What If You Fell Into a Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool?

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Spent nuclear fuel pools are designed to cool fuel rods after they come out of a nuclear reactor. While powering a nuclear reactor, these fuel rods become very, very hot (2,800 degrees Celsius / 5,092 degrees Fahrenheit). After they've spent 3 to 6 years inside of a nuclear reactor, fuel rods are no longer efficient. Problem is, they still emit plenty of harmful radiation, and they will for the next 10,000 years. Even though it’s trash, there’s not a garbage dump in the world that will accept it. So, why is water a good place to put these things and what would happen if you fall into one of those spent fuel pools?
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@hedgehog1684 11 ай бұрын

you become a villian in sonic games or movies

@armpryortimfoldingarmchair386 6 ай бұрын

I have no words

@teekalastennet3570 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you just hate it when you accidentally trip and fall into a nuclear fuel pool?

@hobo8399 4 жыл бұрын

Teeka Lastennet no I do it on a regular basis

@llm2114 4 жыл бұрын

@@hobo8399 yeah same

@hobo8399 4 жыл бұрын

Doge Destroyer yea right so not true only me

@llm2114 4 жыл бұрын

@@hobo8399 okay :(

@hobo8399 4 жыл бұрын

Doge Destroyer liars will always be liars

@jeffreymyles38 4 жыл бұрын

Me: KZfaq: what if you fell in a nuclear fuel pool? Me: yeah I might need to know this

@omshree2448 4 жыл бұрын

I know . KZfaq recommended a video named " living on Mars " as if I will ever get their in my lifetime 🤪🤬😑🤣🤣

@doyouevenwarpbro8674 4 жыл бұрын

I literaly thought this question in my head after seeing a show that talked about nuclear reactors and i got this recomendation

@doyouevenwarpbro8674 4 жыл бұрын

*recommendation

@Thalor 4 жыл бұрын

You never know haha

@rajeev_kumar 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@subhazard4297 2 жыл бұрын

Actually falling into one of these pool is quite lethal. For most people, it's the sudden overdose of lead into the body by the nearby guards.

@AlldaylongRock Жыл бұрын

LOL

@subhazard4297 Жыл бұрын

@Stewart Fleming That's a low bar, my tap water tastes like flinstones vitamins

@g.k.1669 Жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for those people. They spend all day behind the bench or various locations around the plant doing absolutely nothing but watching you badge into the door while they sit there hour after hour.

@anthonykrutis490 Жыл бұрын

I worked at Oyster Creek NJ for a shutdown in 06.Its basically a armed camp (After 9/11 they took guarding nuclear plants seriously).They have pill boxes surrounding the turbine generator for gun battles.Really freaks you out when you see guards armed to the teeth (Grenade/Flash bangs etc) walking around.

@Robert_Douglass Жыл бұрын

That would actually be a good Monty Python skit, like the government broadcast from the Home Office on "how to avoid being seen." "Clearly, he couldn't avoid being shot." 😆

@petarbrlek3278 2 жыл бұрын

I work at a nuclear plant, and in short, here's what will happen: Water serves as a neutron reflector and the hydrgoen absorbs radiation and shields you from it, so virutally nothing would happen to you if you were to swim in it. Touching a fuel rod: Fresh fuel rods are safe and you can hold it in your hand. In fact, we handle fresh fuel rods by hand and use only gloves, although nothing would happen if we didn't. Safety first, though. Spent fuel rods, on the other hand, are extremely radioactive, so if you want to touch it, you will fail because you'll be a goner by then. Now, one thing interesting is, since water is such a strong shield, you could swim in a spent fuel pool up to some extent. 3-4 meters is very safe. Half a metre deeper, you have a couple hours to live. Another half a metre, you have minutes.

@d3arb0rns 2 жыл бұрын

How much do you make per hour ?

@jadonlimoges1830 Жыл бұрын

@@d3arb0rns probably between 55 and 65

@puciohenzap891 11 ай бұрын

@@d3arb0rns About 3.6 rontgen, not great, not terrible.

@christopherleubner6633 9 ай бұрын

Now if you grabbed a spent fuel rod and pretended it was a light saber... if you could do that than you aren't human.

@Endermania 7 ай бұрын

@@puciohenzap891 :d

@climlim3569 4 жыл бұрын

"even though its trash, there's no garbage dump in the world that will accept it." best description of me.

@personaluseonly7148 4 жыл бұрын

r/suicidebywords

@KrotowX 4 жыл бұрын

So seagulls from that dump wouldn't turn green and will not emit light in night? Boring.

@videomaniac108 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe we could sell the spent fuel rod packs to the Chinese as portable heaters.

@KrotowX 4 жыл бұрын

@@videomaniac108 I would not like this idea. Chinese is not so stupid. They will find use for these rods against their enemies, believe me.

@AverageAlien 4 жыл бұрын

The second I read that

@Paul-tt1oi 5 жыл бұрын

Mr beast - "Last to leave the spent nuclear fuel pool wins $20000"

@kansel8265 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO 🤣🤣 nice one

@harakirimjospitry4319 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Vicky-uf7er 5 жыл бұрын

Well that,sounds a like story for another "What if".

