Note: at 6:37 a big dummy (me, Jason) accidentally included a graphic from last week's episode 🤦🏼‍♂️ sorry!

@chriswilfrid

9 күн бұрын

Radiant Cryogenic haha well doesn't matter, Big success is the result of multiple big failures.

@devrim-oguz

8 күн бұрын

I was going to say that you mixed a visual from another episode here 😅

@glockzillanoname875

2 күн бұрын

Wouldn’t even worry about it these docs are super good and y’all are doing great

@davidcraddock7414

Күн бұрын

You should pin this comment to the top

Aerospace companies MUST be manufacturing companies, not just design and engineering companies. Radiant realizing this gives me a lot of hope.

@rijodboy

3 күн бұрын

Isn't manufacturing in itself a different skillset

@spdcrzy

3 күн бұрын

@@rijodboy that's the point.

There really is nobody doing it like S3.

@jackwilliamburgess

8 күн бұрын

Again, if S3 started a Venture Fund, count me in

@nikolampela9636

8 күн бұрын

Hey where did u get that last name, sound finnish (Rintamäki)

@jacobrintamaki

8 күн бұрын

It is Finnish. Good eye!

@ARedGrandEutopia

8 күн бұрын

For real!

@nikolampela9636

7 күн бұрын

:)

I work in the mining industry, and the need for power generation technology like this is immense.

This channel is still CRIMINALLY underrated and undersubscribed.

@Not_myactual_name

9 күн бұрын

no, it is a representation of how many people are interest in these, which is quite sad. The trend is the same for most 'science ' related channels.

@xv179

9 күн бұрын

@@Not_myactual_name There are science channels out there with 1+M subs. I think this channels needs lot more visibility because this is high quality content

@i_might_be_lying

9 күн бұрын

It takes the longest to get first 100k subs, and then if channel is good, which it is, the subs shoot up much faster.

@lenny8511

8 күн бұрын

@@Not_myactual_nameI disagree it’s a fairly new channel (less than a year old) and the quality of content is top notch it just takes time to grow

@Shy--Tsunami

8 күн бұрын

Hidden gem to be sure. The quality and reasearch is up there with & better than top channels

Documenting the revival of American manufacturing. Top quality channel and video!

@whatilearnttoday5295

2 күн бұрын

This is nothing but a little scam.

@jooch_exe

2 күн бұрын

@@whatilearnttoday5295 This is just how startups work. Governments have stopped doing science, so this is how the world works now.

@whatilearnttoday5295

Күн бұрын

@@jooch_exe I'll stick with investing in companies which have a hope in hell of ever developing anything.

Wow. Those machined graphite parts are crazy.

@austinshupe9626

8 күн бұрын

Honeslty, not many people appreciate the machine work.

The last thing a roared deployed base needs is a small nuclear reactor. This is a huge benefit for mining or remote locations but to say it's going to save lives in military operations is legit insane. I was a Naval nuclear operator and have a professional background in nuclear engineering. If a forward small generator got hit it would make the surrounding base unlivable not forever, but for ten years would lose the full funding of that base. Bad idea militarily or we would have done it. The army had a program for nuclear tanks and the air force had one for nuclear aircraft (the airforce one never took off, and the army one blew up).

@bry2k

11 сағат бұрын

If everything a base needs could be run on electricity rather than all the equivalent fuel and supply lines, that could be a very beneficial trade-off. How hard would it be to dig a hole and bury one or more of these conex-trailer sized things when setting up the base, thus protecting it from most threats? For the military, not hard at all. Seems plausible. As for "losing the full funding of that base"...did you not see what Biden did when we left Afghanistan? Since when does the US military give a crap about retaining its assets? These guys are talking about the military idea for one obvious reason: because the military spends $$$ like there's no tomorrow.

It's nice to see someone modernizing fission. It seems like fusion is taking up all the attention, but that's still a fantasy for now.

@heaven-is-real

7 күн бұрын

not for long

@__Dude_

5 күн бұрын

What part in fission do they modernize?

