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@@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist All right. Now that is something I am looking forward to. :)

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Former president Bush needs one of these shirts lol!

@@juliafoster9433 I also always think of Dubya when I see the word written that way. :)

I think of the Simpson 3 eyed fish

Exactly. I don't think there is any point in reacting to these videos as you watch them. They are supposed to sound dumb at start so people with no prior knowledge could understand and get more technical as the subject is better understood. This is like going to pre-school and reacting to them teaching kids basic things everyone is supposed to know.

Agreed - Cleo's video basically starts off with her saying "Here is a thing that is clearly wrong that people think, let's take a look into why it's wrong" and Elina responds with "That thing you're saying you know is wrong? That's wrong."

exactly. I stopped wtaching the video at this point, because I don't care what an expert has to say about nuclear waste after that attitude.

From one average moron to another .... you got that right on ...

Thank you, well said

Ikr 🤦‍♀

Girl cant take a joke or something.

Precisely. She totally missed that point.

Yes…..she very clearly set up the point as a way to continue to the video. She needs to stop pausing and making judgement and watch the whole video……Cleo very clearly explains ALL of that in very clear measures. I’m not even going to finish watching this as it’s clear she is looking to get clicks by hitting on someone else’s work.

@@blick5815 yeah I didn't finish it either. Very disingenuous.

Yes. Definitely need a video on that.

And then we need a reaction video: "Reactor Reacts to Generations of Reactors"

Let me add my vote to this :)

It'd be interesting to see the take on the MOX reactors. Also, love to see her thoughts on Gen IV reactors like MSRs and GFR/SFR types.

gen 1: screwdriver and plutonium sphere gen 2: Japanese kilotonne gen3: castle bravo gen4: tsar Bomba *gen5: ork, is potato da* @amanawolf9166 what about molten salt?

100 %

Yes, definitely.

Onkalo here we come!

Onkalo is a hole in the ground they're going to stuff nuclear waste into then backfill with concrete, the tech itself is uninteresting, but Michael Madsen's feature-length documentary did manage to spin out the surrounding issues to fill the time.

100% agree it would be great to see

If your knowledge and education is based upon cartoons then turn on the boob tube and enjoy life.

​@@clarkkent9080 Cleo was debunking what it's said in the media. Your point being?

@@silvesterjkennedy A simple point: ANYIONE who bases their "knowledge" of nuclear power based on cartoons and make believe TV is a moron. Does Cleo even have make that point? The only place you will find nuclear waste being portrayed as green goop is in cartoons.

@@clarkkent9080 That's Cleo's point...that that is EXACTLY what the masses based their knowledge and education on for things they have never investigated themselves

@@silvesterjkennedy My comment was NOT directed at Cleo but the m0rons that base their so called knowledge on cartoons, social media, and You Tube videos. That is a product of American public schools. Today, the truth can easily be uncovered with a little research but playing games and watching TicTok videos seems to take up most of their time. How could my comment be misunderstood?

Sadly they failed, one after the others

Breeder reactor makes more fuel than they use?

@@Esa826 the fuel is enriched in the breeder blanket, which is separate from the fuel powering the reactor.

@@MichaelCousin1 Thank you so much for information

Correct.

What would happen if the waste was put in a volcano on a deserted island?

In a breeder reactor, Uranium-238 + 1 neutron = P-239, so most of it ends up as fissile Plutonium. The waste sucking up neutrons also means a lot more fissile Uranium is required to start them (about 20%). If you end up with P-240, your reaction is eating 2 neutrons and that would be undesirable.

@@alexschnarr7718 There is a difference between what happens in a breeder's blanket and what happens in the active core region of a breeder or the core of a thermal reactor. In the blanket, your comment is correct, but in the active core of a breeder, a fast spectrum reactor without a blanket or the core of a thermal spectrum reactor, Willerwin is correct.

hence why we went GE water reactors "on the cheap" and sold them to other nations at the time to woo them away from going over to the then soviets during the cold war. we then implemented them here as well even though they are way more prone to 3 mils island and fukishima incidents........ breeders never melt down and was proven at the lab to the government and ignored just the same.