@dantdma932 5 жыл бұрын

No 1 billion dollars

@maitreyapatni29 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@StormsparkPegasus 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: just under the surface, you would receive LESS radiation than you would outside the pool. Because the water would block the natural background radiation. As long as you stay at least 5 meters away from the fuel rods, the water and the inverse square law will completely protect you.

@miqotelover Жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning inverse square law :D

@ashleynewman3489 Жыл бұрын

Huh?

@slefinho1194 11 ай бұрын

omg pls enlighten us about that

@woolzem 11 ай бұрын

Wow 😅

@F17THY 6 ай бұрын

false buddy: you receive a dose which around ponds (non-loitering) signs are displayed as you are intaking well above background levels, if you were to jump into a pond you would likely intake a dose that would give minor radiation sickness and greatly increase the risk of cancer etc... drink one gulp of that water in and you have recieved and internal dose of radiation which with a half life of over a thousand years is likely to kill you within weeks. Side note: All of your theories are based upon realistic equations such as the inverse square law but don't take into account how real scenarios work. Have a look at nuclear plant video of a spent nuclear fuel rod pond and it will describe better

@lukew1383 Жыл бұрын

The author of XKCD asked his friend, who worked at a research nuclear reactor, what would happen if you tried to swim in their spent rod cooling pool for his book "What If?". The friend answered, saying "In our reactor? You'd die pretty quickly, before reaching the water, from gunshot wounds." For sure backs up the real question of what are you doing near a spent fuel rod pool, and how did you even get there.

@theairisamagician830 Жыл бұрын

Randall lunroe

@theairisamagician830 Жыл бұрын

Munroe

@theRealTolentino Жыл бұрын

@@theairisamagician830 indeed.

@timothylewis2527 5 ай бұрын

While he's probably right, I actually work in a nuclear power plant. There's a lot of contradicting info, even amongst people I work with.

@MitchellTheMitch 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone gangsta til the control rods start jumping.

@roderickwilliams67 4 жыл бұрын

RBMK reactor

@Andrescxli 3 жыл бұрын

💀💀💀

@fakeerik4931 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody gangsta til graphite on the ground

@oneshot1266 3 жыл бұрын

@@fakeerik4931 " you can't have seen graphite cause it's not there!"

@ValeJOR 3 жыл бұрын

Actualy its not the control rods that jumps but the caps that cover the reactor, also we don't use RBMK anymore

@187mrsmith 3 жыл бұрын

So basically you're telling me that pool is more safe than your typical public pool?!? That sounds about right

@cheedam8738 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol. But don't go too deep.

@jackfanning7952 2 жыл бұрын

You nukies basically are expert at lying, minimizing the risk of nuclear and destroy all living things on earth. How do you look in the mirror in the morning?

@p3el_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackfanning7952 you clearly dont understand how nuclear plant works. And i wont bother explaining it to someone as ignorant as you.

@questionablelifechoices7501 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackfanning7952 Lmao you must be from the sixties. Nuclear isn’t going to suddenly mutate everything in sight because that’s fundamentally not how any of anything works.

@jackfanning7952 2 жыл бұрын

@@questionablelifechoices7501 Keep laughing, idiot. When I was born is irrelevant. What I did is. I worked as an industrial hygienist, familiar with toxic substances and their effect on living tissue, including mitosis and meiosis. Ionizing radioactive atoms disintegrate, releasing subatomic particles that damage the DNA of living cells they come into contact with. The damaged cells can lie dormant for 10-40 years before they start to divide uncontrollably to form new cell clusters in a cancerous tumor. That is how that works, mouth breather.

@photog1529 Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention that water in the spent fuel pool is borated (contains boron). Boron is very efficient at absorbing neutrons. Borated water is also used when shutting down a nuclear reactor (after dropping the rods) or when reducing its power level. The spent fuel pool is not just simply "water".

@philipjdry1234 2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how the thing we need to survive also protects us from the most dangerous thing we create

@ethanalexander4050 6 ай бұрын

we didn’t create uranium lol

@med4511 4 ай бұрын

We don't "create" lol. Just using what's on earth and combining/developing/mixing them and trying different things together.

@NaNi7506 4 жыл бұрын

OMG thank you I was just about to jump into a spent nuclear fuel rod pool you saved me.

@vxrdrummer 3 жыл бұрын

No problem. Just stay on the surface and no pencil bombs and you'll be fine.

@mr.unknown1070 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@nicolesimmons5704 3 жыл бұрын

@SargeScum 3 жыл бұрын

I know right?

@johndilla6405 3 жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the video. You would be fine if you fell in. I still would not recommend though.

@terrellma 4 жыл бұрын

I work in a nuclear power plant, and you actually wear a life vest in case you were to fall in. If you stay towards the surface you would be fine.

@elephant35e 4 жыл бұрын

Curious, what do you do at the plant?