@heaven-is-real

5 күн бұрын

@@__Dude_ they dont use uranium

@__Dude_

4 күн бұрын

​@@heaven-is-realwhat do they use then?

@brettcombs774

2 күн бұрын

@@heaven-is-real pretty sure he said they are with 20% enrichment. which would make it HEU highly enriched uranium, one of the guys even specified u-235 "for example".

I wish Radiant success. With this tech we will prosper

This episode may be your best work yet, Jason. Well done.

@s3_build

9 күн бұрын

A lot of quality improvement coming in the next weeks... plus some big news. Stay tuned.

In my 70's, I hope to live long enough to see you folks selling these as fast as you can make them.

Amazing - what an exciting time. Thanks for all the work to share this with us!

Consistency blown away by the sophisticated/stunning storytelling at S3 - exceptional. 🎯

Great video. Hope to see S3 take a deep dive into Copenhagen Atomics some time in a future video. They are doing stuff that is even way beyond what these guys are building.

Great progress in nuclear power, an issue with mobile reactors would be security. Who would be responsible for the reactor once it's in place? What about companies trying to reverse engineer one? What about the maintenance?The waste, damage/leaks, repairs and replacement parts? Will it be highly trained nuclear experts that replace parts OR will it be your average Homer Simpson coming to fix your Nuclear Reactor?

@daveb3910

2 күн бұрын

Yeah the Russians did this and there's just random reactors forgotten in random places after the fall of ussr they were lost and a few were found and a handful of people died. This should be considered. Who is responsible for it's full lifetime? Who tracks them, who prevents the moisture of their material etc

I’m over here cheering you guys on.

This channel is underrated afffff keep posting first time I am hearing about alot of these companies this is so sickkkkk

Brilliant Radiant! I did not quite support or was keen in nuclear reactors since my school days in the 1970's but after viewing your video on the subject & the over- all view of your enthusiastic, radiant, technical explaininations it makes some sense as long as there is guarantee that no radio-active materials are released to the atmosphere in case of cooling failure or some other faults in the system or introduced faults to the nuclear reactors. If that safety aspect is 110% guaranteed then I am all for this potable, robust nuclear system. I really would like to witness your nuclear reactor system working in real life conditions & would be looking forward to your launching in 18 months time in 2028. You are also most welcome to trial this new nuclear reactor at my village in Nubia, Hanza Bay in Madang Province. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

My God! You are quickly becoming my favorite channel.

Amazing episode! I'm going to follow you and Radiant and can't wait to see this reactor come to life!

Dude this channel rocks! I’m a manufacturing engineer and I love to see technology made like this in the US!!

Just found this series... thanks for the FYI's keep up the good work.

This has me excited! Tha k you S3

Is this litterally the coolest and most relavant thing you can participate in?

This is awesome this will the beginning of something revolutionary

totally nerding out on this video, great stuff

The anti-nuclear folks will have to answer for setting us back so far on the path to net zero.

@somenygaard

9 күн бұрын

A great portion of the climate change movement is driven by anti-human grifters. It’s not about clean energy, it’s about power and a problem with no acceptable solution is perfectly suited for their agenda.

@Zacharysharkhazard

4 күн бұрын

A lot of anti-nuclear comes from big oil and coal companies, it’s largely psyops. Very sad.

@MichaelMerritt

3 күн бұрын

Don’t worry, they won’t.

@DanaVastman

3 күн бұрын

Please go away... Maybe this'll work, but all the other concepts and the historical implementations are extremely dangerous, full of toxic crap, cost over runs and bullshit statements that border on criminally illegal. Illegal. Maybe this will be different. Proof is in the pudding. Talk to me in 18 months

@jefflanton5617

3 күн бұрын

There's no such thing as net zero. We will never get to that state all you can do is lower the emissions.

Outstanding video and company ❤🎉

So interesting. This needs to happen.Exciting times ahead.

very good company. You did good on this one

Very cool idea getting done here. It would work really well for very secure locations like military bases, or very remote locations like iceland, mars, moon. Greatly appreciate the level of ingenuity going on here. Only issue I had is when tech bro said you could have a starbucks next to it, no problem and we could ship out like 60 of these a month after the first test one. Centralized large nuclear power plants work because all the risk is managed in one place….security, failures etc. Much easier to plan for. Spreading out multiple small plants all over the globe greatly increases attack surface for bad actors and requires a lot more experts to keep them all from going boom.

