileruodeal Рік тому +6

      what's more outstanding about this is the fact the cameraman didn't get affected by the radiation!

    • @sayhallo3769
      @sayhallo3769 Рік тому +5

      @@GhaileruodealThis man is one of Chernobyl’s liquidators, radiation is a laughing matter for him

    • @Snezhnu.
      @Snezhnu. 5 місяців тому

      ​@@sayhallo3769all the Chernobyl liquidators have either already died or they are already choosing a coffin for themselves because they are already over 78 years old

    • @Snezhnu.
      @Snezhnu. 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Ghaileruodealhe won’t suffer because most of the neutrons don’t reach him, the water distorts the distance from the core to the operator, there was about 34-44 meters of water or even more

  • @anepicotter4595
    @anepicotter4595 3 роки тому +4023

    I'm so happy that we live in a world where Cherenkov radiation is conveniently visible under normal underwater reactor operation so we can witness that beautiful blue glow

    • @cacadorcurioso7224
      @cacadorcurioso7224 3 роки тому +90

      It is so beautiful when you are not looking directly at it

    • @dayabloom9634
      @dayabloom9634 2 роки тому +189

      @@cacadorcurioso7224 it’s said in the video that you actually can look directly at it because of the shielding provided by the water, but of course I expect that you can’t stay three hours watching at the reaction and not at 1MW

    • @WyattWinters
      @WyattWinters 2 роки тому +51

      For real. I just got around to watching Chernobyl and wishing I could see what that blue glow would look like in real life, and lo and behold this shows up in my recommended haha

    • @TiqueO6
      @TiqueO6 2 роки тому +8

      @@dayabloom9634 Well I suppose technically you’re not still looking directly at it because the water is between you and it.

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 2 роки тому +49

      @@TiqueO6 by your definition one still wouldn't be 'looking directly' at it if there weren't water because there'd be air in between

  • @oreiooo
    @oreiooo 5 років тому +2317

    i just watched Chernobyl and UA-cam's algorithm went batshit crazy

    • @serbbrb_7891
      @serbbrb_7891 5 років тому +16

      Stanley Pines bro that shit gave me ptsd

    • @MrFishluver
      @MrFishluver 5 років тому +5

      Was it the Americans?

    • @CrashForce
      @CrashForce 5 років тому +23

      You’re delusional! Take yourself to the infermiary

    • @zandermyers8859
      @zandermyers8859 5 років тому +3

      I never even heard of it, and UA-cam put it on my front page.

    • @chancepadlo4882
      @chancepadlo4882 4 роки тому +1

      Glad I'm not the only one

  • @skypilotace
    @skypilotace 6 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely amazing. I just learned more about nuclear power from one video than I have read about my whole life. For me, video speaks louder than words. Thanks!

  • @OttoTheWeim
    @OttoTheWeim 10 місяців тому +13

    There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a reactor running in person. I was lucky enough to work in and around the reactor at Oak Ridge NL and the experience will live with me forever. So many stories and observations of the site itself as well as the reactor. Very cool part of history and visually stunning to see the glow.

  • @Exarhadsgfds
    @Exarhadsgfds 5 років тому +1983

    *reactor starts glowing*
    AKIMOV WHAT DID YOU DO

  • @RajarajanPanneerselvam
    @RajarajanPanneerselvam 5 років тому +2086

    The reactor makes trance music while starting up and shutting down.

    • @AlexLandress
      @AlexLandress  5 років тому +377

      And luckily it’s non copyrighted trance!

    • @RajarajanPanneerselvam
      @RajarajanPanneerselvam 5 років тому +59

      @@AlexLandress I genuinely for a moment thought its the sound from the control rods :)

    • @machigiceb7788
      @machigiceb7788 5 років тому +3

      @@RajarajanPanneerselvam same

    • @andrewdavies1312
      @andrewdavies1312 5 років тому +66

      Given some of the elements in there you'd think it'd play heavy metal

    • @RajarajanPanneerselvam
      @RajarajanPanneerselvam 5 років тому +30

      @@andrewdavies1312 or Death Metal

  • @bryanp4827
    @bryanp4827 Рік тому +51

    Thanks so much for this demo Alex, I've always been fascinated by nuclear power, and of course had my reservations, but as I learn more and more, I'm understanding more about the unwarranted demonising of it. BRILLIANT STUFF SIR! 👍👍

    • @harryhall4001
      @harryhall4001 Рік тому +6

      The individual reactor design determines a lot of the safety risks involved. That and waste disposal. Events like Chernobyl and even the more recent Fukishima incident involved outdated somewhat outdated technology and newly built reactors are said to be significantly safer (especially compared to RBMK used in Chernobyl). That being said nuclear technology will always have some risks - those risks however are often less than those of other power sources including hydroelectric damns that have killed more people than reactor incidents. I also think reactor design can be further improved and made even safer with enough research, we already have ideas on how to do this but don't have the funding.

  • @stevegabbert9626
    @stevegabbert9626 Рік тому +12

    I started working refuel outages, and between outage construction, at a few nuclear powerhouses as a JW electrician in 1989. I have since retired, but I was able to work practically everywhere at the plants. However, I never got the chance to see the blue glow in person, but others did. Thanks for showing me, and explaining, what goes on.

  • @dazhibernian
    @dazhibernian 5 років тому +4635

    One HBO series and every1 is a nuclear scientist commenting on reactor core youtube videos 😂

    • @rts100x5
      @rts100x5 5 років тому +62

      and here you are

    • @theonlydillank
      @theonlydillank 5 років тому +246

      All I’m suggesting is that 3.6 Roentgen is not great but not terrible.

    • @philthephilosopher9235
      @philthephilosopher9235 5 років тому +59

      All we're saying is that it's only 3.6 roentgen. Not great but not terrible.

