ATOMIC WEAPONS AND FIRE BROKEN ARROW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS 80954
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Made in 1962 by the Defense Atomic Support Agency (formerly the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project), this film ATOMIC WEAPONS AND FIRE shows procedures to be used in the event of an accident involving a nuclear weapon. The film was likely made as a result of a series of serious accidents involving nukes in the 1950s including the Mars Bluff B-47 incident, the B-36 crash in British Columbia in 1950, and the Tybee Island mid-air accident in 1958.
As the film states, nuclear weapons in this era were moved by rail, truck, aircraft and by other means, and "accidents happen." At 2:44, workers are seen working with radioactive materials in a nuclear laboratory. At 3:06 the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb is shown. At 3:28, the narrator notes that the accidental detonation of an atomic bomb is "so remote" as to be "considered negligible". At 3:44, a conventional detonation is shown, which would result in scattering of atomic components. What to do in this eventuality?
At 4:00, rescue squad is shown putting out an aircraft on fire following an accident. At 4:20 the principles of nuclear reaction are described. At 8:11, a dramatic atomic explosion is shown. At 9:10, a B-47 Stratojet aircraft is shown on atomic alert. At 9:33, a test is conducted dropping an atomic bomb at a test range. At 9:45, bombs are subject to fire. At 10:20, explosions are seen spreading high explosives in many directions. Another series of explosions are seen, including high temperature fires, including a one-point detonation of Heavy Explosives at 12:10.
At 13:30, burning high explosive is seen dripping and flowing. At 13:47, a dry extinguisher is used with little effect. Carbon dioxide extinguishers also don't work, but water can be used on HE with some effect, as can foam.
Melted, broken explosives and scattered nuclear components are discussed next and is seen at 17:17. The narrator cautions about leaving any nuclear weapon found "alone" and says that the uninitiated should withdraw "1500 feet". He then explains about the dangers of plutonium exposure.
At 19:00 men in firefighting suits with self-contained breathing apparatus are seen working an accident scene. At 19:20, men with Geiger counters are seen at a nuclear accident site. At 21:20, firefighters fight a fire at an aircraft accident scene. The narrator explains how the fire is attacked, with firemen in complete protective equipment and the crash trucks situated in such a way that it is not likely they will be struck by detonating ordnance. At 22:14 the "pilot" (looks like a dummy) is placed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital. At 24:20, firemen are decontaminated as a monitoring team arrives. This is a "nuclear emergency team" or "explosive ordnance disposal team". These men examine the crash site and remove classified material. The area is searched for chunks of unburned explosive materials. The narrator re-caps by noting again that it's unlikely for a nuclear explosion to occur following an accident. (Of course if it did, you could just kiss your butt bye-bye!)
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I love the triumphant music coinciding with the ominous mushroom cloud.
Narration by Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian, Mr. Hand; Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and many earlier).
Cheers,
Mark
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8:35 - This was several years before en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash They would have you believe the crash was worse than dumping plutonium into the farmland. Yeah.
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Interesting censorship at 9:34 :-D
It must have been a *_Dirty Bomb_*
I get that you might be making a joke, but it doesn't actually make sense. A dirty bomb is just a nuclear device made from impure nuclear material. Why would the world's largest producer of high quality fissionable material be using a dirty bomb? Why is your joke funny?
@@Orc-icide "dirty" as in "obscene"
I recommend the book, "Atomic Harvest" for those interested in how those "professionals" "safely handled" atomic materials.
Safe handling comes not from being preemptive but postemptive/reactionary. That's how almost all safety is discovered. "Safely handled" can be skewed by people complaining about things being done poorly. The question is whether we have learned. Nuclear regulatory commissions certainly have.
Now I've been told that _handling _*_Atomic Weapons_*_ is just like driving the Family Car_ , I feel so stupid for worrying about Fat Kim's silly little Korean rockets. Phffft!!
And just to be doubly sure, I instructed the family to _stay 1,500 feet away from the car_ , as it might be contaminated like nuclear fuel. It's a pain in the arse to walk everywhere, and the kids are embarrased to be seen walking with me, but now _we're fully informed with facts, not fiction_ , we must base our lives on *The Science of 1958* .
You're right, he's wrong, cars way more dangerous than atomic bombs! Cars have injured and killed way more people than all nuclear accidents and detonations combined because, up to now, those materials are usually handled by people that know what they are doing and follow basic simple precautions.
@@maelgugi Not entirely true. The general public does not have access to, and therefore do not handle fissionable material. "The family car" is accessible to any schmuck. If it was as easy (relatively) to attain fissionable material as it is to get a car, we would not exist as a species.