@mahay7038 4 жыл бұрын

*cough cough* Chernobyl *cough cough*

@godlesswolf5816 4 жыл бұрын

I wanna drink it.

@mit6253 4 жыл бұрын

Mahay Aized yep you’re too hilarious

@Borex2 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't been in nuclear pool but i visited nuclear reactor. I could see the top of the reactor from a distance. It was working at full power and didn't make a single noise. ☢☢☢

@TFICS Жыл бұрын

It all depends on the facility, I can think of a few that if you fell in you'd be dead in a month or so! This video reflects modern spent Fuel Ponds and not Legacy Facilities which are far more hazardous and radiologicallly challenging. Cool video though.

@Simon-xi8tb Жыл бұрын

I've been swimming in this pool at the local nuclear plant for years now. I even invented a new swimming stroke, I call it "the flapper". It's a stroke using all 4 arms in sync.

@OffensiveJestr 2 жыл бұрын

I've been on this earth for 44 years, and I've always wondered what would happen if I fell into a nuclear fuel pool. After all these years, I'm highly disappointed.

@Teh_Random_Canadian 2 жыл бұрын

How about a nuclear reaction pool, that would be a bit more exciting

@takayamuramoto4490 Жыл бұрын

@@Teh_Random_Canadian not really, the experiment reactors would still be safe if the height of water between you and the fuel is 5m. Energy-production reactors on the other hand are deadly, not only due to the radiation because you will be pressed against the rods, but because you will be sucked into the turbine for producing the electricity, also you would have to fall into it when the fuel is changed because they are otherwise sealed. Also for nuclear fusion reactors, the first one in a size where you would fit into is ITER which will be finished in 2025, entering the reaction chamber would spell cruel death as in there will be a vacuum and the low low temperatur of 180.000.000°C.

@xgamez5698 Жыл бұрын

@@takayamuramoto4490 Oh, interesting, thank you! That's exactly what I wanted to know! :)

@honkingoutloud2619 Жыл бұрын

This video is bs, fuel doesn't only mits gamma rays, it emits beta and alpha. These are particules beta is a free electron that emits radiation and Alpha is a ophaned helium that will absolutly obliterate your organes if ingested in the water

@arunmohan7399 5 жыл бұрын

What if it rains at same time all over the earth ?

@rupertacuesta 5 жыл бұрын

Arun Mohan woah, could you imagine the view from space? Our entire planet covered in clouds.

@rubenmanssens 5 жыл бұрын

Thats already happened once for about 2 million years long

@someonesomeone5096 5 жыл бұрын

Good one

@RB-H 5 жыл бұрын

That's happened before

@xiaomaytech 5 жыл бұрын

@@rubenmanssens seriously dude ??

@DogeEgodRoblox Жыл бұрын

Him saying how could it damage yourself: yeah it can also me:swims out out the pool 🏊

@E4_MAFIA 7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the diver that was sucked into a nuclear power plant while diving in the ocean. He was pulled in by giant fans, into a pipe, and spit out into a nuclear fuel pool. He received no radiation from the incident. Interesting stuff.

@FinnishCommando 7 ай бұрын

Where this happened

@justsomeidiotontheinternet4483 2 жыл бұрын

“This pool is so good it makes me feel warm inside”

@uncleschubert8083 2 жыл бұрын

Ruben sim? :D

@tsuchinoko6032 2 жыл бұрын

@@uncleschubert8083 H e l l o d o g g y

@Oduwuini 2 жыл бұрын

Touch the bottom

@deadpoolongoogle9682 2 жыл бұрын

Hulk smash

@TitanD79 4 жыл бұрын

I've been told it's the equivalent of chest x-ray!

@leeksoup3199 4 жыл бұрын

TitanD79 Chernobyl HBO! Lol

@condor2279 4 жыл бұрын

Not great, not terrible.

@isabellaaguiar412 4 жыл бұрын

I get that reference

@billymays495 4 жыл бұрын

It's only because I watched the commerical after game of thrones is over

@mev186 4 жыл бұрын

*slams fist on table* NO!

@CrazyEights888 Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that I decided to watch this video before planning my family's vacation. We were considering the pool of nuclear waste nearby. We now know that it is the best option for our vacation.

@roxiplayer401k-4 Жыл бұрын

This is good information. I'll keep this in mind whenever I happen to walk around a spent nuclear fuel rod pool. 😉👌

@AbdullahArRafi 3 жыл бұрын

I was confused about whether to choose a public pool or a spent nuclear pool for swimming. Thanks, now it seems that the spent nuclear pool is the better and healthier option

@theairisamagician830 Жыл бұрын

Well actually the public pool is much safer. I tried to swim in a spent nuclear pool and the guards shot me to death. Would not recommend

@2b2c1d2 Жыл бұрын

@@theairisamagician830 😂😂

@trazonajanina8103 3 ай бұрын

🤣💀@@theairisamagician830

@boruto1974 5 жыл бұрын

Just pray and hope you come out alive with super powers.

