"Hey Jim, don't you think we need to put a mechanical limiter on the control rod to keep it from being removed too far?" "Nah, what idiot would do that".................
@cremebrulee4759
4 ай бұрын
Or, "We've performed this procedure 10 times, and that didn't happen.".
@melissasueh.
3 жыл бұрын
The entrance road off Hwy. 20 is still there, closed by a gate and flanked by warning signs. The power poles still stand on the bluff around the site and are visible from the highway.
@TomKappeln
3 жыл бұрын
Wow !
@mrhassell
11 күн бұрын
Ever felt compelled to stop and fry an egg?
@billrhodes5603
3 жыл бұрын
"....A third man was found dead LODGED IN THE CEILING..." Odd statement with no explanation given. The guy was standing on top of the reactor trying to force the control rods down when a pressure build up inside the reactor explosively ejected the rods, which impaled this poor guy on the ceiling of the building. Funny how they didn't mention that.
@sakibear4478
3 жыл бұрын
Lodged sounds less scary than impaled. Though this facility was for remote stations, the operators were still promoting civilian N. P's . Arco Idaho is the nearest town. Prototypes for a proposed Nuke powered airplane engines located at a plant where a 'self guided' tour of the first plant that provided electricity in December 1951 for Arco, Idaho
@highcat2046
2 жыл бұрын
Other way around. Legg was trying to withdraw rod 9 to cold start the reactor. His limit was 4 inches, and he yanked it. Shit went prompt critical from there and blasted his soul into space.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time, grisly details were kept to a minimum, out of respect. Nowadays no one gives a sh*t.
@ph4nt0m22
2 жыл бұрын
you have no clue of what you are talking about. Legg was trying to withdraw Rod 9 by about 4 inches, but the rod got stuck, when he applied more force it got past those 4 inches limit and blew.
@RussellRW
2 жыл бұрын
As if you're going to be found ALIVE "lodged in the ceiling"
@tonamg53
Жыл бұрын
One small mistake for a man, one giant leap for the boss in the ceiling…
@Markko122L
4 жыл бұрын
It went Super-critical in 3.6 milliseconds, and they estimated it took 7.5 milliseconds to reach a momentary output of 20 Gigawatts, this far exceeded its design limit. It was only designed for 4 Megawatts.
@PeterMilanovski
3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm interesting now where in Chernobyl have I heard that before?
@busybillyb33
2 жыл бұрын
3.6 milliseconds. Not great, not terrible.
@PBeringer
Жыл бұрын
Those figures in all criticality accidents just blow my mind.
@-UNKNOWN-13
8 ай бұрын
If I recall correctly it was designed for 3MW and they were testing its capability to run at 4.7MW. It peaked at 2,000 times its designed threshold. The actual criticality only took 2-4 milliseconds after the rod was withdrawn over the 4 inch limit. After examining the rod it was estimated to have been moved 20 inches resulting in an explosive reaction equaling 35 kilograms of tnt.
@Famous-Potatoes
3 жыл бұрын
Proper diction, enhanced vocabulary and profanity-free communication is vital for non-bias, conclusive and definitive scientific information and ideas.
@toadinthehole8085
3 жыл бұрын
Fucking A
@mrfriz4091
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, so true!
@mattropolis99
3 жыл бұрын
Saying that makes you a racist to the modern left
@randb4865
3 жыл бұрын
Used to be, anyway.
@billflynn6903
3 жыл бұрын
Could do without the Smash Hit Music background.
@anacronisticcurmudgeonry525
6 жыл бұрын
Always thought this was one of the more interesting nuclear-power incidents. When I was in that region, I drove down highway 20 and meandered around a bit outside Atomic City. There is (according to the locals) fenced-in areas with AEC warning signs still.
@bullnukeoldman3794
3 жыл бұрын
The site of SL-1 is about 1/2 mile north of US 20 on Fillmore Blvd., about 2.5 to 3 miles east of the US 20/US26 intersection. When I worked on the NRTS in the early '70s there were still contaminated dump trucks from the SL-1 cleanup being used on the various sites of the station.
@widescreennavel
2 жыл бұрын
What did we learn? Ice is good for getting radiation off dead bodies, and that the operators must have lifted an inconceivable weight and blown themselves up.
@budneese3852
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was a navy nuke trainee, our bus went past the site. Saw the training film, understood what happened. It was a warning what could happen to any of us.
@-UNKNOWN-13
8 ай бұрын
@@widescreennavelthe simulated weight was only 80lbs. They stated one man could move it on his own.
@warpedbeyondhelp
Жыл бұрын
Love the sweet orchestral music contrasting the gruesome facts of the Army’s reckless nuclear accident.
@nicholasgamarro2763
4 жыл бұрын
Quite amazing that the containment building wasn't compromised. Definitely prevented a larger release of radioactive material into the environment
@howardshubs7157
4 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a containment building if I understand the video and the Wikipedia article. It was just where the reactor was. These days, there'd be a containment building constructed around it.
