Nuclear Engineer reacts to Kurzgesagt 'What if We Nuke a City?'

[carstendobbins]

I like this reaction. You keep it real. Not overly critical and you realise the fact that its a video meant to help the public understand something. it is a simple explanation, and you add stuff on to aid understanding. Keep it up these are great vidios.

[TheJerbol]

It was a single person, Vasily Arkhipov, who prevented war in the Cuban missile crisis, simply because on _his submarine specially_ they required three officers to authorize a launch instead of 2, because he was the flotilla commander. He was the only dissenter. These are very real possibilities, all it takes is one disgruntled general to order the destruction of most of the world, given the right circumstances

[imtehkilla]

Your video was suggested and I was very happy to find your channel. I'm a biologist, but I have a strong interest in nuclear technology especially the overlap with how radiation effects DNA and cellular function. Thank you for the insightful content, I enjoy Kurgzgesagt but often I'm disappointed on how they have to sacrifice being very scientifically technical to be able to be understood easier by general audiences. I really enjoy having an expert such as yourself go deeper from their experiences.

[bradjjones]

It's basically like Pandora's box... It's already been opened, and there's no realistic way to put it back in. I'm not saying that they are necessary, just saying that something learned cannot be unlearned, collectively.

[andrewgreenwood]

Humanity was incredibly lucky to figure out nukes when we did. A decade earlier and ww2 would have ended the world and a decade later the horrors of nuclear attack would not have been made clear when there were only a handful of weapons. We got them at pretty much the only point where we wouldn't instantly die.

[pajac]

I really enjoy kurzgesagt, I'd love to see you to react to more of them: for example the video where they discuss why we don't shoot nuclear waste into space.

[CJrb_]

I love how bro reacts so simple not over reacting😭🙏🏻

[jake]

My big thing with just dismantling nukes is that a rouge nation like north korea either wouldnt listen, or even if they did, the knowledge of how to build them is forever going to be out there. I think the unfortunate truth is that nuclear weapons are forever apart of our society, like it or not. Thats why its even more important we keep close tabs on the powers in control of them! Even a small briefcase nuke is not hard to build as long as you have the money for the plutonium. A small device even in a 1 kiloton range is EXTREMELY powerful!

[bestaround]

Yeah, this is why if I couldn't be completely out of the blast radius (at least the fireball) the I would rather be as close to the center as possible.

At least it would be a quick death.

[VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

As someone who is an amateur astronomer, and I don't want to minimize how horrific a nuclear detonation is, but a meteor strike is very similar to this but on a _much larger scale._

The largest known nuclear weapon detonated on Earth was the Tsar Bomba, which was 50 Megatons if I remember correctly.

Contrast that with the Chicxulub Impactor, which hit the Yucatan with the force of 72 teratonnes.

There's a reason NASA is concerned about an asteroid strike, as unlikely of an event as it is.

[majeriv]

College degrees weren't made to show expertise, but to show that you went multiple years striving to achieve your goals, to show dedication to the field that you're going into, the degree also shows that you were already in the field for multiple years and counting. So you would possess the required knowledge, however it's mainly to show your work ethic. You presenting your degrees/certificates shows confidence, dedication, and also expertise, nonetheless, I do appreciate a fellow engineer! I am currently in Highschool shooting for mechanical engineering, I'm already certified for mechanical design by Dassault Systemes and I must say, engineering is a great topic!

I thoroughly enjoyed this phenomenal video!

[writecraft]

This is really good... he even has his credentials visible! We need more academics peer reviewing popular edu vids.

[HayTatsuko]

For me, one of the most horrific ways to die is that which involves the "walking ghost" phase of terminal Acute Radiation Syndrome. Nothing, save Alzheimer's, is more cruel than an illness making someone feel as though they've beat it, only to collapse and die horribly, in excruciating pain, 2-10 days later. I've watched three of your reaction videos this overnight and I've enjoyed every single one. I enjoy your affable, informative presenting style bunches.

[i_can_c_u_]

Wanted to say:
„Kurzgesagt“ is German for „shortly said“ or „in a nutshell“.

Great video by the way. You gave a expert analysis and added important information. Well done👍

[christiannailing]

Found you couple days ago & I’m glad I did. Love the videos 👍🏼

[jasonnchuleft]

Something you forgot to mention is how the heat and dust released into the atmosphere can actually create the weather phenomenon that later makes the nuclear fallout so devastating (black rain). Dependent on climate and yield it could also trigger severe downbursts or localized mini tornados when surrounding cold air interacts with the released superheated extremely dry air dispersed in the shockwave.

[harvey_anderson]

This is one of those channels on par with photonicinduction. Quite small, quite unknown, but just pure gold.

[Jalbesbe]

The cold war wasn't really stopped from being a real war due to nuclear bombs, actually the bombs nearly made it a real war. The reason the cold war was able to sit for so long was neither side felt ready to go into another war as they had just been in a long war. So instead of them losing more population, they would just use other countries to fight and give some reason for their armies being so big still.

[ranna.]

This just makes me feel more devastated for the nuclear bombing to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[hans]

All he had to mentioned about airburst compare to groundburst,

Air burst creates damage over a wider area due to the shockwave,
while a ground burst is more focused/localized in a smaller area but still highly destructive due to the intense heat and radiation.

That's it... Just the "localized" part is the most important to paint a better picture than saying "there's a lot of factors here".