Nuclear Reactor Engineer Talks About "The Incident"

[@Azeal]

Hey everyone, my channel recently got screwed by a KZbin glitch when the US Military forced me to take down a video. If you want to support my work, you can do so at patreon.com/azealvr so I can keep doing these videos 🧡

[@nemokrad2650]

The military what-

[@smuganimeface6247]

Ayo, what the fuck?

[@BryanLu0]

​@@imadequate3376 I think it's the one where there were multiple submariners? And titled like "Subby Military Men"??? Or smth

[@BryanLu0]

@@imadequate3376 I think they were all out tho?

[@XM8A1]

​@@BryanLu0 Doesn't matter. NDA's last a lifetime.

[@BatzProject]

Thanks for letting me share my story I am glad to see that people find it interesting and I am super excited to see people that worked in similar enviroments with similar sanitary standards. Also fun drinking game: Take a shot everytime I say "like"

[@finncatwillhelm2457]

I don't have Nordic alcohol tolerance bro I'd fucking die.

[@BatzProject]

@@finncatwillhelm2457 I think generally it would be a short lived drinking game xD

[@sandguyman]

Dude your English is amazing, you barely have an accent. Do you live in the states now?

[@BatzProject]

@@sandguyman Hey I appreciate the compliment, no I do not live in the states however I use English all the time at work due to tour crew members not speaking any of the other languages I speak or my mother tounge which is Swiss.

[@sandguyman]

@@BatzProject hopp schwiiz

[@alexandera2509]

Person you're interviewing is basically a fantastic case study in safety consciousness and awareness. I work in control systems and instrumentation. As bad sounding as the incident is, I know it could have been much worse. Edit: I wanted to add to this. For those reading, I know it makes you thr uncool person, and it is hard to do when you're as young as the interviewee, I'm not trying to belittle them or the actions they took. If your work place can pose any sort of a risk, you NEED to take safety critically. It is the number one most important part of your job, no matter what your bosses or organization might say. Quota's can be missed, production deadlines can be pushed back, money CAN be lost. Your life, your health is never worth someone's profit. Check your safety equipment whenever you use it. If you have an alarming device, test the buzzer, read the display, look for signs of damage. Be aware of the possible hazards in an area. Ask questions, and don't be afraid to say to your more senior coworkers: "If I was an idiot, how could *point at thing you're worried about* THAT kill me / hurt me?" Tenporary humiliation is worth a lifetime of avoiding injury. It's really shit what happened to this person. 'Small dose' aside, this absolutely was an avoidable incident. 0 blame to them.

[@BatzProject]

Thanks for the comment I really appreciate this was something that was talked about during my time at the nuclear power plant. I did check the dosimeter if it had any visual damage which it didnt. I mean all of em had scratches just because of them being used over the years but I didnt get any hints that it would malfunction on me. Theres not really any way to test it either since those dosimeters only have a button to light up the display which did work. These dosimeters basically were something youd slot in a machine for when you come in and put a code in so the dosimeter would get the proper limit on when it should start beeping and never during my time there I had one go off on me so. Thanks for the comment glad to see someone that worked in a environment that worked also with control systems or that route of work atleast.

[@alexandera2509]

@@BatzProject absolutely! I really didn't mean it as a "this wouldn't have happened if you'd just done x y or z" I do think you did everything right in this case. Those dosimetters sound interesting, I only know about the passive ones here in the states (they go opaque when exposed, and a light sensor gets obscured and turns the alarm on when it can't see through it anymore. They're easy to test because you can push down on a plastic slide and it blocks the sensor, so you can see if the alarm goes off) It really does suck what happened to you, and I hope that the plant becomes more strict so future incidents don't occur. I am juat glad you weren't exposed to even more radiation. I hope you have good luck in the jobs you do from here on! I know you might not be in industrial electricity and instrumentation, but I know you'll find success, whatever that might mean for you. I hope I wasn't coming off as blaming you in the post, I really really didn't mean it that way!

