Radioactive Items in the Nuclear Science Museum

[@CatsMeowPaw]

I visited the USA in 2017 to see the total solar eclipse, and visited many historic sites and museums. But didn't see the Trinity site or museum. The USA is a massive country with so much to see, so hopefully one day... Greetings from Australia.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Well if you visit again out west try and do it around the first Saturday in April as that’s when the spring time Trinity Site Open House happens. Spring can be a really nice time to explore and camp in that area.

[@crf80fdarkdays]

Hopefully one day..... I've been to jail so dunno if America will ever let me visit sadly :/

[@nylarnameless1759]

Where did you watch from? I was in Greenville

[@MrWeezy312]

​@@crf80fdarkdaysIt depends if you were arrested or fully convicted and for what naturally.

[@crf80fdarkdays]

@@MrWeezy312 3 months jail from domestic violence charges, only arguments no physical altercation. I doubt America would take lightly to it

[@atomiklan]

It was such an honor to see Tim's German uranium cube and overall research progress/presentation a few years back. Getting a chance to see that piece of history up close and personal was truly special. So happy to see it now in the museum and so nicely displayed for all to enjoy and learn from.

[@ji3194]

Been going to this museum since the 80s in all 3 of its former locations (Kirtland, old town Abq and now its current awesome location) It was my favorite museum as a kid and still is as an adult. (It was called the National Atomic Museum when it was on Kirtland AFB grounds)

[@jefftoll604]

Wow, what an incredible museum. Thanks for showing all the great stuff they have there.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Its one of my favorite.

[@rbolo29]

@@RadioactiveDrew You might like the Titan Missile Silo tour in Green Valley-AZ. I used to live in ABQ and now I live in Tucson. I haven't did the tour.

[@donkeyballz5237]

@@RadioactiveDrewI live here and I love this museum amazing video on it

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

I have been there and it is an incredible museum to visit. Some of it can be a bit dark, but it really does an amazing job of preserving our history of nuclear weapons. Being I am a huge Extreme Machines fan, I was super thrilled when I saw the conning tower from the USS James K Polk there.

[@TheKillerSn4ke]

6:35 Minuteman III is the only silo launched platform currently in service. The Titan and Peacekeeper are both retired. “Worldwide delivery in 30 minutes or less!”

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the correction.

[@kenuber4014]

Boy that was something! Thanks for taking the time to show it to us.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem.

[@prdoohan]

Thank you Drew, For some of us across the world, it is extremely unlikely we will be able to visit this particular museum. I really appreciated the few seconds on the description cards for some of the exhibits. Love your work, keep it up mate, cheers from down under 👍

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I figured people would like to see the description cards for some of the exhibits. The camera and lens combo I use can be very sharp when it nails focus. So I figured people would pause the video and read the cards.

[@jwenting]

Titan was replaced my Minuteman. Minuteman was support to be replaced by Peacekeeper but then Peacekeeper got canceled and Minuteman is still in use today, over 50 years since it was introduced. Note: the German WW2 reactor program was an experiment to produce electricity through nuclear power, the German physicists involved did not think nuclear weapons were possible. They also got the physics wrong for producing electricity, their design was theoretically impossible.

[@OthelloUndKiro]

This video brings a refreshingly different perspective to the topic of nuclear energy, which is often neglected in the public discussion. As a German who witnessed the decommissioning of all nuclear power plants in my country, I think it is important to critically question this decision. It seems as if politicians have acted out of excessive fear of the potential dangers of nuclear energy, without taking into account the real and immediate effects of the alternatives. It is worth noting that we now get a significant part of our energy from fossil fuels such as lignite. It is undeniable that nuclear power plants can pose an enormous danger in the event of a disaster. But it is also important to remember that the burning of fossil fuels actually leads to many deaths every year. In other words, nuclear energy can kill, but other forms of energy actually do. One aspect that particularly fascinates me about this video is the fact that places that were actually hit by nuclear bombs can be visited today without any particular danger. This suggests that the radiation in the environment has reduced considerably. This leads me to a question I would like to pose: How has radiation levels in the oceans changed as a result of the discharge of highly radioactive water, as was the case after the Fukushima disaster, or as a result of the disposal of radioactive waste in the sea? Have these radioactive materials been dispersed and diluted in the vastness of the sea to such an extent that they ultimately do not have a major impact on the radioactive contamination of the environment?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

As far as I know the level of man made isotopes in the ocean is almost non-existant. It might be undetectable levels to be honest. I know there is a large amount of uranium in the ocean that is naturally occurring. There is so much in ocean water its almost economical to extract it and use it for nuclear power. All that water that is being stored at Fukushima can be dumped right into the ocean with zero effect. The really crazy isotopes like Co-60 or Cs-137 can be extracted from the water easily. Tritium in that extremely small amount isn't going to effect anything.

