How to make Plutonium

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @periodicvideos
    @periodicvideos  5 лет назад +203

    More from our trip to Oak Ridge: bit.ly/OakRidgeVideos
    How Plutonium got us to Pluto: ruclips.net/video/498pOIm8Qbc/видео.html
    Real Plutonium: ruclips.net/video/89UNPdNtOoE/видео.html

    • @BruceGrembowski
      @BruceGrembowski 5 лет назад +3

      Milking the Thorium Cow reminded me of the TV show Fringe. The mad scientist had a cow in his lab.

    • @tedphillips2501
      @tedphillips2501 5 лет назад +2

      Is plutonium easier to deal with than refining U235/F6 ?

    • @RobertBardos
      @RobertBardos 5 лет назад +2

      Periodic Videos I have fan mail for the professor and a chemistry question where can I send this? Please do fan mail videos!!!

    • @acoow
      @acoow 5 лет назад

      @@tedphillips2501 No.

    • @acoow
      @acoow 5 лет назад +1

      @@RobertBardos Google University of Nottingham to get the address. Put the Professor's name as the addressee.

  • @scottmanley
    @scottmanley 5 лет назад +2490

    Specifically Plutonium 238 used in Radioisotope Theromoelectric Generators, rather than Plutonium 239 which is used in bombs. 238 undergoes a series of alpha & gamma decays towards stable lead so a lot of the energy remains within the RTG rather than leaking out via beta or gamma rays.

    • @paultrappiel9943
      @paultrappiel9943 5 лет назад +57

      Hi Scott, love your videos!

    • @jeremywinton8978
      @jeremywinton8978 5 лет назад +12

      You're 100% right mr. Maniey watch your channel all the time

    • @BackYardScience2000
      @BackYardScience2000 5 лет назад +32

      Always a pleasure to see you commenting on videos that involve the things that you speak about.

    • @cpt_nordbart
      @cpt_nordbart 5 лет назад +5

      Oooh, nice to see you here.

    • @leejamestheliar2085
      @leejamestheliar2085 5 лет назад +8

      Oh look, its Scott......hiya....

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 5 лет назад +1944

    Finally a use for all this neptunium I have laying around.

    • @cesium032
      @cesium032 5 лет назад +23

      Whoa! You're that cooking guy! I didn't expect to see you in the comments!

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy 5 лет назад +32

      Oh yeah, I think I also have some plutonium laying around my kitchen. Now the only thing I need is a nuclear reactor.

    • @ThePeterDislikeShow
      @ThePeterDislikeShow 5 лет назад +19

      I have some in my smoke detector.

    • @hjembrentkent6181
      @hjembrentkent6181 4 года назад +5

      How did you HBO watching noobs even hear about Neptunium?

    • @michaelstout776
      @michaelstout776 4 года назад +9

      The EPA has entered the chat

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 5 лет назад +3336

    No no that’s the hard way! What you do is: ***information censored***

    • @jheydacanay4765
      @jheydacanay4765 5 лет назад +51

      @Lenny69 シ started with a soap

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 5 лет назад +158

      I saw the video title and immediately thought: “No, Cody, don’t!”

    • @michakubisz535
      @michakubisz535 5 лет назад +50

      Ah, luckily I managed to copy.your 'diy' way before they censored it!

    • @spoonerman
      @spoonerman 5 лет назад +6

      Ooh boy

    • @JimmyEatDirt
      @JimmyEatDirt 5 лет назад +22

      Cody got taken by the Chinese

  • @christopherhall5361
    @christopherhall5361 5 лет назад +923

    "accidents happen when you use the wrong equipment"
    *uses screwdriver to hold beryllium shield over plutonium core*

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 5 лет назад +21

      It’s a self-vulcanized screwdriver. It might be wrong but it’ll survive the accident like a cockroach or at least well enough for the forensics crew to identify it as the cause of an accident.

    • @TheSzybas
      @TheSzybas 5 лет назад +52

      Yeah, what could go wrong with that? *Louis Slotin nervously looks around*

    • @nikolajwinther5955
      @nikolajwinther5955 4 года назад +44

      Everyone knows that you need TWO screwdrivers to hold the beryllium.

    • @fakestory1753
      @fakestory1753 4 года назад +13

      I thought anything more than 1.74 screwdrivers would be overkill?

    • @monsteramn88
      @monsteramn88 4 года назад +1

      Hahahaha.. you rock

  • @Peasmouldia
    @Peasmouldia 5 лет назад +45

    Got out my old chemistry set, a Christmas present in 1962, took it down to my shed. Can't wait to get started on synthesising a little plutonium. Thanks for the tips.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 3 года назад +7

      If you have a set from 1962, you are lucky. The kits today don't have anything in them.

