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. To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/JKzero/ The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. Critical Mass: when the atomic bomb got real    • Critical Mass: when the atomic bomb got real   Physics of a Nuclear Explosion    • Physics of a nuclear explosion   Series on Nuclear Weapons Physics    • Physics of Nuclear Weapons   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 Credits: 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 This video was sponsored by Brilliant