Action Lab just did a video claiming Chernobyl fallout "is still in our food" that might be worth a reaction. While I don't like the title, what the video actually covers seems correct to my untrained ear.

@darkwinter7395

Ай бұрын

I've heard that atoms from Caesar's last breath is in every breath you breathe, so.... ???

@Merennulli

Ай бұрын

@@darkwinter7395 There are several very large assumptions made in that claim. We don't have a good model of how quickly or thoroughly air circulates globally. 2068 years may not be long enough for the distribution assumed.

@darkwinter7395

Ай бұрын

@@Merennulli Thus the "???" part. 😉

@gordonfreeman5179

29 күн бұрын

​@@darkwinter7395 to be fair those molecules have more than likely reacted with some other material. Lots of materials oxidize in the presence of air and that reaction between air and material changes the molecules structure around. I guess the atoms themselves are probably still knocking about, but probably not as air.

Kinda reminds me of the 'Children of Atom' from fallout lol

3:25 this seems like a false equivalence. He is attributing violence existing between large entities to the existence of nuclear weapons.

@WolfeSaber9933

Ай бұрын

We had two world wars before nukes were a thing, and that was the latest in human history.

@jarrodbright5231

Ай бұрын

In fact one could make the extrapolation that global peace has never been more prevalent in any period in human history as it has been since the invention of nuclear weapons. Not in any way claiming that the world is peaceful now but it used to be much less so.

“Is this just the Arsenal Bird from Ace Combat 7.” My duuuuuuude you speak to my soul, I saw this video before and tried to place where I’d seen something like this before.

@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132

Ай бұрын

I think you should watch a better video about that aircraft by "Found and explained" as he was the one to publish those renders to begin with in a series about talking about forgotten aircraft designs

@colinmacdonald5732

Ай бұрын

You can find Einstein and Oppenheimer in our food too!

That last one is also offensive in thinking that a tribe living in a jungle full of various poisons wouldn't be able to very quickly figure out this thing is making their people sick. Turns out humans are pretty reasonable at observing the visible consequences of actions and inferring that maybe try not doing the same things that made other tribe members sick over and over again.

OMG no Tik Tok for me, need my brainz.

@smirnylux

Ай бұрын

Thanks dear creator and family.

They never built that giant nuclear plane because the photon torpedoes weren't ready!!!

I stumbled upon your channel because I’m obsessed with nuclear physics and stellar evolution. I really appreciate how you coherently communicate science.

@John-ir2zf

28 күн бұрын

Same for me ! Though, my obsessions range across most all scientific disciplines. You're probably one of the few people I could hold a interesting conversation with about nucleosynthesis !

My rule of thumb is if someone has to use AI to depict a specific problem/scenario instead of actual pictures, they're wrong

@genehenson8851

27 күн бұрын

So no one can ever depict something that hasn’t happened? These Tik toks are bad, but your rule of thumb seems bad.

@miojolopes98

27 күн бұрын

@@genehenson8851 (generally) if you need an ai to depict a specific scenario it means it's not as frequent as you think it is, therefore not a real problem

@miojolopes98

26 күн бұрын

@inutamer365 if something is serious you won't need an ai to depict it because it'll have actual proof already

Did you forget to do an intro because the whole Hi im tyler folse intro is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I swear HBO Chernobyl has so many factual errors it makes Armageddon look realistic

We still measure bequerel in wildlife in mid-north of Sweden but I think pretty much all measurements are way below limits now. Mostly cesium-137, 30 year halflife if I remember correct.

19:52 funny enough, raw uranium metal is transportation looks a more like what he's showing here than actual nuclear waste XD

congrats on the 100K! in a year also, that's impressive

20:05 you can see ai does the same thing with how many fingers people have

To clarify, what he means by "active" warheads is the amount of warheads we have actually ready for first-strike capability. The "inactive" warheads are stored in what are essentially warehouses in such a way that it would take *dozens* of minutes at *minimum* just to get *one* "activated". To "activate" our entire "inactive" arsenal would take *hours* if not *days* to do. That's not to say these warheads aren't still a threat; days to recommission thousands of warheads if need be is not a long time, and almost certainly would be done in the event we were on the brink of war. So good 'cause it means we're not about to go to war literally any second...but also not so good 'cause *if* tensions started getting that high we'd literally just pull those warheads out of storage.

15:30 an actual concept from Lockheed called the CL-1201 but it obviously and unfortunately went nowhere

@WolfeSaber9933

Ай бұрын

The video is from Found and Explained

@lunaticbz3594

29 күн бұрын

Nuclear aircraft have the one big disadvantage of being aircraft. So when they crash.. not if when they crash you have a nuclear disaster to clean up. Steps can be implemented to mitigate the problem, restrict flight paths, only certain airports they can use etc. But the more you do that the less practical it is.