    • @dazhibernian
      @dazhibernian 5 років тому +72

      @@rts100x5 Get to the infirmary, you're delusional 🤣

    • @vacciniumaugustifolium1420
      @vacciniumaugustifolium1420 5 років тому +41

      you don't need to be specially smart to understand the basic idea of a reactor and the atomic reaction...

  • @capriottimultimedia
    @capriottimultimedia 5 років тому +681

    Nuclear reactors you can study/relax to [LIVE]

    • @myamdane6895
      @myamdane6895 5 років тому +75

      Lofi/HipHop Nuclear Meltdown you can relax to! [🛑]

    • @JeremiahNanninga09
      @JeremiahNanninga09 5 років тому +31

      In the desert of Chernobyl references, this was a much needed oasis of humor.

    • @mrcapitalism007
      @mrcapitalism007 5 років тому +17

      Lofi/Hip-hop relaxing world war 2 sounds + after credits nuclear reactor to study and relax to [LIVE]

    • @kaonashi3584
      @kaonashi3584 3 роки тому

      Can you make that plz

  • @robertliskey420
    @robertliskey420 Рік тому +4

    Thank you, at 68 years old I felt as though I was in a class at M.I.T. Bravo I am grateful to see something I might never have seen. Thank you for a first rate production! 🐯🐯🐯🐯 not too important but a nickname The Old Tiger.

  • @michaelrandall2422
    @michaelrandall2422 Рік тому

    Bloody awesome video. The pace and explanations are perfect. Thank you!

  • @crugleberryandfriends4740
    @crugleberryandfriends4740 4 роки тому +1696

    I went here on a school field trip once
    It was elementary school so nobody understood literally anything they tried to teach us

    • @rickyheath7607
      @rickyheath7607 3 роки тому +291

      That’s a perfectly good waste of a field trip

    • @carlosserna_boi921
      @carlosserna_boi921 3 роки тому +58

      @@rickyheath7607 What field trips did you have? They probably made you go to the park right across from your school.

    • @antonhelsgaun
      @antonhelsgaun 3 роки тому +86

      @@carlosserna_boi921 I'm going to Iceland on a field trip, and still would rather have gone to see a nuclear reactors

    • @rocket2739
      @rocket2739 3 роки тому +3

      69th like

    • @antonhelsgaun
      @antonhelsgaun 3 роки тому +4

      @@rocket2739 nice

  • @sleep3666
    @sleep3666 3 роки тому +2278

    They should have a speaker that plays the windows XP power on and power off sound when it turns on and off

    • @enzomedina2077
      @enzomedina2077 3 роки тому +40

      Underrated comment

    • @OnlyTwoShoes
      @OnlyTwoShoes 3 роки тому +42

      They do actually, but you can't hear it underwater.

    • @ikagura
      @ikagura 3 роки тому +4

      or 98

    • @Unyhouss
      @Unyhouss 3 роки тому +2

      chernobyl

    • @Flippinfishin
      @Flippinfishin 3 роки тому +5

      @@OnlyTwoShoes Why not? I know pools that have underwater speakers that play music.

  • @blancolirio
    @blancolirio Рік тому +6

    Excellent Demonstration! Thanks for posting!

  • @pavela_k5558
    @pavela_k5558 Рік тому

    I saw dozens same video about reactors start and shutdown and found this one is coolest due to explanations for all questions I had while whatching for easy understanding. Thanks

  • @alichank
    @alichank 3 роки тому +1106

    "Hey Ferb, I know what to do today!"

    • @pontythython1901
      @pontythython1901 3 роки тому +25

      Chernobyl ensues

    • @nickkurzy2246
      @nickkurzy2246 3 роки тому +29

      I'm honestly surprised they never built a nuclear reactor on that show. Compared to half the things they built it would be child's play.

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 3 роки тому +5

      Programmer Cat But if done correctly, there’s no reason for there to be an explosion (which wouldn’t actually be a nuclear explosion, the fuel in a nuclear reactor is too poor in fissile uranium-235 for that to happen).

    • @SergioLopez-nh1fr
      @SergioLopez-nh1fr 3 роки тому +4

      @@GRBtutorials would have been too controversial. Sad since we let fear stop us from going nuclear.

    • @williamrasengan
      @williamrasengan 3 роки тому +8

      @@aminsaw7564 : You're mistaken, RBMK reactors don't explode!

  • @Sypaka
    @Sypaka 3 роки тому +586

    "Blue light prevents you from sleep"
    Me: Cherenkov Radiation?

    • @leonrichardt4441
      @leonrichardt4441 3 роки тому +17

      From a certain point of view it would stop you, but not only from sleeping, but from breathing 😂

    • @aeureus
      @aeureus 3 роки тому +5

      Not really, Cherenkov is produced by FTL through a solid/liquid. It's deadly in the aspect as gamma radiation is, which a device screen does not produce.

    • @Nevir202
      @Nevir202 3 роки тому +1

      If you get enough, it’ll put you to sleep for good. 🤣

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano 3 роки тому +1

      @@aeureus true, but if you observe Cherenkov radiation in the air or water around you, your weekend plans are pretty much over. I'm aware of only a handful of times people witnessed that phenomena that way, three during the Manhattan Project and in a criticality incident in a Japanese fuel processing plant.
      I did chuckle about checking the camera for activation, as they'd be a wee bit above 1 MW to get that kind of neutron flux at that distance in water. But, the tests are standard and mandatory. One thing I do remember about the NRC, they're utterly inflexible in safety procedures.

    • @websterri
      @websterri 3 роки тому

      @@spvillano The NRC is basically a terrorist organization. They are such scumbags I don't know why nobody has done anything to stop them in the decades they have been spreading misinformation and destroying the nuclear industry.