@xapplimatic
3 жыл бұрын
Gee I dont' know, breaking in from the outside so a crane can ram a steel pole in with a video camera right over the control rods and a stretcher to retrieve a body skewered to the ceiling KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE THE BUILDING WAS COMPROMISED TO ME. :P
@gorillaau
3 жыл бұрын
@@howardshubs7157 Yes, as the reactor was experimental and not powered all the time, a concrete containment building was not required. The building holding the SL-1 gave little more protection than a garden shed.
@polishkielbasa2363
Жыл бұрын
You just have to love the calm music playing throughout this film. Meanwhile they are talking about uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions, recovering bodies, and a deceased man LODGED in the freaking ceiling. The worst part is that it worked so well that its gotten to the point where the government doesn't even put this kind of effort in these days. The US population is so damn ignorant. It makes me sad.
@whirledpeas3477
Жыл бұрын
You didn't tell us about your pronouns?
@tuffy1124
Жыл бұрын
Great assessment So true
@cmerton
10 ай бұрын
So, basically you object to the music chosen for the video. Got it. And then you move immediately to the "worst part" but never say what it was, but tell us "it worked so well" and then blame the government? I'll bet you are REALLY looking forward to puberty.
@jcb31416
12 жыл бұрын
Saw this film 35 years ago as a Navy trainee in Idaho
@scottallsebrooke2310
4 жыл бұрын
I went through prototype training there in '78.
@thetreblerebel
3 жыл бұрын
Work in a reactor on a boat did ya? I thinks it's awesome! And horrifying!! It's the part nobody without clearance has ever seen. I bet stuff is way different than it was then and 35 years ago when you served
@lookingforonetruechristian7396
3 жыл бұрын
Did prototype training in NY but saw this film too. One thing I can say about SL-1 is someone fu*ked up. Nuclear power + someone fu*king up = shitty outcome.
@absolutely1337
3 жыл бұрын
Bet you fellas seen a lot of propaganda films. Eh?
@Mercmad
3 жыл бұрын
@@lookingforonetruechristian7396 Chernobyl being the prime example.
@ionhunter
6 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Shipmate Richard Legg.
@johnklar5131
4 жыл бұрын
One small mistake and the boss hits the ceiling.
@busybillyb33
2 жыл бұрын
One small mistake by man. One giant leap for bossman.
@Nighthawke70
Жыл бұрын
The good thing about the SL-1 event was no coverup. Everyone was well-informed, and the public was kept in the loop. Fortunately, the radiation contamination did not extend outside the AEC sites. The sad part was the loss of life.
@mybossisdrunk
Жыл бұрын
Are you serious?
@TomKappeln
Жыл бұрын
A reactor where a PERSON has to lift a HIGHLY reactive rod by hand ? Think again !
@Nighthawke70
Жыл бұрын
@TomKappeln It was designed as a portable reactor system. It could put into an intermodal container, flown or transported to its destination without special equipment, set up by personnel with a minimal amount of training, and operated in semi primitive locations without special equipment.
@TomKappeln
Жыл бұрын
@@Nighthawke70 : I know the facts ... Does not change the fact that a PERSON could not safe pull a rod up to 4,5 inches. Even a hydraulic HANDPUMP would do better ! Come on ...
@Nighthawke70
Жыл бұрын
@@TomKappeln Back then they didn't know a thing about prompt criticality. They assumed the reaction would merely rise in power, not jump to the point where there would be death and destruction. It's sad to say that it took three bad accidents, SL-1 on our side, the Soviet's had Chernobyl #4 and K-431 After SL-1, ALL reactors, research and production types, were designed with multiple defenses to prevent or control (in research) prompt criticality in the US. The Soviet's didn't learn their lessons until Chernobyl.
@muondude
3 жыл бұрын
Let me get this right - they hired a company named “Combustion Engineering” to operate a nuclear reactor? How’d that work out? ☹️
@Musicman81Indy
3 жыл бұрын
That would be like going to a dentist called "Dr Payne". Or a surgeon named Dr Slaughter". Yeah....umm....I'll pass, thank you very much.
@Astinsan
3 жыл бұрын
Or have your nest egg in the control of mr made-off
@lawnmowermanTX
3 жыл бұрын
I can 'imagine' a few choice words......... Or did we become brain-dead? lol
@daleburrell6273
3 жыл бұрын
...you're forgetting that nuclear energy was not very advanced yet, and maybe that was the most suitable company available at that time?
@daleburrell6273
3 жыл бұрын
@@Musicman81Indy ...one time I saw a TV advertisement with a "Dr. Butcher"-(!)
@hambone4402
3 жыл бұрын
So what caused the accident? What were the operators doing at the time of the accident? To describe the aftermath but not the cause is wholly unsatisfactory.
