Comments by "Archangel M127" (@Archangelm127) on "Real Science" channel.

  1. Chernobyl was not caused by a "safety systems test." It was an ill-conceived experiment that required disabling all of the safety systems. The phrasing here makes it sound like it happened during a routine operation.
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  2.  @DomyTheMad420  They were trying to see if the generators could provide enough current to maintain core cooling during a shutdown, until backup diesel generators could come online to take over the cooling. This was in the event of a loss of grid power. (Fission plants require power even when offline to keep the core within safe temperatures.) Unfortunately, the methodology of the test was incredibly botched, but pushed ahead due to pressure from Party authorities (surprise, surprise). For a full discussion of the event by somebody who actually knows how this stuff works (as opposed to me), there's an excellent lecture on the MIT Open Course Ware channel here on YT.
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  3. The US killed far more Japanese (and German) civilians with a combination of high-explosive and incendiary bombs than we ever could have with nukes. (We had a very limited supply of fissile material at that time, only enough for 4 or so bombs. We could have done one more, and it would have been quite a stretch.) Anyway, look up the word "firestorm" on Wikipedia for an explanation and an itemized list of attacks.
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  4. My theory is that they want their jobs at Sea World back. 🤣
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  5. BGS has always hated that the two best Fallout games (Fallout 2 and FNV, in that order) had nothing to do with them. FNV in particular makes them feel extremely inferior. For good reason.
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