233: America's First Nuclear Disaster: SL1
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🗓️ 2 October 2023
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References & Further Reading
SL-1
https://nypost.com/2021/10/16/was-worlds-first-fatal-nuclear-explosion-sparked-by-a-love-triangle/
http://environmental-defense-institute.org/publications/SL-1Accident.pdf
https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/safetymessage-2007-09-01-sl1nuclearreactorexplosion-vits.pdf?sfvrsn=8ea91ef8_4
https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/PRR/163645.pdf
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4828615
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/nuclear-poison-or-neutron-poison.html
Microreactors
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/what-nuclear-microreactor
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2998460/dod-to-build-project-pele-mobile-microreactor-and-perform-demonstration-at-idah/
https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/small-nuclear-power-reactors.aspx
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird and wonderful stories from the science world. |
| 0:12.9 | I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, the luscious Luke Pepper. |
| 0:18.1 | Oh, thank you, Corey. That's so sweet. |
| 0:35.9 | This week we're talking about love triangles and dishonest pentagons, but first, we have a wee review. |
| 0:36.9 | What does it say? |
| 0:39.1 | This one says glasses for sharks. I got your back, Corey. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm starting a petition to get glasses for sharks so they no longer have to take a bite |
| 0:44.4 | to know whether their food is a nasty tasting human or a delicious seal. |
| 0:48.5 | And then we can go on an awareness campaign to rebrand sharks as our friends. |
| 0:52.2 | How would sharks wear glasses? |
| 0:54.1 | Would they like span the face or would they be two little monocles? |
| 0:57.0 | If they were monocles, they wouldn't be glasses. |
| 0:58.0 | I think spanning the big nose. |
| 1:00.0 | Do you know what I mean? |
| 1:01.0 | Like they got two tiny little things and all the way over the top of the shark's head, |
| 1:05.0 | maybe they've got like frames that hooked a little bit into their gills. |
| 1:08.0 | Just like a little bit, you know? Yeah, or their fins right at the back. |
| 1:11.6 | Oh, they're tail fins! Yeah! |
| 1:13.6 | Right? |
| 1:14.6 | I think you just duct tape them. Just duct tape it, right? |
| 1:17.6 | And after Luke's wonderful question, I've got a question for all of you today. |
| 1:23.6 | The question is, have you ever been in a love triangle? |
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