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
The reactor had been shut down over the Christmas Holiday. Legg, Byrnes and McKinley were tasked with reconnecting the control rods to the mechanical and electrical lift devices. Keep in mind, these were trainees, none of which should have been attempting this operation without certified supervision. It is this fact that is the first and most glaring mistake by Combustion Engineering (CE) and the military staff who were in charge of that reactor. The final report states that the split responsibility between the Military and CE caused a lot of the issues because no one was willing to take responsibility for anything. As a result, safety measures were lax or non existent. Both Legg and Byrnes were known to have hair trigger tempers. One was known for challenging people to wrestling matches or fights while on duty and the other was a notorious prankster, shutting off cooling fans for equipment until alarms went off and other 'jokes'. Legg, who was in charge that night and Byrnes, who resented Legg for surpassing him to crew lead, were known to have had issues with each other and had come to physical blows on one occasion. McKinley was the true victim in all of this... he was a new trainee who really shouldn't have been on this crew with his level of experience. According to the procedure, the center rod was only supposed to have been lifted no more than four inches to attach it to the lift mechanisms. In the post accident investigation they found that the rod had been pulled out 21 inches IIRC. Byrnes, who was looking at divorcing his wife, was the man lifting that rod. Only God knows what happened that night... With the control rods losing the boron cladding, making the rods stick and giving them a changing level of control over the reactor, two loose cannons out of the three men on that shift that night, a cranky reactor that everyone knew had dangerous issues with it... it basically was a disaster waiting to happen.
@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800
3 жыл бұрын
@@waynecoulter6761 so basically it was human error there was nothing wrong with the reactor as usual
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
@@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800 No... The reactor had a major design flaw... you could drive the reactor prompt critical by withdrawing ONE rod. No reactor before and none since have been designed that way for the very reason shown in this video. Only God knows what happened for sure that night... Whether it was deliberate, or a stuck rod that suddenly broke loose, NO reactor should ever have been designed with the ability to co critical by withdrawing ONE rod. This reactor had a mess of problems that were known to CE and the military. They were trying to limp the reactor through till spring when it was planned to replace the fuel and control rods.
@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800
3 жыл бұрын
@@waynecoulter6761 you have an interesting argument carry on
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
@@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800 Read the Book Idaho Falls by William McKeown... The accident is described in detail, as is the problem with the reactor and the aftermath of the accident.
@dcaseng
12 жыл бұрын
Wow! Impaled on a control rod into the ceiling! What a way to go.
@gkess7106
6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was the ceiling of the reactor lid, not the building.
@daleburrell6273
5 жыл бұрын
@@gkess7106 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT MAKE?!!
@siah7590
5 жыл бұрын
They should make the rods dull so next time it won't get stuck!!
@howardshubs7157
4 жыл бұрын
@Bunker Sieben All three of them were, no?
@howardshubs7157
4 жыл бұрын
@Bunker Sieben Then why did they line the coffins with lead?
@tuttt99
11 жыл бұрын
Yes, people really did talk that way back then. In those days, diction was everything.
@eighteeee
6 жыл бұрын
Haha you said Dick- tion My maturity escapes me. Jokes aside, the age where men SOUNDED DRESSED AND ACTED like men. Time for another single malt and a cigar.
@nigelft
6 жыл бұрын
Willy Wanker Make mine three fingers of Dalwhinnie 25yr old, with just a splash of chilled, spring, water, and a Fuente Fuente OpusX Perfecxion #2 ...
@dwarnermg
5 жыл бұрын
It's called "trans-Atlantic " they actually used to push it in schools was an attempt to make us Americans sound "less trashy" my Grandma used to talk like this
@johnklar5131
4 жыл бұрын
These days it seems we are a society packed with uneducated people who think saying things such as "me and friend" is proper.
@Ken-lp9qt
4 жыл бұрын
John Klar A lot of that in the urban areas.
@badcompany-w6s
2 жыл бұрын
That old IBM computer.
@sneakyfox4651
2 жыл бұрын
And to ease the sting: Some cheeful background music.
@ladyrazorsharp
2 жыл бұрын
A terrible thing to have happen…but I think it’s really interesting to see the use of computers as well as women working in this field at this time in history.
@stevetakacs654
3 жыл бұрын
The guy at the start of the video looked like my uncle. I really miss that old dude.
@ole9421
12 жыл бұрын
The music and the very sterile narration takes this way beyond creepy. It's insanity on a level I can't comprehend.
@LordZontar
3 жыл бұрын
On the other hand, that music might have made the Chernobyl miniseries a cheerier yet more surreal viewing experience.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
The film exists to tell you what happened. It's not a piece of propaganda to sell you on a social or political message.
@skivvy3565
3 ай бұрын
But it doesn’t tell you what happened? What caused the accident. And the music is obviously to set a docile tone while talking about meltdowns and death and human error
@howiedewin3688
3 жыл бұрын
Who else finds that background music soothing?
@ChrisGurin
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of old Brittanica films they used to show us in 4th-grade social studies classes (until the Bell and Howell projector started that stuttering thing.)
@C.O._Jones
4 жыл бұрын
The extraordinarily incongruous background music is quite disturbing!
@suetownsend1656
3 жыл бұрын
It's peculiarly inappropriate. Tra la la ... chap skewered to ceiling ... tiddly pom.