  • @andybice
    @andybice 5 лет назад +1219

    Given the title I was expecting a DIY.

    • @edwardwright7512
      @edwardwright7512 5 лет назад +13

      Some scouser, stay at home dad in his backyard?

    • @anotherguy1260
      @anotherguy1260 5 лет назад +26

      Just mix some plutonic quartz with cesium and water.

    • @Cobra365
      @Cobra365 5 лет назад +2

      It was a “how to”. But, the moral of the story was safety.

    • @ssrami
      @ssrami 5 лет назад +2

      I have a stainless steel container if that helps?

    • @evahxh
      @evahxh 5 лет назад

      Another Guy thank you kind sir i assume this is correct

  • @MyAvitech
    @MyAvitech 5 лет назад +338

    What I find cool is that we use elements named after our most outer planets for missions that go into deep space.

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 5 лет назад +25

      Yup, the New Horizons craft, which went to Pluto, was powered by Plutonium.

    • @jacktheflipper3591
      @jacktheflipper3591 5 лет назад +13

      Pluto is not a planet

    • @bannedaccount3752
      @bannedaccount3752 5 лет назад +5

      @@jacktheflipper3591 you are not human!!

    • @jacktheflipper3591
      @jacktheflipper3591 5 лет назад +3

      @@bannedaccount3752 yeah i know i come from Pluto

    • @SeiberGraff
      @SeiberGraff 5 лет назад +1

      Sad venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, makemake, ceres, eris, haumea, sedna, quaoar noise

  • @GuberShep
    @GuberShep 5 лет назад +858

    This is bringing "don't try this at home" to a whole new level.

    • @braydenh190
      @braydenh190 5 лет назад +31

      I would be amazed if you could even try it at home

    • @firearmsstudent
      @firearmsstudent 5 лет назад +46

      @@braydenh190 There was a teenager who made a nuclear reactor in a shed in the backyard of his home by purchasing a ridiculous number of smoke detectors, but not safely. His whole neighborhood became an EPA site.

    • @skyhawk551
      @skyhawk551 5 лет назад +16

      @@firearmsstudent the radioactive boy scout, just the tools the kid used had gamma counts above 100k per second. he later went into the navy but was not allowed to talk to the nukes lol

    • @Blaze6108
      @Blaze6108 5 лет назад +2

      @@firearmsstudent Did he actually achieve fission or was it just a pile of decaying rods? I don't remember.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 5 лет назад +1

      @@firearmsstudent he stole them. Not purchased them.

  • @carfish
    @carfish 3 года назад +8

    I don’t know why, but this guy giving the tour makes me really happy. There’s something special about seeing such knowledgeable people that love their profession lighting up when asked questions about it.

  • @Aethare
    @Aethare 5 лет назад +4

    I'm watching this because a friend of mine is a doctor and he wants me to meet him at the Twin Pines mall to test out a science experiment. He specifically said I should have plenty of plutonium if I don't want to get stuck somewhere. So by learning how it is made, I can always travel BACK TO where I want to go. Wish me luck and hope that nothing goes wrong!

    • @youdalin2621
      @youdalin2621 3 месяца назад

      If you fail to make it you can always borrow from the Libyan nationalists :)

  • @whatdamath
    @whatdamath 5 лет назад +132

    This is really cool. NASA has recently proposed a new really neat design for an RTG (nuclear battery essentially) that would require A LOT of these rods and produce enough energy to support a mission on the Moon. Which is probably what they are needing this for in 2024 and beyond. Eventually newer versions of these RTGs will hopefully end up on Mars and maybe even Titan.

    • @tomspencer1364
      @tomspencer1364 5 лет назад

      I read last year that NASA was testing small fission reactors which use sodium metal to transfer heat to sterling engines, then to reciprocating generator. U 235/ molybdenum alloy with beryllium neutron reflector. The efficiency was around 20% and was designed to run for years.

    • @BeCurieUs
      @BeCurieUs 5 лет назад

      @@tomspencer1364 That project has been suspended and restarted multiple times, sadly.

    • @mkammyd
      @mkammyd 3 года назад +1

      Are you the real Anton Petrov?

    • @Beedostudios3721
      @Beedostudios3721 2 года назад

      Nice vids dude

    • @redneckshaman3099
      @redneckshaman3099 2 года назад +1

      I'm addicted to pigger nussy 🤠

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation 5 лет назад +194

    Such a lengthy process, for such a sparse production amount, yet for such great purpose.
    And here, I, the commoner, sit and feel like a genius, whenever I 3D-print a simple object, but complain it takes half a day to do.

    • @krusic22
      @krusic22 5 лет назад +2

      Fancy seeing you here.

    • @derekboyt3383
      @derekboyt3383 5 лет назад +1

      Hey, you do your part. If you can 3D print then your way ahead of the curve for most people. Keep working that creative muscle.