I'm gonna need to see your credentials lol

Answer me in the comments below!

Grateful you're going to tackle Gen-IV designs. Thank you! These improvements change the safety equation. Most folks I talk to are afraid of any nuclear energy, "because I don't want a bomb" These same folks can't even consider hydrogen fuel cars, "because Hindenburg, right?" So thank you again for getting the word out.

@@DistracticusPrime Hydrogen cars are just a bad idea and cannot compete with EVs. It doesn't have anything to do with Hindenburg phobias.

Could you do an episode on Molten Salt Reactors (MSR)? In particular where are we now for re-using waste in MSRs without requiring refinement?

Absolutely would like to see more on Gen 4 reactors, I'm also interested in the space program Sterling engine reactor. And in the concepts for the next generation that I believe are ready being talked about. So basically a gen 4 reactor differences video, with some notes on that NASA reactor, and what the concepts are for the future. Having only studied undergrad physics, despite my interest in nuclear physics I never continued my studies, therefore these videos of yours are really interesting to me. Thanks)

For me I'd love you to highlight all the safety protocols that are observed at a nuclear storage facility, especially Finland's.

Stop! She won't come back.

@@Broken_robot1986 They do have interwebs in Finland. Don't worry.

@@tarmaque Interwebs?

@@LTVoyager Kids these days. Don't know the difference between the Interweb and the World Wide Net.

Yeah, the french used some 'tricks' to get there. Frist they build an pipe into the Atlantic to get rid of most of the fluid nuclear waste and some of the solid waste (most of the low to mid radioactive waste). Secondly they sent most of the low enriched Uranium hexafluoride (~96% of the 'recycled' stuff) to Russia for little money where it got stored in some yards in Siberia. After that it turned out they still barely made break even so they came up with MOX fuel to save on cost for storeing Plutonium (it doesn't serve any purpose in an light water reactor other than fatigue the reactor fast due gamma radiation) and made recycling nuclear waste magically economically viable.

Yes, your videos provide so much more value because they're in depth and not one sided. Nuclear energy isn't perfect, but it isn't terrible either. Understanding it's strengths and weaknesses is important.

For many, ignorance is bliss.

I'm not surprised at all about that, sensational and superficial videos are the best selling items in KZfaq. Turning on your brain and consume more thorough content is not for everyone.

I think if we gave it 30 seconds of thought, we could easily come up with and explanation for Cheo Abrams popularity... I'll take Elina's style any day of the week.

Cleo is not a scientist but a (science) communicator whereas Elina is a communicative scientist, and I am thankful for her channel.

Cleo not Chloe

@@digital.frenchy thank you for pointing out my typo. Corrected

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errr cost ?

you wont the gov is against nuclear has been for decades since the then dem congress of the time in i think the 60's poo pooed breeder reactors as the route to go and went with water reactors by GE so we could export them cheaply to nations we did not want going over to the red scare and not have a reactor that could easily make material for them to make nukes. carter put the final nail in the coffin and here we are today.

Where there's a will there's a way - something tells me cost is merely an excuse, for now at least...

"recycling" is actually a BIG misnomer when referring to nuclear waste. There is no recycling. It is actually "RE-PROCESSING". And reprocessing is actually a very dirty, energy intensive, and expensive process. Places that conduct reprocessing activities (like Orano la Hauge, France or Sellafield Cumbria, UK) actually create large secondary radioactive waste streams that are pumped into the ocean. There were several reprocessing efforts in US that didn't do much better, and thus commercial reprocessing efforts in the US were abandoned.