@LaPabst
2 жыл бұрын
I love the happy uplifting music. Reminds me of nuclear accidents of yesteryear.... Truly a better time. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
@mrhassell
11 күн бұрын
SL2 - is DJ Slipmatt (Matthew Nelson) & DJ John “Lime” Fernandez, who watched saw in Essex, UK, the idea behind their act name, a production duo at the start of UK rave, releasing a top 40 hit E.P on XL Records, as “SL2”. (the same label where the Prodigy began), featuring “Way in my Brain”, its real name, “On a Ragga Tip”, their biggest hit to date, spent 11 weeks in the UK dance charts, going on to become more known as; “the most juvenile act, in the dance music scene”. Altern8, shared exactly the same ideas, but popped up in the midlands, rather than Essex. Their ideas came from raves in North East London, a place long since demolished, an old warehouse that came to be known, as, “Wonderland”. Where The Prodigy, showed off their original idea in rave fashion, looking like black and white checker, Vans runners (mini-minstrels), matching suits, hats, and gloves… lol, yo, welcome to the 90s (if you think these shoes still look cool in 2025, keep in mind, I wore them in 1984, racing BMX, you may even be right). They were both popular, but Liam's act, better known as The Prodigy (named after the Moog Prodigy), an analogue synth used by everyone from; 'Depache Mode', 'Nine Inch Nails', 'LFO', 'Rammstein', 'Massive Attack', Howard Jones and Joy Electric, going on to become the most successful live dance act from the era. The name of his first E.P released on XL, called “Android”, is the name of a popular mobile phone today. Filling stadiums and Auditoriums, across the World until the untimely demise of Keith Flint, where a replacement was soon found. The show, must go on, his fans will never forget what a great guy he was. Former SL2 members include Jo Millett (produces her own music as R-Type, Lime's girlfriend at the time she was dancing in SL2 videos), Kelly Overett, went on as a member in the Italian Euro dance act 'Cappella', where she would lip-sync to pre-recorded vocals from professional studio singers. "On a Ragga Tip", featured in the opening ceremony, of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 🤣 Slipmatt's older brother, Paul Nelson, who was running a series of raves, the legendary “Raindance” events, provided their entrance to music. Releasing “Do That Dance”, through B-Ware Records, then established Awesome Records to release, “DJ's Take Control” which caught Nick Hawk's attention at XL and is how they came to be on XL Recordings, which became a number 11 hit in the UK Singles Chart.
@Endero
13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks for the upload
@davy1458
3 жыл бұрын
man id love to have that 58 wagon/nomad!
@mariekatherine5238
3 жыл бұрын
We had one very similar.
@stillraven9415
Жыл бұрын
I was looking at the panel truck.
@Landrar
3 жыл бұрын
Man, this leaves out so many details.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
Many details would have been classified at the time this was originally made.
@Landrar
2 жыл бұрын
@@GeneralJackRipper this was originally made as a training video, so details are important. The people who this was made for would have had clearance and a need to know.
@johndole9810
2 жыл бұрын
I love these old videos.
@incrediblesimilarity5858
3 жыл бұрын
The music beginning at 9:15 on this video was used on the Superman TV series in the late 50s. I am not kidding. 🎵🎵👍👍
@ccwnoob4393
3 жыл бұрын
22:11 early design of the flux capacitor
@matt8043
Жыл бұрын
It's always crazy watching these things and seeing how almost propaganda like these videos are like the happy music and the overall tone makes it seem wonderous and amazing when in reality it's pretty damn horrifying
@skivvy3565
3 ай бұрын
Don’t forget the sheet amount of information left out even though this was a *training video* showed to people who were supposed to have clearance
@BAROMETERONE
4 жыл бұрын
Soooooooo… What actually happened for the explosion to occur? 40 minutes of how well they handled the cleanup afterwards and not 1 minute of the possible causes.
@cheweyweather
4 жыл бұрын
I read an article somewhere here online that said 3 people were in the reactor. 1 woman and 2 men. 1 was a jealous lover in a love triangle and pulled a tube out causing an explosion killing all 3 and sticking one to the ceiling.
@nunyabizness199
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheweyweather Is that so...😏
@cheweyweather
3 жыл бұрын
@@nunyabizness199 The article is still there in the Spokesman-Review
@xapplimatic
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheweyweather How do they know this being no cameras, probably not even fingerprints would survive a flash explosion. This seems like a lot of heresay and conjecture and very little proof of anything.
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
@@cheweyweather Wrong. There were three men in the reactor building, NO women. McKinley was new to the field and shouldn't have even been there performing that procedure at all. The love triangle was a conspiracy theory at the time. The entire thing is detailed in detail in the book Idaho Falls. The reactor was known to have serious problems with the control rods sticking and losing the boron cladding on the rods that was meant to moderate the reaction. I suggest reading the book... it details the accident, the clean up, the autopsies and the rumors and hearsay and how that all came about. In my opinion, based on all I've read and seen about it, it was nothing more than a stuck control rod that suddenly broke loose while they were trying to lift it, causing the reactor to go prompt critical. No reactor before, and none after have been designed to place the ability to go critical on a single control rod.
@Mark_Ocain
4 жыл бұрын
The rescue operation was pretty basic and I one could expect quite a few of the people concerned in the recovery getting sick years on from this.