    • @1BrknHrtdRomeo
      @1BrknHrtdRomeo 5 лет назад +2

      @@derekboyt3383 Yeah...and the lot of us who would love a 3D printer but can't afford it =(

    • @derekboyt3383
      @derekboyt3383 5 лет назад +1

      @@1BrknHrtdRomeo - Hey, I don't have one right now. Wish I did.

    • @KucharJosef
      @KucharJosef 5 лет назад

      @@1BrknHrtdRomeo 3d printers are cheap as chips nowadays. You can buy Ender 3 for 200$

  • @sclair2854
    @sclair2854 5 лет назад +43

    Genuinely amazing stuff. It isn't often that the actual chemicals and their cool reactions are almost upstaged by the entire mechanical process and safety measures around them.

  • @Deeveeaar
    @Deeveeaar 3 года назад +201

    We are on the FBI watchlist now.

    • @jarod1701
      @jarod1701 3 года назад +1

      Hi, fellas :-)

    • @mikevanleeuwen4912
      @mikevanleeuwen4912 3 года назад +1

      YOLO

    • @madaxe79
      @madaxe79 3 года назад +3

      Especially since Biden just said you need nuclear weapons to defend yourself against the government... haha

    • @whocares8567
      @whocares8567 3 года назад

      I was just about to say this. Fbi don't hurt me pls

    • @AB-ou8ve
      @AB-ou8ve 3 года назад +3

      Why do I hear knocking on my door?

  • @lapurta22
    @lapurta22 Год назад +2

    I found this video quite fascinating, as I spent 6 years in my career designing glovebox automation for processing Pu at SRS.

  • @jcims
    @jcims 5 лет назад +23

    Fun fact, the green light on the cylinder at ~4:12 is coming from those Keyence devices (marked DIA 1 and DIA 2). They are optical micrometers and can measure the width of an object to an accuracy of ~1 micron at that distance. Pretty cool!

  • @ximalas
    @ximalas 5 лет назад +703

    Luckily, I watched this from a safe distance.

    • @jaybondoc9865
      @jaybondoc9865 5 лет назад +35

      Wait, then why do I taste metal?

    • @StephenJohnson-jb7xe
      @StephenJohnson-jb7xe 5 лет назад +29

      I filled my monitor with a bunch of mineral oil just to be safe. How did the video end BTW? I missed it everything went black.

    • @ulfahansson8712
      @ulfahansson8712 5 лет назад +8

      @@StephenJohnson-jb7xe Do not use used oil!!!

    • @Quantum-
      @Quantum- 5 лет назад +7

      I watched this in person, through my binoculars.

    • @conanichigawa
      @conanichigawa 5 лет назад +1

      Or is it?

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 5 лет назад +68

    Outstanding video! The robotic equipment that was designed to handle these elements, is fascinating.

    • @stonent
      @stonent 3 года назад +2

      It reminds me of kids using dryer vent hose to make robot arms on a cardboard robot.

  • @gnuthad
    @gnuthad 5 лет назад +5

    2:05 I do like how the machine not only tips the bottle upside down into the funnel but also taps it to make sure the bottle is empty.

  • @onshore1ft
    @onshore1ft 5 лет назад +5

    Professor you are an inspiration. I have no experience or particularly interested in chemistry but your videos are compelling. Thank you.

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access
    @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access 5 лет назад +758

    Periodic Videos: "How to make Plutonium"
    FBI OPEN UP

    • @fliegenmann2562
      @fliegenmann2562 5 лет назад +34

      Some time ago you were able to order Caesium on Amazon. No joke... It was a test sample for geiger counters, and my friend wanted to test his counter.
      Didn´t took too long for the feds to show up :D

    • @fliegenmann2562
      @fliegenmann2562 5 лет назад +1

      Hue Man Haha, yup. I forgot to write that “he” was a friend of mine.
      We were only 14 yo. at this time (2009) 😂

    • @Nikola95inYT
      @Nikola95inYT 5 лет назад +9

      Yes officer, this video right here

    • @cpt_nordbart
      @cpt_nordbart 5 лет назад +8

      Hmm... I don't think the FBI will raid Oakridge soon.

    • @robertpalumbo9089
      @robertpalumbo9089 5 лет назад +7

      They are the government ...and the FBI would not have the security clearance to get near there labs

  • @colchronic
    @colchronic 5 лет назад +648

    How to make plutonium
    Google: " periodic video"
    Bing: BLACK MARKET SITE

    • @suivzmoi
      @suivzmoi 5 лет назад +11

      No one uses Bing. Sorry Microsoft, it's true.

