My husband was in the Navy and trained at IdahoFalls in the 1960s. He told me this story 46 years ago and this is the first time I’ve heard it since then.
Grew up in Idaho. Lots of abandoned missile silos. Lots of unknown military installations down in that barren desert. Remember hearing about this as a child. Glad to hear it again here
I am a previous submariner and operated nuclear reactors on a few different subs. I have been trained on SL-1 many times, but i've never heard that back stories of the individuals involved. Thank you, this was an amazing story!!
I grew up 45 minutes from Idaho Falls, and I've never heard about this nuclear reactor or the men who died. They clearly did a good job of covering it up. It's very sad.
No they didn't. There are lots of things you don't know. That doesn't mean some secret government agency is hiding it from you. I have known about this since I read about it in 1986.
Are is a RED FLAG operation? See with all the people involved coming out and keeping proof you don’t really know and just like 911 and the war that follows up you have to ask your self how much is true and what part are fake ⁉️
Richard Legg was a Navy electrician and Jack Byrnes was an army specialist. At 9.01 pm a reactor that was rated for 200 kilowatts of power generation spiked to 100 000 times that amount producing 20 gigawatts in just four milliseconds. In a minuscule moment much faster than the blink of an eye SL-1 obliterated itself, going supercritical . In May 1961, the General Electric Corporation constructed a burial ground near the original reactor site in which they sealed 99,000 cubic feet of contaminated material underground. The bodies of McKinley, Burns and Leg were not returned to their families. Instead, they were placed in lead line caskets inside of metal vaults and covered with concrete for burial.
I work in Los Alamos National Labs. One group I worked for a while had a safety man who worked at the facility where this accident took place. It really scared us to learn a human being was impaled by a nuclear fuel rod. This has got to be one of the worst ways to die. We were warned not to get trapped in any love affairs, love triangles, or emotional relationships with people at work. Because these can cause us to do dangerous things at work. This is a terrible story; and when I heard it for the first time, I wondered if it was true for many years. It’s nice to hear the real story, and learn the real truth of what happened. Thank You!
I think you mean control rod? Fuel rod doesnt move unless it is being replaced as I understand on most contemporary system and fuel rod need constant cooling. It is a bit of puzzling they dont put a limiter or a special rig to drop the rod though. But that was a different time....
@ I'd like some clarity on the question I asked in another thread: This is full of AI art, yes? And honestly, it's not a question - it's obvious. I think that the process is something like: Generate a base AI image/layout, and add some human touches to that.
First Redacted Video I've seen, It was excellent and completely believable. The saddest part about this story is I can see it happening today with the same exact results. Please keep them coming.
Thank you for making this show. I work for a nonprofit government watchdog. I’m working on my first FOIA appeal right now, fighting the government on it’s refusal to release some public documents. We have one of the best governments in history but it does very shady and underhanded things and releasing information is absolutely critical. It’s good for citizens to be educated about historical cover ups. 🙏🏽
It literally serves modern day Babylon and upholds the interests of a rouge state first and foremost over the well being and pursuit of happiness of its own people, you should take the rose tinted glasses off.
@ 🙄 did you see the part where I said it does super shady things? Grow up and educate yourself on history and put your immature ideas into some context. History in general and the history of government in particular is one long accounting of atrocity, oppression and terror. I’m well aware of the failings of the US and also still aware that it was, anyway, far and away one of the best governments in history. It is certainly heading towards its ruin. Go study some history.
@@cjthebeesknees Grow up and go study some history. You're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been many better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression and terror. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments to ever exist, though it is clearly in decline and has moved far into oligarchy. The fact that we have something like the Freedom of Information Act, in and of itself, puts us in the 99th percentile of good governments, ever in history, and it works pretty well. There are several countries that are better than us now. They're also much smaller than us. But go back in any amount of time in history and good luck to you. And if you think that moving forward in time means we're progressing as a species and that better governments are a natural next step, then you've really got some rose colored glasses. The whole world is teetering on the brink of total terror, all the time, and it will only be worse in the future than it has been throughout history, with the technological capabilities that governments have now.
@@cjthebeesknees Go study some history, because you're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been more than a handful of better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression, conquest and worse. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments ever. The fact that it even has the Freedom of Information Act puts it in the 99th percentile of best governments, and FOIA works pretty well. There are several countries now that are better than the US. They're also much smaller. But the vast majority of other options even now are much worse. The US is certainly in decline, run by oligarchs and monopolies, and certainly does do super shady things - as I already said. I work for an actual watchdog, son. It's my actual job to be part of the wall that holds the government accountable. The fact that we have the freedom to have watchdog organizations again puts us in the 99th percentile. What do you do to help? Make immature and uneducated comments on social media?