[@BatzProject]

@@alexandera2509 Nonononono I understand what point you trying to make so dont worry I just wanted to give some input since you seem to be educated in this subject. The ones we had, the only button that was there was to light up the display I think we should have had a function to test it before we go to work with it.

[@malcolmdarke5299]

Sure, being concerned about the safety of you and those around you might not be very cool. You or them dying is a whole lot less cool.

[@ceciliayus7385]

I’m an occupational first aid attendant, and such a big part of my job was making sure the younger hires understood that going to see me would not get them in trouble. I had to convince a few that going to me for a burn (food processing) actually let me have a break so they were doing ME a favour.

[@absolutekold]

As a radiation worker in the US I have up to 50mSv (5 REM) as a yearly allowable dose and have seen in excess of 10msv (1 REM) happen acutely for both routine work and on accident like your case couple of times during my career. In my experience the stress of unexpected contamination and the decon process often has equal or more impactful on someone's health than the recorded dose. All of the Health Physics people I've worked with take their job very seriously and generally tend to overestimate than underestimate what I would get through year. It's hard to properly convey how much fun it is to have to strip down into some tyvek (and possibly never get clothes, watch, wallet, shoes, etc returned) and get whisked to a shower where you clean yourself under the watchful eye of health physics. Did you get it all(?!?!?), nope (because you never get everything on the first go) back in the shower and focus HERE and HERE. Rinse repeat maybe get shaved if it was something that likes hair and won't come out, which totally never happened to me because Co-60 managed to get through the ducky suit and really liked the boxers I was wearing. While you're at it rub this extra long damp q-tip around in your nose like your digging for gold or covid to see what got up there. Oh was there airborne.. go "hug the pig" and we'll compare your current internal to your baseline. Oh JOY! It can stress out even someone who regularly works with loose surface contamination and practices decontamination protocols. The health effects of the stress are very real and in some cases can be worse than the actual dose.

[@BatzProject]

Thank you for leaving this comment. I have mentioned the decontamination process during the interview however it has been cut down and I didn't go much into detail either. However I really can relate with your comment regarding the psychological toll it has on you, it's also great to see people in the comment section that are educated or have worked in this branch of work.

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

Wait. the Health Effects of the STRESS is in some cases worse than the Actual dose? o_o

[@NuclearSavety]

​​​​​​@@Glitch-Gremlinunfortunately yes ... this holds for small incidents as well as for the major events like e.g. Fukushima .... Radiation is so far outside of the dangers percieved naturally by humans, that you fear what is invisible, unsmellable, untasteable untouchable ... and that evolutionary response to fear of the unknown is also what makes nuclear such an easy topic to polarize people politically ...

[@Dang3rMouSe]

​@@Glitch-Gremlin can be. Excessive stress that isn't handled appropriately often translates into physical ailments. This is a growing field of study right now in healthcare.

[@Voxo-foxo]

Failure isn't the end of everything, Nuclear Engineers honest reaction

[@BatzProject]

Could have not said it better

[@astartesfanboy5294]

Wellll a failure could be the end of everything with a big kaboom. But yeah you’re right failure may be a setback but it shouldn’t stop you.

[@Hoellenmann]

I'm working in nuclear medicine and a dose of 12.8 mSv is high, but its a thing that you could get through a CT scan. Those can be up to ~10 mSv, but he didn't get any medical benefits through absorbing that high of a dose. They probably didn't let him work because he reached the yearly dose limit. My yearly limit ist 10000 uSv = 10 mSv although I'm only getting about 50 uSv per month. Edit: The limit where immediat symptoms would develop (red burned skin, nausea) is about .5 Sv or 500 mSv which is a lot higher than what he absorbed. But it could be that his dosimeter didn't record the dose properly and his real dose was much higher.

[@BatzProject]

Hey thanks for the input it's great to see other people that are educated in this comment here. I have had that thought that my dose might have been higher but 12.8 is what we know that I took so if the dosimeter malfunction on the reading side of things it would not surprise me since that thing was faulty from the start.

