Can particles move faster than light? Nobel Prize employee Olof is here to explain more about how that's possible in Cherenkov radiation - the discovery that received the 1958 physics prize Learn more about this effect: https://bit.ly/3X4uIdB Reactor Video Credits: Sandia National Laboratories; IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication | Nobel Prize

That bright blue glow in a nuclear reactor? It's caused by the Cherenkov effect - how cool is that for #NuclearScienceWeek? 🧪 The Cherenkov effect is on full display at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant as crews safely offload 193 assemblies from the Unit 1 reactor to the Spent Fuel Pit during our scheduled refueling outage. The blue glow occurs when charged particles move through the water faster than light can! 💧🟦 | Tennessee Valley Authority

#OnThisDay in 1904, Pavel Cherenkov was born. He's the man who first discovered what this blue glow was surrounding a reactor core. Today it's called Cherenkov radiation — a phenomenon that happens when electrically charged particles, such as protons or electrons, travel faster than light in a clear medium like water. #nuclear #cleanenergy | U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy

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