@@cjthebeesknees Go study some history, because you're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been more than a handful of better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression, conquest and worse. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments ever. The fact that it even has the Freedom of Information Act puts it in the 99th percentile of best governments, and FOIA works pretty well. It's probably why we know anything at all about this incident. But I bet you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? Because you don't know much at all about the nuts and bolts of anything, do you? There are several countries now that are better than the US. They're also much smaller. But the vast majority of other options even now are much worse. The US is certainly in decline, run by oligarchs and monopolies, and certainly does do super shady things - as I already said. I work for an actual watchdog, son. It's my actual job to be part of the wall that holds the government accountable, so I know a thing or two about the reasons why we need to do that. The fact that we have the freedom to have watchdog organizations again puts us in the 99th percentile. What do you do to help? I bet I can guess. Nothing.
I could see this happening then and even now really. Thanks for bringing Redacted to TH-cam, I don't use the other podcasts and would never have gotten to see the episodes otherwise. Looking forward to seeing the episodes as they come out!
Great idea here. A lot of channels will just tell a story without anything to watch. The visuals are needed, and using a graphic novel theme is genius!❤
I've been excited to see what the team came up with ever since you mentioned it on Wartime Stories. It's much like your normal stories, the way in which you spun the yarn of the story. Well done sir.
Wonderful wonderful video! What a story! What a voice! And great graphics. I loved every minute of it. There’s something about this format that feels both like a 60s radio program and yet it is also modern and relevant.
I been a huge fan!!! I absolutely love Redacted!! I been listening to the podcast since the beginning. This new format is great love the artwork!!! I can’t wait for the new one comes out!!!
Tomorrow (January 22nd) is my birthday and this is the perfect gift! I've been waiting for redacted to hit TH-cam since mrballen first mentioned them!❤
How would thousands of lives have been spared? Thousands of lives have not been lost to nuclear power, even with these accidents it is one the safest source of energy. There we no deaths from 3 mile island, and 1 from Fukashima. Only 31 deaths are directly attributable to Chernobyl but their design and safety standards had nothing to do with the US.
Agreed. The nuclear accidents that did happen outside of USA had nothing to do with USA. Fukushima happened because of earthquakes and tsunamis, not bad maintenance. As for Chernobyl....Its far more accurate to say it happened because of Russias communism. They accepted no critique or negativity, if you said something, you would be punished, so people kept quiet even though they knew it wasnt constructed well or maintained properly. Even if they had known about the american case, they would just have laughed at the "silly" americans and kept on mismanaging their own powerplant.
@@Sakuyamon😂Fukushima is us design though. I think it is WestHouse unit? The system was designed to handle the tsunami. But all backup system failed. If that is not design fault, then I dont know what it is. That Fukushima shxt show has lot of coverup. And the radiation impact have yet to full menifested. The Fukushima accident us actually worse than Chernoybl, it just no one has the gut to blow the whistle due to obvious political reason. Just wait for a decade or so when you start seeing West coast of canada and US have crazy number of people die of cancer. But Im sure there will be one reactor on Chinese East coast will get blown up to shouldler all the blame.
Redacted Is a wonderful new addition to TH-cam!!!! I love the stories we learn, I am a big fan as I am with everything that comes from Ballen Studios xoxo ❤
Thank you for bringing this podcast to TH-cam. TH-cam IS the "place I go to listen to my podcasts" lol (I find jumping between different platforms rather inconvenient). Great stuff! ❤️
I've heard this story before on YT, but I can't remember on what channel. But I am pretty sure they showed photos from the reactor as well, not from the aftermath what I can remember. But I can't remember I heard anything about the blame. But the rods getting stuck and the man impaled by a rod is fresh in my memory. I liked the visuals a lot, and Luke Lamana has one of the best story telling voices in my opinion.
My first story from this channel and it was a good one, sad but almost all of Mr Ballens channels have sad stories. Lol think this one will be a favorite of mine, who doesn't like redacted info??!!!! ❤️ Great job narrating!!!
I did not expect the story to end and point the finger at the true issue. Nice work gentlemen. They have been scapegoating us for far too long. Keep bringing it. RLTW.
Hold up! What about the fact that Jack first reported the sticking rods an entire year before the accident, and nothing was ever done by the cheapskate penny pinchers in charge! Jack was concerned about the risk, about the level of danger however he did nothing more than the initial report as the environment was such- squelers didn't get promoted!
@@danieltoth3900 I gotta agree as much as he was a loose cannon, the military cut corners by using basically cadets, untrained guys to control a nuclear reactor instead of scientists and engineers and ignored the repeated reports about the rods sticking...he knew this fault as he informed them but in his condition he should've sat it out until was sober, as he didn't have the skills and steady hands and right mind to complete the task under the conditions the rods were in... But the military was at fault...
Opening part about the ceiling snd the missing 3rd man reminded me of a story about a soldier on the western front, after a firerce artillery barrage, he was ordered forward to clear an enemy pill box, he entred and saw a gruesome sight, the pill box had taken a direct hit and cracked it in two and during that split second the man in side was thrown up into the crack from the explosion and smoosh it closed back up, leaving this poor soul hanging from the ceiling wedged up there, just dangling lifelessly.