Bravo you all! This is the most important work in the world today. Energy is civilization.

hey! this is a revolutionary move. you have done great a job guys.

If Radian is reading this, you guys need to concern yourself with out reach and public education. The first thing on a laymen's mind is "Meltdown" and "fallout". Address that first, and put their minds at rest.

@nalixl

3 күн бұрын

That's going to be a very tough nut to crack. Maybe if a lot of influencers started using them, i guess that might kickstart some acceptance. Other than that, I can totally see this project failing on just overcoming stubborn prejudice. Can't blame people either. The term nuclear alone sounds threatening enough when a couple of spoiled brats have their hands on devices that will blast everyone and their neighbour to hell when things don't go their way.

@whatilearnttoday5295

2 күн бұрын

First thing which comes to my mind is "Not economically viable" and "Been in development for 50+ years without any real progress".

@whatilearnttoday5295

2 күн бұрын

@@nalixl It will fail because it's not viable and amounts to nothing but a scam.

@jooch_exe

2 күн бұрын

By the time there is an actual product i think the climate will be extreme enough for the public to accept yesteryear's taboo.

@simonjacksons

2 күн бұрын

Nuclear fallout and meltdowns are actually very good for the environment because people have to clear out of those areas and nature tends to balance out the radiation within the circle of life.

Making a comment to boost you on the algorithm. I love this series and hope it gets more traction

Great stuff!

Don’t disappoint. You’re championing the nuclear name. One error and it was all for naught.

Looking Forward To Seeing It Come To Market.

Would love to know more about the technicals of this design, what passive safety designs are in this system? automatic control rod activation on powerloss etc. Could they bury it underground to protect against natural disasters? What kind of scalability does this system have?

My new favorite yt channel

The suppliers must love this project

Interesting timing

I'm glad there are people just going for it. There's a LOT of debate about the viability of nuclear, so many studies and meta-analyses that claim nuclear is a waste of time. They might be right but I'd rather see us try and fail than not try at all. Good luck guys!

@whatilearnttoday5295

2 күн бұрын

This nonsense is nothing but an investment scam.

A very interesting and challenging goal. I wish them luck.

Brilliant and inspiring.

great stuff!

Subscribed. This video was incredible.

This is amazing.

This is REALLY COOL!

I feel like in order to get those graphite parts right they’ll have to machine them themselves, excited to see them making progress

So cool. You've got a new subscriber.

Went to NNPTC as a kid. Happy to see this.

Truly electric idea

Well done this is what the world need!!

"He Was Able To Build This In A Cave With A Box Of Scraps"

Will always be 18 months away.

HOW THE HECK IS THIS ONLY A FEW K VIEWS???? AMAZING INTERVIEWS!!! KEEP IT UP 😊

Top notch, good shit 👍

I do not know how you got this idea, but, really, it is incredebly unique and marvellouse. Kudos to the work you do.

Dang two questions. Are the rotating control rods spring loaded to be able to shut on a loss of control power? Is there a way to chemically poison the reactor when the working fluid is helium as an extra fail safe if you have a stuck/jammed control rod scenario?

This is amazing...

2:22 Sneaking in the Iron Man convoy scene goes hard

@s3_build

9 күн бұрын

You get me

@spdcrzy

9 күн бұрын

And oddly apropos. Nuclear and nanotechnology changed Tony's life in the Marvel Universe in so many ways.

I don’t think this is possible without hundreds of the top scientist, the best artificial intelligence system, and billions worth of funding

Where is the fuel sourced from? What is the plan for waste disposal? What security measures are taken to mitigate the proliferation of MUF (material unaccounted for)? What does the maintenance schedule look like?

This is amazing. The future is now. Hope to pick up a 10kw unit at my hardware store soon..

I hope for your success to be great.