@@CrystalLakeEast very good points about being energy intensive - when the transition away from fossils fuels means that the energy used for reprocessing is from clean sources then it might start to become a bit more circular. Even now the amount of fossil fuels it likely takes to build, maintain, fuel and then decommission nuclear plants in general probably makes a sizeable dent in the ‘carbon neutrality’ of nuclear as an energy source…

Well, I made a similar comment above. This is my understanding as well.

Well digging a hole and putting the waste in it costs nothing as long as there is little waste. Recycling becomes relevant and cost-effective when there is so much waste you can’t afford digging a hole. And putting waste underground only creates a new potential ressources for future generations if our society were to collapse and lose track of its holes.

@@nadsenoj8719 This person is saying that Cleo Abram is not a Nuclear Physicist, not referring to Elina.

I'm going to shatter your world. Cleo Abram is an actress. Her videos are infomercials paid for and produced by others. Cleo is just the actress that reads the script. And as commercials most of her videos are inaccurate because they are promoting the agenda of whomever is paying for them. Sorry to ruin your fantasy.

⁠​⁠@@Metal0sopher My world isn’t shattered. My fantasy is not destroyed. Plus, you’re not even close to guessing my fantasy. Cleo could be an actress, as you say, but it doesn’t matter. Nor does it matter that her content is paid for and produced by others. The basic message of her videos works either way. Sorry to frustrate any satisfaction you may have enjoyed.

That’s a harsh assessment of Cleo. She was a journalist for Vox media before creating her own channel.

@@sevenflashowls Exactly, Vox like all big media is for profit run by corporations who only care about quarterly earnings growth. So the reporters have to deliver avert clicks to increase revenue, that means manipulative stories to attract an audience, not facts. That's where she learned her skills. Plus her vids are way too professional. She clearly has editors, writers, staff, which would require hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in salaries, but she doesn't even have one million subs yet. On average You tubers earn about $10000 a year per 100000 subs. So how is she paying all these people from YT earnings alone? She's not alone. We need transparency laws. All media, vlogers or mainstream, should have a list of all financiers to back them so that we can all clearly see who, and for what purpose, pull the strings.

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True...but Elina skipped over alot of Cleos video which had a couple of small mistakes but if anyone watched from start to finish would see, was very interesting and informative.

Glad it was helpful!

just wait for the toktik army to request ZNPP meltdown bs who havnt even taken a atomic science 200 class yet...

@@YourFriendlyNuclearPhysicist Good job and thank you for clarifying her misinformation. I've seen many of Cleo's videos before and I need to point out that Cleo Abram is a total and complete grifter. Her videos are scripted by the people promoting the story line. She is just the pretty face actress paid to deliver the lines, because they know on technical issues the audience is mostly male, mostly nerdy, and hook line and sinker easily taken by a pretty girl. Sorry to be blunt, but the truth is the truth. Watch enough of her videos and it will soon become evident that the entirety of any of her videos, is the add. Not all her videos are bad, but I have an issue with people like her portraying a paid commercial as scientific truth. This is part of the problem with all media today. All of them are in it for the profit, not the facts, in fact, the facts are too often tossed aside when the truth is inconvenient.

The most dangerous part of nuclear power is the people running itas long as they are safety minded and doing their job properly, nuclear power is clean, safe, reliable, and cheap.

@@Jonnyg325 Have you met other Americans????

​@@Jonnyg325 The reprocessing plants in Sellafield and La Hague made themselves, not the best reputation. Also in the last century, they made quite a streak of dumb decisions like dumping waste in the ocean. I wish it changed, but France overusing their old reactors and increasing their lifespan further and further instead of replacing them, tells me... If they had your approach maybe, but sadly this isn't the case and money is before safety.

​@@clarkkent9080Meanwhile, every single country with the capability is enriching uranium for weapons. But yeah, 'merica bad, Nazi's shoulda won.

Kyle Hill videos are full of misinformation and outright lies

She has an bad track record in mixing up scientific feasabilities and real world usecases. She doesnt talk about all sort of difficulties in upscaled nuclear processes, but she is advertising a unfit technology.