Idk exactly how those rods worked but I can easily picture a half drunk, angry , stupid and impatient jack trying to remove a stuck rod and getting mad and yanking it out .
Typically they're controlled by a computer/ robot arm and no one is physically handling them. That's now at least. I can't say for certain back then. ...I guess I'm not much help. 🫤
The rods weighed 80 lbs, and were ejected in an instant. It had to be Richard hovering over the rod pulling it up. The love triangle story is absolute horse-puckey to redirect public emption away from the government to prevent people being unhappy with the nuclear program.
@@mikemurphy5898yeah, this story is why they’re computer controlled now. No longer some newbie kid complaining the rods are sticking and management brushing them off. Now there’s quantifiable evidence of how often and how badly they stick, and the computer can lift and lower them smoothly.
Love ❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️ it! You almost think Luke’s voice is AI it’s so perfect. The illustrations are amazing and the content is well researched, and well presented. Clapping 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
SL-1 had NINE control rods. Four Dummy Rods, and Five Active Rods. The most powerful Rod, was definitely the one in the center. It was raised 2 inches higher than it's standard lift... causing the Core to go "Prompt Critical", an Overload of Atomic Energy inside of the core. Heat converts water into steam, the Fuel Rod channels break, and BANG! The Reactor Exploded, killing all three men.
Given the details, Jack pointed out it got stuck, blamed Richard who then had his newbie help him remove it, it yanked too fast, exploded upward pinning new guy to ceiling and ripping off Richard’s face and arm. Jack died from radiation poisoning after being knocked unconscious from the explosion.
This new channel definitely seems interesting. If I can make a video suggestion for a "Solved" Declassified Mystery, may I suggest the Liberty Ship John Harvey, which was sunk by a Luftwaffe raid on the Itallian port of Bari in December of 1943? Long story short, people around the port soon began dying from painful and mysterious symptoms even though the government kept tight-lipped for a surprising amount of time about the ship's cargo. Well, as it turns out, the damn thing had been carrying [dramatic pause] Mustard Gas, "just in case" the Germans started using it first. Mustard Gas that had all leaked out into the water when the ship sunk.
Idaho Falls resident here: having lived here since I was 9, I can say that your telling of this horrific tragedy is a pretty good one. While I don’t know anyone personally who works at the Site, I do know that not only have they learned their lesson, but they are still studying and working on further safety with nuclear power. For me, the first time I heard about the accident was seeing the cover of the book Idaho Falls: the Untold Story of America’s First Nuclear Accident. I think it’s one of those things in town that some people know but probably don’t talk about.
Not sure what really has been omitted from the public. It was a bad design. That could be the reason for the steam explosion. It may also have been a murder/suicide as this video describes. I don’t expect first responders to have had health issues from their short exposure, but the cleanup people certainly may have. Though the control rod setup was poor in lacking failsafes, the containment walls held, which is impressive considering the force required to produce the carnage described. In other words the building kept in the contamination. So, I would say the main thing not openly discussed is the effects to cleanup crews’ health. It’s a bad design and there is a reason why U.S. Navy has a nuclear program and the Army does not. They did not have the necessary mentality.
@@namepending155 I feel I should give a P.S. to my comment here. Having spoken to my dad, he has pointed out a few things that I didn’t really know about at the time. For one, he remembers when this incident had first break out, people here had wondered if there was a spy involved, or maybe it was sabotage. Because the thing is that people were aware of what happened to these three individuals, at least, what happened to their bodies. But for a while, not a lot of people knew the exact details. My father also said that maybe the reason why people didn’t talk about as much as because people assumed knew what that happened. That there was an affair involved, that the guy was mentally unstable, that someone should have taken a closer look at the nuclear reactor. It seemed that for us in Idaho Falls, it seems like an open and shut case.
While watching the wonderfully crafted video, I thought about the Thee Mile Island disaster and near the end, it was mentioned. My SIL was from NY and lived there at the time with colleagues encouraging her to invest in energy companies, naming that company as a blue chip company, but several months after she invested all her savings, disaster struck and she lost everything, learning a hard lesson. She was able to understand that while she lost money, others lose much more with their health or lives.
The animation is incredible, reminds me of Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly or Waking Life. Almost in the style of "rotoscoping", that Linklater imployed.
Excellent. Amazing comic animation. It takes me back to my school days when i used to read comics with such curiosity. I feel 10 year old again but with amazing content. Thank you Sir. ❤ from India.😊
Im trying to understand why this channel uploads videos and then deletes them. Then re uplaods them in bunches. Is them some algorythmic trick? Because id really like to go back and watch the Manson episode. But it's gone. Dunno why. Im so confused.
Awesome ! Glad I can catch up on all these podcasts with nice illustrations as well. Too bad for the illustrator team not getting the honour of having their names read in the credits because they used AI for their work :P Though I am sure the real reason is because the audio was originally recorded as a podcast.
That's the folks at Cartuna illustrating and animating. They're definitely in the credits. They've been doing this for almost a decade. They're the best!
