The Nuclear Reactor at NC State University

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In 1950, NC State was home for the first university-based nuclear reactor program in the country, with a nuclear reactor operational by 1953. Today, that first reactor has been de-activated, but a major program for nuclear research is in place. PULSTAR is a 1-MW pool-type nuclear research reactor and has been awarded a major grant from the US Department of Energy. We will tell this little-known history and how it has affected power development in North Carolina.
This segment originally aired 10/26/2023 on PBS NC's Sci NC. You can view the full episode at the following link: video.pbsnc.or...
Be sure to also check out Sci NC's RU-vid channel: / @scinc
Credits
Video: Drew Stevens
Audio: Eric Heinzman
Producer/Editor: Donna Campbell
Narrator: Nehemiah Mabry

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Комментарии : 16

@torpedo3fingers 6 месяцев назад

"BUT WE DONT DRINK IT" 😂 the man had to clarify if you were curious.

@s.m.1354 8 месяцев назад

I’m a nuclear physicist. You want to be testing methods how to create steam for the carbohydrate and chemical industries.

@WRDO 8 месяцев назад

Please can I have your email address, thanks😊

@CommentThink 8 месяцев назад

some very useless info

@chichotwojay740 8 месяцев назад

Unless you’re swimming in the reactor pool like Galen Windsor, I doubt you have anything meaningful to contribute.

@WorldwideWyatt 8 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks for sharing.

@jessicaeddins5032 7 месяцев назад

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to go too nc state for there reactor program

@jamesflake6601 8 месяцев назад

Drink the water and swim in it just like Galen Winsor did, chief executive over safety comissiin at multiple nuclear power plants. He died. At tge age of 82 years old

@chichotwojay740 8 месяцев назад

Yes, he also showed that dangers of nuclear energy were not so. I’m very sceptical about the existence of nuclear arms. Nuclear power however is just the most efficient way to boil water. The scam is that it’s completely safe, that every small town could have its own reactor. Except that would be more detrimental than Saddam accepting gold instead of US Dollars for the sale of oil.

@dmanschan 8 месяцев назад

Didn’t he also swim in the cooling pool ?

@papanam4267 8 месяцев назад

While the water in this nuclear reactor is CLEANer than tap water, the question is, is it SAFE? Maybe it is or isn’t but why take the chance that ⚛️ uranium dioxide has not leaked into it? 🩻💀

@AcidxAnarchy 8 месяцев назад

So what's preventing us from making it a more compact energy source?

@Condoctuc 8 месяцев назад

There are, they are called small modular reactors, self contained units which last about 20 years which can be plugged in with little to no maintenance

@CommentThink 8 месяцев назад

@@Condoctucmeaning i can have somethjng like that at home ? 0.0

@asimjabbar8445 8 месяцев назад

Haven't you heard of nuclear batteries?!!

@jyb.el2010 8 месяцев назад

That blue light is the Tcherenkow-radiation! The speed of leaving neutrons is faster then the lightspeed in the water. They are arresting, and the different of theyre energy is radiated like light. If You would stand by it, You would die during 10-15 secs. I saw like this in a nuclear steriliser. It was a traumatic impression.