@dylant4737 5 жыл бұрын

Boruto xD

@3un4j0 5 жыл бұрын

Boruto u won’t

@khumahauzel8004 5 жыл бұрын

Boruto 😂😂😂 I would love that 😄 if that could actually happen😁

@arnavvaishnav1590 4 жыл бұрын

You mean mutation?

@Nikola95inYT 4 жыл бұрын

More like with cancer tumor 👌

@Woo.f32 8 ай бұрын

Typically a pool is anywhere from 73-85 degrees. Falling into this 30 degree rod cooling pool would be like taking an ice bath.

@seany2345 Жыл бұрын

I work in nuclear reactors moving fuel assemblies in and out of spent fuel pool. Guys have fallen in and they just have to shower a few times and get their dosage tested.. the only big deal is filling out all the paperwork and then being ridiculed for years after lol.People think its unsafe but its actually a very safe job and by far the cleanest/most efficient form of energy production on the planet

@blankspace8104 4 жыл бұрын

The first "What If" video that ends up with a decent ending.

@XavierMathewsEntertainment 4 жыл бұрын

exactly. . . .i was like "well.....that was actually nice". The what if channel has conditioned us for disaster lol.

@blankspace8104 4 жыл бұрын

@@XavierMathewsEntertainment yeah Loll.

@naylisyazwina6836 Жыл бұрын

@@blankspace8104 i'm new here and now i'm concerned

@endrilimani9855 4 жыл бұрын

Me:*falls falls in a spent nuclear fuel pool* *excepts to transform into hulk* *transforms into shrek*

@randy7562 4 жыл бұрын

That's better

@Akyomi777 4 жыл бұрын

somebody once told me, the fuel pool is gonna change me....

@sergiomoretti410 4 жыл бұрын

Falls falls noticed that after 3 minutes

@themerrymaker7144 4 жыл бұрын

WIN WIN

@latviangopnik 4 жыл бұрын

I see this as an absolute win.

@cucumber18685 11 ай бұрын

I was born and raised near Beloyarskaya atomic station in the Urals, and heard stories of people who regularly went to sunbathe and swim in the technical pools of the station. Needless to say the water was pleasantly warm. As far as I know, no one suffered any radiation poisoning or other effects.

@frost1183 10 ай бұрын

Water

@charlesbridgford254 2 жыл бұрын

The biggest issue for the divers that we use in the pools is heat exhaustion. The pools run at about body temperature so you quickly overheat in a drysuit.

@supernoodles908 2 жыл бұрын

Public swimming pools are normally 28-32c. 30c water is perfectly fine to sit in (if you're just wearing a normal swim trunk). Don't wear a dry suit lol

@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 5 жыл бұрын

Most of these "What If's" just result in death.

@briannanguyen2830 5 жыл бұрын

I swear I see you everywhere

@nekroknightz7340 5 жыл бұрын

Damn you and the moustache guy

@idiashpeza2800 5 жыл бұрын

This one didn’t tho

@fortifarse 4 жыл бұрын

They also tend to attract the "I don't really DO videos but I have a strong opinion on the title" crowd apparently...

@PhoenixMF1986 4 жыл бұрын

It's true. But that makes this one kind of refreshing.

@zharifzamri731 5 жыл бұрын

Wow this is the first time nothing bad happened. Good job What If

@flowerofash4439 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@lol-ju8rr 5 жыл бұрын

2:20

@Aura96968 5 жыл бұрын

@@lol-ju8rr luls

@IC-lt1xc 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not the first time but there’s still something bad about death in this

@mirceatim3274 4 жыл бұрын

Why did he not film himself in the radioactive pool if it is safer then an average pool? Or is this for another what if..

@user-bj8bk7fv1x 11 ай бұрын

I worked at a nuclear power plant and one of the techs fell in the fuel pool. He swam to the side and climbed out. All he said is the water was warmer than he thought it would be. No super powers, no radiation poisoning, and no long term effects.

@lonesoul663 8 ай бұрын

Radiation in itself is one of the weirdest things to exist. An invisible energy than can screw you over.

@PointyTailofSatan 4 жыл бұрын

Bright green water? The water in a spent fuel pool is ultra pure, to prevent dissolved minerals in the water from becoming neutron activated, and to prevent chemical reactions due to the heated fuel rod cladding.

@howardbaxter2514 4 жыл бұрын

PointyTailofSatan also, Cherenkov radiation is blue

@lowowl5299 4 жыл бұрын

lol swimming in something that has old star blood in it would contaminate the pool with filthy human foulness. I would be far more concerned about other t hings than a person swimming in it, more like holy shit does that mean anyone can access the pool?

@godlesswolf5816 4 жыл бұрын

I love drinking it. It's delicious

@farhanzaman7835 4 жыл бұрын

It's like mako energy from ffvii

@awesomemantroll1088 3 жыл бұрын

@@godlesswolf5816 But it's warm water. Wouldn't it taste terrible?

@inuyasha3083 4 жыл бұрын

nobody: what if: nah, you'll be fine. you'll just be a raisin.