[@Hoellenmann]

@@BatzProject Did you have a backup dosimeter? I would have guessed that you also had multiple on you. At my company I have to wear 4, one digital with live readout, 2nd one as backup/redundant system, 3rd one is a finger ring dosimeter and the last one is an eye lense dosimeter. Although I don't wear the eye lense dosimeter, because it's so frickin annoying, I just put it in my lab coat pocket. Three of those are film dosimeters and the main one is digital.

[@BatzProject]

@@Hoellenmann Okay so we only had 2 dosimeters your personal dosimeter that records only your background radiation and your regular dosimeter for when youre inside the radiation zones. We didnt have backup dosimeters the way we got them was through a machine. Basically we just grab a random dosimeter and slot them in a machine, held my keycard to it and punched the code in depending on what work we were doing so its set for a specific limit.

[@Hoellenmann]

@@BatzProject We are using the Mirion DMC 3000. I dropped mine probably around 20-30 times and it still works, no problem. Although I hoped that the alarm would get a bit quieter through dropping it, but that didn't happen so my ears still hurt when the alarm goes off. But we probably have different ones, because I work in a QC-lab and I get roughly the same dose every day (1-6 uSv), depending on which product is getting made this day. So we don't have to reprogram our dose rate limits every day. Edit: I didn't drop it intentionally, I just hoped that the noise reduction would be a side effect.

[@jakobinboden3083]

​@@BatzProject You may want to contact them again and see what they found during a survey. After an incident like yours they should be doing a survey of the area and recreating the incident in a safe manner to accurately calculate your possible dose. Do you know what a survey meter was reading at the location you were in?

[@VoiceMain006]

It’s so fitting that you did this interview on a Fallout New Vegas map.

[@Azeal]

Someone noticed!

[@BatzProject]

Eyyyyy somebody got it.

[@jackmio]

i had a feeling it was a fallout map, but i couldn't tell which

[@Someguyonline24]

@@Azeal🎶I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle🎶

[@couchfort3934]

Oh no. The radiation transformed him into an anime girl!

[@BatzProject]

THE HORROR

[@garrettreven5144]

I'm sorry: a 21 year old former NUCLEAR ENGINEER? Damn. I gotta move to (I assume) Germany

[@flying_potato2]

unfortunately germany no longer has functioning nuclear power plants, they've been shut down over public safety concerns I believe

[@Mallchad]

There are a lot of job rules in nuclaer engineering. Some people may just spent a lot of time servicing pipes and control panels- you don't really need a pHd in Nuclear Phycists, it's like this for a lot of "Impressive" jobs really.

[@MaticTheProto]

Germany or further up north I guess

[@E621_Rule34]

@@MaticTheProto def not canada. im the same age but depending on the type u need years of experience to get into a nuclear plant for obvious reasons

[@garrettreven5144]

@@Mallchad The bar seems like it should be a mite bit higher for some. Dude made it 2.5 weeks before he started glowing.

[@GamingWithHajimemes]

How do you find time to do all these things? Everyday life, charity streams, and interviews on interesting persons on vrc. I can barely get out of bed to do simple stuff! You have my respect little guy.

[@think_of_a_storyboard3635]

"nuclear reactor incident" is somehow even worse than the connotations that often come with the word "incident" alone

[@WTFisTingispingis]

I'm gonna assume this dude works at Black Mesa.

[@Azeal]

Fair

[@WTFisTingispingis]

@@Azeal "GORDON YOU FOOL!

[@BatzProject]

SHIT YOU FOUND ME OUT BLIN xD

[@jesuscastillo7318]

The intro is already wild as fuck

[@mochagoat1998]

This was a fascinating story, thank you so much for sharing! I hope things are working out for you

[@BatzProject]

💓

[@gunhugger16]

*pulls fuse* entire plant shuts down XD

[@BatzProject]

My soul left my body when I heard the water pipes shut down right when I pulled the fuse out jesus

[@Azeal]

lmao

[@brytonmassie]

Every instance of negligence in this story is absolutely enraging, as in my work environment that could kill someone, all of them could get you fired without question on the first mistake. (except the gum thing). There's a reason they didn't tell you who didn't do their job, cause most people would kick the shit out of them maybe even kill them.

