The first nuclear reactor, explained

Nuclear Reactor Introduction, Main Components and Types of Nuclear Reactor

Wealth on Instagram: "When a nuclear reactor first powers on, it glows with an otherworldly blue light, one of the rarest sights on Earth. 😮 That glow is called Cherenkov radiation, a phenomenon that occurs when charged particles travel through water faster than light can move in that same medium. It’s not the light of fire, but of pure energy breaking a physical boundary. First discovered in 1934 by Russian physicist Pavel Cherenkov, the effect was later explained by Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm,

Behind the Scenes of an Unplanned Meltdown at America’s First Nuclear Power Reactor