    • @carlwheezerofsouls3273
      @carlwheezerofsouls3273 5 лет назад +18

      Sonny and that sherrif says “ya-hoo” instead of “yee-haw”

    • @bencersparney3654
      @bencersparney3654 5 лет назад

      But like you can't really make weapons with plutonium, can you?

    • @carlwheezerofsouls3273
      @carlwheezerofsouls3273 5 лет назад +6

      Bencer Sparney they make big eggs that fall from the sky and go B O O M

    • @cFBlackface
      @cFBlackface 5 лет назад +5

      @Hippo_o _matic cause Google censor stuff and bring kinda doesn't

  • @AngryChineseWoman
    @AngryChineseWoman 5 лет назад +354

    I'm told it's the equivalent of a chest X-Ray

    • @peterjackman1507
      @peterjackman1507 5 лет назад +86

      Not great not terrible

    • @afwaller
      @afwaller 5 лет назад +19

      You can see the dosimeter on their chest. Probably a combination gamma and neutron dosimeter. Much more expensive than the standard units I would guess - certainly much larger than what I have worn.

    • @antman7673
      @antman7673 5 лет назад +12

      But 3.6 röntgen is the equivalent of 400 chest x rays.

    • @dogcarman
      @dogcarman 5 лет назад +34

      How many bananas is that...?

    • @ricksanchez1079
      @ricksanchez1079 5 лет назад +7

      Spreading disinformation, at time like this? :D

  • @thegavelissoundgavel9849
    @thegavelissoundgavel9849 5 лет назад +2

    Time, Distance and Shielding. The most important concept you’ll ever learn in Nuc energy. As a recent retiree from the field on the plant maintenance side, Distance is now my absolute favorite safety measure.

  • @davidpescod7573
    @davidpescod7573 Год назад +1

    This was so thrilling to watch let alone realising that without this incredible chemistry our knowledge of the universe would not be what it is. A brilliant video

  • @calembur
    @calembur 5 лет назад +115

    9:35 “I’ll leave it to the experts”. There’s another level?

    • @steelwarrior105
      @steelwarrior105 5 лет назад +19

      Lets put it this way GE has 3000 PhDs in RND and they still cant grow certain nickel alloy crystals perfectly, it has to be done by a select group of 5 or 6 guys in the aerospace department

    • @Peasmouldia
      @Peasmouldia 5 лет назад +7

      Some things are just too important to be left to experts. Now back to my shed to finish my room temperature superconductor made entirely of household products!

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 5 лет назад +1

      Bob Armstrong’s his clumsy uncle.

    • @Crosshair84
      @Crosshair84 3 года назад +1

      You mean like the experts that used screwdrivers to hold a beryllium shield over the plutonium core?

    • @stonent
      @stonent 3 года назад +2

      Well when all you hire is experts, there has to be an expert among experts.

  • @TheRaveBarn
    @TheRaveBarn 5 лет назад +361

    Me: I should go to bed
    RUclips: Wanna know how to make plutonium?
    Me: ok, fine.

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 5 лет назад +4

      Ok, fine.

    • @chinchy111
      @chinchy111 5 лет назад +3

      Ok fine

    • @burneracc2567
      @burneracc2567 5 лет назад +1

      It is midnight here
      Ok, fine.

    • @rickay77
      @rickay77 5 лет назад

      Ok, its 02:32, after this video its a lot harder to sleep because i ask my self if i can heat my housen in the winter with this plu

    • @ClemMorton
      @ClemMorton 3 года назад

      yup. exactly what happened to me here just now...

  • @therekter7871
    @therekter7871 5 лет назад +121

    Finally i can do my science project

  • @maysammirzakhalili4862
    @maysammirzakhalili4862 5 лет назад +2

    You people out there are making me so happy. Super happy. Well done. You are iconic heroes in shadows and silent. You are nailing humanity in science. Please keep in your brilliant minds that there people around the earth who are proud of you and your work. How ever we are not be able to do amazing actions for you, but we are looking at you people as the treasures of mankind in its deepest , hardest and widest meaning. I love you ❤.

  • @absentmindedjwc
    @absentmindedjwc 5 лет назад

    Off the professor's closing remarks: I work in software engineering for a tier-1 research university in the US, and am currently working on a project that will eventually see use by NASA and actually be used in space exploration. It is a damn adrenaline rush thinking about how something I am working on will eventually further humanity's understanding on space, so I understand this guy's excitement about it completely - it is INCREDIBLY COOL!!

  • @whatdamath
    @whatdamath 5 лет назад +45

    if I made a video about Plutonium it needs to have at least 3 "Not Great, Not Terrible"s in it

  • @manicmechanic448
    @manicmechanic448 5 лет назад +6

    I've lived near the Oakridge national lads all my life and this is the first glimpse I've ever had inside.

  • @bimblinghill
    @bimblinghill 5 лет назад +45

    1:00 'Bob Wham'. The other guy, using the fume cupboard, is Dave Kaboom.