[@BatzProject]

Not really, there is a very good reason why they didn't tell me who he was but I literally can't talk about it without getting myself in trouble.

[@realtent8322]

Really hope to see them dj on the stream this week! Keep up the good work!

[@Lu4r666]

Thanks for enlightening my dawn with your videos

[@ritotulin_]

This needs more views the work you do is amazing

[@Azeal]

Aww, thank you so much!

[@RubyIzfet]

Do not let this channel die. It’s to good

[@lydstik7630]

probably a shit ton of fins over there in preparation for the massive generator they are building over in Finland

[@L0calLEGEND]

Ah. So this was the vid you were working on during the DJ session.

[@BatzProject]

I have no idea what you are talking about :O

[@L0calLEGEND]

Imagine not being cool enough to not check out the week long livestream at 12AM EST that has two more days left. But you can help change this and help donate a few bucks while you're at it too!

[@BatzProject]

@@L0calLEGEND Believe me I would but I am not in a state to do so atm

[@L0calLEGEND]

No worries. Tell people about it. Anything helps!

[@wesleywhetten7010]

My friend wants to share her story’s and stay anonymous so I think this is the right place

[@ButterFromDiscord]

16:52 are we gonna talk about how fucking cool this looks with that avatar

[@_Chessa_]

Thanks for sharing this with us. I wish there was more research done on the mental side of what being dosed with radiation in the like. I have mental fog and mental disabilities. And would just love for more research on all these types of topics.

[@Thisisnotyou98]

Worst thing you can hear in a nuclear power plant is woops

[@BatzProject]

Oopsies

[@unyu-cyberstorm64]

I’m alive and that’s good. How are you all?

[@Zepha21]

Thing about nuclear power is if you have an accident at a desk job, you won't die of radiation disease.

[@BatzProject]

I mean youre not wrong also its not a disease term your looking for is Acute Radiation Syndrome or ARS

[@rikuleinonen]

"it was like a summer thing" Friend: "So what summer job you got?" Him: "Oh, I'm an instrument technician at a nuclear power plant." Friend: "What the fu-"

[@BatzProject]

Instrument Technician ;)

[@rikuleinonen]

@@BatzProject pain

[@LithiumPB]

Great vid! Hope you’re both doing well!

[@sandguyman]

gotta watch this quickly before it gets nuked

[@gamefan6142]

EE graduate/electrician here. This is so f*cking funny. Also: It's not "fuze", it's "fuse"

[@Mallchad]

*The bomb has been planted*

[@gamefan6142]

@@Mallchad LMG MOUNTED AND LOADED!!

[@leahm3842]

Frig KZbin for not recommending your videos! I love them and will actively seek them out if they're not recommended!!

[@lifevest1]

Azeal, any chance you got anyone involved in Jan 6 either in the mob or was a capitol employee? Would be very interesting to hear uncensored retelling of that day!

[@williamknopp6936]

Love your vids azeal!!

[@keltonfulkerson7133]

Was anybody else trying to narrow down where this guy is from? I wasn't doing it maliciously, I was just intrigued by this story and wanted to learn more about the incident.

[@98haunter]

Germany most likely

[@Nohomers48]

Either Germany or Sweden, but I wouldn't want to potentially out them either.

[@finncatwillhelm2457]

A dork further down in the comment seems to have narrowed it down to Sweden cause he mentioned sea water coolant, chewing tobacco and that his country had won several safety awards. I doubt it was someone trying to be an asshole it's just that more people are good at open source intelligence nowadays.

[@someguyiguess.]

radiation is a terrifying thing for me the fact this thing can just end someones life by exposure to it alone is terrifying not to mention its side effects

[@EneusX]

not so different to exposure to certain chemicals or biological agents, truly terrifying stuff.

