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Currently Playing: Nuclear Bomb vs. Nuclear Reactor

Can a nuclear reactor explode like a nuclear bomb? Detailed presentation to show that the nuclear explosion of a nuclear reactor is physically impossible. Calculation of nuclear chain reaction under fast and slow neutrons to show the differences between a nuclear bomb and a nuclear reactor. To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/JKzero/ The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Critical Mass: when the atomic bomb got real https://youtu.be/LduH7613QXw Physics of a Nuclear Explosion https://youtu.be/6VSrGDOrWXc Series on Nuclear Weapons Physics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_UV-wQj1lvUhNttvv4_KsYrQxHygj3Ey 00:00 Nuclear reactors 01:26 Neutrons and uranium 02:54 Uranium enrichment 03:20 Criticality factor 05:36 Fast neutrons 06:42 Slow neutrons 09:46 Slow-neutron bomb Credits: Chooz Nuclear power plant by Raimond Spekking under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Nuclear power plant by Kellymlacy https://www.pexels.com/video/a-drone-shot-of-a-nuclear-power-plant-production-6468633/ Nuclear power plant by Kellymlacy https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-footage-of-a-power-plant-6534497/ PET scan by Mart Productions https://www.pexels.com/video/a-patient-undergoing-a-medical-resonance-imaging-test-7089606/ Plantation by Tom Fisk https://www.pexels.com/video/drone-footage-of-a-plantation-2758322/ Shot Hornet, Operation Teapot footage, Los Alamos National Laboratory Boiling water by Sailwith Linhle https://www.pexels.com/video/boiling-water-4538892/ Fuel pellets by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under CC BY 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Fuel assembly by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under CC BY 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Fuel assemblies by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Core of Krsko NPP by Nuklearna elektrarna Krško under CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en Chernobyl accident by IAEA under CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 by 資源エネルギー庁 under CC BY 4.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake by Digital Globe under CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en River water by Kelly https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-footage-of-the-river-water-4174019/ Droplets of water by Pressmaster https://www.pexels.com/video/droplets-of-water-on-a-calm-surface-of-water-in-a-basin-3125273/ Billiards by Cottonbro Studio https://www.pexels.com/video/a-person-playing-billiards-6503776/ Replica of the Haigerloch reactor by LepoRello under CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Chicago Pile 1 by Melvin A. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory Chicago Pile 1 by Gary Sheehan, U.S. National Archives Shot Ruth, Operation Upshot-Knothole by LANL and LLNL Test tower for the shot Ruth, Operation Upshot-Knothole by LANL and LLNL This video was sponsored by Brilliant