Nuclear weapons not exist Me: ok yea sure valid opinion Nations are solved based on mutual respect *bursts out laughing*

I'm old enough to remember when nuclear winter was debunked first time round. Atmospheric scientists were a bit scornful about the credentials of those scientists who came up with it: "Carl Sagan? He's an astronomer!" So it's a bit of a surprise to see it re emerge.

@cubed.public

16 күн бұрын

I never heard it “re-emerge”, it’s an incredibly common belief and many still believe it could happen, at least to the extent that it would change the climate

You should make a video about radiation units and doses! I'd be curious to know how dose rate vs dose equivalent works!

Hey Tyler is there a way that I can get in contact with you personally? I’m looking to get into the nuclear industry but I have no idea what to do

Sir, permission to store nuclear waste in yellow barrels full of green radio-luminescent paint?

All for getting rid of nuclear weapons but at the same time MAD is most likely the reason we never had a war similar to WW2 again. Its an incredibly complex problem

I like how you put "videos" in the title instead of tik toks (or shorts), its almost like you are giving them some respect by not telling outright they are tik toks, which would make almost immediately obvious for a lot of people that they are likely bullshit

i think the modern green goo thing is from fallout where FEV is a green goo

Since the recent solar storm. I was wondering if you could give an explanation of what would happen to a nuclear power plant if the earth is hitted by one of the same magnitude that the Carrington solar storm. What would happen to the reactor? What are safety mechanisms?

@Merennulli

Ай бұрын

I know the answer is the same as with a major grid outage because that's the effect it would have on a plant. But I'd also love to hear him go into detail on it. Practical Engineering talked about a black start last year, though, if Mr. Folse doesn't talk about it and you want to know the response. As for why the grid is the only concern, the risk with geomagnetic storms is induced current, which requires very long wires. We're mostly protected from geomagnetic storms by the magnetosphere, but the risk of a Carrington style event on the ground is that it distorts the magnetosphere into loops that can produce very long wavelength EM pulses.

@travissmith2848

Ай бұрын

@@Merennulli Kinda figured the biggest issue would be shutting down the backup power to keep the core coolant flowing. If it has a basic electric (as opposed to electronic) redundant backup it would be a matter of throwing the tripped breaker once rebound pulses finish.

@Merennulli

Ай бұрын

@@travissmith2848 Geomagnetic storms can affect electronics in orbit, but the magnetosphere protects us on the ground from that. The risk on the ground is that it can distort the field lines of the Earth's magnetosphere and induce current in long wires. The wavelengths produced are long, and the strength isn't very concentrated, so you only get damage along things like transmission lines. The on-site backup generators would be fine and as he's mentioned previously, they also have off-site generators meant to be brought in to avoid issues like what happened in Japan.

@travissmith2848

Ай бұрын

@@Merennulli I was thinking one of those major storms that in the past have knocked out several substations and the like. Killing the external power grid. And even still, my assumption was that such a once or twice a century (to happen anywhere on the planet) having its nexus aimed right at the plant would be more of an inconvenience. Simple electric things like switches and motors are not too impacted by EMP, so basic diesel generators get flipped on manually and mechanical failsafes engage even if all computers and communications and external power distribution are down. Past accidents are not as bad as popular imagination would indicate and we have learned so much that, as I understand it anyway, that nuke power plants practically _can't_ fail from anything less than compound natural disasters or the whole crew being complicit in sabotage.

@Merennulli

Ай бұрын

@@travissmith2848 An event powerful enough to induce currents that damage transformers is the main risk, since we can't replace them quickly. But the diesel generators on site aren't on the grid, so they would act just like they did in the Texas outage a while back.

More Veritasium reaction videos please 🙏

That giant plane is Lockheed CL-1201 It was a design study for a nuclear powered transport aircraft. It beeing a airborne aircraft carrier was only one of visions of its use. It was designed in the 60s when anti air misiles were not that great, and it would be kept far away from conflict area. It could also be used as troops transporter, where troops would be deployed with use of another aircraft that would dock inside. It would require a special airstrip, althogh it would be wider and only minimally longer because plane was supposed to has STOL capability, thanks to 182 conventional lift engines.

U have to do back to the future!!!!

Tyler what about the additional fires set by the nukes as well as forest fires from everything. Would that not add to the coverage? I do agree it's been exaggerated, but by how much is the question.

hey tyler! are you no longer working on the nuclear power industry as an engineer?

I love your videos. it's a shame that I never had the opportunity to study nuclear physics since my interest for this topic started after I completed Highschool and Now I am studying for chemical plant operations. I love radiation, it's so cool!