@@redactedmysteries Agreed wholeheartedly! The illustrations are beautiful. P.S. Honoured to get a reply from you Luke. Just wanted to let you know the sign off line you say at the end of all your wartime stories has a very comforting effect. Thanks for doing that.
This doesn't add up. Lots of descriptions here of Jacks emotional state, and Richards - but those things are impossible to know. They are assumptions. It is clear that someone pulled a rod too far out, which was easy to do because of poor reactor design. The 4" limitation was to prevent unintended criticality. Because the reactor was cold, it was possible to achieve *prompt* criticality (a major nuclear excursion. MAJOR) In the case of SL-1 the release of prompt critical neutrons in a 100 trillionth of a second created a power surge of 10 million percent above normal operation and explosively vaporized the core of the reactor. Based on the bent pipes and length of scraped paint marks and other post event indications, the entire 26,000lb vessel jumped 9 feet in the air as it exploded, instantly. A couple of design issues that were identified that are not repeated in Nuclear plants today: By design, no nuclear plant in the US can go critical with the removal of a single control rod, even when it's cold, Control Rod Drive Mechanisms do not require rods to be lifted to make a connection, Senior (experienced) engineers are required to supervise Reactor Maintenance, and issues like a stuck device requires a stop, make safe, and engineering review before proceeding. In 1958 the Air Force was trying to create a Nuclear Aircraft engine, google HTRE-3 accident for details. It did not end well. That was a different issue of engineering safeguards failure. HTRE-3 was kept much quieter, as there was no loss of life, although a huge portion of the desert received a dusting of highly radioactive material. I am a former Navy Nuke and was required to study these incidents as part of training and qualification. The images we saw of the SL-1 incident are burned in my mind. The Navy had much safer designs already in operation on board submarines when this happened, but back then the services didn't share much.
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My husband was in the Navy and trained at IdahoFalls in the 1960s. He told me this story 46 years ago and this is the first time I’ve heard it since then.
That's because for a long time, all elements of it were classified. Parts of it might still be.
When the gov't screw up THIS bad, they don't like to talk about it. Hence the reason it's been "classified".
Grew up in Idaho. Lots of abandoned missile silos. Lots of unknown military installations down in that barren desert. Remember hearing about this as a child. Glad to hear it again here
I am a previous submariner and operated nuclear reactors on a few different subs. I have been trained on SL-1 many times, but i've never heard that back stories of the individuals involved. Thank you, this was an amazing story!!
I am a former sub sailor as well and happy I didn't know about this until now, instead of when I served.
There is a lot of exaggeration in this story, and some inconsistencies. It does not all add up.
I grew up 45 minutes from Idaho Falls, and I've never heard about this nuclear reactor or the men who died. They clearly did a good job of covering it up. It's very sad.
No they didn't. There are lots of things you don't know. That doesn't mean some secret government agency is hiding it from you. I have known about this since I read about it in 1986.
Are is a RED FLAG operation? See with all the people involved coming out and keeping proof you don’t really know and just like 911 and the war that follows up you have to ask your self how much is true and what part are fake ⁉️
Richard Legg was a Navy electrician and Jack Byrnes was an army specialist.
At 9.01 pm a reactor that was rated for 200 kilowatts of power generation spiked to 100 000 times that amount producing 20 gigawatts in just four milliseconds. In a minuscule moment much faster than the blink of an eye SL-1 obliterated itself, going supercritical .
In May 1961, the General Electric Corporation constructed a burial ground near the original reactor site in which they sealed 99,000 cubic feet of contaminated material underground. The bodies of McKinley, Burns and Leg were not returned to their families. Instead, they were placed in lead line caskets inside of metal vaults and covered with concrete for burial.
Damn
😮😳😬
Jeepers that’s rough
I work in Los Alamos National Labs. One group I worked for a while had a safety man who worked at the facility where this accident took place. It really scared us to learn a human being was impaled by a nuclear fuel rod. This has got to be one of the worst ways to die. We were warned not to get trapped in any love affairs, love triangles, or emotional relationships with people at work. Because these can cause us to do dangerous things at work. This is a terrible story; and when I heard it for the first time, I wondered if it was true for many years. It’s nice to hear the real story, and learn the real truth of what happened. Thank You!
Wait🤌You work at Los Alamos but only just learned the truth Here, on YT?! 🤔Umm...ok, if you say so.😅
I think you mean control rod? Fuel rod doesnt move unless it is being replaced as I understand on most contemporary system and fuel rod need constant cooling. It is a bit of puzzling they dont put a limiter or a special rig to drop the rod though. But that was a different time....
Excellent research, fantastic artwork and captivating narration combine to make "Redacted" alongside "War Stories" as the best on TH-cam.
Hey we’ll take that compliment!
I TOTALLY 2ND THIS THOUGHT!! SOMETHING WITH THE STRANGE AND THE MILITARY JUST MAKE THE STORIES THAT MUCH MORE AMAZING!!
its AI art
@ I'd like some clarity on the question I asked in another thread:
This is full of AI art, yes? And honestly, it's not a question - it's obvious.
