The Day I Blew Up a Nuclear Reactor

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Uploaded by on Mar 26, 2011

The day I blew up a nuclear reactor - deliberately. Tickling The Dragon's Tail, by Boyd Norton

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  • Boyd, can you provide some more information, like - was the core designed to go critical with the insertion of one fule bundle, but only for a split second, not enough fuel to sustain criticality? Wwas the core designed to turn itself off after a short pulse? Was the explosion of water for the sudden release of energy heating the water, or was there someother chemical explosion designed to stop the reaction?

  • Boyd, I want to do this. I'm almost finished with an AAS degree in Nuclear Power Technology. My interest is in the design of the fuel rods.

  • So... you'd rather we keep blowing them up on purpose?

    We learned enough from SL-1 that the amount of radiation people were exposed to from the TMI incident was the same amount as eating a banana every day for four months.

    We didn't make Chernobyl. We didn't make Fukushima. We learned enough from an itty-bitty reactor in the middle of nowhere to make safer plants.

  • Excellent video with a simple and powerful point.

  • duperb..thank you

  • Excellent commentary and footage. Thanks for the video, and thanks for your research, Boyd.

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