  • @ThomasAT86
    @ThomasAT86 4 місяці тому

    I could meditate to this. Stunning, thanks for sharing and the information!

  • @KrusherMike
    @KrusherMike Рік тому

    I have to come back to this video from time to time. It's genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

  • @joeherm
    @joeherm 5 років тому +257

    *Watches one miniseries*
    You know, I'm something of a nuclear scientist myself

    • @shreyas2730
      @shreyas2730 2 роки тому

      Comrade dyatlov , it's unsafe .....

    • @sannidhyabalkote9536
      @sannidhyabalkote9536 2 роки тому

      @@shreyas2730 you didn't see graphite
      YOU DIDN'T!!!!!
      BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE

    • @shreyas2730
      @shreyas2730 2 роки тому

      @@sannidhyabalkote9536 it's not good ..... It's not terrible either

  • @dariusallison5333
    @dariusallison5333 5 років тому +228

    There was a young lady named Bright
    Who traveled far faster than light.
    She went out one day
    In a RELATIVE way
    And returned the previous night.
    -Reginald Buller
    He wrote this about the Tachyon, a hypothetical subatomic particle, that travels faster than light. Predicted by the mathematics of Einstein’s relativity.

    • @axelaxel7118
      @axelaxel7118 4 роки тому +1

      great

    • @andrewlegoffe2460
      @andrewlegoffe2460 3 роки тому

      Hehe Tachyon egg

    • @kojiyaw
      @kojiyaw 3 роки тому +2

      Imagine returning before even leaving

    • @KegaB3
      @KegaB3 3 роки тому

      Does that mean that tachyons are the answer to time travel?

    • @uks1478
      @uks1478 3 роки тому +1

      *“Is Dr. Bright allowed to travels faster than the speed of light in the foundation?”*
      Joke aside, it's a nice comment ^^

  • @scharianasilesnia6824
    @scharianasilesnia6824 8 місяців тому +1

    WoW a good video. This is my first time to see a Nuclear Reactor . So small and so many PowerI have ever thinking, its bigger.Thanks for this Video

  • @davep.5662
    @davep.5662 10 місяців тому +2

    My son as a student at Penn State and I got to tour the reactor and look down directly into pool seeing the blue glow from the reactor. Pretty amazing stuff.

  • @OnlyTwoShoes
    @OnlyTwoShoes 3 роки тому +654

    _"Conrade, I've seen it. The core it's open!"_
    *When the core is open:*

    • @whoyoulookingatabs1028
      @whoyoulookingatabs1028 3 роки тому +38

      Comrade

    • @comradedyatlov4143
      @comradedyatlov4143 3 роки тому +66

      He's in shock, get him out of here.

    • @wattlebough
      @wattlebough 3 роки тому +14

      @@comradedyatlov4143 What did you DOOO!

    • @joedied7213
      @joedied7213 3 роки тому +22

      3.6 not great, not terrible

    • @muffinstuffin6
      @muffinstuffin6 3 роки тому +13

      Creepiest scene from the show. Without any context, you just KNOW "No human is supposed to EVER see this"

  • @somepersonwhowatchesandhas5198
    @somepersonwhowatchesandhas5198 3 роки тому +171

    Don't know exactly why this showed up in my suggested today, but not gonna lie, I'm glad it did.

  • @ZippyTripped
    @ZippyTripped Рік тому +1

    Easily one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen on UA-cam!

  • @TotoMacFrame
    @TotoMacFrame Рік тому +16

    Just stumbled across this, very very fascinating, thanks for having us!
    What crossed my mind was the question... When those control rods are made of neutron absorbing material, can they become "full"? Do they have to be exchanged sometime?

  • @ARCISX
    @ARCISX 5 років тому +873

    *"Can you tell me how a RBMK reactor works underwater?"*

    • @hoovyzepoot
      @hoovyzepoot 5 років тому +197

      Not greatly, not terribly

    • @muffinman4515
      @muffinman4515 4 роки тому +59

      HoovyzePoot That’s a high caliber answer holy fuck.

    • @therandomytchannel4318
      @therandomytchannel4318 4 роки тому +31

      Toptunov, raise power to 1 Mw!

    • @0_741
      @0_741 4 роки тому +9

      @@therandomytchannel4318 У Топтунова даже такой цены деления в 1МВт не было на щите управления. У него был аппарат в 3000МВт тепловой мощности. А это какой то примус.

    • @wealthmaster69
      @wealthmaster69 4 роки тому +30

      @@0_741 what the fuck did you just said AKIMOV

  • @CeltonHenderson
    @CeltonHenderson 3 роки тому +3188

    This really goes to show that Nuclear Reactor technology really doesn’t deserve the bad reputation it gets, especially with the modern designs we have for them. Most of the reactors that have had issues in the past were literally designed 60-70 years ago. Think about how much technology has advanced in that time... we can do better.

    • @tr1x243
      @tr1x243 3 роки тому +314

      Its not that nuclear technology is dangerous, as you said, technology is advance enough that something happening like in Chernobyl is highly unlikely..
      The concerne is danger from natural causes, like what happened in Fukushima. We dont know what future holds, some catastrophe on bigger scale will happen sooner or later, and then we might have serious problems with those reactors and nuclear waste.
      Which also is another concerne, nuclear waste, besides Finland, nobody else permanently store their nuclear waste for now.. Waste is being hold in the power planet itself, or on some locations, but not permanently sealed and buried, and in that state is always potentialy dangerous..