I think that the process is something like: Generate a base AI image/layout, and add some human touches to that.
@perhapsyes2493 what constitutes as AI art? I am curious as well...but I, myself, do not believe in AI
I’m binge watching all the episodes! Love this! Thanks for bringing “Redacted” to TH-cam!
Glad you’re here! Be sure to share and subscribe!
@@redactedmysteriesI’m already subscribed and I shared also. Thanks for the amazing stories!
I love Luke's way of storytelling 👍
I was subscribed to Wartime stories before it was cool! So I was pretty stoked to hear him partnering with MrBallen!
First Redacted Video I've seen, It was excellent and completely believable. The saddest part about this story is I can see it happening today with the same exact results. Please keep them coming.
Thank you for making this show. I work for a nonprofit government watchdog. I’m working on my first FOIA appeal right now, fighting the government on it’s refusal to release some public documents. We have one of the best governments in history but it does very shady and underhanded things and releasing information is absolutely critical. It’s good for citizens to be educated about historical cover ups. 🙏🏽
It literally serves modern day Babylon and upholds the interests of a rouge state first and foremost over the well being and pursuit of happiness of its own people, you should take the rose tinted glasses off.
@ 🙄 did you see the part where I said it does super shady things? Grow up and educate yourself on history and put your immature ideas into some context. History in general and the history of government in particular is one long accounting of atrocity, oppression and terror. I’m well aware of the failings of the US and also still aware that it was, anyway, far and away one of the best governments in history. It is certainly heading towards its ruin. Go study some history.
@@cjthebeesknees Grow up and go study some history. You're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been many better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression and terror. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments to ever exist, though it is clearly in decline and has moved far into oligarchy. The fact that we have something like the Freedom of Information Act, in and of itself, puts us in the 99th percentile of good governments, ever in history, and it works pretty well. There are several countries that are better than us now. They're also much smaller than us. But go back in any amount of time in history and good luck to you. And if you think that moving forward in time means we're progressing as a species and that better governments are a natural next step, then you've really got some rose colored glasses. The whole world is teetering on the brink of total terror, all the time, and it will only be worse in the future than it has been throughout history, with the technological capabilities that governments have now.
@@cjthebeesknees Go study some history, because you're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been more than a handful of better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression, conquest and worse. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments ever. The fact that it even has the Freedom of Information Act puts it in the 99th percentile of best governments, and FOIA works pretty well. There are several countries now that are better than the US. They're also much smaller. But the vast majority of other options even now are much worse. The US is certainly in decline, run by oligarchs and monopolies, and certainly does do super shady things - as I already said. I work for an actual watchdog, son. It's my actual job to be part of the wall that holds the government accountable. The fact that we have the freedom to have watchdog organizations again puts us in the 99th percentile. What do you do to help? Make immature and uneducated comments on social media?
@@cjthebeesknees Go study some history, because you're the one with rose colored glasses if you think there have been more than a handful of better options, ever. History is one long accounting of unbridled atrocity, oppression, conquest and worse. In that context, yes, the US is one of the best governments ever. The fact that it even has the Freedom of Information Act puts it in the 99th percentile of best governments, and FOIA works pretty well. It's probably why we know anything at all about this incident. But I bet you wouldn't know anything about that, would you? Because you don't know much at all about the nuts and bolts of anything, do you? There are several countries now that are better than the US. They're also much smaller. But the vast majority of other options even now are much worse. The US is certainly in decline, run by oligarchs and monopolies, and certainly does do super shady things - as I already said. I work for an actual watchdog, son. It's my actual job to be part of the wall that holds the government accountable, so I know a thing or two about the reasons why we need to do that. The fact that we have the freedom to have watchdog organizations again puts us in the 99th percentile. What do you do to help? I bet I can guess. Nothing.
I could see this happening then and even now really. Thanks for bringing Redacted to TH-cam, I don't use the other podcasts and would never have gotten to see the episodes otherwise. Looking forward to seeing the episodes as they come out!
Perfect narration
Perfect animation
BRAVO
It’s AI
3:15 As someone who often drives past Three Mile Island, I have a big appreciation for stories like this. Thank you for getting it out there.
My first video from this channel. I have heard this accident before, but I think I like this version better. Thank you.
I can't tell you how happy I am to have more from this content creator! Best vouce on TH-cam TV or movies... First class
I absolutely love these stories. You are a great narrator ❗
Hey thanks.
Great idea here. A lot of channels will just tell a story without anything to watch. The visuals are needed, and using a graphic novel theme is genius!❤
My 1st time on Redacted.. Well put together Luke..
So many stories, so little time.. Luke God Bless you and your family.. Take care my friend...
Thank you! You too!
The last episode was Ai art, let's hope he stops using it.
These are better than I had hoped. Awesome work!
I've been excited to see what the team came up with ever since you mentioned it on Wartime Stories. It's much like your normal stories, the way in which you spun the yarn of the story. Well done sir.
