When a nuclear reactor first powers on, it glows with an otherworldly blue light, one of the rarest sights on Earth. That glow is called Cherenkov radiation, a phenomenon that occurs when charged particles travel through water faster than light can move in that same medium. It’s not the light of fire, but of pure energy breaking a physical boundary. First discovered in 1934 by Russian physicist Pavel Cherenkov, the effect was later explained by Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm, earning all three the 195
0:12
When a nuclear reactor first powers on, it glows with an otherworldly b…
158.6K views4 months ago
FacebookNukeForce Solutions Inc.
You are witnessing the startup of a small nuclear reactor, the blue glow you are seeing is due too electron particles produced in the fission reaction (splitting of the atom, in this case, the uranium235 isotope), the electrons leave the reactor core near the speed of light in water (225,000 kilometers per second) and once they hit the water they slow down to around 75% of their speed in the water, this interaction between the speeding electrons and the water produces blue photons or light parti
0:11
You are witnessing the startup of a small nuclear reactor, the blue glo…
58.2K viewsAug 15, 2022
FacebookHigh Voltage Industries
A Rare Look: Bizarre Radioactive Fluorescence Inside Nuclear Reactor
5:40
A Rare Look: Bizarre Radioactive Fluorescence Inside Nuclear Reac…
8 months ago
MSNMrTech
The Science Behind the Stunning Blue Bottle Experiment
7:11
The Science Behind the Stunning Blue Bottle Experiment
4K views7 months ago
MSNNileRed
Indiana goes nuclear | Reactor company moves to Indiana as state embraces small modular reactors
2:58
Indiana goes nuclear | Reactor company moves to Indiana as stat…
4 months ago
wthr.com
First Time Trying Limbus Company!
4:40:03
First Time Trying Limbus Company!
24.1K views2 weeks ago
YouTubeCatharsis
Runaway: Explosion at T2 Laboratories
9:29
Runaway: Explosion at T2 Laboratories
1.5M viewsSep 21, 2009
YouTubeUSCSB
30:03
Making uranium glass
14.7M viewsFeb 15, 2020
YouTubeNileRed
12:06
Introduction to Chemical Reactor Design
10.2K viewsOct 21, 2017
YouTubeEngineering Zone
28:58
Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR)
84.9K viewsMay 4, 2018
YouTubeNuclear Engineering at Argonne
19:48
Small Nuclear Reactors - Natrium
143.8K viewsJun 29, 2021
YouTubeIllinois EnergyProf
24:15
Inside a Nuclear Reactor
2.4M viewsJul 25, 2019
YouTubePeriodic Videos
20:32
The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
1.1M viewsOct 14, 2016
YouTubeOak Ridge National Laboratory
3:04
Nuclear Reactor Startup | Energy Explained
540K viewsJul 31, 2019
YouTubeTalkWidTech
3:18
How to Make A Fusion Reactor
407.9K viewsJun 12, 2014
YouTubeBenNBuilds
45:59
16. Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operation
1.2M viewsSep 26, 2019
YouTubeMIT OpenCourseWare
24:54
SL-1: America's First Nuclear Disaster
5.8M viewsMay 8, 2021
YouTubeKyle Hill
38:28
Big Reactors Tutorial - Reactors & Reactor Turbines
2.2M viewsMar 23, 2014
YouTubeThe MindCrafters
10:06
Mark X. Part#2. Full DIY guide of Iron Man reactor (eng version)
302.9K viewsJul 26, 2019
YouTubeALEX LAB
14:17
A Brief History of: The SL-1 Reactor Accident
1.1M viewsNov 15, 2018
YouTubePlainly Difficult
18:25
Hanford B Reactor: Making plutonium for nuclear weapons
309.6K viewsSep 26, 2016
YouTubeStudio McGraw (studiomcgraw)
3:17
Top 5 Amazing Nuclear Reactor Startups
4.3M viewsNov 22, 2017
YouTubeTop Fives
0:49
10,000th cycle of the Annular Core Research Reactor
551.8K viewsOct 28, 2011
YouTubeSandia National Labs
10:08
Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Start up, 500kW, 1MW, and Shut Down (AN…
8.9M viewsApr 1, 2017
YouTubeAlex Landress
4:08
Iron Man Arc reactor 1:1 scale Unboxing and review - Assembly
240.2K viewsMay 27, 2018
YouTubeBrains techKnowlogy
4:51
Nuclear Reactor - Understanding how it works | Physics Elearnin
4.9M viewsApr 23, 2013
YouTubeElearnin
11:02
A Brief History of: The Fermi 1 Reactor Meltdown (Short Docume…
592.6K viewsJun 12, 2020
YouTubePlainly Difficult
11:23
Mini-Nuclear Reactors Are Coming, and They Could Reinvent the Ener…
2.2M viewsJul 21, 2019
YouTubeSeeker
14:35
Nuclear Reactions: A Complex Legacy — The Complicated Histor…
6K viewsDec 4, 2017
YouTubeThe University of Chicago
0:25
Space Lover 🔭 | Nuclear reactor startup☢️ The blue glow is a clas…
9M viewsNov 11, 2023
Instagramaspiring.astrophysicist_
See more videos
Static thumbnail place holder