@ramixpAPEX 4 жыл бұрын

YUM RAISINS🤤

@Dome31337 4 жыл бұрын

You didnt see any raisins, because they are not there.

@mattcalza4790 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe your nuts'd be raisins...

@blu_e1910 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dome31337 who's the band that made the song believer

@johnathanrobinzine9030 Жыл бұрын

I like that nuclear reactor pool Making me feel swimming Inside uranium my body and mind feel energy underwater

@aussie_philosopher8079 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at a facility and on the weekend we used swim in the reactor water, nice family fun for all.

@MarekUtd 3 жыл бұрын

"Bet you won't jump into that spent nuclear fuel rod pool" Swimmer: "Hold my graphite"

@radiomanreal 3 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@sirkermitthefirstoffrogeth9622 2 жыл бұрын

Me: Where did you get that? Swimmer: Chernobyl.

@vlogmaster9568 2 жыл бұрын

There is no graphite, you are delusional.

@infini_ryu9461 2 жыл бұрын

@@vlogmaster9568 Well yes, actually, this is a Light Water Reactor, they don't use graphite. :)

@CainySNP 2 жыл бұрын

@@infini_ryu9461 r/whoosh, you didn't get the joke man

@Maurice_Moss 4 жыл бұрын

4 minutes just to say nothing will happen? **facepalm**

@lukalackovic9059 4 жыл бұрын

at least it's not 10

@nomada1468 4 жыл бұрын

At least is not 5

@seraphcopyright5292 4 жыл бұрын

At least now you know you can swim in a radioactive fuel pool

@Sharpshooter111 4 жыл бұрын

At least it’s not 4 minutes and 30 seconds

@BrandOffMusic2 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saving me

@wavstudionet 11 ай бұрын

3:09 Without *FEELING* any negative effects. *12 years later* ❤❌🤖

@sachinbhoi5727 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of going to the public pool, but thank God I saw this, now I know where to go!

@PremiumFuelOnly 2 жыл бұрын

So if Russia nukes us, I will be safe jumping in a swimming pool?

@JPC1600 4 жыл бұрын

The video totally forgot some other effects : - the acidity of the water due to boric acid - the potential skin/internal contamination due to small loose radioactive pieces

@Bleckyyyy 4 жыл бұрын

He probably got paid some cash to make it look completely fine, like going to the store to buy bread.

@88werwolfhun88 4 жыл бұрын

@@Bleckyyyy got paid from who? :D dont be that fucking stupid.

@Mageroeth 4 жыл бұрын

@@88werwolfhun88 by the nuclear industry

@bruh7230 4 жыл бұрын

Blue Jay yep to cover up for the fact that people fall into spent nuclear pools every day

@studywithpraise9584 4 жыл бұрын

(◔‿◔)all my science student

@hankhill5622 3 жыл бұрын

Me falls into to nuclear pool: Dyatlov: He’s delusional get him to the infirmary.

@robogen1331 2 жыл бұрын

I sell Uranium and Uranium accessories I tell you what

@dammitrune 2 жыл бұрын

you've earned my respect my man

@chrissymacneil3811 2 жыл бұрын

Bwah hah hah 🤣 amazing.

@GokantheHusky 2 жыл бұрын

A spa day at a spent fuel pool as long as the reactor is blocked off sounds like a good idea lol

@joblake627 Жыл бұрын

Can someone make a live stream thats just watching one of those pools or a reactor please the're calming to look at

@ananttripathi4264 5 жыл бұрын

What if All mosquito's get extinct?

@lupreztryson 5 жыл бұрын

No more suffering

@MYERSSMICHAEL 5 жыл бұрын

@@lupreztryson wrong answer bud..

@luis9286 5 жыл бұрын

@@lupreztryson then many other animals would go extinct too

@udith 5 жыл бұрын

It was already answered by him

@andreiusurelu4278 5 жыл бұрын

They are useless i would like to see that

@overcookedwater1947 5 жыл бұрын

*What if my dad finally arrived back home after his trip to the store to buy some milk?* *That's a story for another What If*

@zerkalt190 5 жыл бұрын

Unoriginal

@Sanzhikdon 5 жыл бұрын

That's old dude, invent something new.

@siavashkharasi3209 5 жыл бұрын

Very old

@zairev3438 5 жыл бұрын

Is that Postal reference by any chance ? :D

@endkiller7985 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sad now ( my dad left when I was 5 as well tho)

@leiseboswell9848 2 жыл бұрын

This is surprisingly calming for my weird anxiety

@dr4x3k28 2 жыл бұрын

Wait so you're telling me I could swim in a pool full of spent nuclear fuel rods and pe perfectly fine? I know what my plan for the weekend is

@photog1529 Жыл бұрын

You'd probably be the only one in the pool...which really isn't a bad thing.

@srsorrow1708 5 жыл бұрын

Next, what if “What If” runs out of ideas...

@cutiemary 5 жыл бұрын

Now thats a topic for another *"What-If"* . 😏

@charaf. 5 жыл бұрын

That would be a cool What If

@commandingjudgedredd1841 4 жыл бұрын

What if....they couldn't explain that "What If".