Loving this new format
Ya me too.
Wonderful wonderful video! What a story! What a voice! And great graphics. I loved every minute of it. There’s something about this format that feels both like a 60s radio program and yet it is also modern and relevant.
So glad this is here on TH-cam now. Been a subscriber to wartime stories since I'm pretty sure literally day 1. Love anything Luke does.
Been waiting for this to come to YT. Thank you!
The narration and the illustrations give a nostalgic feel to the stories, quickly making this one of my favorite new YT channels.
Amazing work! I've already watched every episode of Wartime Stories so discovering this was epic!
I been a huge fan!!! I absolutely love Redacted!! I been listening to the podcast since the beginning. This new format is great love the artwork!!! I can’t wait for the new one comes out!!!
I hope Jack's wife found a better husband after dealing with all that, he just sounds like an awful person and tbh I can't feel sorry for him.
😂😂😂
Don't worry, It's just a loosely based story, fictionalised from events that happened over 60yrs ago😅
So true, he's literally the definition of the worst type of man
@tarabean1892 And of course the female is blameless.
I'm liking the new channel Luke! I've been listening to the Redacted Podcast for awhile now & thats awesome in & of itself! 💯
Tomorrow (January 22nd) is my birthday and this is the perfect gift! I've been waiting for redacted to hit TH-cam since mrballen first mentioned them!❤
Well done, great episode. Keep it up!
How would thousands of lives have been spared? Thousands of lives have not been lost to nuclear power, even with these accidents it is one the safest source of energy. There we no deaths from 3 mile island, and 1 from Fukashima. Only 31 deaths are directly attributable to Chernobyl but their design and safety standards had nothing to do with the US.
Agreed. The nuclear accidents that did happen outside of USA had nothing to do with USA. Fukushima happened because of earthquakes and tsunamis, not bad maintenance. As for Chernobyl....Its far more accurate to say it happened because of Russias communism. They accepted no critique or negativity, if you said something, you would be punished, so people kept quiet even though they knew it wasnt constructed well or maintained properly. Even if they had known about the american case, they would just have laughed at the "silly" americans and kept on mismanaging their own powerplant.
@@Sakuyamon😂Fukushima is us design though. I think it is WestHouse unit? The system was designed to handle the tsunami. But all backup system failed. If that is not design fault, then I dont know what it is. That Fukushima shxt show has lot of coverup. And the radiation impact have yet to full menifested. The Fukushima accident us actually worse than Chernoybl, it just no one has the gut to blow the whistle due to obvious political reason. Just wait for a decade or so when you start seeing West coast of canada and US have crazy number of people die of cancer. But Im sure there will be one reactor on Chinese East coast will get blown up to shouldler all the blame.
Totally impressed with this story and the fact you brought it to TH-cam. Thank you 😊❤❤❤❤
Redacted Is a wonderful new addition to TH-cam!!!! I love the stories we learn, I am a big fan as I am with everything that comes from Ballen Studios xoxo ❤
These are awesome! And happy to support a brother Recon!
Thank you for shining the light on so many things the government is hidding from us. ❤️
I had heard this story somewhere and am glad Redacted added this nugget of history to their channel. The animations are top notch 🫡
Thank you for bringing this podcast to TH-cam. TH-cam IS the "place I go to listen to my podcasts" lol (I find jumping between different platforms rather inconvenient). Great stuff! ❤️
Really, great story, fully engaged. The artwork is stunning.
Fascinating story! Very well done all the way around, excited to see where you take your channel!
These are great! Intriguing stories told by the best storytelling voice since Casefile.
By far, my favorite channel on TH-cam. Semper Fi, brother 💪🏻
I've heard this story before on YT, but I can't remember on what channel. But I am pretty sure they showed photos from the reactor as well, not from the aftermath what I can remember. But I can't remember I heard anything about the blame. But the rods getting stuck and the man impaled by a rod is fresh in my memory.
I liked the visuals a lot, and Luke Lamana has one of the best story telling voices in my opinion.
Thanks great show very well done
Awesome to see these stories getting published in this format! Can’t wait to see what you cover on this project!👍🤙🖖
I really love this 2nd channel of yours Luke!! Keep up the good work bro
I love the 'animated' format and a proper human voice actor/narrator - great watch.
This is a quality video. Excellent narration and graphics.
My first story from this channel and it was a good one, sad but almost all of Mr Ballens channels have sad stories. Lol think this one will be a favorite of mine, who doesn't like redacted info??!!!! ❤️ Great job narrating!!!
This was fantastic, definitely subbed.
Being impaled to this ceiling is gruesome!
A guy named Luke sent me here to listen to these podcasts stories with illustrations now 👍 💯 subscribed!
I did not expect the story to end and point the finger at the true issue. Nice work gentlemen. They have been scapegoating us for far too long. Keep bringing it. RLTW.
hey man just stumbled on this new channel of yours.
Can we have a 1440p resolution on videos?
Thank you for your hardwork.