    • @CeltonHenderson
      @CeltonHenderson 3 роки тому +5

      @Hamburglar the exiled yup

    • @Rob-hv5zq
      @Rob-hv5zq 3 роки тому +72

      Nuclear reactor technology definitely deserves its bad reputation. When operators are constantly vigilant and abiding by all safety procedures, everything's gravy. But it only takes one time for something to fail or somebody to make a mistake and shit goes south extremely fast. Both Fukushima and Chernobyl proved that. Fukushima even had safety backups with backups after them. Mother nature fucked all that up.

    • @calculus3661
      @calculus3661 3 роки тому +358

      @@Rob-hv5zq Fukushima was a bad plant with very bad location and absolutely inadequate safety precautions for earthquakes and tsunami's.

    • @maximiliandaschner3120
      @maximiliandaschner3120 3 роки тому +229

      @@Rob-hv5zq Actually stuff cant go down south really fast in modern reactors. Chernobyl was a catastrophe by design which was only able to happen duo to the use the nowadays very outdated solid fission moderator Graphite and the use of only 2% enriched Uranium (instead of commonly used 3-5% which is more expensive) so the catastrophy wouldnt have been a suprise if looked at from nowadays perspective.
      Fukushima is a nuclear reactor build on the edge of one of the most earthquake torn islands.
      I cannot imagine a case of a modern nuclear reactor going boom if its not right at the edge of a continental plate.
      You can run planes into them and the fission reaction is self controlled duo to the design of the reactor, if every worker in a nuclear facility suddenly died the reactors would happily keep on running until fission stops, cooling and moderation is self sustained and unless not explicitly told to do so otherwise by human intervention (or the water pool having a leak...) the fission will decrease not increase.

  • @kirara2516
    @kirara2516 Рік тому +10

    This may seem odd, but I love the underwater sounds as the camera is lowered.
    UA-cam suggested this vid to me and I'm happy it did. I always love learning something new.

  • @michaelkuhn402
    @michaelkuhn402 9 місяців тому +2

    WOW WOW WOW fantastic video. I'm not as afraid of nuclear energy production as I watch these types of videos.

  • @KumaBean
    @KumaBean 4 роки тому +2624

    Her: I'm sure he's cheating on me
    Him and the boys:

    • @nicoh332
      @nicoh332 3 роки тому +4

      Lmao

    • @shuggg5646
      @shuggg5646 3 роки тому +102

      Putting his control rods in someone else

    • @20ERIC1992
      @20ERIC1992 3 роки тому +5

      @@shuggg5646 lol

    • @hocus2591
      @hocus2591 3 роки тому +20

      When he gets home he gets checked for contamination and activation

    • @xa-xii4865
      @xa-xii4865 3 роки тому +4

      Why are we talking about memes here? This is for scientists only, not people who love this bumblefuckery we call "memes".

  • @tythorn13
    @tythorn13 3 роки тому +741

    "Alright kids, now we are going to do it again but without the water"

    • @quinndirks5653
      @quinndirks5653 3 роки тому +103

      Um, I just remembered I left the oven on at home, and um, I'm afraid I'll have to miss that experiment

    • @davidsteer8142
      @davidsteer8142 3 роки тому +73

      I’m not sure if it would work. Water is the moderator to slow the neutrons down to allow them to successfully hit another fissile atom. Now if there was graphite there as well, that would be a different story.

    • @TheRCBasher69420
      @TheRCBasher69420 3 роки тому +12

      @@davidsteer8142 thanks a good explanation

    • @budgreen4x4
      @budgreen4x4 3 роки тому +22

      No water? No moderation and likely wouldn't sustain a chain reaction

    • @tythorn13
      @tythorn13 3 роки тому +47

      @@budgreen4x4 shhhhh! It's funny to the non-nuclear engineers! Don't ruin it for them!

  • @WXUZT
    @WXUZT Рік тому

    Thanks for uploading this rarely observable unique happening.

  • @junatah5903
    @junatah5903 Рік тому +10

    I really sat here and watch a spicy cube glow for 10 minutes.

  • @motokoko8045
    @motokoko8045 4 роки тому +211

    i will likely never need this information on my life, but you can be sure I watched the whole thing

  • @PauaP
    @PauaP 5 років тому +745

    Look, I studied Nuclear Physics from the hit show Chernobyl from HBO, you might say that I am indeed qualified for this type of matter.

    • @nelsonhernandez3259
      @nelsonhernandez3259 5 років тому +4

      Hat _ lmao dude

    • @CrashForce
      @CrashForce 5 років тому +22

      Hat _ You’re delusional! Take yourself to the infermiary

    • @f.r.285
      @f.r.285 5 років тому +10

      And you might also say 3 roentgens is not great, not terrible either.

    • @PauaP
      @PauaP 5 років тому +2

      @@f.r.285 Indeed Comrade.

    • @michaelstout776
      @michaelstout776 4 роки тому +7

      "I'm a bit of a nuclear physicist myself" -Green Goblin dude

  • @LinkaBellGAME
    @LinkaBellGAME Рік тому

    This is really fascinating to watch thankyou for sharing this. I also just realized this was from 2017. Still really cool!

  • @thetransportbroz
    @thetransportbroz Рік тому +6

    0:01 welcome to timed beta, have some snacks 🍿

  • @KayJay01
    @KayJay01 3 роки тому +2422

    This is just footage of a modern Intel processor.

    • @memesandgasoline
      @memesandgasoline 3 роки тому +23

      LMFAO

    • @hanfbrot
      @hanfbrot 3 роки тому +174

      Yeah, as it does not produce anything but heat.

