Russia's Demon Core - Sarov Criticality Accident

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In Russia in 1997, an unfortunate technician answered the question, “what would have happened if the ‘Demon Core’ was never stopped in 1946?” This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains the counterfactual physics of history’s most infamous criticality accidents. SOURCES: The Criticality Accident in Sarov, IAEA (PDF): https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/pub1106_scr.pdf A Review of Criticality Accidents, Los Alamos National Lab (PDF): https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003731912.pdf 00:00 Intro 01:20 Prompt Critical 05:27 Sarov 09:16 Catch22 MUSIC: Composed for [THE FACILITY] Meydän “Elän” Meydän “Freezing but warm” Meydän “Elk” Meydän “Away” Meydän “Deadly Isotopes” Meydän 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: https://www.patreon.com/kylehill 👕 NUCLEAR WASTE WARNING MERCH OUT NOW! https://shop.kylehill.net 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfTNPE8mXGBZPC1nfVtOJTw ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 📷 https://www.instagram.com/sci_Phile/ 😎: Kyle 🎬: Charles Shattuck 🎞: Kevin Onofreo ✂: Nate Berger 📝: @adef 🤖: @clairemax 🎨: Thorsten Denk https://www.z1mt.com/ 🎼: @mey 🎹: bensound.com 🎨: Mr. Mass https://youtube.com/c/MysteryGiftMovie 🎵: freesound.org