[@zaMpeDo]

Drew, I just found your channel yesterday. It was the video of your visit to the Trinity site from April. I just wanted to say your videos have been awesome. The quality of video, your ability to let exhibits speak for them selves, and your thoughtfulness of additional information on the content within the video is so good. Appreciate your work

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@xpusostomos]

Watching you pat the ICBMs is a little Dr Strangelovesque

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Hahaha…yeah, a little bit.

[@charlesboyer61]

We were there at Trinity Site the same day...looks like you were there either earlier or later than us due to the apparently smaller crowd size. I brought a 65 year old Godzilla figure and posed him in front of the bomb casing that was on display. Also got interviewed by a Japanese film crew, which was really interesting.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I saw that Japanese film crew there as well. I was there all day but that footage of the obelisk was around mid day.

[@elijahd.techgnostic]

I didn't bring a figure, but I did wear a Godzilla shirt and took pictures in front of the obelisk and the replica Fatman at Trinity Site last October. Kinda cool seeing someone else wanted to represent Godzilla there, he's pretty much the embodiment of nuclear weapons.

[@hooperjp1701]

I work for a company as a cyclotron engineer that makes the nuclear medicine. Enjoyed the video.

[@jamiehughes5573]

Fiestaware and uranium glass are some of the most vibrant things i've seen

[@As3th8r]

That was a great virtual tour.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s a great place to spend a day.

[@leonardmichaelwrinch446]

Thanks Drew that was a great watch 👍‼️✌🏽

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you liked it.

[@halcyondaystunes]

What an awesome place. I now know why you suggested it on one of my previous comments on your Trinity Site video. Thanks for the brilliant video😊

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I try and suggest areas that I find interesting to others.

[@brfisher1123]

That metallic uranium cube is so cool, I would love to own something like that!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

You and me both.

[@caveone-365]

WOW, just WOW!!! Thank you sir for sharing this with us! I would absolutely LOVE to go there in person and it has GOT to be on the bucket list before I die. What a treasure and a treat! Thanks again man 👍

[@IlIIllIlIlllIIlIIlIIlIIIllllII]

those uranium cubes have to be one of my favourite things. so futuristic looking

[@stephenphillips9392]

I was born in Richland Washington and have always been fascinating with nuclear power. My Father worked as a manager at Hanford for about 40+ Years. I last year toll a tour of Hanford B reactor. The town of Hanford is about gone. The old high school is still there but not much else. I wish the government would do another blast and sell tickets. I think they would make allot of money. I watch all your blogs. Keep up your great work!

[@DavidAragon13]

I went there last year, and it was amazing! Need to go back and spend another afternoon there. Just a quick drive from where I live. The displays are amazing and a lot real items that were in service. What freaked me out was that "physics" package that was on the floor. It was so small, but so deadly.

[@dawidm.1385]

🤩🤩🤩 Kolejna rzecz na mojej liście "Musisz zobaczyć przed śmiercią". Dziękuje za świetny film. Twój kanał jest genialny !!!

[@chuckh630]

Thanks for taking us along Drew.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Congratulations on 40k subs! You still deserve much more attention, but it's a lot better than 5k subs when I found the channel!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The channel has been having some steady growth. I’m pretty happy with it. I’m hoping it gets another push when the Oppenheimer movie comes out.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

@@RadioactiveDrew Awesome, and I hope so! Also my grandfather (still living, born in 1934) remembers going to the shoe store and using the fluorescope as a kid. Unrelated, he flew F101s with air to air nuclear missiles, and had to wear a dosimeter on every flight they cared actual nukes. Thanks again for all the good videos!

[@mistermac56]

A former co-worker, when I worked for Cumberland Science Museum (now Adventure Science Center) in the 1980's, early 1990's, Jim Walther was the exhibits director there and later on, was the Executive Director for the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History for 26 years, and retired March 3rd, 2023. Jim was responsible for building up the impressive exhibits and visitor experience at the museum. If you ever make the trip to visit the Trinity site, you should also make a trip to visit the museum. It is amazing. Because of the popularity of the Oppenheimer motion picture, the site will probably be packed with visitors for the October 21, 2023 and April 6, 2024 upcoming dates, when the Trinity site will be open to the public. I agree with Drew that the April date is a nice time to visit.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The weather in April has always treated me nice.