@superiormike1813 4 жыл бұрын

This is not Watchmojo

@LegoDork99 4 жыл бұрын

Was highkey hoping for a more exciting answer.

@farecaregamer1586 4 жыл бұрын

You get the ultra gay

@cameronjordan897 4 жыл бұрын

@@farecaregamer1586 lies, I fell in once and I turned mega gay, so dont over exaggerate

@captainpocky 4 жыл бұрын

@Cameron Jordan Exactly. It's much safer than forgetting to say "no homo" before giving your homie a high five for example. That's a lethal dose of hyper gaydiation in mere seconds. -Source: im a nuclear engineer

@ironpulcinella3586 4 жыл бұрын

@@captainpocky Gayeneer*

@captainpocky 4 жыл бұрын

@Beliye Kolgotki Thank you, my mistake. You'd think I wouldn't still mess that up after 15 yrs of intensive study

@realmackle Жыл бұрын

I did a tour of a plant and they said this exact thing. It was really interesting to think about

@markkaminski2416 Жыл бұрын

If you have seen one, the water is beautifully crystal clear except at the bottom near the fuel rods and containers holding components of the fuel rods bundles. That area is blurred due radialitic decomposition of the water. That was the explanation from HPs on site.

@ilivgur 3 жыл бұрын

Swimming in a nuclear pool is like standing at the edge of skyscraper's roof - you start hearing the void calling to you.

@AlhamdulilJesus 10 ай бұрын

Your anxiety is showing

@chocolatechipcoochie3677 3 жыл бұрын

First 35 seconds of narration is me trying to reach 500 word req on my essay.

@druze3210 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a broken record

@abhinavdp7376 2 жыл бұрын

You must be a great writer

@chocolatechipcoochie3677 2 жыл бұрын

@@abhinavdp7376 no I’m absolutely terrible

@jimbrown9885 9 ай бұрын

I know a guy who voluntarily jumped in to save a zip tie clipping that flew in. Imagine how bad the alternative must have been for that to sound like a good idea.

@Aresenal1739 Жыл бұрын

Thanks I had a friend who fell into a nuclear fuel pool. I watched this video and gave him tips to survivr

@mh-ki2dv 4 жыл бұрын

But Boris told me it was the equivalent of a chest x-ray....

@FrostedSeagull 4 жыл бұрын

Max, LMAO. It sounds like the guy who made this video sorely missed his vocation in the old Soviet Union.

@cattleyaentrolezo2276 4 жыл бұрын

WHAT IF is delusional, send them to the infirmary!

@cambell9 4 жыл бұрын

30,000 lol

@oceanman7436 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, 3 million chest x rays

@radiomanreal 3 жыл бұрын

Its only 3.6 chill out.

@tanjimriju4832 5 жыл бұрын

what if the whole world was under 1 goverment

@Paul-tt1oi 5 жыл бұрын

What if there was No government?

@tanjimriju4832 5 жыл бұрын

@@Paul-tt1oi short answer: the world would be a chaos

@Ex7y46fy 5 жыл бұрын

Paul would be pretty epic. Definitely would blow up the flat earthers

@abhishekduggal.2076 5 жыл бұрын

One currency , same prices

@MarkNorville 5 жыл бұрын

That is already happening, however it will not happen in your life, but you will see the changes that they are making to make it happen. They are already destroying Europe. The Euro is called the Euro DOLLAR and CENTS. The same as Australia. Mmmm I wonder who else good old AMERICA. Prepare your children for the future as it is not going to be a good one.

@DarrenDoo 7 ай бұрын

This video turned into an infomercial about the benefits of swimming in nuclear fuel pools.

@LocalAriral Жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite things: pools and radiation(speaking of which, could I technically put radiation in a pool you can buy at a store? Probably not)

@GoTurbo 4 жыл бұрын

This video is not 100% scientifically accurate. Water does not completely block electromagnetic radiation, but rather attenuates it, which is slightly different. Alpha radiation travels mere microns before being absorbed while beta radiation travels a few centimetres before being rendered mostly harmless due to the decrease in energy of the high-speed electrons. For gamma radiation, however, the energy is halved per 15 cm (6 in) of water but is never blocked fully and thus being attenuated (reduced). There will be a reduction factor of 100 for 30 in (76.2 cm) of water and 10,000 for 60 in (152.4 cm). Like aforementioned, these numbers depend heavily on the energy of the gamma waves. This is based on ionising radiation, however, and ignores other particles such as neutrinos and so on, though these interact with matter very little and so are not relevant in this context. Additionally, due to Cherenkov radiation, the pool should emit blue light, not green, as this is a common misconception.

@Sidluvher 4 жыл бұрын

GoTurbo ok nigga havard wants to know your location

@ajayvispute5437 4 жыл бұрын

can it cause any radiation poisoning or death?

@r0yce 4 жыл бұрын

@@ajayvispute5437 yes

@r0yce 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr... The green in movies always bugs me out. Like... Uranium is always associated with a green slimy lava or something...