@thetreblerebel
3 жыл бұрын
Oh...I'm sure cancer struck down a few of these brave men. Hazardous doesn't begin to describe the incident and clean up.
@lagrangepoint1184
3 жыл бұрын
You might be surprised. Operations like this spread brief exposure among many responders rather than hitting a few with a high dose. I doubt any experienced any adverse effects at all. I mean, the guys who threw chunks of highly radioactive graphite core elements off the roof and back into the open, exposed, and actively melting reactor core at Chernobyl all survived and many are still alive - even those guys who went diving in contaminated water to open the drainage valves lived. People are terrified of nuclear power because the same stuff is used in bombs, which is too bad because it's cheaper and more environmentally sound than most other sources. Everyone freaked out about Three Mile Island (which in the end was a public health non-event) which, combined with the poorly (or perfectly, if you're the studio) timing of the release of "The China Syndrome," pretty much destroyed US nuclear power.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
The radsafe people know what they're doing.
@ncrawford1488
2 жыл бұрын
I doubt anyone else got sick. The military understood the dangers of radiation by this point. I don’t understand why people like you always assume the worst when it comes to nuclear power? Do you not understand it? I’m not saying you’re one of these people, but maybe 25%-30% of Americans want us to be driving electric cars. I live in Texas and my girlfriend lives in California. We are lucky enough to be able to afford ANY mode of transportation we want- if I want a McLaren or Rolls Royce, it is only about how happy it makes me. If she wants one business jet over another, that’s her choice. I just can’t understand for the life of me the electric car people who are also anti nuclear… I don’t even want to engage those people. Here in west Texas, since Biden took office, Natural Gas is actually a liability! How crazy is that? It can’t be harmlessly cooked off anymore, and Sleepy Joe thinks pipes are evil, so this stuff has to trucked. It is nearly as retarded as he is. We could be completely energy independent for hundreds of years, but you know what natural gas’ problem is? It has the name gas in it. If Elon Musk packaged it as “Natural ‘Stoned’ Power Air,” he’d be even wealthier and his company might have a chance of surviving.
@JayWalkerTexasRadio
6 жыл бұрын
"Combustion Engineering" is a spooky name for reactor operating contractor when you think about it :-)
@mariekatherine5238
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Jay! My grandfather, Leo M. was the VP of Combustion Engineering and would have been directly involved in this incident. My father could have been there, but wasn’t because he decided to stay in the US Navy. He’d just been promoted to Chief Petty Officer. Funny, but seeing the govt. issue chairs, tables, consoles, guard booths, film badges...I could actually “smell” the place in my mind’s eye. Dad later worked on civilian contract with the AEC at another research lab. He’s 98 and has health problems, but cancer isn’t one of them. Nobody knows why given his extensive exposure to radiation.
@hithere7382
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariekatherine5238 Radiation is weird in that it affects some people more than others. Cheers to your Grandfather!
@cremebrulee4759
4 ай бұрын
The company name probably was appropriate when they started in business. When they branched into nuclear, they just didn't change the company name.
@donbrashsux
3 жыл бұрын
Love the soundtrack
@deenasmusicbox
Жыл бұрын
This is like watching a Sci-Fi movie from the ’60s!
@alancoker1459
Жыл бұрын
I trained at Ft. Belvoir back in 1977. Never heard any storys about this
@TomKappeln
Жыл бұрын
Cover up ! The actuator system NEVER was shown ... There NEVER was ANY reactor a PERSON had to lift (a highly active) rod by HAND ... Why would there a be a need to uncouple a rod from a actuator .... Complete BS storry.
@cremebrulee4759
4 ай бұрын
@@TomKappeln uh, no. Just no. Not everything that has happened has been covered up.
@NinoNiemanThe1st
2 жыл бұрын
In the olden days when the average person was relatively fit and not obese.
@fredthompson4568
3 жыл бұрын
Thought this was about 3 mile island .Well now 1961. Never knew til NOW.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
No one died at Three Mile Island.
@markendicott6874
6 ай бұрын
Well, I suppose we've all been speared through the groin and lodged in the ceiling at work on occasions.......
@jnucleo
3 жыл бұрын
The Army is now considering utilizing small nuclear reactor-power plants for use in tactical operations. What could possibly go wrong in a war zone?
@noecarrier5035
3 жыл бұрын
It's okay, they're only small ones. Just don't stand too close. Or leave them unattended. Or let grunts touch them.
@6862ptc
3 жыл бұрын
They are considering Thorium Nuclear power plants. They are small and actually pretty safe, even “meltdown proof”. It’s what we should have been building all along.
@noecarrier5035
3 жыл бұрын
@@6862ptc None of the small modular reactors in development for realisation in the late 20s timeframe are thorium reactors. They're going to use "high assay low enriched" uranium, which is their latest silly euphemism. Make no mistake, they are going to be pretty conservative designs using uranium fission.