[@MMWcolotrain]

Was working at Holloman AFB a few years back and went to the museum then. It was featured in one of the early episodes of Breaking Bad.

[@insanebmxthomas]

that was awesome Drew, and it was even in 4k! Thanks!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I always do my videos in 4K. I think some people really enjoy that extra resolution. I want to give some HDR videos a try in the future.

[@HullarsRedDust]

I am from Albuquerque NM but moved away around a year and a half ago. I am going back this upcoming December to visit and this museum is on my priority list of things to see!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s a cool place to spend the day at. Loads of stuff to check out.

[@YourPupsBestFriendNY]

I'm sure he's read it before, but the book Command & Control by Eric Schlosser really got me interested in nuclear history. Also scared the ever-loving shit out of me lol

[@frankthomas855]

Good stuff Drew. Really enjoyed this one. Thanks

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@CommomsenseSmith]

Really cool history! I happen to live not far from a decommissioned Nike missile site. It’s insane that not many people knew these weapons were even there.

[@mikedrop4421]

Man, what a cool premise for a channel. You got my subscription!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the sub.

[@bjornparkercaldersparr2058]

If I ever get to visit the USA this is a must to visit. Thank you for showing.

[@Max-ep8pv]

Scary as that technology is your music choice made it a relaxing experience haha! Love the video and keep up the good work!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks...glad you liked it.

[@lockervomhocker9795]

14:49 An original cube from heisenberg test reactor is shown at haigerloch museum in south of germany. these were the last produced uranium cubes - after that a massive bomber raid in november 1944 destroys degussa plant located at frankfurt/m germany

[@hypercomms2001]

13:23 I noticed they have ”Fail Safe”, and “The Bedford incident”, but they are missing one movie that stands out from all others, “Dr Strangelove, or how to stop worrying and love the bomb”… also with the “The Bedford incident”, directed by James B Harris, is an excellent nuclear war movie, and a collaborator with Stanley Kubrick on “The Killing”, “Paths of Glory”, and “Lolita”…

[@alancranford3398]

If you were westbound through the city, you had to make Bugs Bunny's "left turn at Alburquerque." I was fortunate enough to tour that museum last month. There was so much to take in. I was impressed that there's a submarine there (okay, just the sail).

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, a full sub would be a little rough to fit in that outside space.

[@alancranford3398]

@@RadioactiveDrew The Alburquerque B-47 on display was awesome--Hill Aerospace Museum's B-47 fell apart when towed to the restoration hangar. Two places I suggest you visit are Hill Aerospace Museum and Wendover Field. They both have nuclear weapon mockups on display and Hill also has a missile launch command center and a home fallout shelter, plus a display of Minuteman artifacts (Hill Air Force Base used to manufacture those missiles). I used to volunteer at Hill Aerospace Museum. Wendover Field is an active airport with a museum that displays Wendover's connection to the 509th.

[@mpeg2tom]

6:20 Titan II removed from ICBM service in 1987. Some were used for space launches from Vandenberg until 2003. Peacekeepers removed from service in 2005. The current US land-based ICBM force consists of Minuteman III missiles.

[@rtqii]

I have had disagreements with this content creator in the comments. But I support this channel because of the amazing content. -- BTW, I have been contaminated going into an abandoned uranium mine, I fell and my hand broke the fall. No gloves. After washing my hair with both hands, my right hand that contacted the dirt was still spicy. I had to scrub my hand with soap and a brush to get it back to background.

[@TheTarrMan]

That's absolutely fascinating. If I'm ever there I'm definitely gonna have to visit. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem, glad you enjoyed it.

[@darrenb4253]

How fascinating! Id love to visit this museum if I ever get a chance to come back across the pond! I'm curious as to how the staff manage their dosage and what safeguards are in place??? Of course I'm not suggesting for one minute that the establishment doesn't have such arrangements, I wouldn't even know how long the prolonged exposure would need to be to cause concern!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Working in that place I wouldn’t worry about dose. Everything is pretty low activity from the display case. Maybe the people that dust off the inside of the display cases would get a little bit more of a dose.

