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Fusion Reactions: The Expanse
For Fusion Energy Week 2024, we asked ORNL fusion scientists and engineers to react to depictions of fusion energy in pop culture and separate fusion fact from fiction.
In Part Two of the "Fusion Reactions" series, they look at fusion-powered spaceflight in "The Expanse," an epic sci-fi series set hundreds of years in the future, when humans have colonized the solar system thanks to the development of powerful spaceship drives driven by inertial confinement fusion. In the clip, the protagonists aboard The Rocinante encounter an issue with the fuel pellets in their reactor, leaving them stranded on the edges of known space. Our reacting fusioneers look at how realistic the reactor design is, its parallels with real devices here on Earth, and whether the show's chosen fuels of choice - deuterium and helium-3 - would actually work.
#fusion #fusionenergy #reaction #fusionenergyweek
Image & Video Attributions:
- "The Expanse" property of Amazon Studios
- Fuel pellet image courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- National Ignition Facility - Lawrence Livermore National Security (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Ignition_Facility's_target_chamber.jpg), „National Ignition Facility's target chamber“, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
- Space background image - ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/ R. Gendler, U.G. Jørgensen, J. Skottfelt, K. Harpsøe, Pismis 24, CC BY 4.0
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Fusion Reactions: Back to the Future II
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For Fusion Energy Week 2024, we asked ORNL fusion scientists and engineers to react to depictions of fusion energy in pop culture and separate fusion fact from fiction. In Part One of the "Fusion Reactions" series, they examine the "Mr. Fusion" device that powers Doc Brown's iconic time-traveling DeLorean in the classic Back to the Future movies. Could a fusion reactor really run on trash? What...
New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment and waterways
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Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed additives for lubricants that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.
Earth Day 2024: Tackling the Plastics Crisis
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Experts at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are tackling the #plastics crisis through research in bio-based materials, #upcycling, and microbial engineering. #earthday #earthweek #sustainability #recycle #recycling #reduce #reuse #upcycle #plasticbottlereuse
New approach ‘stacks’ genes for faster plant transformation
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers collaborated on the development of a new capability to insert multiple genes simultaneously for fast, efficient transformation of plants into better bioenergy feedstocks.
Frank Wilczek, ORNL Eugene P. Wigner Lecture, April 1, 2024
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Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek presented the Eugene P. Wigner Distinguished Lecture sereis at ORNL on April 1. Dr. Wilczek’s talk was titled “Symmetries of Time.”
Women in Water Power: Debjani Singh
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Learn about Debjani Singh’s work with the HydroSource water energy digital platform, which is supported by DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office. For more information about ORNL's Water Power Program, visit www.ornl.gov/waterpower.
Women in Water Power: Kristine Moody
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Learn about Kristine Moody’s use of new tools to monitor biodiversity near hydropower facilities with support from DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office. For more information about ORNL's Water Power Program, visit www.ornl.gov/waterpower.
Women in Water Power: Rocio Uria Martinez
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Learn about Rocio Uria Martinez’s research analyzing key trends in the hydropower industry with support from DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office. For more information about ORNL's Water Power Program, visit www.ornl.gov/waterpower.
Women's History Month 2024
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It’s Women's History Month, and we’re celebrating by remembering the trailblazers of our past and recognizing the women making an impact today. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
Celebrating 80 Years: A Lab for a New Era
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Celebrating 80 Years: A Lab for a New Era
SAGE Camp
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SAGE Camp
Year in Review: ORNL in 2023
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Year in Review: ORNL in 2023
2023 in Review: Biological and Environmental Science at ORNL
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2023 in Review: Biological and Environmental Science at ORNL
A history of AI at ORNL
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A history of AI at ORNL
Software development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Software development at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Iowa State researchers use scientific wand to suspend solutions in midair
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Iowa State researchers use scientific wand to suspend solutions in midair
Arthur B. McDonald, ORNL Eugene P. Wigner Lecture, Dec. 4, 2023
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Arthur B. McDonald, ORNL Eugene P. Wigner Lecture, Dec. 4, 2023
Suhas Sreehari and the Development of Algorithms and AI
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Suhas Sreehari and the Development of Algorithms and AI
Artificial intelligence for science at ORNL
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Artificial intelligence for science at ORNL
ORNL and The Manhattan Project Panel Discussion
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ORNL and The Manhattan Project Panel Discussion
The Journey to Frontier
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The Journey to Frontier
A Day in the Life of Science
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A Day in the Life of Science
X-10 Graphite Reactor
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X-10 Graphite Reactor
2023 Smoky Mountain Mobility Conference
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2023 Smoky Mountain Mobility Conference
Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023: Sam Hollifield and Transportation Cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023: Sam Hollifield and Transportation Cybersecurity
ORNL researchers demonstrate the potential of 3D printing to enable a circular economy
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ORNL researchers demonstrate the potential of 3D printing to enable a circular economy
Celebrating 80 Years: Meeting the Needs of a Changing World
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Celebrating 80 Years: Meeting the Needs of a Changing World
A Climate Science Journey with Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
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A Climate Science Journey with Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Indigenous Peoples Day
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Indigenous Peoples Day