I would appreciate if you would go more into the technical aspect of the companies you interview

@chrischris1722

5 күн бұрын

I agree, I think many people who may be interested in these types of videos need deeper dives into the techincal parts. They said nothing specific to this SMR except the helium part and they just glossed over it

@runswithraptors

2 күн бұрын

It's probably proprietary knowledge or they don't want to give away anything technical for financial reasons 🤷

I wish Radient good fortune!

damn this is amazing ! greetings from switzerland 🇨🇭

Wow we need this.

Imagine living right next to that building and found out that they're testing nuclear reactors. F!

Johnny would be so proud

You are amazing!

EXCITING!!

I shared both of these on X. Hope in 6-9 months they will let you come back and talk about further successful progress in what could be true game changer as great as Falcon--9, Booster + Starship.

Good Luck!👍

Amazing stuff! Ty s3..

i salute these awesome human beings.

Heck yeah, fishin' power

Yeah. We’re colonizing the stars.

Often ignored is converting the heat to electricity. The cost effectiveness of steam goes up with size. If the operating temperature of the reactor can be raised such that a block of sodium is hot enough to emit radiation to a thermophotovoltaic cell array for 50% efficiency with no moving parts. If a pebble bed with carbon spheres hold gaseous uranium and built in PiUS failsafe design reactor system could fit in a suitcase

You guys are crazy

If they can bring this to fruition and be able to manufacture it then it will absolutely be game changing.

@whatilearnttoday5295

2 күн бұрын

They won't be able to do either of those things. They will take a lot of investor money and buy nice houses though.

@Saltiumine

Күн бұрын

@@whatilearnttoday5295 Why is that? Because what they are trying to achieve is not possible 'yet' so they use it as a ploy for funding their own lives?

@whatilearnttoday5295

Күн бұрын

@@Saltiumine There is no intention to ever deliver a product or service. Only to live the good life on investor funds.

@Saltiumine

Күн бұрын

@@whatilearnttoday5295 Ok albert einstein so youre confirming what i think. This is more like an advanced form of appreciation art. The aluminum foil is hilarious

@nirodper

Сағат бұрын

​@@Saltiumine they need highly enriched uranium, the type used in nukes, they can't deliver it anywhere except antartica maybe and space

its all fun and games until some single mom of 3 young kids forgets to put coolant in her minivan.

Very interesting, but one point that seemed very silly was the idea of taking a fission reactor to the frontlines of a conflict. Normal fuel is "fine" when it gets blown up in the sense that as long as you avoid the initial explosion, youre fine. If your nucelar reactor gets blown up you suddenly have a the massive issue that your entire encampment is now a nuclear fallout zone for the foreseeable future. Radiation poisoning will quickly incapacitate your battlegroup. Add to that the fact that fuel is required not only on base but also in all your fighting vehicles, transport and armour. Youre not really going to be able to get rid of having to provide traditional fuel resupplies unless you somehow put nuclear reactors in all the vehicles too! (And you'll still have to resupply food and water regardless). I'd also imagine that its resupplies to units in the field where most of the mentioned casulaties occur, implying that having a nuclear reactor on base is not actually solving the problem anyway. So either you put a nuclear reactor at every single outpost in the AO, painting massive targets for hostiles to incapacitate your fighting force or their strategic advantage (when you have to immediately evactuate the advantageous ground you put the outpost on!) or you just power your primary bases with nuclear reactors, not solving the requirement to provide traditional fuels to frontline troops. Bad idea.

Some serious IQ on display here

If you complete the passive cooling test successfully, you will be promoted to head of the department of Energy.

Why the rotating controll rods is it better then ones that can fall by gravity

Thinking outside of the Box here, but could you use hall effect sensors and magnetic fields to guide a long drill bit through graphite to guide it strait? I too have needed long holes drilled and tried super magnets to influence the bit through hard wood, it did not work, but it might work with graphite and a more abrasive drill head and a thinner shaft.

I mean a small modular fusion reactor is needed for space exploration

Good video, will say that it would’ve been nice for some sort of reference to other types of power generation and how much these small units would be producing in comparison. The wattage was mentioned but as someone with little background in electrical it is hard to understand the scale of these small plants.