[@Laminar-Flow]

Saw this museum a few years ago. It has come a long way since then! So cool. Thanks for the video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@JohnLobbanCreative]

Nice job of museum tour guide! ❤ Enjoyed!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Its a cool place to visit. I try and go once a year when I'm in the area for the Trinity Open House in April.

[@alexkhuri3967]

IT'S PRONOUNCED NUKE-LEER NOT NUKE-YUHLER. There is no letter between C and L.

[@jayc2469]

Great vid! I have the John Coster Mullen publication detailing the precise outer dimensions of both LB and FM, so some construction is in order!

[@felixthecleaner8843]

Awesome vid - love museums - great stuff Drew!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@flyingfortress4819]

The unit that dropped the two atomic bombs, the 509th Bomb Wing, is my current unit. There may be a controversy in the civilian world about the decision, but we prominently display two mushroom plumes on our patch for the two atomic bombs. It's a source of pride for us knowing that our unit ended the largest war in history

[@kh40yr]

A small pile of the german cubes were found buried I believe, but not all of them. Not enough cubes to go critical with that german reactor I read. They were a few shy of really poisoning themselves. They would have stubbornly thought nothing of it, until the main scientists started dropping. WE were very lucky. No Sprint Interceptor, that flies to mach 10 in 15 seconds with a W66. Thought the museum would have one. A neat walk-thru. Thanks Drew.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The german scientists that were building that reactor knew the dangers of radiation. They were smart in how the built it...having it down in the ground. The reactor was short on uranium metal and that's why it didn't work. A bunch of those cubes were found...but not all of them.

[@chauvinemmons]

So many of us have worked in the fields of technology involved in making these weapons to actually get a better understanding of what we helped build.

[@Little_Man152]

I found your channel to be very interesting and informative. Was always fascinated by nuclear power and weapons. Plus 1 subscriber. Great channel

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the sub…I appreciate it.

[@MontanaDirtRoads]

This channel you have had opened a whole world of things I never knew about this stuff, I knew of the mines and that stuff but all the other aspects such as whats here is stuff I never considered.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I know the feeling. That’s how I felt when I first started learning about this stuff. I still learn something new every time I dive a little deeper into the subject.

[@geoffp.7414]

Thanks for taking your detectors along on the tour. It adds another dimension to the experience.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It does, I think people should bring their detectors with them when they visit the museum. It’s kind of a fun thing to do.

[@parajerry]

Great tour. We go there whenever we visit Albuquerque. My wife purchased some Tritium from the gift shop but they were out last time we were there. I got a couple of old civil defense dosimeters and they work great. I have the reset device for them.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I try and go to the museum every time I'm in the area.

[@OnTheRiver66]

Wonderful video, Drew! When I was little I remember a shoe store in Atlanta and I walked up to the XRay device and I saw my feet and shoes in the Xtay machine. I never saw that machine again. Thanks Drew for this video!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Hopefully one day I’ll find one that works and make a video about it.

[@colleennobbs7218]

In the kindest way I want to correct your pronunciation of “nuclear”. It’s pronounced “newclear” Not “nucular”. It is easy to do. I’ve done it to. Thank you for the videos, they are fascinating. I do enjoy them. ❤

[@antonchigurh6590]

Thanks for the tour;looks like a vary informative and nice museum.

[@tomas2810]

Another great video. Didn’t know about this museum and will check it out next time I’m there. Was just at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley AZ. Very cool tour of the launch complex and a sobering experience. The tour guide emphasized peace through deterance.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I need to check out one of those sites.

[@ChessMasterNate]

