The Soviet Union’s Peaceful Nuclear Explosions
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Published 2023-10-01
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All Comments (21)
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I think it should be mentioned that soviets put out fire in Urta-Bulak gas field in 1966. As far as I know its the only time a nuclear bomb used successfully to resolve a problem in peace.
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Couple of corrections for the nuke nerds: It is uranium 235 used in bombs not 238, which is the common isotope. Also tritium isn't actually very common, its efficiency means only a tiny amount is used and for the most part not tritium directly, but created during the fission explosion through the bombardment of lithium by radiation.
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6:42 i'm glad you chose a work of titular art such as "I'm A High School Boy And A Best-Selling Light Novel Author Strangled By My Female Junior Who's A Voice Actress"
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I cant wait to hear about nuclear fracking
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Confusing U 235 and U 238 is fairly easy, but only the first is useful in bombs. Most hydrogen bombs in the early tests had a natural uranium jacket, which acted both as a tamper and fissioned by the neutrons from the fusion reaction. The Soviet “100 megaton” Tsar Bomba had a lead jacket to detune it to 62 megatons.
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I still think a lot of the 'testing" just for military types to look at; they could NOT believe how powerful it was. Took some getting used to.
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One of the underground explosions in 1984 happened 40 kilometres from my home on the Kola Peninsula. It felt like a small earthquake, and the dishes in the kitchen cupboards rattled.
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6:38 I didn't see that joke coming Keep it up
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Too bad they didnt build an Orion drive.
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One of my favorite facts about this crazy period of history where we were blowing up everything we could get away with using nukes is that Kodak suffered loss of film from there storage facilities from stray radioactive particles traveling hundreds or thousands of kilometers to zip right through the boxes and rolls of new film.
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Dude, your videos are so well done. Education and funny with a semi serious overtone, i love watching them and learn at the same time. If you ever come to the uk let me know, I'll buy you a coffee. Keep up the fantastic work.
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Nuclear explosions were also used to create deep underground reservoirs for chemical waste. Such as Kama-1 project, where 2000 m deep explosion took place to store hydrozine byproducts.
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One nuke was even used to put out a oil well fire
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"nuclear fracking" is such a badass and terrifying phrase
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There was talk about nuking a spot along a mountain range surrounding the Los Angeles basin. The resultant gap created by the explosion would allow constant air flow to help ventilate out the city's serious smog conditions.
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🤣 the title of the scientific paper
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Would it be possible to put conversions of imperial units (into SI units) when you use them onscreen for those of us that are used to it? I would very much appreciate not having to do mental calculations while watching.
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7:01 only in soviet russia would hydronuclear warheads be called " medium machines"
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Well, this was an unexpectedly wholesome take on soviet nuclear bombs
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You overlooked the time they closed a out of control natural gas well with a nuke.