    • @satisfaction3078
      @satisfaction3078 5 лет назад +1

      Frank Drebin works there too I think!

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 5 лет назад +1

      None of this lousy fume hood rubbish, we’ve got a whole cupboard dedicated to ventilating volatile toxins.

  • @dylanmccallister1888
    @dylanmccallister1888 4 года назад +1

    There are so many necessary roles that are required for the possibility of space travel. The chemists, the fabricators, the work crew who built/maintain mission control, the people who handle and transport chemicals, all are unique careers in the background that support the entire industry. An engineer can design a rocket, but one can never R&D without them.

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 4 года назад

      Everyone has a role. The suits for Apollo were sewn by the best bra seamstresses at Playtex!

    • @dylanmccallister1888
      @dylanmccallister1888 4 года назад

      @@5roundsrapid263 that's a neat fact

  • @colinstu
    @colinstu 5 лет назад +4

    The robot twisting the little cap off is pretty dang cute.

  • @krzysztofmarzec2949
    @krzysztofmarzec2949 5 лет назад +228

    When I saw the title I thought that's a Cody'sLab video ;)

    • @blurrrrrr44
      @blurrrrrr44 5 лет назад +25

      I wish it was a cody'slab video.
      "Power your arduino project for the next thousand years, with this one tiny generator"

    • @xnagytibor
      @xnagytibor 5 лет назад +13

      He used to have a Uranium processing series but the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shut him down after a surprise visit.

    • @dunmermage
      @dunmermage 5 лет назад +3

      @@xnagytibor So THAT'S what happened to those videos. I thought it was a youtube strike down thing.

    • @psygn0sis
      @psygn0sis 5 лет назад +5

      If it was, it would have been struck down immediately.
      Liberals, like those that run youtube don't like an educated public.

    • @xnagytibor
      @xnagytibor 5 лет назад +3

      @@dunmermage As far as I remember Cody removed those videos himself after a strong suggestion from the NRC. What the NRC hated the most that he converted Uranium into liquid form, risking groundwater contamination.

  • @Strothy2
    @Strothy2 5 лет назад +264

    Welcome everybody to the NSA watchlist

    • @Russianbro777
      @Russianbro777 5 лет назад +7

      Lol

    • @leejamestheliar2085
      @leejamestheliar2085 5 лет назад +29

      I have been on it....forever, but thanks for the welcome anyway.

    • @killmimes
      @killmimes 5 лет назад +9

      Ive got a hazmat endorsement...i am on that list already!

    • @TheOriginalJphyper
      @TheOriginalJphyper 5 лет назад +3

      Actually, since they're British, that would be MI5. The American CIA might be interested, too.

    • @theeveoftime2052
      @theeveoftime2052 5 лет назад +1

      LOL

  • @Purwapada
    @Purwapada 5 лет назад +63

    .
    i'm really loving these radiochemistry videos - please do more.
    Radiochemistry has been my passion since I was 10. I've alwayswanted to see actinide elements in their pure form, ifyou get the chance could you show us some (Neptunium in pure metallic form)

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  5 лет назад +21

      Glad you’re enjoying them.

    • @borttorbbq2556
      @borttorbbq2556 5 лет назад +1

      Most of them just look like a chunk of iron

    • @user-ve1lq7nj5v
      @user-ve1lq7nj5v 5 лет назад +2

      @@borttorbbq2556 exciting no less

    • @zeFoksXIII08
      @zeFoksXIII08 4 года назад

      How to read your nickname?

    • @Purwapada
      @Purwapada 4 года назад +1

      .
      @@zeFoksXIII08 it is called 'purwapada' in javanese traditional script called hanacaraka :)

  • @saltysteel3996
    @saltysteel3996 5 лет назад +2

    My dad was a structural steel iron worker and his crew put most of the concrete and steel in at Oak Ridge. During that time it was the most secure place in the US. The security there today is still some of the most restricted in the US. This video is interesting but the main job at Oak Ridge is enriching uranium for nuclear weapons.

  • @derekboyt3383
    @derekboyt3383 5 лет назад +1

    Fascinating process for creating this energy source. Obviously it's much more complex than what we see in the theaters. Hopefully, someday, we'll find an energy solution that provides a better alternative but until then I'm glad we have some very knowledgeable people to work on this in a protective and safe manner.

  • @TheAgamemnon911
    @TheAgamemnon911 5 лет назад +341

    Meanwhile in modded Minecraft:
    "Yeah, I just carry around a bucket of molten Plutonium in my pocket."