I saw one of those shoe sizers in a shoe store when I was very young, maybe 1973? I was 3 or 4. I was not tall enough to look inside and have my foot in it at the same time. It was not one of the department stores, it was an old store that was busy, dusty in places only kids can see and cramped. It had an animatronic acrobatic monkey in the window, that did flips holding onto a bar. It had a red and white stripe outfit. I had a good memory, but it filled up fast. I have memories from before I was born. Dozens. Hated slamming car doors, and clapping, though, I only figured out what these sounds were later. I liked the purr of the cat, when he was held. I don't remember my birth itself. If someone says they remember something that far back, that is usually the thing they remember. I think I must have passed out from too little oxygen. I remember what I presume was the same day. The cool air on my face was unpleasant, and the lights were terrible. I could not make any sense of anything I was seeing...but it all seemed terribly unfair. Definitely felt victimized. And to me my home was me too. Like I was pulled apart from myself. Yeah, way, way off on a rabbit track, this time. It just seems so odd to me that there are people who remember nothing until 5 or 6. Feels like half my life was over by 8. The passage of time perception seems to be basically exponential. I have hours of mental movies of watching slugs oozing down the wet sidewalk and their cool eyes retracting when touched, don't worry, I was gentle. Too bad I did not learn any math, physics, and chemistry equations then. They sure did not want to stick later. I think people don't remember because their thinking is too different from the way adult culture/language interprets things. They just discard the whole structure they had and build anew. I still remember the original structure I built before language. It was very different. Less focus on individual things, everything was mutual interaction. For example, in a car going down the road both the car is moving and the road, our motion was mutual and shared. In English, we have some words that enable expression of concepts like these, even if most people don't use them. Maybe that helped me hold the structure together. Concepts like "one another", "each other", "astride", "in between". Though, I normally just go with the way we are taught to see the World. But in the back of my mind sometimes I compare evaluating which is superior or inferior in different cases. I suppose, in my mind, one of the biggest differences is that causation was limited to something a person/mind could do. Intention was required. You would be surprised how thoroughly that one little thing changes world view. My nonlinearity, also caused issues. It delayed speech somewhat. My mind just was not ready for that kind of arbitrary ridged linearity. I also expected a consistent but subtle system of rules for the creation of words. I had not considered that it could be arbitrary but fixed. It had some order...prefixes, suffixes and such. I was just looking for more than was there. I also expected emotions to alter the words, to morph them. Each emotion in a different way. So many inaccurate assumptions. I sometimes wonder if it is possible to engineer the language I was looking for. And if that would be easier for kids to learn, or just harder for the other 90% that might have been expecting something else. It is a wonder that the vast majority of people learn to speak, regardless of what society they are born into. All those kids are geniuses, every one of them. I guess, if you read to the end of this rabbit track, you are a glutton for confusion.

[@nmccw3245]

2:47 - The outside exhibits also include the USS James K. Polk SSN 645 nuclear submarine sail. It looks like the sub is surfacing in the desert.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, that sub sail is a sight. Totally forgot to get a close up of it when I was there.

[@JKVisFX]

Very interesting. I definitely want go see this museum.

[@felixquesnel9021]

Adding this to my bucket list for sure

[@DianaDeLuna]

I'm noticing the soundtracks you use beneath many of your tour videos are beautiful. Where do you get your music?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

From Musicbed and I just started using Artlist as well. Glad you enjoy the music.

[@DianaDeLuna]

@RadioactiveDrew Thanks, I do. 🎵 🫨 🎶 Your content as well. What's stopping me from jumping into this hobby is the initial investment, and the concern most radioactive objects (say, in antique stores) have long since been snapped up, and what's left is super-priced.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@DianaDeLuna I visit antique shops everywhere I go and there is always something. Sometimes the place has expensive stuff and other times you can get some nice pieces for cheap. Some places you can haggle with the price a bit. I haven’t seen a shortage of radioactive items at antique shops. New items are always coming in.

[@weirdmeisterinc]

wow, they put any effort into this with the polyethylene bricks and lead castle and the gadget, great filming and story telling !

[@RevMikeBlack]

That's a fascinating place. The outdoor static displays are in remarkably good condition.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The museum has a team that works on those outside exhibits. Seems like they do a lot of work to make them look good.

[@mmcbey1401]

I visited that museum 10 years ago. It was great and I see there have been many changes to the exhibits since then. I also visited Los Alamos, but was unable to go to the Trinity site as the open day had been cancelled due to a national funding problem. I was NOT happy about that as it was one of the main reasons for my coming to the USA!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I would be very disappointed if something like that happened if I went to visit the Trinity site.

[@jk-76]

It is my favorite museum. I go there every once in a while.

[@Neon.1]

Respect and thanks for your videos' contribution to popular science.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Glad you enjoy the videos.

[@alexkalish8288]

I didn't even know this museum existed - got to go check it out. Thanks Drew

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem. Hope you get to check it out.

[@juxxtapoz]

I got to see the actual Enola Gay at the Air & Space museum outside Washington DC. Really interesting to see in person.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Hopefully one day I'll make my way out that direction and see it for myself.

[@cliofolf]

I went earlier this year and it was amazing seeing it in person.

[@juxxtapoz]

I didn't even know the Enola Gay was at that museum until I got there. I was shocked.

