Nuclear Bomb vs. Nuclear Reactor

Can a nuclear reactor explode like a nuclear bomb? Detailed presentation to show that the nuclear explosion of a nuclear reactor is physically impossible. Calculation of nuclear chain reaction under fast and slow neutrons to show the differences between a nuclear bomb and a nuclear reactor.

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00:00 Nuclear reactors
01:26 Neutrons and uranium
02:54 Uranium enrichment
03:20 Criticality factor
05:36 Fast neutrons
06:42 Slow neutrons
09:46 Slow-neutron bomb


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Chooz Nuclear power plant by Raimond Spekking under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Nuclear power plant by Kellymlacy https://www.pexels.com/video/a-drone-...
Nuclear power plant by Kellymlacy https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-f...
PET scan by Mart Productions https://www.pexels.com/video/a-patien...
Plantation by Tom Fisk https://www.pexels.com/video/drone-fo...
Shot Hornet, Operation Teapot footage, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Boiling water by Sailwith Linhle https://www.pexels.com/video/boiling-...
Fuel pellets by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under CC BY 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Fuel assembly by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under CC BY 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Fuel assemblies by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Reactor Core of Krsko NPP by Nuklearna elektrarna Krško under CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Chernobyl accident by IAEA under CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 by 資源エネルギー庁 under CC BY 4.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake by Digital Globe under CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
River water by Kelly https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up...
Droplets of water by Pressmaster https://www.pexels.com/video/droplets...
Billiards by Cottonbro Studio https://www.pexels.com/video/a-person...
Replica of the Haigerloch reactor by LepoRello under CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Chicago Pile 1 by Melvin A. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago Pile 1 by Gary Sheehan, U.S. National Archives
Shot Ruth, Operation Upshot-Knothole by LANL and LLNL
Test tower for the shot Ruth, Operation Upshot-Knothole by LANL and LLNL

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