    • @Wertdante
      @Wertdante 3 роки тому +53

      500 Mw TDP

    • @f-22raptor25
      @f-22raptor25 3 роки тому +5

      More like the 5600x

    • @KayJay01
      @KayJay01 3 роки тому +49

      @@f-22raptor25 ?? the 5600X caps out at like 80W lol. Meanwhile the equivalent Intel proc is twice that

  • @StefanReich
    @StefanReich 3 роки тому +373

    It actually glows blue and it's not even a gimmick. So amazing

    • @jayjaysheroah2485
      @jayjaysheroah2485 2 роки тому +3

      Blue is my fav colour so imma eat it

    • @ocristianoronaldo8294
      @ocristianoronaldo8294 2 роки тому +3

      @@jayjaysheroah2485 Am gonna sniff it hardly

    • @ushakirantonjam2827
      @ushakirantonjam2827 2 роки тому

      @@ocristianoronaldo8294 u need help

    • @Obshowersyndicate
      @Obshowersyndicate 2 роки тому

      My dad use to weld the aluminum cooling pipes on a small test reactor in the DC area back in the 80s . One day the plant operator showed him the reactor core he said he was never more scared in his life. He says the glow was almost purple but eyes were getting pretty bad from all the years of welding

    • @gilian2587
      @gilian2587 Рік тому

      ​@@Obshowersyndicate Those commercial plants can produce as much as 2 GW of power; so... 6 GW is about 6000 times more oomph than this little darling.

  • @Liquid188
    @Liquid188 8 місяців тому

    What a great video including all these explanations! Thank you!

  • @Backyardmech1
    @Backyardmech1 Рік тому +5

    I’m no scientist, or anything close to it, other than some environmental remediation background, but I find stuff like this very fascinating. This video had me captured for 10 minutes.

  • @MultiMulticraft
    @MultiMulticraft 4 роки тому +785

    'Me trying to sleep:
    UA-cam Algorithm: "want to know how to start a nuclear reactor !?"

    • @greebeena2818
      @greebeena2818 3 роки тому +8

      Me: Yes. Yes I do.

    • @johnathangunter7022
      @johnathangunter7022 3 роки тому +4

      Me: Yes i do. LETS Build ONE!! 10 sec. Lader: (lieing on the floor because of radiation positioning)

    • @JohnDoe-on6ru
      @JohnDoe-on6ru 3 роки тому +2

      Your sleep paralysis demon be like "DAMN, thwarted by UA-cam AGAIN!"

    • @mags247
      @mags247 3 роки тому +5

      It feels like it's always the same people commenting the same thing under every video

    • @boskirocks1
      @boskirocks1 3 роки тому

      A bit more complicated than this lol

  • @dylanyoules4995
    @dylanyoules4995 5 років тому +1746

    The 117 people who disliked are in shock
    Get them out of here

  • @bendafyddgillard
    @bendafyddgillard Рік тому

    The annotations added a lot to this video, thank you.

  • @nathanh2917
    @nathanh2917 3 місяці тому

    Fascinating every time I watch this.. Also the best video by far.

  • @VERY_MAD_ALIEN
    @VERY_MAD_ALIEN 2 роки тому +443

    For those wondering it is going faster than the speed of light in water but not faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.

    • @AdriStouse
      @AdriStouse Рік тому +9

      If i am not wrong i think in perfect vacuum, there is by definition no matter. So no electrons to be ejected at high speed from their atoms by the gamma particles from the reactor's core. So i think the question of the Cherenkov effect is pointless in vacuum.

    • @richardlepoulo9694
      @richardlepoulo9694 Рік тому +3

      Bruh what are you on

    • @corporealcasimir4885
      @corporealcasimir4885 Рік тому +21

      @@AdriStouse Vacuum's still have particles.
      Casimir effect, and no true vacuum exists anyway, though experimentally could be considered statistically void of matter.
      It is not pointless to make the distinction of water vs vacuum as it is about lightspeed references on the wavefront. The whole point is to not make people think electrons are literally going true FTL. It's just a reference map, quite standardised in mathematics, engineering and physics.

    • @Chironex_Fleckeri
      @Chironex_Fleckeri Рік тому +11

      @@richardlepoulo9694 Gen Z is here.. joy

    • @user-ze7tl2dw4i
      @user-ze7tl2dw4i Рік тому

      @Bill Bopperton oh boy, you've got to lay off the news and quit the generation stigma - I bet back in your day they were doing the same BS; just accept you're antiquated and make peace with it instead of demonizing the evolution of language and the next generations' way forward

  • @shutupnerd9694
    @shutupnerd9694 3 роки тому +2215

    "I got in touch with a friend of mine who works at a research reactor, and asked him what he thought would happen to you if you tried to swim in their radiation containment pool.
    'In our reactor?” He thought about it for a moment. “You’d die pretty quickly, before reaching the water, from gunshot wounds.'"
    obligatory xkcd quote

    • @chiharufukuda489
      @chiharufukuda489 3 роки тому +16

      cancer

    • @PolarBear-rc4ks
      @PolarBear-rc4ks 3 роки тому +362

      @authorization batman yeesh someone didn't have their breakfast

    • @iguessyoucouldcallitconten8568
      @iguessyoucouldcallitconten8568 3 роки тому +214

      @authorization batman you're kind of a dick. Not only did the joke fly over your head but you had to be an ass about it too

    • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
      @Horny_Fruit_Flies 3 роки тому +78

      @authorization batman BUTTHURT ALERT

    • @VictorMarwood
      @VictorMarwood 3 роки тому +14

      @@shutupnerd9694 will you answer the question? I really want know what would happen

  • @andrewmoe7078
    @andrewmoe7078 Рік тому +2

    The reactor is way smaller than I would have ever imagined it. Pretty neat stuff!! 👍

    • @apenguingames4305
      @apenguingames4305 Рік тому

      The future will be a world where something like that the size of a Coca-Cola can will power our house

  • @maxmad1078
    @maxmad1078 Рік тому

    Awesome! The power of the atom! Thanks for the video! Really interesting!