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 5 лет назад +25

      “and can make a radioactive creeper that’s more powerful than the Tsar bomba”

    • @matthewfredrickmfkrz1934
      @matthewfredrickmfkrz1934 5 лет назад

      It's not molten agyboi it's in a solution

    • @TheAgamemnon911
      @TheAgamemnon911 5 лет назад +8

      @@matthewfredrickmfkrz1934 I know. But then the joke doesn't work.

    • @YounesLayachi
      @YounesLayachi 5 лет назад +4

      A bucket of plutonium would probably be always melted because of the radioactivity lol
      Permalava that kills you from a distance (now and later , to quote Hank green)

    • @Manamonke
      @Manamonke 5 лет назад

      Pretty sure Tekkit had exactly that

  • @DinoAlberini
    @DinoAlberini 5 лет назад +124

    “I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drug store...”

    • @straightpipediesel
      @straightpipediesel 4 года назад +7

      You can get Americium in most corner drug stores. It used to be Plutonium and it's the next element over.

    • @boboften9952
      @boboften9952 4 года назад +6

      " Doc ........... "
      " You Built A Time Machine Out Of A DeLorean ."

    • @christopherjohnson1803
      @christopherjohnson1803 3 года назад +3

      1.21 Gigawatts is a hard thing.

    • @maricate
      @maricate 3 года назад

      Liquid plutonium in a glass bottle

    • @deg6788
      @deg6788 3 года назад

      Great scot!!

  • @411Adidas
    @411Adidas 5 лет назад +16

    Ahh that's what I've been doing wrong. Thanks for the help guys

  • @dandanthedandan7558
    @dandanthedandan7558 4 года назад +23

    "So hopefully that stuff will see its way on some spacecraft in the mid-2020 timeframe."
    Oh boy he didn't know what was coming

    • @raffaeledivora9517
      @raffaeledivora9517 3 года назад

      ?

    • @fernandoaispuro1819
      @fernandoaispuro1819 3 года назад +9

      @@raffaeledivora9517 The Plutonium in the video is now on Mars. We did it quicker than expected.

    • @raffaeledivora9517
      @raffaeledivora9517 3 года назад +3

      @@fernandoaispuro1819 Ah lol, I thought they meant they were cancelling and delaying stuff, as usual 😅

    • @jorgevaldivia7482
      @jorgevaldivia7482 3 года назад

      Perseverance

  • @homebody0089
    @homebody0089 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for answering a question I have always wondered about regarding the shield glass. I first thought it was about a meter of special glass, and the tint was from years of being exposed to hard radiation.
    Thank you for doing these videos.

  • @jsteffen6174
    @jsteffen6174 5 лет назад +4

    Great video! Now I'm on a watchlist.

  • @shelbysteiner
    @shelbysteiner 5 лет назад +277

    "So if I punched a hole in that, a bunch of oil would come out."
    "Yeah, yeah."
    What he didn't say was "You'd also die pretty quickly from the radiation" 😂
    I love these videos. Thank you for making these!

    • @vasiliymedvedev1532
      @vasiliymedvedev1532 5 лет назад +16

      Uh no

    • @jfbeam
      @jfbeam 5 лет назад +23

      Just going through the first layer wouldn't immediately be fatal. (safety margins, etc.)

    • @shelbysteiner
      @shelbysteiner 5 лет назад +2

      @@jfbeam That's true. The other pane of leaded glass might save them.

    • @NapalmFlame
      @NapalmFlame 5 лет назад +22

      Surely it wouldn't be that fast- there's no criticality causing massive bursts of radiation, so wouldn't it only pose a long term health risk and put you above your recommended radiation limits pretty quickly, but ultimately not be an immediately life-threatening danger?

    • @GruntUltra
      @GruntUltra 5 лет назад +5

      "...a bunch of oil would come out." And a bunch of neutrons too... a whole lot of neutrons would come spilling out too!

  • @chemx4439
    @chemx4439 4 года назад +3

    "I can't believe how gentle you can be with that thing". *chuckles*

  • @clintparsons3989
    @clintparsons3989 3 года назад

    Whoever designed this automated machine is absolutely brilliant

  • @hullinstruments
    @hullinstruments 4 года назад

    Oakridge is such a wonderful part of our city! Lived here my whole life and so glad they’re close by

  • @CharmEng89
    @CharmEng89 5 лет назад +7

    I also liked how the robotic arm tapped the little vial a couple times! heh
    PS what a great name is Bob Wham!

  • @shevek5934
    @shevek5934 5 лет назад +4

    I'd be very interested in a video about how they deal with the waste from this type of process.

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan 5 лет назад +18

    How do we get to Pluto? Use Neptune! :D

  • @jeremycapps2678
    @jeremycapps2678 4 года назад +1

    This was very interesting I had to say I have learn more from this channel then I ever did in school.

  • @christianhildenbeutel1026
    @christianhildenbeutel1026 2 года назад +1

    Anything past uranium on the periodic table belongs in space.

