Spent nuclear fuel pools are designed to cool fuel rods after they come out of a nuclear reactor. While powering a nuclear reactor, these fuel rods become very, very hot (2,800 degrees Celsius / 5,092 degrees Fahrenheit). After they’ve spent 3 to 6 years inside of a nuclear reactor, fuel rods are no longer efficient. Problem is, they still emit plenty of harmful radiation, and they will for the next 10,000 years. Even though it’s trash, there’s not a garbage dump in the world that will accept it. So, why is water a good place to put these things and what would happen if you fall into one of those spent fuel pools?
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Spent nuclear fuel tastes good.
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2,800 degrees — vague
This video turned into an infomercial about the benefits of swimming in nuclear fuel pools.
Reminds me of the diver that was sucked into a nuclear power plant while diving in the ocean. He was pulled in by giant fans, into a pipe, and spit out into a nuclear fuel pool. He received no radiation from the incident. Interesting stuff.
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Galen Winsor did this
Send Biden into that pool, he is qualified!!!
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Radiation in itself is one of the weirdest things to exist. An invisible energy than can screw you over.
What if
We were made of radioactive energy? How quick would we decay?
Ponds
Typically a pool is anywhere from 73-85 degrees. Falling into this 30 degree rod cooling pool would be like taking an ice bath.
but why is an astronaut falling into a nuclear pool?
let's go to swim
You would die.
I"VE GOT AN IDEA
Oh oh 😢
Quick answer: you’d shit yourself.
That happened to me on my vacation to chernobyl springs last year.
Nothing will happen as long as you do not dive down towards the rods. In fact the water should be nice and warm… 😉
I love how he said other screens like he was scared to say our smart phones emit certain radiation.
When a bubble pops from the water its hot! You can feel it.
Does anyone think of the spiderman movie where the guy fell into the electric eels
Ah.
A guy at Hanford swam in them.
I know a guy who voluntarily jumped in to save a zip tie clipping that flew in. Imagine how bad the alternative must have been for that to sound like a good idea.
your radiotioning me
If you ingest any of the water you will instantly poo. The pools are not green but have large concentrations of boron which makes causes instant extreme diarrhea.
The pools are filled about 20' above the fuel to give that barrier.
3:42 that's not ionizing radiation like nuclear power gives off. That's electromagnetic radiation coming from wifi and other electronics. Although both are harmful in large quantities, they have very different health effects.
I was just thinking, "why would I jump into a fuel pool when I could swim on a Saturn moon"
The forbidden jacuzzi
our precious water <3