  • @Soundtracks161
    @Soundtracks161 5 років тому +3653

    It's only a 3.6 roentgen. I'm told it's the equivalent of a chest X-ray

    • @TitanD79
      @TitanD79 5 років тому +461

      3.6 Roentgen per hour? Take him to the infirmary, he's delusional.

    • @Archimourn
      @Archimourn 5 років тому +411

      Not great, not terrible.

    • @MrTopGun999
      @MrTopGun999 5 років тому +306

      You are confused RBMK reactor cores don't explode

    • @mbrunnme
      @mbrunnme 5 років тому +132

      @@TitanD79 I've seen worse.

    • @VBCVeryBigChannel
      @VBCVeryBigChannel 5 років тому +87

      Soundtracks161 This copy and paste unoriginal comment is already old, stop beating it with a stick you lame fuck

  • @Swaggaccino
    @Swaggaccino 3 роки тому +451

    "Okay class who wants to jump in the pool for extra credit? I know 70% of you are borderline failing so I should have plenty of volunteers."

    • @supapoopatroopa6882
      @supapoopatroopa6882 3 роки тому +20

      Swaggaccino funny part is other than the radiation it would probably be perfectly fine if not a bit warm due to the energy dissipating only really dangerous if you go right up and touch the reactor

    • @supapoopatroopa6882
      @supapoopatroopa6882 3 роки тому +2

      At least I think so nuclear physicists please correct me

    • @StormsparkPegasus
      @StormsparkPegasus 3 роки тому +29

      @@supapoopatroopa6882 Exactly. If you went within a couple feet of the reactor it would end very badly, but at the top of the pool (19 feet away) or just under the surface? Probably less radiation than outside the pool. what-if.xkcd.com/29/

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 3 роки тому +3

      @@StormsparkPegasus You beat me to posting that.

    • @Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer
      @Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer 3 роки тому +11

      @@supapoopatroopa6882 My friend worked at a nuke plant. If someone drops something in the suppression pool a diver has to go get it, and I don't think they do a full shutdown. Even if they do the reactor is still full of material.

  • @michaelripley4528
    @michaelripley4528 Рік тому

    ACID VIDEO!!!! 😮👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
    Thx for that experience and data👌🏻

  • @Xen-s_dreamagination
    @Xen-s_dreamagination Рік тому

    This is fascinating and educational. Thank you!

  • @wlockuz4467
    @wlockuz4467 2 роки тому +817

    From discovering fire to this, It always blows my mind to think what humans are capable of.

    • @FordSierraIS
      @FordSierraIS Рік тому +4

      there are many theories that we got some inspiration from other "sources"

    • @alexpantilimon4056
      @alexpantilimon4056 Рік тому +4

      Aliens

    • @Alirezarz62
      @Alirezarz62 Рік тому +27

      There are still many fascinating technologies to be discovered in the future now this is a fission reaction I wonder if we could commercialize fusion reaction

    • @amp4105
      @amp4105 Рік тому +6

      This is way more impressive than discovering fire considering fire can be observed to naturally happen.

    • @Tunkkis
      @Tunkkis Рік тому +8

      @@FordSierraIS Not theories, just speculation.

  • @riotergr1
    @riotergr1 5 років тому +2008

    I'm here for my daily dose of 3.6 Roentgens.

    • @seasesh4073
      @seasesh4073 5 років тому +112

      I heard it's only about one chest x-ray

    • @robindabank565
      @robindabank565 5 років тому +79

      Not good , not horrifying

    • @DaoQui
      @DaoQui 5 років тому +34

      I've seen worse.

    • @laszlokocsis7817
      @laszlokocsis7817 5 років тому +76

      3.6? Not great, not terrible.

    • @railyatra8879
      @railyatra8879 5 років тому +18

      Are you due for an chest X Ray?

  • @autistadolinux5336
    @autistadolinux5336 10 місяців тому +3

    It is impressive how they move the shielding just a little bit and it doubles the heat power.

  • @cremebrulee4759
    @cremebrulee4759 29 днів тому

    As someone who has only a minimal understanding of this process, seeing this is both terrifying and fascinating. Thank you for the annotation. I saw another video showing startup of some reactors, and there was no annotation at all, so it was difficult for a non-nuclear person to know it was going on since. Having worked with engineers, I would never expect you to be able to spell everything correctly.😊

  • @staliniumprojectile
    @staliniumprojectile 5 років тому +490

    alternative title: testing my nuclear reactor in my pool.

    • @ronfino
      @ronfino 5 років тому +22

      @@PelonMusk who hurt you, my boy

    • @playgroundchooser
      @playgroundchooser 5 років тому +3

      even though the pool is big, a megawatt of heat would get it toasty warm pretty quickly. 👍🏼

    • @xiro6
      @xiro6 4 роки тому +1

      DIY,and very cheap,i made it with some spares i had from other projects or found in the trash,so very cheap.

    • @igor-math-br
      @igor-math-br 4 роки тому

      "I made a test on the air turbines of my nuclear reactor and this is what happened XD"

    • @careditor
      @careditor 4 роки тому

      There you go!

  • @wattlebough
    @wattlebough 4 роки тому +441

    The lid is off, the stack is burning, I saw it.
    He’s in shock, get him out of here.

    • @panzerkampfwagenauschfviti3583
      @panzerkampfwagenauschfviti3583 4 роки тому +19

      You're delusional, take him to the infirmary.

    • @crankcall2u
      @crankcall2u 3 роки тому +11

      the feedwater is mildly contaminated. He'll be fine. I've seen worse

    • @Akeldama9
      @Akeldama9 3 роки тому +6

      Did you lower the control rods or not?