It's all on youtube now yippie. Couldn't find another podcast site for these
Amazing work.. Thank you for creating this channel ❤🎉❤ The truth sets us free . All the blessings for you. ☀️☀️☀️
Thank you Luke ❤
The takeaway here was that Jack was neglectful, arrogant, and abusive.
Hold up! What about the fact that Jack first reported the sticking rods an entire year before the accident, and nothing was ever done by the cheapskate penny pinchers in charge! Jack was concerned about the risk, about the level of danger however he did nothing more than the initial report as the environment was such- squelers didn't get promoted!
@@danieltoth3900I assume he’s talking about his family life. Sad excuse for a man.
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I gotta agree as much as he was a loose cannon, the military cut corners by using basically cadets, untrained guys to control a nuclear reactor instead of scientists and engineers and ignored the repeated reports about the rods sticking...he knew this fault as he informed them but in his condition he should've sat it out until was sober, as he didn't have the skills and steady hands and right mind to complete the task under the conditions the rods were in... But the military was at fault...
Love your new channel, Luke!
Opening part about the ceiling snd the missing 3rd man reminded me of a story about a soldier on the western front, after a firerce artillery barrage, he was ordered forward to clear an enemy pill box, he entred and saw a gruesome sight, the pill box had taken a direct hit and cracked it in two and during that split second the man in side was thrown up into the crack from the explosion and smoosh it closed back up, leaving this poor soul hanging from the ceiling wedged up there, just dangling lifelessly.
Idk exactly how those rods worked but I can easily picture a half drunk, angry , stupid and impatient jack trying to remove a stuck rod and getting mad and yanking it out .
Typically they're controlled by a computer/ robot arm and no one is physically handling them. That's now at least. I can't say for certain back then. ...I guess I'm not much help. 🫤
The rods weighed 80 lbs, and were ejected in an instant. It had to be Richard hovering over the rod pulling it up. The love triangle story is absolute horse-puckey to redirect public emption away from the government to prevent people being unhappy with the nuclear program.
@@mikemurphy5898yeah, this story is why they’re computer controlled now. No longer some newbie kid complaining the rods are sticking and management brushing them off. Now there’s quantifiable evidence of how often and how badly they stick, and the computer can lift and lower them smoothly.
That was brilliant mate.👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Coming here from Wartime Stories, happy to have another of your projects to listen to
Love ❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️ it! You almost think Luke’s voice is AI it’s so perfect. The illustrations are amazing and the content is well researched, and well presented. Clapping 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Luke, you have the best voice !!
This is AMAZING!
I’m going to like this channel. Thanks for your hard work.
SL-1 had NINE control rods. Four Dummy Rods, and Five Active Rods. The most powerful Rod, was definitely the one in the center. It was raised 2 inches higher than it's standard lift... causing the Core to go "Prompt Critical", an Overload of Atomic Energy inside of the core. Heat converts water into steam, the Fuel Rod channels break, and BANG! The Reactor Exploded, killing all three men.
Narrator has a definite Rod Serling vibe going on. EXCELLENT!!!! I could see listening to this on long, late-night drives over Coast-to-Coast AM.
It’s the way of the future…
It’s the way of the future…
It’s the way of the future…
Awesome channel, can’t wait to see your incredible work.
Excellent Aviator reference.
Show me all the blueprints.
Nice work Luke ❤❤❤❤ bring on the next one 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Awesome story. Great job, Luke!
Very happy this was recommended to me ❤
Given the details, Jack pointed out it got stuck, blamed Richard who then had his newbie help him remove it, it yanked too fast, exploded upward pinning new guy to ceiling and ripping off Richard’s face and arm. Jack died from radiation poisoning after being knocked unconscious from the explosion.
This new channel definitely seems interesting. If I can make a video suggestion for a "Solved" Declassified Mystery, may I suggest the Liberty Ship John Harvey, which was sunk by a Luftwaffe raid on the Itallian port of Bari in December of 1943?
Long story short, people around the port soon began dying from painful and mysterious symptoms even though the government kept tight-lipped for a surprising amount of time about the ship's cargo. Well, as it turns out, the damn thing had been carrying [dramatic pause]
Mustard Gas, "just in case" the Germans started using it first. Mustard Gas that had all leaked out into the water when the ship sunk.
Crazy how much can go wrong so fast you cant even react too it
Idaho Falls resident here: having lived here since I was 9, I can say that your telling of this horrific tragedy is a pretty good one.
While I don’t know anyone personally who works at the Site, I do know that not only have they learned their lesson, but they are still studying and working on further safety with nuclear power.
For me, the first time I heard about the accident was seeing the cover of the book Idaho Falls: the Untold Story of America’s First Nuclear Accident. I think it’s one of those things in town that some people know but probably don’t talk about.