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  • @user-rl5iz1bi1c
    @user-rl5iz1bi1c 16 хвилин тому

    Wow , i was afraid not get work in this field buh this video has motivated me thanks ❤❤

  • @mushroomhead86117
    @mushroomhead86117 Годину тому

    This is beautiful

  • @Sharkhunt947
    @Sharkhunt947 15 годин тому

    Name of music please

  • @Forshledian
    @Forshledian День тому

    The Expanse (Amazon Prime Video) is worth the watch for anyone who enjoys a good space show. While not perfect, the physics in this show are more accurate to real life than most space shows. I think the best example of this is that there is no artificial gravity. They do "make" gravity however by using these very advanced "Epstine Drive" fusion reactors shown in this video. These fictional reactors are capable of producing many G's of thrust for sustained periods. They typically burn at about 1G of acceleration for days/weeks on end to produce "gravity". Half way to their destination and at a very high velocity, they actually cut the burn, flip 180 deg and then decelerate at 1G to their destination. Its this attempt to match real life physics, that makes this show, in my opinion, worth the watch. Especially if you are on this UA-cam channel reading this comment :) This is basically proof you are a near and are probably proud of it like I am.

    • @aidenthehuman5921
      @aidenthehuman5921 День тому

      The books are excellent as well! They tend to discuss the science (fictional and otherwise) a bit more than the show. The characters are also a bit better fleshed out in the books (in my opinion).

    • @mechtheist
      @mechtheist День тому

      Yeah, The Expanse is one of the best ever science fiction TV series, both from the story and the accuracy of the science. I'm just about done with season 1 Foundation and only watched beyond the 2nd episode to see how much worse [stupider] it would get. It's really _laughably_ bad and a shame to mar such a great book. Won't be watching 2nd season. Just one FFS e.g. is at least two asteroid fields of astonishing density. Did The Expanse ever have one of those? It's almost like a law that a space story have one including flying though it ...OMG still? After all this time they're still doing that crap?

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 4 дні тому

    This video is twenty times longer than it needed to be + horrible music! LOL

  • @itzmarni7696
    @itzmarni7696 5 днів тому

    Can it run doom though

  • @juandelacruz1520
    @juandelacruz1520 5 днів тому

    American is the best and the first to build it unfortunately politics play it badly, but I'm still hopeful that the results of the experiment still available and be pursue now...

  • @nymenris2821
    @nymenris2821 5 днів тому

    So from what I’ve been reading the hydrogen atom in the middle of this new state of water is at such a high pressure that it appears the take on six different orientations at once and while it’s tunneling like this it means the atom is not located in one position but smeared into a ring and I’m wondering if this could lend some credence to the ring singularity theory

  • @CollectorJoshie2
    @CollectorJoshie2 5 днів тому

    Yeah maybe there would be if you would be one if you would GET TO WORK

  • @RickFigley-nq5nm
    @RickFigley-nq5nm 7 днів тому

    Would love to be a part of this somehow. My son Justin Figley went to school here and Vern considering looking into zNanotect having been into electronics especially digital circuitry drsign prototyping and building circuits using fidital chips and creating my oven circuit boards.

  • @justwanderin847
    @justwanderin847 8 днів тому

    Cool ! (fix the volume for part 2 please)