    • @wattlebough
      @wattlebough 3 роки тому +3

      @@Akeldama9 *. Dry reaches... doubles over... dry reaches some more...*.

    • @Ozeanic
      @Ozeanic 3 роки тому +6

      comrad dyatlov...
      COMRAD DYATLOV!

  • @clancybenedict6647
    @clancybenedict6647 Рік тому

    This was really neat to learn about. Thank you!

  • @Squad9000
    @Squad9000 6 місяців тому

    Thank you alex for this great video

  • @jasonluong3862
    @jasonluong3862 3 роки тому +987

    When the camera was pulled out, it has an extra lens.

    • @sayori3939
      @sayori3939 2 роки тому +4

      👈😂😂

    • @hsy831
      @hsy831 2 роки тому

      Lmao

    • @negativepunk9638
      @negativepunk9638 2 роки тому +1

      hope you dont have extra anything when doing the same thing

    • @BlisterThunderbolt
      @BlisterThunderbolt 2 роки тому +6

      Maybe that’s why the new iPhones have three lenses

    • @leen3158
      @leen3158 2 роки тому +3

      3-eyed fish lol.

  • @lincer556
    @lincer556 5 років тому +905

    "You didn't see graphite on the ground because it's not there, CHANGE MY MIND"

  • @ChestrCopprpot
    @ChestrCopprpot Рік тому

    Thanks for this video and the notation. It was very interesting. I’ve been reading James Mahaffey’s fascinating books on the history of nuclear energy and it’s awesome to see what a working nuclear reactor actually looks like!

  • @arselstar
    @arselstar 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you too much for your excellent share...

  • @manudasmd
    @manudasmd 5 років тому +1093

    "Thats cherenkov effect, completely normal phenomenon. I have seen worse "

    • @BenPortermike
      @BenPortermike 5 років тому +47

      Its the tesseract effect.

    • @I_am_BiG_Al
      @I_am_BiG_Al 5 років тому +14

      @@BenPortermike hes quoting a line from hbo chernobyl

    • @59Foxhound
      @59Foxhound 5 років тому +6

      @@BenPortermike woooosh

    • @lizerlothdlb2389
      @lizerlothdlb2389 5 років тому +65

      @@59Foxhound you cant woosh someone who does not get a reference, a reference is not a joke + he was making one of his own

    • @Engin09TR
      @Engin09TR 5 років тому +9

      Comrade Dyatlov?

  • @thelaw2174
    @thelaw2174 5 років тому +1790

    Jesus christ, there are just too many comments about HBO Chernobyl series... gotta take every one to the infirmary, they're delusional.

    • @kapatidtomas
      @kapatidtomas 5 років тому +4

      Take _"The Law" to the medic please

    • @robertbaciu2235
      @robertbaciu2235 5 років тому +6

      The Law i see what you did there :))

    • @arnoldshmitt4969
      @arnoldshmitt4969 5 років тому +1

      rmbk rector did blewup and core melted , memed soviet stooge ask how did it blew up

    • @manda60
      @manda60 5 років тому +11

      You know, if that series spurs an interest in some people to learn more about physics - good!

    • @bearlemley
      @bearlemley 5 років тому

      I didn't see a post from Mr. Christ??

  • @Sebastianmaz615
    @Sebastianmaz615 2 роки тому

    Excellent video, especially for me or someone like me who knows absolutely zero about how anything nuclear (for electricity) works.
    Very cool and informative. Thanks. 👍🏻😊

  • @stevejennings3960
    @stevejennings3960 Рік тому

    An absolutely stunning video!!!

  • @slyace1301
    @slyace1301 3 роки тому +560

    Imagine being able watch a nuclear reaction happening

    • @sungazer454
      @sungazer454 3 роки тому +167

      You need to go outside sometimes

    • @user-lp7tx1fe6t
      @user-lp7tx1fe6t 3 роки тому +26

      @@sungazer454 lmao

    • @xavier9480
      @xavier9480 3 роки тому +61

      Looks at sun

    • @user-lp7tx1fe6t
      @user-lp7tx1fe6t 3 роки тому +66

      @@sungazer454 your name makes this even more hilarious

    • @lordzaveana918
      @lordzaveana918 3 роки тому +8

      @@sungazer454 actually the sun uses nuclear fusion which creates alot more energy then the fission that reactors use

  • @3Dusers
    @3Dusers 3 роки тому +383

    2:35 imagine being so fast instead of a sonic boom you create a photonic boom

    • @zombieregime
      @zombieregime 3 роки тому +42

      Fun fact: if a macroscopic object were moving at "can generate light booms" speeds it would be fussing particles on, and ablating, its forward facing side. It would basically be a moving nuclear explosion untill the object is either consumed or obliterated.
      Yes, I am a blast at parties.

    • @ShadeAKAhayate
      @ShadeAKAhayate 2 роки тому +3

      @@zombieregime Don't forget Unruh radiation to melt it down.

    • @comicsansgreenkirby
      @comicsansgreenkirby 2 роки тому +5

      Actually, that is possible. Named “sonoluminescense”, its natural occurrence is from the punch of a mantis shrimp. There’s also footage of some successful experiments getting bubbles to implode and create (very dim) flashes of light.

    • @gasun1274
      @gasun1274 2 роки тому +14

      @@comicsansgreenkirby that's an entirely different phenomenon.

  • @dirt_dert_durt
    @dirt_dert_durt Рік тому +2

    "Before we begin the tour, I must ask: why do you have your phone hooked to a fishing pole?"
    "Don't worry about it".