[@Musical_Pigeon]

I had a neighbor growing up who died when I was in late middle school, I believe. But I remember her getting cancer and my mom telling me she was getting radiation treatment for it and my brain was just like *boom* "you can use something that causes cancer to get rid of cancer?!" She ended up making a full recovery and but died from other complications and old age and stuff my parents won't talk about with me.

[@danielshaffer5510]

I'm gonna be honest I really like videos like this WAY more than the videos dealing with trans rights and the like. They just tend to bore me and I like military stuff like this anyways. Keep up the great work and I really enjoy this type of video.

[@aIexemre]

if this comment got a BIT more traction you'd be nuked by everyone else

[@danielshaffer5510]

@@aIexemre I agree but that's just who the average viewer of this channel is

[@BatzProject]

Wat

[@0Sirenn]

I am showing engagement in this video and therefore the channel. (I love your content Azeal I hope everything turns out alright for you)

[@pyrohp]

bro should have got superpowers 100% 🔥

[@Vlooitjie.]

I've always been fascinated by radiation

[@cyberrunners2077]

Bro is lucky he didn't turn into Hisashi ouchi

[@nilnil-u1k]

Love your work

[@HezrouDhiaga]

He's going to get cancer down the road with a radiation that intense. It'll start off small like he's experiencing with the health issues, but it will get worse and worse over time. poor guy :(

[@BatzProject]

Theres no need for Sympathy I am alive I am well and I am going to be okay and that's all that matters :)

[@Duskbound]

There's a higher _chance_ of cancer, it's not 100% guaranteed. Also, due to his medical history of radiation exposure, doctors will likely know what to screen for. They can catch it early and begin treating it before he even has to worry.

[@RetroDark_The_Wizard]

My dad has worked in a nuclear power plant for a long time and had worked in nuclear stuff when he was in the navy, and hates when people get the wrong message from these stories, people will watch this and try to ban nuclear energy, when it’s safer compared to the lithium mines for solar and the pollution of fossil fuels. An example of people getting the wrong message is Germany, who banned nuclear, and had to up fossil file consumption because renewable energy wasn’t cutting it. I’m not doubting a blue haired lady in California is gonna clip this video on twitter and say “nuclear energy should be banned”

[@BatzProject]

Hence why I made it a point in the interview that Nuclear power is safe.

[@RetroDark_The_Wizard]

@@BatzProject Yeah, some people will still find a way to be stupid. I once had an argument with a guy who didn’t think racism existed, some weird people you can find out there.

[@NakiriX1]

honestly one of the last points with following your true passions in a certain profession is such an important aspect of life. like friends, people and even family will tell one that you only work for money and no matter how shit its going you should still be going and basically be depressed and work like a slave (in my case its my roommates telling me indirectly to be a slave, telling me to go work construction which i cant because i have torn muscles from an accident in sports, same for my illness, he is one of those people that thinks illnesses are a lie but i literally have lymphoma and the smallest fever will put me face down on my bed and he literally told me that im such a pussy and that i should work like him and go even if i had covid or even ebola (actually something he said), so i literally took him to the surgeon and doc that did surgery on me, he gave me a scan image and examination of lymphoma and my muscles, to this day havent grown solid so i still cant run for example and that a basic illness is an increased chance of my literal death compared to others). yes that way you can make the most money while youre still young but heres the key thing, youre no longer young, possibly have a bad back, knee or other injuries or even get sick but hey you have 7 figures in your bank, whatre you gonna do now with that money get all baddies hell no youre at least 50 by then. To me finding work in an environment you will enjoy sets you up for a happier life, like over here a retail job pays good enough to get an apartment, car (not a porsche but a grocery getter) and some rest to spend on yourself. I see my roommate come home basically looking like a zombie cause he worked 14hours 6 days a week (construction life amirite) while i come home from being a food delivery guy (having worked 7hrs 4 days a week with only 1k less pay) like a happy little gremlin ready to go out again and do stuff with my friends. Yes he owns an AMG, he can only drive it properly when hes on holidays or when he goes to work. i can go for a drive in my stupid little modified car, eat out, talk to ppl irl or online and game a good amount, ill still have money left over to spend and set me up for retirement. this is just a note from me to you as a fellow young human being, if you wanna suffer so you can buy a car you cant do shit with go right ahead But as i said a fellow human being, take your mental and physical shape into consideration. if you wanna do well in life you gotta be well first. Go work the jobs you like, not where people tell you should. you like what you like, youre not them, you dont need to show off money and then cry yourself to sleep edit: i forgot to mention why i said all this, that roommate i was referencing tells me he wants to make music and make his living with said music, good and all right? nope, not once have i seen him finish his music by now, hes just too tired. people, watch your mental and physical health PLEASE