  • @kimoloyola4574
    @kimoloyola4574 4 года назад +3

    When I googled “How to build a nuke” I was expecting more of a 6 hours video, this is ten minutes!

  • @ryaneakins7269
    @ryaneakins7269 5 лет назад +7

    Bob "Wham", the atom smasher.

  • @BackYardScience2000
    @BackYardScience2000 5 лет назад +6

    Oh what I would give to be a part of that! To say that I helped to put a rover on mars or helped send a satellite on its way to Pluto.

  • @jhonfamo8412
    @jhonfamo8412 3 года назад

    The precision is amazing.

  • @Cobra365
    @Cobra365 5 лет назад

    Nice videos. The explanations are a great balance of detail. Which makes them easy to understand.

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland87 5 лет назад +4

    2:00 I could watch that thing go to work all day...

  • @subcivil-youtubechannel7283
    @subcivil-youtubechannel7283 5 лет назад +95

    Okay so apparently this isn't a tutorial...

    • @nalyddoow9295
      @nalyddoow9295 5 лет назад

      It obviously is

    • @UnipornFrumm
      @UnipornFrumm 4 года назад +2

      My dissapointment is immeasurable

    • @stonent
      @stonent 3 года назад

      I know exactly how to do it now, I just need to send out some feelers to Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for a neutron reactor, robots, radiation shielding and Neptunium. Easy peasy.

  • @dagoth3663
    @dagoth3663 4 года назад +9

    Congratulations everyone, you are now on a watch list!

  • @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953
    @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 3 года назад +1

    I can't even imagine how much it would cost to set up a place like that, just to actually build and fit out, before you take running costs into it which are no doubt extremely high too.

  • @paulbennett772
    @paulbennett772 3 месяца назад

    Bob Wham is a brilliant name - especially in respect of his job!!!

  • @Avaruusrangeri
    @Avaruusrangeri 5 лет назад +6

    0:19 That mug has to have pretty amazing flavours in it!

  • @jurian0101
    @jurian0101 5 лет назад +9

    Okay, why no one mentioned Libyans?
    *edit: because this video is about a wrong isotope of Plutonium

  • @itsGuy
    @itsGuy 5 лет назад +7

    Congrats everyone, we are all on a watch list now XD

  • @harringtonsheritage2380
    @harringtonsheritage2380 4 года назад +1

    10 years ago I worked with cnc’s designing parts for company’s.
    Setting Datums are a major part in keeping tolerances on point. Laser technology I’m sure has come a long way, instead of using micrometers or older methods.
    How do you keep the robotic arms and tools selection carousel from malfunctioning, with such high radiation interference?
    The sensors must be going mad. 😂
    Great channel and best wishes. 😀

  • @houstonpromotion
    @houstonpromotion Год назад

    I can just look at this man and I can tell he knows what he’s talking about

  • @magisterrleth3129
    @magisterrleth3129 5 лет назад +16

    I solemnly swear I will use this knowledge only for altruistic reasons, and not to make lethal doses of instant sunshine.

  • @IvorMektin1701
    @IvorMektin1701 5 лет назад +5

    🎶Elvira!
    My heart's on fire for Elvira
    Giddy up🎶
    (You gotta be a certain age to get it)

    • @sujimtangerines
      @sujimtangerines 5 лет назад +5

      Oh man, I hate when something makes me think about how old I am.
      (Omm poppa mow mow.)

  • @arianaml743
    @arianaml743 4 года назад +10

    "How to make plutonium"
    Iran: MY TIME HAS COME

  • @jacobs83133
    @jacobs83133 Год назад +1

    Wow Man,that powerful robotic instrumentation.Cheers ;)

  • @kiendra
    @kiendra Год назад

    Thanks bro 🙏, you helped me do my science homework

  • @gobogbabyscratcha.k.a.scam7279
    @gobogbabyscratcha.k.a.scam7279 5 лет назад +3

    Ahh yes. I just had a ton of neptunium laying around and didnt know what to do with it. Thanks guys!

  • @atheermmadlool2862
    @atheermmadlool2862 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you. One of my dreams is to work collaboratively with NASA

  • @SuperStruct
    @SuperStruct 5 лет назад +18

    Kurzgesagt: "We need to rid ourselves of all nuclear weapons!"
    Periodic Videos: "How to make plutonium"
    (I know its plutonium-238 but you just add a neutron right? 😝)

  • @danielmahmoudi6731
    @danielmahmoudi6731 5 лет назад

    I'm so happy I decided to go back to school. There's always something to learn!

  • @richwaight
    @richwaight 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for showing us this amazing process. Something a normal person would never normally see or be able to appreciate :)

  • @LadBooboo
    @LadBooboo 5 лет назад +3

    RUclips: Here, watch this
    Me: Sure, this stuff is kinda cool
    FBI: Uh-huh, keep talking, guy.