@tonys623 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a shit because nobody swims in spent nuclear fuel pools.

@m.g.540 3 жыл бұрын

You know the fuel rods that just came out of the reactor during the last refuel outage, they are the ones with brightest blue glowing Cherenkov radiation. the oldest are fairly dim by comparison having been there for much longer. The spent fuel pool is usually outside of containment which houses the reactor.

@gpdareapa 2 жыл бұрын

dang bro i was thinking about falling into a nuclear fuel pool of rods thanks man

@Rollins-ek3li Жыл бұрын

So glad I know this safety tip because there are fuel pools every 10 ft in my neighborhood. One never knows -

@EetFuk8 4 жыл бұрын

It's my biggest hobby to use nuclear power plants as a pool.

@tiltedcloudz 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that's my favorite hobby! XD

@jcdenton4534 4 жыл бұрын

Pfft. It's my biggest kink.

@tomazk2638 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@tanishmehta9072 5 жыл бұрын

What if what if surpassed tseries

@sidrahaslam6081 4 жыл бұрын

'What if' has a long way to go in that case.........

@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207 4 жыл бұрын

India invades Canada.

@itosssaladz1856 4 жыл бұрын

99.99% of tseries subscribers are Indians, so it really is a irrelevant channel to the rest of the world. You ask other(non indians) people if they know tseries, they wont know. you ask them about pewdiepie they will know. this is not be fanboying pewdiepie but only because he really is the no.1 channel of yt.

@tanishmehta9072 4 жыл бұрын

@@itosssaladz1856 bro I am from India and I swear I am a supporter of pewds and not tseries

@tanishmehta9072 4 жыл бұрын

@@captainvoluntaryistthestat3207 bro what you said I didn't understand that

@Marc_donkey Жыл бұрын

I have always been curious about this , every time I take a walk in Nuclear power plant.

@petegriffin8149 Жыл бұрын

I remember a lecture from one of the first scientists who worked on the Manhattan project, he said he used to drink a glass of the water from the pool whenever he felt like showing how Absolutely safe it was.... sounds crazy but he said it, and apparently wasn't joking...

@aaronmacy9134 3 жыл бұрын

The minute I hear that breed of voiceover, I know to run back to PBS for my science vids.

@yoyo6661000 3 жыл бұрын

This video could have been 2 seconds long: “nothing”

@bladedninja8853 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta get revenue

@kensurrency2564 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, however explaining it to the public helps dispel fear. Most people don’t understand nuclear power; thus ignorance and fear. If you’ve studied nuclear physics and energy production, the takeaway is basically “keep it cool”. All the rest is standard safety protocols with a little bit of radioactive material handling. Nuclear power is well understood, and we should be using it as much as we can.

@bladedninja8853 2 жыл бұрын

@@kensurrency2564 how much you willing to bet that the big oil mongers are paying media to paint a bad picture of nuclear power

@kensurrency2564 2 жыл бұрын

@@bladedninja8853 everything I have. When big money interests are involved, that’s a safe bet.

@ManOfLore1 2 жыл бұрын

@@kensurrency2564 Well put. Most people have the awful habit of believing everything they hear or see from the media (whether it be news, movies, documentaries) without doing any kind of research on their own. In fact, I shunned nuclear energy until I took some time to learn about it. Now I shun the dishonest anti-nuclear groups which exaggerate (if not outright lie) about the dangers of nuclear energy. Personal horror stories from Chernobyl or Fukushima do not take precedence over peer-reviewed statistical data. And the data states that nuclear energy has resulted in much fewer deaths than any form of fossil fuel and even some renewables.

@williambinions4205 Жыл бұрын

Jesus. I was not expecting that. I thought if you jumped into a radioactive pool you would come out some sort of superhero

@bluebanana6753 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a teacher. They let people visit the local nuclear plant. The guide said that yoy can swim in it but that they would be more concerned by you contaminating the water. And then i kidd you not they got to walk over one and one student stopped and started pissing in the pool. Safe to say the school was not allowed back ever again. My dad always had the class of trouble makers. He was really good att working with the kids but they did stuff like this also.

@jcdenton4534 4 жыл бұрын

1:50 I didn't snap that he was referring to Celsius for a solid 15 seconds.

@easgirl2412 2 жыл бұрын

How the water protects the human body from radiation even if a person fell into the pool is insanely cool! I was expecting a lot of negative effects. Boy was I wrong!

@supernoodles908 2 жыл бұрын

Because water is fairly dense. Have enough matter in the way, it'll stop radiation. Alpha radiation takes a piece of paper to stop it. Beta takes some thick foil. Gamma radiation takes about 1-2m of concrete. The water pools have plenty of excesses :)

@xiupsilon876 Жыл бұрын

@@supernoodles908 Beta can be completely stopped by household aluminum foil, or even a piece of cardboard. Gamma is the tricky one.

@photog1529 Жыл бұрын

The water is also borated (contains boron at a specific ppm). Boron is very efficient at absorbing neutrons.