[@mrstickmantas]

This is nuclear bro fr

[@ranger_117]

Hold bro got the fallout new vegas background

[@alextemreal]

love your content

[@aubadeno6563]

Love ur videos a lot

[@benny-fo7bd]

He loves beer He must be german 😂😂

[@IndigoMist44]

Dang I forgot how much I loved these videos!

[@intetx]

This seems very wrong. Don't they test dosimeters when receiving them? It should be similar to how pilots always do quick tests on the plane before take off. Also if it was not his fault, why does he not get the opportunity to work there again after the year is up? I feel he should even get paid till that time is up. Basically sounds like a court case. This made me a lot more anxious about nuclear safety and worker rights protection in the nuclear industry. There just seem to be so many things where effective protocol could have prevented this and I see this as a major failure of work culture and regulation. Worse in this specific case is the lack of proper compensation or aftercare.

[@lordkaix4392]

All hail the almighty algorithm! May it bless my recommended page with more Azeal videos!

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

You could say his music is RADical (i'll go)

[@Azeal]

lol

[@Honkai-br6kp]

Remember riding a plane with a tech from a plant apparently 1 flight is like 10 years working there so if bg avg is 2 then 20 eventide you fly no?

[@lord_of_war1932]

This is quite the story

[@Ellooooeeh]

So this guy was at Chernobyl?

[@LithiumPB]

No-?

[@rabidseabee7229]

Aw. I think I know which country he is from, but for OPSEC reasons I'll keep it to myself.

[@servus6267]

Well... From the comments 4 people (including me) think they know the coutry and 3 think about the same country (yea, i know what you think because you think the same as i do and we have some things in common what makes us think) 1 give a hint wihout knowing that he gives a hint pointing to the the same country as the other 3 And one who is probably wrong

[@cerrigate]

Yeah, that how it be sometimes and I hate it

[@toakongu1]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@Azeal]

lol

[@Crystalkitzoku]

not the fallout map

[@Ellooooeeh]

I think I can guess where he is from

[@jokeboxproductions]

quirky rindo gets caught being quirky around nuclear reactors.

[@Azeal]

uwu

[@BatzProject]

OwO

[@HERBICIDE.GOES.HAM.]

Shouldve drawn for a pregame rad-X, or postgame radaway my man ☢️

[@castleberryky]

Coment for the algorithm. Love your content azeal. I hope to find the bravery to tell you my story someday

[@deathcat1016]

why this have no audio?

[@spam_info]

BattleKau is the sickest name ever

[@BatzProject]

Well thank you :O

[@p0xus]

I'm fairly comfident he's from Sweden. I feel like he gave away too many details and he can get found out.

[@LostInTheRush]

Totally swedish

[@TheOddInfluencer]

It’s surprising difficult to blow up a nuclear reactor at least some types. I would know.

[@BatzProject]

Hi there story guy here, Generally the way nuclear reactors are built by design its impossible to blow up like an atomic bomb even if there's a nuclear meltdown the ones in the west there are containment building over the nuclear reactors placed so. However I only worked on BWR/PWR reactors so I can only speak for those types of reactors.

[@Theresa-uj4le]

This was great!

[@erizone9178]

Down with the algorithm

[@mattr.9167]

The power plant was scared you would suit them. No doubt .