  • @Heyitzjames1776
    @Heyitzjames1776 Рік тому

    Fascinating, brilliant, and terrifying all at the same time

  • @IhateYoutube
    @IhateYoutube 7 років тому +519

    This is by far the best video I've ever seen of a reactor running. When I saw the original video without annotations I just had to link it on my FB Page. I've always had a fascination with atomic power and always love watching reactor vids and this just knocked it out of the park. Seriously, Thank You for sharing!

    • @samarvora7185
      @samarvora7185 5 років тому +3

      The last time I saw a video of a nuclear reactor in operation, things didn't turn out well.

    • @onenerdarmy
      @onenerdarmy 5 років тому

      @@samarvora7185 You're just a rod jumping GANGSTER Samar!

    • @fionasherleen
      @fionasherleen 5 років тому +2

      Finally, someone before HBO Chernobyl

  • @MrYour101
    @MrYour101 7 років тому +446

    Cherenkov radiation is such an amazing blue hue.

    • @MrWolfSnack
      @MrWolfSnack 5 років тому +78

      Imagine being the workers inside Chernobyl the night the reactor blew its top. One of the workers described "a beautiful blue laser stretching to the heavens".

    • @mysock351C
      @mysock351C 5 років тому +65

      @@MrWolfSnack Id imagine it would be very much brighter since the reactors output was orders of magnitude more than here. But the cost of admission is a bit pricey.

    • @kanekeylewer5704
      @kanekeylewer5704 5 років тому +1

      @@MrWolfSnack Is that actually the case, because that seems like bullshit to me...

    • @Jeremiah-mj9kw
      @Jeremiah-mj9kw 5 років тому +26

      @@kanekeylewer5704 I know I'm not the person you asked, but oh well. After quite a bit of research on the Chernobyl disaster, I found several witness reports stating something similar, if not that directly. The radiation coming from the exploded core was high enough to kill most of the workers who obliviously went close enough to it, even behind walls, or down in the reactor pumps. It was definitely enough to initiate a large Cherenkov effect.

    • @kanekeylewer5704
      @kanekeylewer5704 5 років тому +33

      @@Jeremiah-mj9kw Seems cool as fuck. Its one of those things that is really beautiful but scary as shit.

  • @flashchrome
    @flashchrome 9 місяців тому

    This is... amazing. Thanks for sharing. Annotation was excellent too. To me this say: Do not mess with nature.

  • @sammerritt730
    @sammerritt730 3 роки тому +470

    Me: has a paddle in the pool
    Everybody else at the nuclear reactor: 👁👄👁

    • @StormsparkPegasus
      @StormsparkPegasus 3 роки тому +24

      Believe it or not, near the top of the pool, just under the surface, you would probably get less radiation than outside the pool. Water is an excellent material for blocking radiation, just under the surface it would block some of the natural background from things like cosmic rays (this is assuming the water itself is not contaminated of course). Yes, being near the reactor would be very bad, but the reactor is some distance away from the top of the pool, and water being an excellent radiation blocker and the inverse square law combine to make it pretty safe. Keep in mind, the spent fuel pool in this article is probably releasing more radiation than the reactor does. what-if.xkcd.com/29/

    • @fuka8315
      @fuka8315 3 роки тому +6

      I known someone who went swimming in one he is a nuclear scientist I don’t really know what the fuck he do but I think it is important and he once went swimming to see if it does something. It don’t do anything apparently

    • @gth77s
      @gth77s 3 роки тому +3

      @@fuka8315 I can see from your writing that you are black

    • @fuka8315
      @fuka8315 3 роки тому +8

      Meme Machine WTF you can’t assume someone’s skin color just because of his writing (and for the information I’m white do you’re not even good at it)

    • @gth77s
      @gth77s 3 роки тому +4

      @DevinDeath Yes, i'm racist

  • @frankjesko8165
    @frankjesko8165 2 роки тому +610

    Beautiful video. I've seen the Cherenkov effect several times in person having worked in nuclear maintenance. It's always a sight to behold

    • @captaintoyota3171
      @captaintoyota3171 Рік тому +14

      Whats even more amazing is st elmos fire on wings of plames or masts of ships. That blue electric discharge glow is something 2 behold no matter its source

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 Рік тому +16

      Unless it's in open air, then it's the reaper's flashlight

    • @GamingHelp
      @GamingHelp Рік тому +1

      @@FleshWizard69420: I can't help but think this is a Louis Slotin reference. :(

  • @ernestoterrazas3480
    @ernestoterrazas3480 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much for letting us see something so interesting and strange it was a great experience. How you expose the samples to the radiation, is threw the pipes that are shown behind the reactor or you have to put them on a side of it?

  • @laura401
    @laura401 Рік тому

    Very interesting and easy to comprehend, amazing!

  • @MrDavid-gg2kk
    @MrDavid-gg2kk 5 років тому +257

    Less toxic than most kid pools.

    • @omniominous4534
      @omniominous4534 5 років тому +8

      The kids wee in them. If this were a kids pool it would glow green/yellow and then there would be 5-eyed squids.

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 5 років тому +5

      No really, water is amazing radiation insulator, no radiation reaches the surface of that pool. You could literally drink it. Ofc because it de-ionised, you would easily get nauseous, but its not serious.

    • @LanzoYT
      @LanzoYT 5 років тому

      Remove the kids and it will be toxic-free

    • @dakunssd
      @dakunssd 5 років тому +5

      @@jarskil8862 I would not recommend drinking the water from that pool. Neutron radiation tends to destabilize molecules around it, turning them radioactive. The reactor itself also releases Tritium, radioactive Helium, radioactive Xenon, etc., which can't be effectively caught by the cladding of the fuel rods and remains solute in the containment vessel water. Boiling water reactors are pretty safe, but not THAT safe.

    • @alexanderd.7818
      @alexanderd.7818 5 років тому

      Yep, in fact it's much less cancerogenic than chlorine infested water in the public pools.