Starting up a nuclear reactor - GIF

Starting up a nuclear reactor.

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That is insane! What is actually going on in that clip?

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Originally Posted by cognitdiss

That is insane! What is actually going on in that clip?

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Bad sound effects. It does not sound like that. They're starting up the reactor, there's a bit of a thud, then it glows blue from Cherenkov radiation. Looks like they only ran it for a few seconds then shut it down. Interesting side note; water is excellent at blocking radiation. You could jump in that pool and swim around and you'd probably receive a dose slightly above background.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation

That's probably some university reactor or something. It doesn't make power. It's just there so they can experiment with it.

Ok , thanks, makes sense, honestly it was the sound effects that got me, the obscenity of that gear windup implied something fantastical is going to happen, which I did not see.