[@felipelexow8301]

I drive by there every morning on my way to work! I haven't had a chance to go visit yet, thanks for the tour!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem. Hope you find the chance to give it a look.

[@RuskiVodkaaaa]

This video is great, this museum really puts into perspective just how terrifying but also incredible this machinery is. It's always difficult for me to fathom how humans were able to engineer incredible science...something that always makes my head spin is perspective as well...in 1903 humans just barely understood the concept of flight and within just a few decades we theorized and created nuclear technology and the capibility of wiping our existence of this planet; it's absolutely mental to think about. Also, can you imagine what it must have been like for the generation just born at the dawn of the 20th century lol? I dont think humanity will ever see such a rapid progression in science for a long time.

[@shuttlepilot_]

Greetings Drew. I've been enjoying your content as I have had a side hobby of traveling to many of the places you present so well here. One of the destinations that's been on my list I thought might be up your ally for a subject is, the filming of the 1956 movie The Conqueror. The atomic story has been around for decades but the elevator sales pitch is this, the movie was filmed in Utah during the Operation Upshot-Knothole tests at the Nevada Test Site. Many of the the cast and crew developed medical issues and dying at a much higher rate than average over the following years. This is noted as a Down Winder event is US nuclear testing. There is some content on the tube about the event but none really that have attempted to travel to the filming sights. These are the kind of ridiculous , and my friends call them, road trips I love to do. Wish you all the best and looking forward to your next video.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I am planning on doing a video about this filming location...Snow Canyon. Its a really cool place to explore and I've been there once before. I'm hoping to go there and find evidence of fallout still there. Plus I'm working on a couple other elements of that video.

[@shuttlepilot_]

@@RadioactiveDrew Outstanding. I figured you might be on it. Thank you for the update and now I’m really looking forward to that video. Maybe I’ll make it out there someday.

[@jconan28]

If you ever make it over to Tucson, I have some passes for the Pima Air and Space Museum along with the Titan 2 Missile Museum. Both are sites to see. Local antique shops have Bauer pottery too.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Yeah, I need to make my way down there and check out the area.

[@crabcrab2024]

What an incredible place! Thank you for sharing.

[@aquilarossa5191]

The film The Day After scared the crap out of us as 80s kids in England. Threads too. There was also stuff on the BBC about London getting hit and how big the blast radius would be etc. The USAF had a base near us and were very annoying flying their tactical nuclear bombers low over our school several times per day. We knew the base was a prime target and would be hit early if the war kicked off. We argued about what yield of weapon would put us in the blast zone. It did not feel like a safe place. I remember one night hearing lots of those jets racing off, sounding really urgent. I wondered if it had begun and I lay there waiting for the flash. I was 13. I have had a morbid fascination with nuke stuff ever since. Moving to NZ when I was 15 felt like a much safer place than living next to that base (it had just gone nuclear-free, so does not host nuclear forces). P.S. Nuclear medicine. I had an injection of iodine isotopes, so they could use a gamma scanner to see how much my thyroid adsorbed within a certain time, which resulted in a Graves Disease diagnosis that required me to take pills for a year until it came right. They said the isotope is harmless. I hope they are right. If the condition comes back, they said they will nuke the thyroid. No thanks.

[@CallousCoder]

I have uranium sitting right next to me in my cupboard. Dug it up myself in Utah :D And in my vault there's test materials like Cesium-137 and Polonium-210 (well that's dissipated by now) . You can legally obtain any of those.

[@007gunlogo]

I visited this fascinating museum a few years ago. It's a great destination if you're interested in nuclear science.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

It’s a great place to visit if you’re into that science or nuclear weapons.

[@mjrippe]

I have been dying to go to the Trinity site and this museum would make it even more worth my time and money!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I would say do the Trinity site open house, Nuclear Museum and Los Alamos. There’s even some other places to check out to make it a very full trip.

[@parajerry]

We went a couple years ago but two week prior, they cancelled it due to Covid. We went to Albuquerque anyway and saw the museum for the first time. We hope to go back soon for the Trinity site visit. We didn't go the last one because the movie Oppenheimer had just come out and we knew it would be packed.

[@mirskym]

My mother told me that she remembers that in Toronto shoe stores in the 40s they had those shoe machines. Kids used to come and fool around for a long time before a salesman would shoo them out. Hope they didn't too much exposure!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I’m sure it was a decent amount of exposure. I think the shoe sales man was the one getting the most exposure.