@thedon1570 10 ай бұрын

You’re not wrong all of this is BS. Does it sound sane to you? Jumping in water that has NUCLEAR RODS in it. Really? You fell for this?

@outdoorniche865 9 ай бұрын

I love how he said other screens like he was scared to say our smart phones emit certain radiation.

@shrekinator489 Жыл бұрын

I read in a book called "what if?" (yes I see the irony) and it talked about this exact situation. and it mentioned a guy who needed to find an old unknown object and it was one of those spent fuel rods that broke, and he grabbed it and he had to have his hand cut off due to the radiation.

@_Matsimus_ 3 жыл бұрын

*”T H I S!”* *”T H I S!”* *”T H I S!”*

@Robomann 2 жыл бұрын

What in the world are you doing here

@mattynek2 2 жыл бұрын

hahaha he is verified and he wrote a comment hahahaha how funny hahahaha here is your like xd 😂😂😂

@MysterDaftGame 2 жыл бұрын

Doug demuro ?

@Emyrun 2 жыл бұрын

@@mattynek2 46 peoples that liked this comment:

@markokeeper1982 2 жыл бұрын

what in the hell are you doing here lmao

@burrito8402 3 жыл бұрын

I love how he makes videos of questions I never asked, I LOVE IT! Keep up the good work‼️

@petercampbell4220 Жыл бұрын

Hardhat divers are sent in for repair. The water still has dissolved and particulate contamination. And watersports is uncomfortably thermally warm. The dive suit gets a little dirty, the diver stars clean.

@alant5757 Жыл бұрын

One time while working nuclear plant refueling outage… I was helping to remove underwater cameras when one of the cameras cables rubbed against my white protective coveralls. I was wearing medical scrubs underneath and when I left the RCA (Radiological controlled area)… the scanners alarmed. I ended up losing everything above the waist. Hard hat, shirt, handheld radio… they were able to clean the radio but lost my favorite hard hat. Haha

@thaleshb9380 5 жыл бұрын

I always repeat the part when he says “that’s a topic for another, WHAT IF” 😅👌

@jieddo1 4 жыл бұрын

0:45 Narrator: "This is a Nuclear Reactor" Background: Shows Tokamak Fusion Reactor

@SimplyTakuma 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that wasnt very smart.....

@angeleyes4us200 3 жыл бұрын

Why isn't that smart?

@idealaccent5110 3 жыл бұрын

He didnt

$@fractal5764$

@fractal5764 3 жыл бұрын

Still a nuclear reactor

@cucumbercow7379 3 жыл бұрын

@@fractal5764 it doesn’t produce radioactive waste though

@baigish100 Жыл бұрын

Please post a video of what would happen if you gargled with water from a spent nuclear fuel cooling pool. That would be fascinating!!

@upsilan_mitstrima 2 жыл бұрын

I accidentally clicked this and was about to leave but then you got me intrigued

@MikeMike-yd3xe 3 жыл бұрын

Falling into a deep pool and a nuclear plant sounds absolutely terrifying

@frankiehamilton7983 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing happens. Save your 4 minutes. I wish I did.

@oprahwinfrey878 4 жыл бұрын

I got 58 seconds in

@theworldoverheavan560 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@alexandru.r5354 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks but i watched it anyway also stuff would happen this man says you would get exposed to less radiation then in radiation in that pool then you would experience in your everyday life but thats not true

@theknitby 4 жыл бұрын

Or just not be an unappreciative bastard and just watch the video. That works as well.

@jefftparker 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhhh the millenial who can't even spend 4 minutes of life for a back story. Shits gonna get real the older you get mate.

@gwaz2250 2 жыл бұрын

I felt like drinking some of this water and it looks really tasty I might give it a miss after this one cheers buddy

@banzaiman1 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's not at all what i would have expected. Thought you would start to boil from the inside or something. pretty Amazing really

@tom-wj6pk 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! A what if video that doesn't end on us dying from something horrible

@dumpeeplarfunny 4 жыл бұрын

This video: Pools for nuclear waste are better because they're cleaner. Me: Why don't we use nuclear waste to clean pools then? Wouldn't that be healthier than using chlorine?

@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432 4 жыл бұрын

This comment needs more likes than the video its put under.

@zakarianaji9209 4 жыл бұрын

Is that you forest ?

@CrylessYT 4 жыл бұрын

The pools are not cleaner because of the nuclear waste.. It's cleaner because there aren't people swimming in it.. Gosh this hurts

@Slemoster 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, no. I have a sneaking suspicion this video is bullshit. Water is not a magical shield against radiation. While it is a good buffer, I would gamble that falling into it will still result in cancer within a decade. Same reason why radiation doesn't go away when it leaks into oceans but instead travels to coastlines, killing thousands of fish and putting drinking supplies at risk, not to mention getting evaporated by the sun and rained down onto coastal cities. Just... don't fall into radioactive pools at all.

@apacheslim 4 жыл бұрын

Rob Nie You dont know what youre talking about