Not sure what really has been omitted from the public. It was a bad design. That could be the reason for the steam explosion. It may also have been a murder/suicide as this video describes. I don’t expect first responders to have had health issues from their short exposure, but the cleanup people certainly may have. Though the control rod setup was poor in lacking failsafes, the containment walls held, which is impressive considering the force required to produce the carnage described. In other words the building kept in the contamination. So, I would say the main thing not openly discussed is the effects to cleanup crews’ health. It’s a bad design and there is a reason why U.S. Navy has a nuclear program and the Army does not. They did not have the necessary mentality.
@@namepending155 I feel I should give a P.S. to my comment here.
Having spoken to my dad, he has pointed out a few things that I didn’t really know about at the time. For one, he remembers when this incident had first break out, people here had wondered if there was a spy involved, or maybe it was sabotage. Because the thing is that people were aware of what happened to these three individuals, at least, what happened to their bodies. But for a while, not a lot of people knew the exact details.
My father also said that maybe the reason why people didn’t talk about as much as because people assumed knew what that happened. That there was an affair involved, that the guy was mentally unstable, that someone should have taken a closer look at the nuclear reactor. It seemed that for us in Idaho Falls, it seems like an open and shut case.
While watching the wonderfully crafted video, I thought about the Thee Mile Island disaster and near the end, it was mentioned. My SIL was from NY and lived there at the time with colleagues encouraging her to invest in energy companies, naming that company as a blue chip company, but several months after she invested all her savings, disaster struck and she lost everything, learning a hard lesson. She was able to understand that while she lost money, others lose much more with their health or lives.
Wow great video
Im here before the channel blows up lol .. im sure it will just by the content and delivery ..
The animation is incredible, reminds me of Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly or Waking Life. Almost in the style of "rotoscoping", that Linklater imployed.
When there's actually animated movement **
Damn Jack is S-Tier deadbeat dad 😂 right up there with Goku.
Goku?
Goku wasn't a cheater
New watcher, whose your artist? They're really talented ^^
I'm from Idaho Falls and I had no idea about this. Wild.
Excellent. Amazing comic animation. It takes me back to my school days when i used to read comics with such curiosity. I feel 10 year old again but with amazing content. Thank you Sir. ❤ from India.😊
This is cool. Good job guys
Im trying to understand why this channel uploads videos and then deletes them. Then re uplaods them in bunches. Is them some algorythmic trick? Because id really like to go back and watch the Manson episode. But it's gone. Dunno why. Im so confused.
These Are Amazingly Done, Ive Watched Each About 4 Times. Cannot Wait For More
Im Hooked
Nice story, told well. Thx
Already listened to this podcast but now I have pictures! So why not
Thank you . subbed up and way to Rock
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🅰️➕🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I’ve been wishing y’all would put the Redacted episodes on YT, and these are soo good! Well done bringing these stories into the light! 👏
It would be good if you guys also link the sources ..
Subscribed. Good content
Awesome ! Glad I can catch up on all these podcasts with nice illustrations as well. Too bad for the illustrator team not getting the honour of having their names read in the credits because they used AI for their work :P
Though I am sure the real reason is because the audio was originally recorded as a podcast.
That's the folks at Cartuna illustrating and animating. They're definitely in the credits. They've been doing this for almost a decade. They're the best!
@@redactedmysteries Agreed wholeheartedly! The illustrations are beautiful.
P.S. Honoured to get a reply from you Luke. Just wanted to let you know the sign off line you say at the end of all your wartime stories has a very comforting effect. Thanks for doing that.
It was so hard to find this ! Come on algorithm. Lets go luke
This doesn't add up. Lots of descriptions here of Jacks emotional state, and Richards - but those things are impossible to know. They are assumptions. It is clear that someone pulled a rod too far out, which was easy to do because of poor reactor design. The 4" limitation was to prevent unintended criticality. Because the reactor was cold, it was possible to achieve *prompt* criticality (a major nuclear excursion. MAJOR) In the case of SL-1 the release of prompt critical neutrons in a 100 trillionth of a second created a power surge of 10 million percent above normal operation and explosively vaporized the core of the reactor. Based on the bent pipes and length of scraped paint marks and other post event indications, the entire 26,000lb vessel jumped 9 feet in the air as it exploded, instantly. A couple of design issues that were identified that are not repeated in Nuclear plants today: By design, no nuclear plant in the US can go critical with the removal of a single control rod, even when it's cold, Control Rod Drive Mechanisms do not require rods to be lifted to make a connection, Senior (experienced) engineers are required to supervise Reactor Maintenance, and issues like a stuck device requires a stop, make safe, and engineering review before proceeding. In 1958 the Air Force was trying to create a Nuclear Aircraft engine, google HTRE-3 accident for details. It did not end well. That was a different issue of engineering safeguards failure. HTRE-3 was kept much quieter, as there was no loss of life, although a huge portion of the desert received a dusting of highly radioactive material. I am a former Navy Nuke and was required to study these incidents as part of training and qualification. The images we saw of the SL-1 incident are burned in my mind. The Navy had much safer designs already in operation on board submarines when this happened, but back then the services didn't share much.
I'm hooked! Looking forward to more!
Great job. Al, the men look like Superman.😅😅what a jerk Jack was.