Those new reactors are economically dead, pointless to build. Each kWh costs 4-6x more than any other electricity source. Makes absolutely no economic sense, at all.

@@chargehanger So we give them the same cushy treatment as "green" energy and get a better mousetrap.

at first but as more are built they will become more efficient and cheaper everything starts off expensive@@chargehanger

Thank you for recommendations. Yes, many people seem to have vital interest in this topic. And for a very good reason.

Or there is. A political one. And this is the case of a backlash against nuclear power in Europe. I have been saying this for years in my own country but only now decision makers started to listen to actual scientfic arguments regarding this. For my country it's the only good option, so we are vitally interested in informing both our politicians and the general public. And maybe various industries as well. Since stable and safe energy production is a life blood of every economy really.

As usual, this girl is already being defensive on everything that relates to nuclear..

I think she somewhat missed the angle of the original video. Almost as if the video by cleo required some sort of debunking while the cleo video takes a more investigative approach to something “that could be huge if true” and is not presenting conclusions.

i bet it still provides cheaper power than windfarms

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Plutonium has a VERY long half life and it's not something you really want in your eventual waste.

@@nerdyali4154 Exactly, but you can leave it mixed into the inevitable fuel product, not the waste. The same principle could apply to minor actinides as well.

Any source of more information about it? "keep the plutonium mixed in with other things throughout the whole reprocessing chain"; Isn't it a bit too risky? I mean, what would be supposed to be used in such mix? I mean, I might be wrong but it sounds like making actual final waste even more problematic than it would be without it. Unless there is something I don't know of going into this mix. This is why I'm asking.

@@agatastaniak7459 I found the article I read from CNBC, the company is called Curio. Unfortunately there isn't a lot of information on this specifically. Worse, at least for me, the first Google result for "nuclear waste reprocessing" is a very misleading critique.

I don't think Cleo is doing herself any favors by teaming up with the perpetually-bitter Johnny Harris.

She is Greek.

It's Greek with maybe some Swedish.

@@p_serdiuk At least the surname tells me she is Greek. What makes anyone with some Greek ancestry feel instantly proud of an intelligent lady she is. ;-)

You don't actually have to go easy on that. Nobody actually believes nuclear waste is green and glowing - they are aware that it's fiction used for comical purposes, like in the Simpsons. Therefore, stating that it's the prevailing cultural belief is disingenuous because everybody is in on the joke. Cleo gets plenty of things wrong in her videos exactly because she isn't that fastidious about her research. She caters to an audience that will not cross check what she says because they are into easily digestible infotainment that doesn't require them to learn anything further. The goal is to watch it, say "wow" and then go away feeling like they're a bit smarter. I find her content to be exceedingly inane.

@@andoletube I am not sure that NOBODY actually thinks nuke waste is green glowing goop. Just as I can't be sure if Cloe's statement of actually believing nuke waste as glowing green goop as accurate. But if Cloe's videos can at least start someone to have a change of opinion or at least start thinking, then it's done its job.

The problem is that people who don't have any idea about anything scientific or how our universe works make videos about science, like Cleo and Johnny Harris. And naive people who watch those videos believe whatever they hear or want to hear.

@@summerlove7779 hence the prefix "I used to think it was this". Then they proceed to show what nuclear waste actually looks based on their research. The whole point of their videos is to correct the wrong notions from pop culture and make things more understandable.

@@czarcoma When they say "I feel like..." that many times, they are really not getting to the heart of anything - except what they feel like.

Yes, latest hot topic. Worth to disspell the doubts of people around the world. Since it is doing a lot of harm to entire sector of nuclear energy production in general. People deserve to get a well-balanced scientific analysis of this situation and of all facts involved.

Yes, getting more insight into this would be valuable. Reading on various technologies I have encountered such dissussions. Tempting prospects, as it seems, but what's are the negatives sides that should really be considered?