Nuclear waste shipping casks

[bored1980]

We can crash test these things all day long, but it only takes one single terrorist attack on one single nuclear power plant and we're fucked. That's where the much more realistic risk is.

[22ness0hayden]

Loving the 'laptop' at 2:32 lol

[jgfcawgfjcfwa]

rocket train !!!

[stowse]

I've read this thread of comments and must say.... all of you people sound like idiots.

My apologies. However, that is my opinion.

[MillyVanillification]

The problem isnt the physical stress on the container (Castor). Its good enough for a few thousand Gs.

The problem is that Castors are not build to hold nuclear material for a long time. But since there is not a single ultimate disposal place on the planet, the radioactive material are held in those Castors since years. Nobody knows how long they will withstand the corrosive effect of radiation.

[captinseperoth]

and to think,they only got safe after this video was made...

[DragonSlayer1902]

why in spanish? i cant even speak spanish

[bibbyandal]

dead driver

[WtFmAtE12244]

do you think the truck driver would have been ok?

[cobolt13]

I don't speak Mexican :(

[SoloWingF16]

In what case would a train going 70 mph of all the cars in the road, hit a nuclear waste truck

[believersunderground]

fun to watch. yet they don't tell you where all the nuclear waste went to. That went into making the bomb this is lol Scott (BUG)

[jax876]

any excuse to put a rocket on train

[blackle4ps3]

can they be safe enough to launch them into deep space

[vitiland]

Buenisimo, ojala todos estos documentales estuvieran en español.

[junior0983]

ROFL you can tell this was done in mexico the trucks are ugly and don't have headache racks. and the vehicles used in this video aren't suitable for Traveling in America. ROFL

[marcelothecleaner]

buenisimo esto es lo que deben darle a cristina kirchner a ver si la hacemos mierda de una vez por todas a esta agente del narko

[SedanChair]

That's awesome

[rushnout]

I wonder what speed these test locomotive and trucks were traveling! Was the wall brick with reinforced steel?

[AdaKing]

Trucks' speeds are 100 km/h and 140 km/h.

Fire temperature is 800ºC (1472ºF).

The wall is made of concrete, I don't know if reinforced or not.

I hope it helps..

[rushnout]

Ada,

Thanks for replying. I came across this video researching a different issue of nuclear waste transportation and storage. Good video, T/U

When I get time, I'd like to send a message with another question.

Till then-

Rush

[rushnout]

What struck me about the tests is how the truck/locomotives didn't sort of disappear into the concrete. This is such a contrast to the footage of the plane hitting the tower. Watching it in slow motion, no breaking up, no pieces flying, just a smooth entry-like a ghost walking through a wall.

[AdaKing]

Yes, but the two situations are entirely different from a physical point of view. First, the plane hit the tower at a speed far higher than the truck hitting the wall. Second, compared to the concrete wall, the Twin Towers were a relatively hollow obstacle. And finally a plane is far less dense that a truck. That could explain why both collisions are so different.

Nice conversation ;)

[rushnout]

Hey Adaking, good points. I was thinking because the airplane is much less dense than a locomotive, realitively thin actually, that it would just rip it to pieces upon impact. Anyway, thanks so much for responding.

I've heard a very unconfirmed rumor that the US could be transporting nuke waste to somewhere in mid Mexico.

That is strictly a rumor though.

[12dollarsand78cents]

@rushnout strictly? lol

[dreamdextreme]

whoa

[viator22]

Oh man, the bit where they hit it with a rocket powered train made my day.