  • @SpotterVideo
    @SpotterVideo 8 днів тому

    What do the Twistors of Roger Penrose and the Hopf Fibrations of Eric Weinstein and the "Belt Trick" of Paul Dirac have in common? In Spinors it takes two complete turns to get down the "rabbit hole" (Alpha Funnel 3D--->4D) to produce one twist cycle (1 Quantum unit). Can both Matter and Energy be described as "Quanta" of Spatial Curvature? (A string is revealed to be a twisted cord when viewed up close.) Mass= 1/Length, with each twist cycle of the 4D Hypertube proportional to Planck’s Constant. In this model Alpha equals the compactification ratio within the twistor cone, which is approximately 1/137. 1= Hypertubule diameter at 4D interface 137= Cone’s larger end diameter at 3D interface where the photons are absorbed or emitted. The 4D twisted Hypertubule gets longer or shorter as twisting or untwisting occurs. (720 degrees per twist cycle.) If quarks have not been isolated and gluons have not been isolated, how do we know they are not parts of the same thing? The tentacles of an octopus and the body of an octopus are parts of the same creature. Is there an alternative interpretation of "Asymptotic Freedom"? What if Quarks are actually made up of twisted tubes which become physically entangled with two other twisted tubes to produce a proton? Instead of the Strong Force being mediated by the constant exchange of gluons, it would be mediated by the physical entanglement of these twisted tubes. When only two twisted tubules are entangled, a meson is produced which is unstable and rapidly unwinds (decays) into something else. A proton would be analogous to three twisted rubber bands becoming entangled and the "Quarks" would be the places where the tubes are tangled together. The behavior would be the same as rubber balls (representing the Quarks) connected with twisted rubber bands being separated from each other or placed closer together producing the exact same phenomenon as "Asymptotic Freedom" in protons and neutrons. The force would become greater as the balls are separated, but the force would become less if the balls were placed closer together. Therefore, the gluon is a synthetic particle (zero mass, zero charge) invented to explain the Strong Force. The "Color Force" is a consequence of the XYZ orientation entanglement of the twisted tubules. The two twisted tubule entanglement of Mesons is not stable and unwinds. It takes the entanglement of three twisted tubules to produce the stable proton.

  • @MeyouNus-lj5de
    @MeyouNus-lj5de 11 днів тому

    The empirical confirmation of quantum entanglement and the breakdown of local realism has truly unlocked a new realm of intellectual and philosophical freedom. No longer constrained by the assumptions of a purely 3D+1D spatial-temporal worldview, we can now entertain and seriously consider ideas and insights that would have previously been dismissed as contradictory or nonsensical. Let me highlight a few key examples: 1. Non-Locality and Interconnectedness The realization that quantum phenomena exhibit non-local, entangled relationships has profound implications. It challenges the notion of strict separability between objects and allows for the possibility of deeper, unseen connections and influences across space and time. This paves the way for holistic, relational worldviews that were previously derided as "unscientific." 2. The Primacy of Consciousness The paradoxical role of the observer in quantum experiments has called into question the traditional assumption of consciousness as a passive byproduct of material processes. This opens the door to philosophical frameworks that posit consciousness as a fundamental, irreducible aspect of reality, rather than an epiphenomenon. Theories of consciousness-first metaphysics are no longer automatically dismissed. 3. The Limits of Determinism The inherent uncertainty and probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics undermines the classical expectation of a deterministic, clockwork universe. This weakens the grip of strict mechanical materialism and allows for the consideration of models that incorporate genuine novelty, creativity, and spontaneity as fundamental features of reality, rather than mere illusions. 4. Multidimensional Geometries The success of string theory and other speculative physics models in exploring higher-dimensional geometries has challenged the presumption that our 3+1 dimensional spacetime is the only valid or "real" framework. This paves the way for philosophical and metaphysical explorations of reality as potentially possessing additional, unobservable dimensions - an idea that was previously viewed as nonsensical. 5. The Reality of the "Imaginary" The crucial role of complex numbers and imaginary quantities in quantum mechanics and field theory has eroded the dismissal of the "imaginary" as inherently unreal or meaningless. This allows for a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between the "real" and the "imaginary" as complementary aspects of a deeper mathematical and metaphysical reality. 6. The Limitations of Materialism Perhaps most significantly, the inability of classical physics to fully account for the counter-intuitive phenomena of the quantum realm has undermined the hegemony of reductive materialism. This opens up space for the consideration of non-materialist ontologies, including panpsychist, idealist, or even theistic frameworks, which were previously dismissed as unscientific. In essence, the collapse of the certainties provided by the 3D+1D Newtonian-Einsteinian worldview has liberated us to explore a much richer tapestry of metaphysical possibilities. Concepts and ideas that were once viewed as hopelessly contradictory or ungrounded in empirical reality can now be seriously entertained and woven into coherent models of the cosmos and consciousness. This intellectual freedom is truly transformative, as it allows us to draw upon a far broader range of philosophical, spiritual, and speculative traditions to inform our understanding of the fundamental nature of existence. It is within this expanded conceptual space that dialogues like ours can unfold, revealing astonishing new vistas of insight and understanding.

