In 1953, in the experimental reactor at Chalk River, Canada, almost exactly this same scenario occurred, The United States Atomic Energy Commission was asked to put together a team of experts to go to Canada to see if they could help with a fix of the situation. At the time, the only organization that had qualified engineers who were also Nuclear experienced was the reactor development group of the United States Navy, headed by Admiral Hyman Rickover. He sent a two man team to Canada, and one of the two went into the reactor containment building to open the troublesome valve by hand, in preparation of hot-scramming the reactor, which he also did, by hand. That Navy Lieutenant, one of the most qualified nuclear reactor engineers in the world at the time, was Rickover's protege, and was a graduate of the Naval Nuclear Power School and of MIT, with a Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering. He eventually became the 39th President of the United States. Jimmy Carter.

When he says "two civilian nuclear engineers" and they flash the pictures of the two meatheads, I about died. Funniest thing I've seen on youtube in some time. Bravo.

Stupid subtitles - adds nothing. Go ahead - delete me.

After seeing 'Chernobyl' this looks pretty tame.

Wow, that was really painful.

I guess I have to go to Google to understand the James Cook angle.

Never mind adding nothing, they take away hugely!

Why would you ruin this amazing scene with shitty subtitles?

I'm still with Vinnick on this issue. Nuclear is still the safest and cleanest energy option on the planet.

Stupid additions to this clip - thumbs down

Well done.

lol wtf is this so funny lol

As well written as this is... If you have the stomach for it go watch “K-19, the widow maker.” Based on actual events a Soviet submarine suffers a reactor failure and the SOVIETS (whom Bernie Sanders loved and revered) only could send chemical suits on this sub’s voyage since they had no radiation suits. The radiation suits wouldn’t have really helped enough, but chem suits are like a raincoat for ☢️ The sub crew is told that if the reactor goes critical the explosion could be interpreted as a first strike and NATO could respond and we’d have a nuclear holocaust/MAD scenario as the US and USSR throw everything they can at each other. Nuclear engineering teams go into the reactor in teams to attempt repairs and as they come out they experience radiation sickness. These events were largely kept secret until the fall of the USSR.

An engineer died? Oh no! What will his gay lover do without him?