@John-ir2zf

28 күн бұрын

Information is free to absorb. I'm a licensed electrician, but have extensive knowledge about physics and radiological topics. Never stop learning, you may not get to put the knowledge in to practice, but knowledge is still power.

This guy should do a video about the flaws of a RBMK reactor.

@dolphin64575

Ай бұрын

He has multiple!

that last one looked more like some sort of failed movie thought then anything else

I have questions about the ecological impact of nuclear power and its effects on people, also what about an earthquake would there be safety measures in place in case of a large earthquake to prevent disaster? I feel like a lot of people are against it and believing everything negative that a German university says about it like having a 50% higher chance of cancer by just living 5 km away from a nuclear plant, or that there’s no surefire way to contain nuclear waste so it doesn’t hurt the environment. I am asking if you can speak on this topic and possibly share with us some knowledge about this subject to prove a posh German wrong.

About nuclear winter, there is so much back and forth on this, I watched an interview of Annie Jacobsen who has written books on Nuclear scenarios (based on research) and she says most of Europe would be an iceball and have crop failure, Australia and New Z. would have "safe" areas and possibly to grow crops still, not sure on her logic/research on this, she was off with a bunch of other numbers (like how big an EMP area would be). Maybe a video to review for you, its on the "The Diary of a CEO" channel, but its 2h long!

@clwho4652

Ай бұрын

What so many don't understand about nuclear winter is that it isn't just the explosions themselves that cause it, it's the fires. The Chicxulub even that wiped out the dinosaurs, what made it a global catastrophe was global fires caused by it, those fire are are what put so much ash in the air to cool the planet for years. If a nuclear war caused big enough forest fire than it could cause a nuclear winter but if it it happens during a wet or rainy season then that would fear less likely. Like with most things in life, it is not that simple.

@John-ir2zf

28 күн бұрын

The southern hemisphere would recieve less dose and fallout simply because there are less valuable targets to hit below the equator, and the northern and southern hemisphere air currents don't mix much.

I recently had the opportunity to tour a nuclear plant last month during a refueling. We got to walk through the reactor area. The process of just getting dressed and undressed was incredible. These plants are incredibly well managed and very secure from everything I saw.

In defense of the Indiana Jones clip, they only showed the blast being in close range because the shot of him standing back up would've been more boring. The calculations that George Lucas handed Spielberg to convince him it was realistic assumed a distance that wouldn't have let the audience see the cool mushroom cloud. That's also why the frig goes in front of the wind. The physics calculations I've seen from youtubers tend to give a 50/50 on surviving and a 0% chance to stay conscious through the acceleration.

your the best KZreadr ever i love nuclear reactor

Goofy idea to Wear a vest with water.😊

hehe, and were the phantom pilots sit in their cockpits for 40 days? :D

@Eddie_Zhong_eggFried

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/m46h08qKaNDfd7w.html

Interesting what you say about the nuclear winter - I was thinking about this recently, we've had over 1000 nuclear explosions without anything close to a nuclear winter. I don't buy that story about 5b fatalities if a full nuclear war broke out. Although ideally it will never happen, because I really don't want to find out for certain!

@jarrodbright5231

Ай бұрын

If you include all the social upheaval and secondary conflicts in the wake of global nuclear war and resulting theoretical end of curent civil structures then you might get close to those sorts of numbers. You'd be really stretching your definitions "fatalities due to nuclear war" though.

@ghaznavid

Ай бұрын

@jarrodbright5231 I guess it really depends on how the war plays out. I'd imagine those far from the actual fighting - South America, Southern Africa etc - would not have the same level of breakdown in society. I'm also not convinced that society would break down as quickly as people think. 99% of the world's population just wants to live in peace and doesn't really care about politics and war.

@jarrodbright5231

Ай бұрын

​@@ghaznavid Any country not directly affected by nuclear war would suffer from a loss of global supply chains, markets and political alliances. It's safe to assume there would be social upheaval of some sort after such a world-changing event even in such countries. For instance where I live in Australia would be very unlikely to be directly affected by nuclear war. I would however be heavily affected by loss of access to medication I rely on for my regular quality of life to the point it would significantly shorten my lifespan unless local industry commenced production very quickly.

@colinmacdonald5732

Ай бұрын

They make an assumption that every nuclear explosion causes an urban firestorm, as happened in Hiroshima, and then scale the Hiroshima "emissions" would scale proportionately to 6000 megatons. Though in fact sticking a one megaton H bomb over Hiroshima would likely NOT give a hundred times more firestorm, the combustible core of the city remains the same no matter what you blow it up with.

