The Rad Guy

03/05/2024

Have you ever wondered what's inside a Geiger Mueller tube and how it works?

20/04/2024

For all my fellow 3D printer nerds, I present to you my life-sized uranium pellet model for your 3D printing pleasure.

For those who want some pellets of their own or just want to show their support you can become a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheRadGuy?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

https://makerworld.com/models/436983

Slaps top of uranium pellet. “This bad boy holds so much energy.”This is a life-sized replica of an actual uranium pellet. This is a great way to show students or random people you meet on the street just how energy-dense nuclear power is.Real uranium pellets hold the same amount of energy as 3 ...

19/02/2024

Full-length video on how to make a cloud chamber coming soon. For now enjoy these snaps made during the process.

25/01/2024

Finally got my first tritium vials! Now I really do glow.

05/12/2023

After years of being rejected, nuclear is finally getting a seat at the table at . And getting a pledge to triple nuclear sounds like an honorary seat to me! Generation Atomic

04/12/2023

If radioactive materials don't glow green, why does uranium glass glow green?

01/12/2023

Fusion has been in the news a lot recently, but where do we get the ingredients to make it happen?

Thanks to SHINE Technologies for sponsoring this post!

30/11/2023

As someone who deals with radioactive materials all the time, this video was easy to debunk.

16/11/2023

Did you know that a vast majority of what makes up used nuclear fuel (mistermed nuclear waste) can be recycled? And we've had this technology for over half a century!
Thanks SHINE Technologies for sponsoring this post.

07/11/2023

Sometimes when I am preparing to record videos I accidentally get good candid photos. I'm not even sure what moment I took this one.

07/11/2023

Here's your friendly reminder that low carbon emissions is only part of what makes an energy source environmentally friendly. Material requirements is also a very important part.

06/11/2023

Here's my reminder on what the difference is between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

31/10/2023

There is no getting away from radiation, and you wouldn't want to live in a world without it. Actually, you glow like a radioactive light bulb. ☢️💡

02/09/2023

There has been a lot of misinformation going around about what's being tested in the Fukushima water. For example: "they're only testing for tritium! What about the other isotopes?!" This just isn’t true, and here I explain why.

31/08/2023

So how does Fukushima compare to other releases that happen every year around the world?

30/08/2023

Thank you all for getting this going! There is still a long way to go, but I didn't expect to make much at all in the first couple of days. If every one of my followers on Twitter alone were to pitch in just 5 bucks that would bring us just over the line. https://www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-rad-guy-to-fukushima?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp_guide_do&member=29079459

29/08/2023

I can't count the number of times I've been told to go to Fukushima or Chernobyl. Well it's time I go to Fukushima. Heck, I'm bringing the whole family to swim in the waters.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-rad-guy-to-fukushima?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch

26/08/2023

In nature, 200 grams of tritium are produced a year compared to the 3 grams that will be released from Fukushima over 30 years. This means nature will produce 6,000 grams of tritium in the same time.

25/08/2023

I've talked about the tritium release in nauseam but here is a new perspective for you.

24/08/2023

Should we worry about the tritium from Fukushima bioaccumulating?

14/08/2023

Does anyone remember the whole uranium ore bucket debacle at the Grand Canyon visitor center? This is the follow-up that the media never did.

03/08/2023

FIRST OBSERVED CHERENKOV FROM FUSION
And I got to help make it happen!
SHINE Technologies
First image of Cherenkov comes from a Co-60 source. Image credit: Whatisnuclear.com

23/07/2023

It's weird doing content on nuclear weapons and it's not my favorite topic. Here I address that with some aesthetic. Thanks to Frankie Fenton, author of Atomic Hope - Inside The Pro Nuclear Movement, for sharing his footage of me at the Trinity Test Site.

19/07/2023

I don't think using the word atomic instead nuclear during an everyday conversation is a big deal, but scientifically, there is a massive difference.

16/07/2023

Today in history the first nuclear bomb was exploded at the Trinity Test Site.

04/07/2023

100+ applications of radiation and nuclear technology. Episode 1: paper making.

02/07/2023

Let's all remember to appreciate how we live in a radioactive world.

01/07/2023

Gamma gardening and seed irradiation is a cool application of nuclear technology and shows us how arbitrary the rules are for organic farming.

16/06/2023

Would you eat flounder raised in radioactive water? I would!
If anyone can help me get hold of some of these fish or any food from Fukushima, DM me.

14/07/2022

Congratulations to Holtec on receiving a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Consolidated Interum Storage Facility (CISF) in NM. One step closer to final licensing decision (expected in January). https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NRC-issues-final-EIS-on-New-Mexico-used-fuel-facil

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the final environmental impact statement for Holtec International's proposed consolidated HI-STORE interim storage facility. The final EIS includes the NRC staff's recommendation that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude the NRC from...