Congratulations everyone!

Nice

I may be a layman, but I love to get my "Geek On"

Complicated, expensive, dangerous and unpractical. Oh, an engineer’s wet dream.

@balkaraulakh5131

2 күн бұрын

Imo it's less dangerous than a lot of current power generation methods

Would be very interesting to hear about all the fail safe conditions engineered into this. Like, what happens if all the helium escapes or if the pump breaks or if the automated emergency shutoff systems fail. They will have to really sell the redundant redundant redundancies in order to win over public perception.

No discussion of capability is complete without touching on how many KG of reactive product are created, and the time till those parts become safe again. We can talk about how reactor design and impementation has moved on since the 60's but we are not talking about the elephant in the room for fear of putting the average Joe off. Perhaps the small scale reactors produce less highly radioactive waste per GW, perhaps not. Lets be told. We need a new SI unit (Becquerel* KG * Years till inert) per GWH produced at a first guess. Basically the ratio of time adjusted radioactivity risk vs power production over reactor lifespan.

@NanneWielinga

7 күн бұрын

Indeed. Plus we need to put a price on dealing with the nuclear waste. Because I think it would be much cheaper to deal with nuclear waste of one big reactor versus 10 smaller ones. As you would have to move and collect nuclear waste from these 10 to a central space.

@andrasbiro3007

6 күн бұрын

The amount and type of waste are identical, because it uses the exact same fission process. But it's a trivial amount, no concern, unless it gets out into the environment. Not having water in the core, and using TRISO fuel, makes it practically impossible to leak any radioactive stuff. As for risk, it's really just a few hundred years, after that it's more dangerous chemically. Don't eat it, and you'll be fine. Also, most of the "waste" is actually unburned uranium, and transuranic elements, like plutonium. These can be used as fuel. The U-238 needs a different reactor type to burn, most of the rest can go back into the fresh fuel. Ironically, these are the less radioactive parts of the "waste". The really nasty stuff are the fission products.

@andrasbiro3007

6 күн бұрын

​@@NanneWielinga If I understood correctly, they use 30% enrichment. Conventional reactors are more like 3-5%. This means up to 10x more lifetime for the fuel, 10-20 years. Assuming they can burn all of it, but I think they should be able to. And then the core is small enough to be transported, so they'll probably do just that, take back the spent cores to a processing facility in a remote location, where the disassembly can be done safely. The waste could then be treated as any other kind. Ideally you want to recycle most of it.

@upstrader

5 күн бұрын

@@andrasbiro3007 I disagree. In addition to fuel, you have to consider irradiated core parts. Just the relationship of having many smaller reactors is going to mean that you have have more surface area/parts that are going to need treating as hazardous, and this ratio of mass of parts for GWh is going to be lower than for large plants - IE not identical. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63e24c2e8fa8f50e805a3e66/2022_Materials_Report_-_010223.pdf Using the above UK figures for spent fuel there is ~7000 tHM (tonnes heavy metal) of irradiated fuel currently in the stockpile. and approx 113 tHM of plutonium - none trivial! Talking about plutonium as a trivial problem is nonsense, its one of the most toxic elements. I'm not sure but I dont think it existed before 1945, and is now measurable in adults. It similar to the slow deaths caused by coal - hard to quantify. Now this is all a push back against you attempting to trivialize what I feel should be central to the new wave nuclear discussion, and better to be had than not. My original point was that some important aspects are not being discussed in the S3 video. In terms of your line about it being impossible to leak radioactive stuff, I think the reactor model uses deflectors to contain/release neutrons. Here is a failure mode - error,fault or lack of site security causes these to contain when they should be releasing, giving a criticality, overheat and containment breach. There is no concrete sub structure for containment. I'm actually pro nuclear (in the sense that its probably the only realistic option given people wont want to give up luxuries based on cheap energy) but only if the long term storage problem for the worst waste should be explored in tandem.

Convoys do more than logistics, but still a cool idea.

Godspeed❤