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Disclaimer: No, I'm not saying the Japanese reactors will result in anything like this. Yes, I realize it's a totally different design. Just wanted to get that out of the way. 
With all the talk of nuclear accidents lately, I watched this last night on youtube. Amazing stuff. Chernobyl happened when I was in high school, but so much of this was new to me. Of course, back then we didn't have nearly the news flow that we have now, plus the Soviets kept everything as secret as possible.
I especially have never heard about the possibility that it could have exploded a second time at up to a 5 megaton clip... I find that a little hard to believe. Maybe they meant the radiation release would've been equal to that, or maybe it really would've been that explosive. But you just wonder how they could've designed and run this thing so poorly.
It's an hour and a half, so obviously takes a big block of time, but it's fascinating IMO. Would like to hear comments from some of you on it or the disaster in general.
[youtube]5kEcLuVdPFo[/youtube]
With all the talk of nuclear accidents lately, I watched this last night on youtube. Amazing stuff. Chernobyl happened when I was in high school, but so much of this was new to me. Of course, back then we didn't have nearly the news flow that we have now, plus the Soviets kept everything as secret as possible.
I especially have never heard about the possibility that it could have exploded a second time at up to a 5 megaton clip... I find that a little hard to believe. Maybe they meant the radiation release would've been equal to that, or maybe it really would've been that explosive. But you just wonder how they could've designed and run this thing so poorly.
It's an hour and a half, so obviously takes a big block of time, but it's fascinating IMO. Would like to hear comments from some of you on it or the disaster in general.
[youtube]5kEcLuVdPFo[/youtube]