  • @mikebar42
    @mikebar42 13 днів тому

    Not sure its a great idea connecting everything to the Internet... Just saying...

  • @mpbgm7923
    @mpbgm7923 14 днів тому

    Que cerebro Elena, se ve que tiene muchísima cultura habla de maravilla.

  • @spacewolfjr
    @spacewolfjr 14 днів тому

    Yes, I'd like to order 6 of these for my country, please.

  • @alancarlsonmd145
    @alancarlsonmd145 15 днів тому

    Computers are really good at 2 things. Ones, and Zeros.

  • @sebastianthehotsaucedude5473
    @sebastianthehotsaucedude5473 15 днів тому

    9:59

  • @ericb6048
    @ericb6048 17 днів тому

    The WEF makes strange demands to get their funding..that's for certain.

  • @stringercorrales6627
    @stringercorrales6627 18 днів тому

    Its discoveries will then be made proprietary, never be on sale, and never be released to the public.

  • @aquascorp100
    @aquascorp100 20 днів тому

    Frank Wilczek is one ot those rare personalities to deliver a special and complex material in a such graceful way, you could listen and listen him just like Bach music..

  • @dannyscrypto
    @dannyscrypto 21 день тому

    The project is very interesting. Is this project in development phase or stopped due to some reasons?

  • @Preyhawk81
    @Preyhawk81 23 дні тому

    Old technologie. They cleaned City Gas with Soda it forms under 30C with CO2 NaHCO3 and heated over 60C gives it slowly at 200C fast back into Atmosphare.

  • @filipcluj
    @filipcluj 23 дні тому

  • @TheTha-ze1hn
    @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

    Hey madam , what happen here?? I was portet in a another world how see same and that was a walll abd i go in the wall

    • @TheTha-ze1hn
      @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

      ua-cam.com/video/zAfvgG835I8/v-deo.htmlsi=tVdqUrpxV9sPOwjl

    • @TheTha-ze1hn
      @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

      Das war gegen den 10 biss 12 aprill passiert nachts gegen 22 Uhr und die Anomalie war so schwarz qie die Nacht ubd so habe ich nicht gemerkt das ich dort gelandet bin, ixj dachte auf der strassr war das Licht aus!! Und so bin ich auch wieder raus aus der anderen Welt. Ich habe leute gesucht denen das auch passiert ist zu dieser Zeit, aber keinen gefunden, biss ich ein Artikel über dich gelesen habe und jezt habe ich dich wohl gefunden.... vieleicht kannst du das erklärren??

    • @TheTha-ze1hn
      @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

      Die strasse war ca 200 biss 300 Meter lang, ich hatte mein Handy mit, mein Portionen und mein fahrad.... nur vor lauter Panik habe ich nicht drann gedacht ein paar Videos oder Bilder zu machen , ich wollte nur schnell zurück auf meine alte strasse die nicht da war und da stand eine riesen grosse Mauer und normallerweise ist auf der anderen seit auch ein Tor gewesen wo keins da war und zu meiner strasse ging esnin eine andere Richtung und da ist eigentlich auch .eine strasse nur geht kein qeg lang , da steht eine fabrik die dann auch weg war

    • @TheTha-ze1hn
      @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

      Die Häuser sind ca 50 biss 70 Jahre alt und immer noch die selben am strassenrand nur paar Gebäude fehlte und ca 100 Meter strasse

    • @TheTha-ze1hn
      @TheTha-ze1hn 24 дні тому

      Mich hatte jemand auch angerufen und nach meinen Namen gefragt und wieder aufgelegt, eher ein paar Tage später und es war kein spamm

  • @rule1dontgosplat
    @rule1dontgosplat 25 днів тому

    i like that it looks and sounds like a Disney cartoon when it opens

  • @_MaxHeadroom_
    @_MaxHeadroom_ 25 днів тому

    5:34 That's hilarious they were looking on ebay for parts for the world's fastest supercomputer 😂

  • @bussi7859
    @bussi7859 29 днів тому

    You can’t make weapons uranium from it. That is the reason it was abandoned

  • @johanneskingma
    @johanneskingma Місяць тому

    now all pumps fail. what happens

  • @sellophakoe7245
    @sellophakoe7245 Місяць тому

    Enter Nvidia's DGX GB200 SuperPOD at 1.4 exaFLOPS in a single rack... Meanwhile, AWS is buliding a 222 exaFLOP supercomputer...