@6862ptc
3 жыл бұрын
@@noecarrier5035 hmm, ok. I was just going on information from a documentary I watched sometime last year. They mentioned the Army was looking into using small Thorium reactors at bases. It looked like the safest form of nuclear power of those discussed.
@noecarrier5035
3 жыл бұрын
@@6862ptc They are looking and were previously looking into a whole bunch of different concepts to serve the same purpose, so they might well have looked into a small thorium plant at one stage earlier on. It's certainly true what you say about thorium. Sadly, thorium cycle plants are still locked behind the staggeringly large quantities of money. Licensing, fuel fab chains, certain engineering issues, etc. Small modular reactors are definitely where nuclear power lies for future energy needs, though. Not just military ones.
@daryllect6659
4 жыл бұрын
'58 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery '59 Chevrolet two door wagon
@ChrisGurin
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't finished watching this yet, and I really want to know why the THIRD GUY WAS LODGED IN THE CEILING!!!
@kenklein4783
3 жыл бұрын
One of the control rods essentially speared him to the ceiling.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
Steam power is a hell of a thing.
@gedungisphoopnuchle9121
3 жыл бұрын
Disney called and they want the soundtrack back!
@ronoconnor8971
10 ай бұрын
That ambulance nurse was in trouble it would seem.
@ci3008
3 жыл бұрын
The happy-go-lucky flute music in the background seemed a bit out of place for the story.
@Patrick_B687-3
3 жыл бұрын
25 R/hr would have been enough to get me backing off much less 200. Yikes!
@sashimanu
3 жыл бұрын
For me, it depends. A whole body irradiation dose below 100 R causes no immediate ill effects and only a so-so increase of cancer risk. However, getting contaminated with radioactive materials is fucking scary. The stuff will be with you for a long time (not everything can be scrubbed off easily), and local doses will be significant.
@mybossisdrunk
Жыл бұрын
@Sashman It's true that particles deposited in your body could be there for a very long time, even for your entire lifespan, but depending on quantity it's effective dose may be nothing compared to the 27 R that recieved.
@joemccann4373
Жыл бұрын
My Dad was part of the Navy SEABEES assigned
@whirledpeas3477
Жыл бұрын
Amazing 👏
@dale3858
13 жыл бұрын
Weird music for something so scary...
@NOMAD-qp3dd
4 жыл бұрын
Yea it's a beautiful piece of propaganda.
@Banichi04
3 жыл бұрын
According to the description for the video, it’s called “Suspenseful Moments”! 🤔
@KbB-kz9qp
Жыл бұрын
Nice background music 🎶
@Dilberto88
3 жыл бұрын
These guys were scalded by super heated steam and slammed by a rocket powered drum. Oye veh, that was so sad.
@JoshyCC
2 жыл бұрын
The music and narration is reminiscent of old Disney nature films, I think from the same time this film was made.
@KylesDigitalLab
Жыл бұрын
It's stock music.
@ahah1785
3 жыл бұрын
I was born 16th of jan 1987 170km from chernobyl....luckily the wind was blowing at the opposite direction and my mom got early warning about the fallout (she was a nurse) so she left asap to poland. USSR took her job, house and she coudnt return until the fall of ussr ...(because she refused to go to the zone) Its better to just burn oil than utilize nuclear - nuclear is clean until its suddenly not for thousands of years...
@PeterMilanovski
3 жыл бұрын
I was down wind of Chernobyl in 1986 when it happened. No one had any idea of what was happening or let alone what nuclear radiation is or does! Although I wasn't close to it but the radioactive clouds past overhead which I found out many years later.
@darylcheshire1618
3 жыл бұрын
@@PeterMilanovski I had a friend who was working at a steel mill at Magnitogorsk. He said there was a radiation counter on the roof of the bank. Also nothing was mentioned after a radioactive gas leak downwind and relied on us emailing him what we read in the papers.
@PeterMilanovski
3 жыл бұрын
@@darylcheshire1618 history has shown us that whenever there has been a nuclear problem, it's always 10x worse than what you are being told! Those who fail to learn from history, stand to repeat it! Nuclear anything can't be trusted! You can argue that asbestos is a great product but what's the point if it kills people!
@MB5rider81
Жыл бұрын
He likes that word " cadre ".. Alot
@magnusa3728
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting Pioneer job
@foopadoopdaapdeep
8 жыл бұрын
4:47 You had me at: "Shut down on December 23rd for maintenance and minor modification" and you lost me at "day shift was relieved by a three man crew..." I blame the new guy..........
@eldtaylo
5 жыл бұрын
It's always the FNG's fault. LOL
@gorillaau
3 жыл бұрын
Junior New Guy: It was NFG when I got there. (No Fucking Good or Non-Functioning Gear)
@LordZontar
3 жыл бұрын
"Simpson, eh..?"
@2501Sol
3 жыл бұрын
"lodged in a ceiling" poor guy
@henrikl...1264
4 жыл бұрын
I would not dress like that if the temperature was -17°
@edwatts9890
4 жыл бұрын
Idahoans are tough.
@miketiong8441
8 ай бұрын
Pity the 3-guys working on a crude reactor design. No safety interlocking system to prevent full removal of control rods.