  • @stephencech3696
    @stephencech3696 5 лет назад +12

    Just by watching this video with that the title, we're all now on the CIA and Secret Service watchlist

    • @jamesharmer9293
      @jamesharmer9293 3 года назад +1

      As this video is British, you're probably on a MI5, MI6, and SIS watchlist as well.

    • @AUSTIN-ss2zd
      @AUSTIN-ss2zd 3 года назад

      @@jamesharmer9293 ur on an ms13 watch list and principle watch list lol

  • @ebbonemint
    @ebbonemint 5 лет назад +4

    [Me watching how to make plutonium]
    My FBI agent entering coordinates into the NORAD database: “Shame”

  • @kommasemikolol8025
    @kommasemikolol8025 3 года назад +2

    How to make plutonium: Seeing maid pouring source...
    Oh, its Food panda advertisement, before the video.

  • @jaye1967
    @jaye1967 Год назад +1

    I always find it interesting that all the radioactive stuff is grey, black or silver in color. Not a single green glowing object anywhere. The substances in this video could be mistaken for windshield washer fluid and aluminum if you didn't know what they were. It's very similar to many dangerous gasses being described as odorless and colorless.

    • @finnmurtonz7062
      @finnmurtonz7062 Год назад

      i mean, uranium has fluorescent properties, maybe that caught media attention at the time, and that's why people think they glow or something

  • @grhinson
    @grhinson 5 лет назад +5

    Now change it out for dish soap and they will never know

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 4 года назад +7

    I prefer that it's used for space missions, than for nuclear explosives.

    • @jordanh9668
      @jordanh9668 3 года назад +1

      Nuclear reactors would be the better option honestly.

  • @williamredding8953
    @williamredding8953 5 лет назад +30

    "The Central Intelligence Agency"
    Wants to know your location.
    [Allow?] [Block?]

    • @MrWombatty
      @MrWombatty 5 лет назад +3

      They've known the location of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, for more than 70yrs!

    • @thatprettymuthafucka7267
      @thatprettymuthafucka7267 5 лет назад +2

      Me: *Facetimes*

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 5 лет назад

      Mobile browser app can’t locate itself within a state’s most populated city even with the help of a GPS. Still demands to read the dynamic assigned IP address and geolocate from that, which is being borrowed from the major urban center in the next state over- free onioning.

    • @Laurapossum
      @Laurapossum 5 лет назад

      @@MrWombatty It is still a mistery where it was before then

    • @sebbes333
      @sebbes333 4 года назад +3

      Doesn't matter, they will find your location if they really want.
      But it's nice of them to ask though.

  • @exshelf
    @exshelf Год назад

    How to safely handle common radioactive elements
    Uranium
    1: Wear protective clothing on every part of your body, extra protection for vital areas.
    2: Use a tool for extended grip, as to limit your proximity to uranium.
    3: Remember to thoroughly clean all lab equipment and protective clothing after you have finished.
    Plutonium
    1: Consider your life and all you would be throwing away.
    2: Do not handle plutonium.

  • @Onio_Saiyan
    @Onio_Saiyan 5 лет назад

    The guide was excited to be indirectly participating in the space program. Reminds me of something I heard about the Apollo program. Even the janitors at the space center and all around NASA would say that they helped put a man on the moon.

  • @CzarownicaMarta
    @CzarownicaMarta 4 года назад +3

    Why was I actually expecting a tutorial to make it at home lol?

  • @mreknijn
    @mreknijn 5 лет назад +45

    Kim Jung Un: *likes*

  • @serhiy2020
    @serhiy2020 5 лет назад +10

    3:15 - Exactly how I imagined a nuclear scientist would look like

  • @krispchannel
    @krispchannel 5 лет назад

    Guys, thanks for helping me do advance learning through your videos. Hope you prosper!

  • @doggoofweird2585
    @doggoofweird2585 4 года назад +2

    Ohhhhh thanks I was wondering how to do that because mine kept on failing thanks for the tip

  • @Nswix
    @Nswix 5 лет назад +8

    Thanks! My kids and I had so much fun doing this together.
    Nothing like seeing your wifes face light up from the glow of a minor nuclear reaction.

  • @NiftyNev
    @NiftyNev 5 лет назад +11

    I'm on some type of list now for watching this, aren't I?

  • @pahom2
    @pahom2 5 лет назад +4

    The channel should be renamed to Professor Excitements

    • @LucarioBoricua
      @LucarioBoricua 4 года назад

      That's Sir Professor Excitements Esq. to you!!

  • @TiagoFilipeCabral
    @TiagoFilipeCabral Месяц назад

    if something breaks within that highly shielded chamber with the mechanical arms how do you fix it or replace it?