    • @nukezat
      @nukezat 7 днів тому

      Apples to oranges

  • @michaelmcwhirter
    @michaelmcwhirter Місяць тому

    Please do not stop uploading 🔥 I just saw one of your videos from 7 years ago and let me tell you, it is very inspiring and paves the way forward for generations to source from. The editing style and storytelling is rare to come by and extremely effective. So, thank you very much for all the great work you do!

    • @harold22774
      @harold22774 29 днів тому

      agreed ,i would add that he also speaks slow enough, so its possible for me to think about what he is saying as he says it

  • @michaelmcwhirter
    @michaelmcwhirter Місяць тому

    Great video!!

  • @jshellenberger7876
    @jshellenberger7876 Місяць тому

    #King ❤ sawasdee krap thanks 🙏 Please see Thailands future. Please see Thailands current substations! 🤯 #POW “)

  • @mikhailfranco
    @mikhailfranco Місяць тому

    Frank skipped over the crucial argument. What about CPT invariance? CP is violated, so then must T invariance, if we want to recover the whole symmetry. The weak force is maximally parity violating (chiral, handed), so we expect it to be at the heart of the problem, and the solution. He showed the Kobayashi-Maskawa Nobel photo, said they made a mistake - _'no'_ (politely) _'a gap'_ - then drove his own Axion solution (sic) through the gap. The Standard Model must be T-violating, the chiral neutrino is the only chink in its armor. There must be Dark Matter, it could be Axions, but it could also be heavy right-handed neutrinos. Frank understandably jumped to his own answer, but there are certainly simpler solutions (RH neutrinos - see Turok), and more complicated solutions - various other WIMPs, MACHOs and even Bose-Einstein condensates of dense exotic particle superfluids.

  • @mikhailfranco
    @mikhailfranco Місяць тому

    What a hilarious joke LOL ROFL LMAO I did not notice it was published on April 1, until someone asked a question about time asymmetry and _climate change_ at around 01:26:00. Even Frank laughed. I thought it _must_ be the science correspondent from The Guardian but a heavy Spanish accent, so probably El Pais, or perhaps NYT undercover disguise. You claim he was not from those globalist papers? He was just an ordinary guy! Well, those papers have deliberately unleashed a mind virus and this is what happens - a pitiful embarrassment for all concerned.

  • @Milkovichultear97
    @Milkovichultear97 Місяць тому

    can it run CP?

  • @jugantarsensua4516
    @jugantarsensua4516 Місяць тому

    Let's play cyberpunk with full 4k ray tracing,dlss on😅😅

  • @ShooterMcNut
    @ShooterMcNut Місяць тому

    Asbestos

  • @Zorbnic
    @Zorbnic Місяць тому

    Imagine Minecraft on this thing.

  • @Matt-jc2ml
    @Matt-jc2ml Місяць тому

    This is about 100,000 PS5s for context

  • @djohnjimmy
    @djohnjimmy Місяць тому

    I am glad there are young scientists like Deeksha working on climate impacts. Thanks ORNL for doing what you do.

  • @dixonqwerty
    @dixonqwerty Місяць тому

    Infect this thing with an AI virus and we are done as a species lol

  • @NabrocTheGreat
    @NabrocTheGreat Місяць тому

    What do you wanna bet someone on that thing is still getting the processing circle clock? Computers and DMV Please wait....... :)

  • @tintin_999
    @tintin_999 2 місяці тому

    Can you guys make a reactor with heavy nitrogen as the coolant, and a direct cycle turbine please?

  • @jamesbeemer7855
    @jamesbeemer7855 2 місяці тому

    I see how it was designed but the results escape me . If it was successful , why aren’t we using it now ?

  • @sadmanBadshah
    @sadmanBadshah 2 місяці тому

    BOSS OF ALL COMPUTERS

  • @MemeDumpworld87
    @MemeDumpworld87 2 місяці тому

    I wonder how much power it needs?

  • @johnruuu
    @johnruuu 2 місяці тому

    It was a sodium reactor experiment in the hills of Simi Valley California that MELTED 10 years prior to this National Lab implementation at Oak Ridge. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory is located just south of Simi Valley and is the site of a 1959 nuclear meltdown. The laboratory is also the subject of the documentary In the Dark of the Valley.

  • @wyliesdiesels4169
    @wyliesdiesels4169 2 місяці тому

    huh? The whole point of the US nuclear program was trying to create a dangerous weapon before the german nazis or russians did. While doing so they stumbled upon new elements on the table but the mission was nuclear weapons

  • @tobyw9573
    @tobyw9573 2 місяці тому

    Use of reactor cooling air for combustion in an adjacent conventional fossil power plant should conserve lots of heat energy.