@88manta88
8 ай бұрын
Honey! The fast Neutron radiation has transmuted my the metal of watch again. Bugger
@stephenverchinski409
3 жыл бұрын
Summary cards. Early data processing with keypunch cards.
@loginavoidence12
2 жыл бұрын
3:10 "not shielded because lol, f*ck'em" what a time to be alive back then
@grabir01
Жыл бұрын
Crazy stuff.
@whangie1
11 жыл бұрын
Best comment here! I totally agree, very creepy.
@ChrisGurin
3 жыл бұрын
Slide rules!
@chrisingle5839
6 күн бұрын
Only got 27 R?
@SBarsinister1
Жыл бұрын
Background music is so soothing...Calm down, nothing to see here...
@des_smith7658
Жыл бұрын
It's a bit like Spitfire march in places
@marekhorak4453
6 жыл бұрын
What kind of "major modifications" ware done on that reactor during that maintenance is in question. They may "screw up" that control rod somehow. It may be that trained guy did something wrong to. Some rumors saying there was a flame hate between two higher rank officers in that group working that night of the accident. Another story saing that R.L.B. got phone call from his wife that night and told him she wants divorce. Some saying she cheated on him with that other higher rank officer which was in constant fight with him. This may crashed on him hard in that moment and triger his depression or hate. He may afterwards walked upstairs with his "rival boss" do the job, and on top of that reactor vessel pulled that control rod to fast and to high on purpose, to commit suicide/murder. But it's just one theory based on rumors and we will newer know what happened there that night.
@1ls376
3 жыл бұрын
When i saw the title, i thought it was a Saturday Night Live episode, "The Accident". Guess not.
@1ls376
3 жыл бұрын
@chi sam acronym?
@GIJeff1944
12 жыл бұрын
The music sounds like a Twilight Zone episode.
@vincentrusso4332
3 жыл бұрын
What about Santa Anna in 59' when an SRE shit the bed...
@thetreblerebel
3 жыл бұрын
Terrifying!!
@glenlongstreet7
6 ай бұрын
So most of you are NUCs, what do you think of thorium reactors?
@TheCorrectViews
Жыл бұрын
14:18 Meanwhile, on the Planet Of The Apes...
@whirledpeas3477
Жыл бұрын
Get your filthy paws off of me u........lol
@teaqllabs6174
4 жыл бұрын
Oops i dropped a brick on the core yep i fucked up.
@matthewwagner47
Жыл бұрын
No one in jail yet!
@johnlaccohee-joslin4477
2 жыл бұрын
This only goes to show that nuclear problems were in fact a lot more of a danger than everyone has been lead to understand, for a start this is the first time( now 2022) that we have every heard of this accident. The fact that the reactor was void of water, indicates that in fact there was a melt down of the reactor , something never told to the public. As yet there has not been a reactor that is known to be 100% safe from this form of malfunction, and of course also of real danger for the public. Melt downs are a very long term happenings because effectively the reaction continues as an uncontrolled reaction as it burns its way anything in its path, the chernobyl accidend is such a case where even today deep down it still burns a path downwards, this means that it still emits radiation big time, some of which is very much long term.
@TheCorrectViews
Жыл бұрын
12:37 These men had NO reaction... of course, this balding man looked like Dave Mustaine before the accident, but that is no cause for alarm...
@mybossisdrunk
Жыл бұрын
You don't think that's actual footage of the responders do you?
@johnnieswift6581
3 жыл бұрын
Lassie music...
@nuncamas9470
5 жыл бұрын
¿Soy él único mexicano viendo esto?
@dylanrodriguez7317
3 жыл бұрын
Supongo
@stillraven9415
Жыл бұрын
What did they learn from this disaster? We need more tools for the next time😳🙄
@kbarrett63
3 жыл бұрын
17 below 0 temperature...???? Who is working on a reactor in a FREEZER ? ...Ex-ET1(nuke)@A1W prototype plamt
@JayWalkerTexasRadio
6 жыл бұрын
This was one of the weirder "accidents". The rumor, it was deliberately caused by another crewman to kill one of the crew in a murder/suicide over a woman. The third guy was "collateral damage."
@mybossisdrunk
Жыл бұрын
Very unlikely that's true.
@jec_ecart
3 жыл бұрын
Sellafield ?
@Ubique2927
3 жыл бұрын
No?
@domozs4370
9 ай бұрын
Nowadays: Greta, Greenpipce ;-), YT-24h live stream...
@acuu420
3 жыл бұрын
merkaa
@theguitarsurgeon6213
4 жыл бұрын
talk about playing it
@notsogreat123
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty poor protective gear.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
It was only 1960.
@lancelotxavier9084
3 жыл бұрын
Nuclear reactors should be built on top of rockets. In case of a emergency the reactor can be launched into the ocean or Mexico, which ever is closer.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@williamsburgkavanagh1710
4 жыл бұрын
The one man had a conversation with his wife. She wanted a divorce. He had also been passed by his classmate for promotion so he gave that control rod they were reattaching a yank and rest is history... Suicide by reactor and misery loved company so he took his pals with him... Damn shame reactor ran fine for over. 2 years till that event.
