The History of Zirconium — The Fake Diamond Inside Nuclear Reactors
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The History of Zirconium — The Fake Diamond Inside Nuclear Reactors
In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was torn apart by massive explosions. But those blasts weren't caused by the radioactive fuel itself; they were triggered by the metal wrapping it, which stripped oxygen from the boiling water to create a hydrogen bomb. That exact same element is currently sitting in mall kiosks across the world, disguised as cheap diamond jewelry.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Hydrogen Blasts of Fukushima
1:55 The Jargoon Stones of Antiquity
3:55 Klaproth’s Unbreakable Earth
5:51 The Hafnium Contamination Trap
7:51 The Neutron Transparency Mechanism
9:57 Rickover’s Submarine Obsession
11:47 The Oak Ridge Separation Miracle
13:50 Powering the USS Nautilus
15:41 Zircaloy and the Global Grid
17:43 The Soviet Crystal Experiment
19:08 The Skull Crucible Breakthrough
21:04 Panic in the Diamond Syndicate
23:00 The Zirconium-Steam Reaction
24:59 The Bubble at Three Mile Island
26:31 The Breaking Point of Zircaloy
28:50 The Race for Accident-Tolerant Fuel
30:54 Space Missions and Dental Crowns
32:47 The Jewel of the Atomic Age
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The Rx building 2H explosions occurred because the drywall vent relieved to the Rx building producing a confined explosion hazard. In the US, the vent design flaw was corrected by routing the drywall vent to outside, where 2H dispersed and would no longer constitute an explosion hazard. US reactors had to make this modification or shutdown. If the drywall vent mod had been implemented by Japan, the explosions would have not occurred and the consequences of the accident would have been significantly reduced.
This is more AI generated uninformed crap!!!
Please
Zirconium is element
Zircon are mineral mainly contain Silica
Blame people who named them similar but don't put equal sign between them in kind of educational video
People who don't know will learn incorrectly (and despite fact they intelligent they will sound dumb)
Meanwhile turns out you can regrow yr teeth.
The History of Zirconium — The Fake Diamond Inside Nuclear Reactors
Relics & Realms
14,173 views
The History of Zirconium — The Fake Diamond Inside Nuclear Reactors
In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was torn apart by massive explosions. But those blasts weren't caused by the radioactive fuel itself; they were triggered by the metal wrapping it, which stripped oxygen from the boiling water to create a hydrogen bomb. That exact same element is currently sitting in mall kiosks across the world, disguised as cheap diamond jewelry.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 The Hydrogen Blasts of Fukushima
1:55 The Jargoon Stones of Antiquity
3:55 Klaproth’s Unbreakable Earth
5:51 The Hafnium Contamination Trap
7:51 The Neutron Transparency Mechanism
9:57 Rickover’s Submarine Obsession
11:47 The Oak Ridge Separation Miracle
13:50 Powering the USS Nautilus
15:41 Zircaloy and the Global Grid
17:43 The Soviet Crystal Experiment
19:08 The Skull Crucible Breakthrough
21:04 Panic in the Diamond Syndicate
23:00 The Zirconium-Steam Reaction
24:59 The Bubble at Three Mile Island
26:31 The Breaking Point of Zircaloy
28:50 The Race for Accident-Tolerant Fuel
30:54 Space Missions and Dental Crowns
32:47 The Jewel of the Atomic Age
If this surprised you, subscribe for more hidden histories behind the objects you use every day.
#history #documentary #zirconium
Fazendo a troca de calor direta.
Sempre pensei ,no sistema de drenagem do hidrogênio, para fora da cúpula do reator, aliviando a concentração, agora vi a confirmação dos reatores americanos