[@kb7yim960]

One more history location I need to visit. Very cool.

[@DofTNet]

I watched the annular eclipse in 2012 from there.. the next annular eclipse this October will pass right over Albuquerque and I think happens a week before the next Trinity Site open house... and during Balloon Fiesta...

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Wow, that's going to line up nicely.

[@jaumetdepalma5347]

amazing !! regards from Mallorca, Spain !

[@NewbGamingNetworks]

This is my new favourite museum! Definitely visiting it next time I’m in NM. So much Cold War goodness!

[@bob9483]

Fantastic museum

[@nmccw3245]

11:56 - the 16” W23 variant of the W19 nuclear artillery shell for the US Navy's 16-inch (406 mm) main battery found on the Iowa-class battleships.

[@wommper1]

Just found your channel love your videos man :D they are really coool cant wait to see more

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks. Glad you found the channel.

[@GeoffryGifari]

does it have something like betavoltaic generator for space rovers?

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Drew, do you have a geiger counter or some other setup sensitive enough to detect bismuth decaying? If so I'd like to give you a large crystal to test for the show.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I currently don't have anything that sensitive just yet. Hopefully in the future I can get a HPGe detector setup for some more complicated investigation of areas and things I want to check out. Thanks for the offer.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

@@RadioactiveDrew Cool. I make bismuth crystals and every time I make a big one I intuitively think about how many atoms of bismuth decay per second or minute and in my mind play a geiger counter ticking sound for it. E.g., a 50-pound bar of bismuth which I order from time to time has about 6 decays a minute. Tick ... (10 seconds later) Tick.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@ThePeterDislikeShow yeah bismuth has a very long half-life. It wasn't thought it be radioactive at first but then later it was discovered to be very slightly radioactive.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

@@RadioactiveDrew What do you think a bismuth crystal will look like when a good percentage of the bismuth has decayed? I would so love to see a time-lapse video of the process! One way I guess one could approximate such is to make a crystal out of a much more unstable isotope of bismuth, maybe 210, but that's beta decay.

[@Fuelguy354]

It was just the 70 year anniversary of the Atomic Cannon! Like the channel sir.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@onescentaway]

Last time i was in Vegas I went to The Atomic Museum and it was truly informative and interesting.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I need to stop by that one.

[@davidogle9247]

Wow, had no idea this place existed. Now on my list. Thank you for sharing!!!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem, I hope you get to visit it.

[@loismiller2830]

If you get a chance to visit the Titan Missile Museum south of Tucson, AZ, I highly recommend it. With a tour reservation you can go underground and see the launch controls and the silo where the missile was. Truly fascinating place. The above ground exhibits are interesting as well.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I have every intention of going there and doing a video about the site.

[@Rockhunter329]

When I was there about 5 years ago, the tour guide was a former crew member at that silo in Tucson.

[@Rockhunter329]

There is also a Minuteman silo you can visit near Wall SD (Badlands vicinity). I believe there is a museum or info center nearby as well.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I might have to check that one out as well.

[@Rockhunter329]

AND ... If you are in East Tennessee, check out Oak Ridge. There is a museum right in town (Science and Energy), but I liked the K-25 History Center out at the K-25 site a lot better. This is the location of the now torn down gaseous diffusion plant. I did not see it, but there is also a history center at the Y-12 complex.

[@gomergomez1984]

Wow that Atomic Annie is in great shape. While stationed in Germany in the 80s got to see the GLCM bunkers at Ramstein Air Base and also stationed down the road from a former MIM-14 Nike Hercules nuke storage site, it was no longer used for nuke storage but it still had all the fences, guard towers and lights.

[@elijahd.techgnostic]

Me and a friend actually went here a few weeks ago. It really is a cool place.

[@edenschildren4238]

I'm suprised I didn't see The Davey Crocket there.....Maybe cause it wasn't used but still would be nice to see it IRL.....

[@andrejmucic5003]

Awesome museum. will visit

[@GeoffryGifari]

whelp, just added a place to visit on my bucket list

[@heinb7]

Wow i have to go see this. Thanks Drew

[@RadioactiveDrew]

No problem...hope you check out the museum.

[@heinb7]

@@RadioactiveDrew I stumbled upon your channel a few days ago and can't stop watching. This stuff is so interesting and the areas you visit is gorgeous. Thanks for the effort.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

@@heinb7 no problem...I'm glad you are enjoying the videos.