Inside a nuclear reactor core - Bang Goes The Theory - BBC

Jem Stansfield explores a never used reactor core at the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria, to explain how a nuclear power station works.

Bang Goes The Theory, investigating the science behind the headlines and making sense of the everyday issues that matter to us all.

[BenTvHowman]

In my day we had to split our atoms by hand

[mylobage]

Take note YouTubers. What could’ve been a 12 min video of unnecessary rambling became a 4 min diamond. Learn it. Practice it. Apply it.

[djvianu]

"I know how a nuclear reactor works.
Now I don't need you."

[wayback]

Chernobyl has ruined my life, now all I think about is uranium, graphite, nuclear reactor and Soviet Union

[Gaizertv]

this man explained the process of function better than any other special documentation that is 1 hour long..

[hantharnyein]

hands up if you are here because of Chernobyl !!

[Slowjo]

I have watched HOURS of videos trying to figure out how nuclear power actually works and this man clearly explained it in 4 min. BRAVO!!!!

[lecheman]

Damn Chernobyl, what did you do to me

[Pupsi]

Still don't know how they use the control rods to keep it from going supercritical.

[Neil-jmom]

"RBMK kettles don't explode!"

[Fjr]

Look what a television series has done...


Nuclear reactors all around.

[whatdidyousay]

Probably the most advanced piece of machinery ever created by humans is simply used to boil water to create electricity. Fascinating. Thanks for this great clip :)

[Scheport]

Explain me how a nuclear reactor works or I'll have one of these shitposters throw you out of youtube

[Baghuul]

Dyatlov makes his workers drink shots of feedwater when they ask him stupid questions.

[Auriam]

brilliant explanation, love the rubber band analogy. And the visual of actually climbing into a reactor core and holding a fuel pellet is really eye catching.

[aramach]

"'Melt-down'? That's one of those annoying buzzwords. We prefer to think of it as an 'unrequested fission surplus'" - Mr. Burns.

[samoja]

Now that i know how it works i don't need you anymore - boris

[Nehulo]

Anybody here not because of Chernobyl?

[OMGitsTerasu]

I want a Nokia inside a nuclear reactor

[chill]

Since watching HBOs chernobyl, I have learnt so much about how a nuclear power station works, and doesn't work.