A lot of these are Ai generated clips, they use the classic Ai voice, you can even hear they tried to tweak the pitch in the 2nd clip after the Chernobyl one. Now, an aircraft carrying aircraft was on the table back in the day, but that was initially an idea based on the 747, and I am sure there were other hogwash dreams as well back in the day as well. But yeah, you got to be aware of all the fake documentary Ai stuff out there, they are quite numerous.

How many sieverts in a furlong?

You are debunking fake AI voiced videos. Those same voices are used for scam youtube ads all the time. All you are doing is helping their algorithm. If you don't see the person, assume fake. For now.

I have a question: it's true they uranium dioxide is more powerful respect to pure uranium and why if it true?

@John-ir2zf

28 күн бұрын

Likely because pure U would be in metallic form and not very mobile. Uranium dioxide would likely be a gas and therefore, far more mobile (able to get inside of you).

How many feet of concrete would you need to survive a direct 1 mega-ton nuke???

@logangillespie7675

Ай бұрын

Nothing can survive a direct nuke, the fireball gets too hot and especially in the middle for anything to not vaporize inside of the fireball.

@DenDodde

Ай бұрын

​@@logangillespie7675 Excuse me? You only need a couple dozen or so of meters of dirt above you to survive a 1 megaton nuke. Yes, everything on the surface will vaporize, but the actual penetration is quite shallow. Assuming of course that the bomb is either exploded in the air or on the surface. If you bury the thing, it will make a big honking hole.

Nuclear weapons have likely saved more lives than any other weapon. Without nuclear weapons we almost certainly would not have had 80 years of relative global peace. And given that there is no way to guarantee that your adversary really eliminated theirs, you giving up yours would likely be suicidal.

How did people made nuclear reactors light enough to power planes?

@darkwinter7395

Ай бұрын

They didn't. However, it could be done quite easily - just don't have any shielding on it. Yes, this does have the side effect of being quite toxic to anyone in proximity to said aircraft, but hey - you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs, so....

@GeoffryGifari

Ай бұрын

@@darkwinter7395 I was thinking the whole water turbine thing could turned up be way too heavy, but maybe there are other means to harness power from the reaction?

@darkwinter7395

Ай бұрын

@@GeoffryGifari It doesn't have to use water - air works also. Basically, replace the combustors in a jet engine with fuel rods with a high surface area for transferring the heat to the incoming air.

@GeoffryGifari

Ай бұрын

@@darkwinter7395 I see. good to know!

I think the rubble video was A.I generated.

What about reacting to some of Brew’s videos?

@Eddie_Zhong_eggFried

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/m46h08qKaNDfd7w.html

Lets go tyler folse nuclear!

Lol that "the nuclear-powered airplane was a real devil!" Video was mostly stolen clips from Found and explained's video on the CL-1201 concept Aircraft. Damn scammers will rip anything off

There actually _was_ a concept planned for an airborne "mothership" style carrier, but it never got past the drawing board iirc... So funnily enough, that picture was art of an actual plan by the US Air Force.

Nice debunking.

Nuclear weapons bring peace.

@Nick-rs5if

Ай бұрын

Something something, no man, no problem.

Based ace combat fan?

I just want to mention how much a really dislike the AI voice in the second and third clips. It seems to be the default voice for those lazy Sci-Fi narration channels that take an AI generated script and slap the AI voice on it and pump out dozens of poor quality videos a day.

Tyler, you can't just compare megatons between volcanic eruptions and nukes in terms of cooling effects, because volcanos don't burn stuff down outside their immediate area.

i feel like u shouldnt do any defense for nuclear war cuz honestly nuclearwarheads have as much to do to with nuclear powerplants as a rifle has to do with blackpowder mining

@BuddyBoyOutdoors

Ай бұрын

what

Could you make a video about the mining of say uranium? Its not much talked about and the mines are not that good for nature.

I really dislike the nuclear aircraft carrier vid because the script is probably AI generated nonsense and the footage for most of it was stolen from kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6x-utlricbaqto.html which is clearly stated to be about a design concept that was never built.

please react to NileRed turning styrofoam into cinnamon

should we be worried about ww3/nuclear war?

@norbert099

Ай бұрын

About nuclear threats? Yes, but actual nuclear war? No.... this is like asking the world to beat you up. If one of these Idiots presses the button, it pretty much won't benefit anyone on the planet AND the idiots themselves.

I'd like to recommend you react to a video called "What would we see at the speed of light?" by ScienceClic English. ScienceClic is an amazing channel that uses actual simulations for many of their visuals. Many other of their videos are worth a reaction, such as their videos on black holes.

Riddle of the day is. How far can a bear walk into the woods?