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously, that reactor was a disaster waiting to happen... Read the book Idaho Falls... it details what was wrong with that reactor and the agencies in charge of running it... (Combustion Engineering and the Military). The Reactor stability was deteriorating quickly... and they were just trying to get through to spring when they were due to replace the fuel and control rods. A lot of bad things conspired to make this accident happen.
@JimAllen-Persona
3 жыл бұрын
I hate that this version of the story keeps staying alive. Those rods frequently got stuck but we can’t blame the hardware now, can we? If Rickover had run it that never would have happened. If I recall correctly, thank God for those safety officers that kept going back in.
@saintlynnie4037
3 жыл бұрын
In a little under two years before the incident, the center control rod alone had malfunctioned over 60 times. Years of corrosion added to the mounting problems with the site and it was overall under maintained and falling apart. This was an accident waiting to happen.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing your faculty for just making shit up. Do you lie all the time or are you just making a special effort now?
@mybossisdrunk
Жыл бұрын
@@saintlynnie4037 The center control rod was the only rod that never was reported as sticking actually.
@rollyherrera623
3 жыл бұрын
Rrrright? No harm here! No one was affected...Uh, when does anything Nuclear NOT affect the closest communities during an "accident."
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
When there is no release of radiation into the surrounding environment.
@ianhowell6829
Жыл бұрын
Idaho, but I lent it to a friend who wanted to get weeds out of his back yard and he never gave it back to me. 🙁
@ricktimmons458
3 жыл бұрын
why were needed radiation suits, gloves and other needed equipment not on hand? caused critical losses in response time. The man embedded in the ceiling was dead. what was the need to rush to retrieve him? what was done about the core? outside clean suits should have been available even at safe distances for enough responders. possibly in a HAZMAT trailer with lead lined walls.
@saintlynnie4037
3 жыл бұрын
They were afraid that since he had been irradiated and still pinned to the ceiling by the control rod, if either fell back down to the reactor core, it would cause a second criticality incident to occur.
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
_why were needed radiation suits, gloves and other needed equipment not on hand?_ Because they are not 'needed' equipment. _caused critical losses in response time._ The accident was over in just a few minutes. No additional outside or internal equipment could have prevented it. _The man embedded in the ceiling was dead. what was the need to rush to retrieve him?_ Yeah, why not just leave him embedded in the ceiling for a few weeks? They needed to get the body out of the way so they could send the camera in. They were hardly rushing. _what was done about the core?_ Nothing. You leave it in place if there's no additional danger of explosion. It'll be safe to dismantle and dispose of it in a hundred years or so. What's the rush? _outside clean suits should have been available even at safe distances for enough responders. possibly in a HAZMAT trailer with lead lined walls._ Why?
@lookingforonetruechristian7396
3 жыл бұрын
Notice they were decontaminating their hands into the fricking sink. Now your sink is contaminated with all the piping to the sewage system. How nice. Have fun with that.
@tawakerakarawa1064
3 жыл бұрын
These were early days and you are suggesting that they did things the wrong way? You Michael, know what you now know because of the lessons, and knowledges aquired from those, and other similar happenings. Was it wrong what they did? Sure, but that was how it was in 1961! Pretty sure the plumbings in a nuclear facility have dedicated schematics, even then.
@PatHaskell
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, pipe down, you would’ve done the same thing in that situation back then. I would do anything to get that crap off of me, today!
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
Should they dump it on the ground outside?
@TomKappeln
Жыл бұрын
Sure ... "sorry volks, we don't have 200$ for a WINCH, you must do it by hand "... hahahaha Such a JOKE.
@staatsfiend
3 жыл бұрын
I call bullshit, what about SSFL in Cal. 1959
@GeneralJackRipper
2 жыл бұрын
What about it?
@Mark_Ocain
4 жыл бұрын
A total cluster f*ck... I like the bit where they said evidence of the cause of the accident was from a gold dosimeter, indicating an uncontrolled chain reaction. Um, I think that was obvious from the guy skewered into the ceiling by a control rod.
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
They didnt say 'gold dosimeter'... They were measuring radioactive isotopes of gold and other metals in the crewmen's belongings which could only be possible if those items had been exposed to an ionizing radiation field.
@hmbpnz
3 жыл бұрын
@@waynecoulter6761 Not just ionizing radiation, they were neutron activated. Alpha/Beta/Gamma does not transmute elements.
@waynecoulter6761
3 жыл бұрын
@@hmbpnz Yes... the really heartbreaking part of this incident was the horrific lengths they had to go to to render the bodies even marginally capable of being buried normally. Body parts were severed and buried as radioactive waste on site... large portions of the remaining parts were debrided (skin and muscle containing radioactive particles were also removed). The families basically received sealed lead lined coffins with nothing left but lumps of flesh... The coffins themselves were buried in lead lined vaults twice as thick as normal concrete vaults, sealed and marked with radioactive warnings and ordered to not be exhumed without the express consent of the Atomic Energy Commission.
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