16. Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operation

MIT 22.01 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation, Fall 2016
Instructor: Ka-Yen Yau

Prof. Short goes to Russia, and Ka-Yen (our TA) explains in detail how nuclear reactors work. Concepts from the course thus far are blended with previews of future courses to physically explain how current and future nuclear reactors produce heat and energy. Aspects of safety are discussed between different designs, and the details of major reactor accidents are explained.

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[yanpingdu]

Hey I'm from the MIT tech team. Just a note: We are actually playing her in slow motion.

[yellingLoL]

Nobody:
MIT: "Do you have 45 minutes to spare to learn how to build a nuclear reactor?"

[MyName-frnf]

FBI tracking my history like, "he's been acting weird lately!"

[guyclykos]

I have 2 questions:
1st - Why is this on my recommendations?
2nd - Who is that knocking on my door?

[holdenmcgroin]

who else just checked whether it's 1.5x speed?

[vijayabhaskar-j]

Isn't it awesome that almost anyone who has passion to learn can learn something like Nuclear Energy, that too from the MIT?. We're living in wonderful times.

[tenclosed]

what a pleasant upbeat teacher.. it does sound like shes teaching 6th graders but i think its cus she really cares and is a kind person at heart.

[hayian]

She can beat Eminem in a rap battle for sure, i bet that's just her idle mode.

[ihavenoid]

this woman did just a great job . the whole nuclear physics playlist does not have as much views as this

[spankidoodles]

This is a super informative video for someone with zero background in nuclear physics. Ka-Yen was great at breaking down the topics. Thank you for this video! :)

[senthurank]

People comment that she talks fast, but she's actually excited to teach and has fun doing it.

[apexhacker]

People who talk this fast are people who I trust in education. Shows they actually know and understand the topic and excited about it.

[dilshadmk]

Friends: When did you became a nuclear reactor expert...?

Me: Last Night. 🤣🤣

[andrew]

In case nobody's said this yet. At 32:00 in the discussion of the Fukushima accident, the left hand picture is actually a burning oil refinery, NOT the hydrogen explosions at the plant, which were very brief events. This is somewhat understandable as it was also a result of the Thohku earthquake and tsunami, and provided some of the scariest images of ongoing, dramatic flames that news services needed. The image is actually of an oil refinery fire. It is, unfortunately, far too often used in reports about the reactor meltdowns, and gets echoed around the reports that cite each other as sources.

[bonk]

"give you guys a break so today we're gonna talk about nuclear energy"

[botsunny]

14:50 Instructor: I'm bad at math
Me: *looks at channel name*
Also me: Okay

[Tavorath]

I loved how she still struggles with talking to a class but carries on with an open attitude, that takes guts

[hexPixelStarships]

Kim Jong-un: "Write this down, write this down!"

[leejohnson]

She has good energy and can talk faster than I could read about it (while condensing the information to the particulars that matter). This is advantageous for my personal bandwidth rate (listening > reading). Thank you for sharing a very informative video that will enlighten the upcoming generations about an important technology.

[sulav]

Its 2 a.m in the morning and i dunno why am i watching MIT nuclear theory.