[@TroddenH3H3]

Scary stuff

[@RoseTheWolf36]

I want to ask if he's worked with Sabaton or AVATAR :D or Orbit Culture

[@BatzProject]

Hi I am looking into potentially working for Sabaton since I know people that are friends with them plus I was able to meet the band and crew. (they are amazing ppl btw)

[@RoseTheWolf36]

@@BatzProject They are, I was lucky to meet them when they still did meet n greet tickets (gosh was it really 6 years ago they were about to stop those packages?) Definitely a silly bunch but great music and great stage presence.

[@BatzProject]

Hell yeah that sounds great I got know them more because I was friends with someone who played at their festival last year and its also where I met my now girlfriend who was staff at the time!

[@RoseTheWolf36]

@@BatzProject Yooo thats sick :D

[@alexdenommee3219]

Well this just made it clear what Ukraine is about, decommissioning of soviet-era Nuclear reactors, there is no other way around it, the amount of money being dumped into Ukraine is obscene. I assume these post-soviet era nuclear reactors specifically have improper construction design to last 4 decades, some of the newer ones seem to have replaceable graphite blockers/etc, but the older ones sound like they are basically a Chernobyl waiting to happen. I also find it weird that in the next 6-8 years, Russia plans to decommission ALL of the older soviet era reactors, Russia is currently fighting a war, how are they also decommissioning nuclear plants? The "Kursk" takeover recently becomes far more questionable.

[@BatzProject]

Hi story teller here, It is interesting with when it comes to the process of decomissioning RBMK reactors since its a lot of time, money and resources. If you want to know a little fun fact there are actually multiple type of RBMK reactors which are the following. RBMK 1000 which was the most common reactors that some are still operational today (Chernobyl was a RBMK 1000 reactor). The RBMK 1500 which only 2 were ever built but was supposed to address some of the design flaws of the 1000 model and use less uranium but to also be capable of producing 1500MW of power. There were design concepts of RBMK 2000, RBMKP 2400, RBMK 3600, and RBMKP 4800, however these concepts were never built and have been cancelled because of Chernobyl. It's also to note that the last RBMK is to be shutdown 2033 but simply put it takes a lot of time and resources with this process because you need to be able to replace that electricity production, if you were to just shut down all RBMK reactors today electricity prices in the east would be unaffordable. If you want to read more into the engineering side of the different models you can find them by searching up the model names on the internet if you wanna dive deeper into it, plus articles would do a much more better job in explaining it than I ever could lol. Cheerio!

[@FayeDrye]

What in the scallop?

[@hyonimaru]

when youre under nda isnt more cleaver so use a oice changer or some sht? just to get extra coutioness?

[@dr.quickfix3125]

like 36 xrays a minute

[@dr.quickfix3125]

i did the math wrong and i dont want to do it again

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Commenting for algorithm.

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algorithm comment cuz i love this channel too much for it to die!! :)

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Just to give y’all some context: 14,976x more than usual.

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A comment for the algorithm

[@Azeal]

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[@kiyu3229]

And another for the algorithm

[@_ravioli_2356]

Algorithm comment

[@usswatercooler1255]

Biggest thing with radiation sickness (from what I’ve heard/been told) hits for a bit, goes away, then hits hard. Good to hear he didn’t get hit like others have in history.

[@Hoellenmann]

Yes, depends on the dose. If it is way more than the lethal amount it's gonna hit the first time. But the 12.8mSv are not even close to the minimum dose for symptoms to appear, which is about 500mSv and the lethal dose is between 5000 and 10000mSv or 5-10 Sv. If I remember the graph from my radiation safety training correctly.

[@lukethedank13]

This is true for big doses (500mS and up)

[@LionKimbro]

@@Hoellenmann Yes -- my understanding is that radiation safety standards are ridiculously conservative. I remember studying Chemistry in college, and we had a day when a nuclear physicists came in to talk about nuclear science and radiation -- and he said "we nuclear scientists allow ourselves a much higher radiation level than the levels that the government typically allows, because we know what the real risks are, we know what the real dangers are, and we are okay with taking on the risks because we understand them." He was quite happy that the rules were highly conservative, but he also believed firmly that they were extremely cautious.

[@Hoellenmann]

@@LionKimbro Yes, that's how I see it as well. I'm not a nuclear physicist tho, but I handle radioactive substances every day.

[@dylanhaugen3739]

One way I've heard it described, if you start vomiting almost immediately after exposure, your basically guaranteed to die and fairly quickly. Ironically if your gonna die from radiation poisoning better to get as high a dose as possible because otherwise your death is gonna be very slow.

[@NZBorb]

I won't cap battlekau is a really good DJ I've seen their sets a few times Never knew they were involved in a nuclear incident. Hope they're ok tho

[@BatzProject]

Hey appreciate it my friend!!

[@FEAR_Actual]

Listened to the whole thing, it's always great hearing from other people who have been in the Nuclear industry as well! Hopefully the longterm ARS effects don't keep giving many issues.

[@Cecil...]

I like the name BattleKau. Because I just hear "battle cow". And that's a funny mental image.

[@Gragoroth]

It's just a cow with an LGM-118 Peacekeeper MIRV.

[@BatzProject]

I really need to change my name I get that A LOT xP

[@meme_002]

Great video Azeal. you never fail to amaze me with every unique story you share with us. i hope you and BattleKau are doing well and i wish the best for you both in the future

[@bliissade]

Love listening to these at work, thanks for always sharing such interesting stories!

[@Ghost-qu7jk]

I guess you can say their art is radioactive

[@crustybomb115]

great... now that song is stuck in my head... lmao

[@BatzProject]

Cease and desist xP

[@HHSlinger]

@@BatzProject cease or be deceased

[@BatzProject]

@@HHSlinger Cease the cease or you will be deceased xP

[@aIexemre]

wa

[@ourdream1]

Holy hell, loved this video so much, nothing too much to comment other than loved the insight into nuclear power plants since it's into my interests working into one in the future, but I'm just leaving my bit of help so the algorithm has better chances to pick your channel again, great video as always Azeal, you can pull it off.

[@Azeal]

[@TheFallenKing465]

Fun fact about those RBMK reactors from a nuclear engineering student. Unlike standard PWR or BWR reactors as used in the U.S., France, or other countries, RBMK's have a highly positive void coefficient. This means their reactions speed up as they boil off more water, increasing the potential for run-away super-critical reactions.

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

Chernobyl

[@Kennyselman]

Hey Azeal, for the guest on this one, a question? "Hey, have you written any songs about nuclear power? Like, love of it, how it was feeling the power? Would be cool to hear dude. Also, thanks for sharing, the realities are something more people need to hear."

[@BatzProject]

Hey there simple answer is no, I have a tendency to not write songs about IRL things more focus on a vibe, a setting or a feeling. However I am planning on writing an album that's a bit more "charged" when it comes to the theme

[@Kennyselman]

@@BatzProject thanks for the reply, I figured it was a shot in the dark if I'd get a reply, and that's awesome to hear. See if can give it a listen at some point. Do you do promos for your work under the BattleKau handle?

[@BatzProject]

@@Kennyselman I do have stuff going on however id rather not discuss it here out of respect for Azeal

[@icejustice6122]

Really love the particles! Something about the difference in the fidelity between the background and you two is tickling something.

[@Azeal]

:)

[@TheMetalwolf77777]

Azrael needs to watch out otherwise he's going to start glowing in the dark

[@BatzProject]

Don't want to end up like me I am a walking glowstick

[@Azeal]

😳

[@BatzProject]

@@Azeal Sorry bro should have warned you

[@TheMetalwolf77777]

@@BatzProject you're the most popular person at the rave lol hopefully that's not affecting you too much

[@SEAkuaa]

I like how excited they were about talking about their experience.

[@BatzProject]

Hey I appreciate it ;D

[@SEAkuaa]

@@BatzProject you were great happy to see you on!

[@komiks42]

I get it! Look, thats fucking the most advanced tech we have. We use primal forces that create matter to get energy so you can watch silly videos on youtube.