Cook Nuclear Plant - This image shows a fuel assembly being removed from the Unit 1 reactor core. The blue glow you see is Cherenkov radiation which is caused by high energy
![Blue Glow Water of Nuclear Reactor Core Powered, Caused by Cherenkov Radiation, Fuel Plates Industrial Uran Stock Image - Image of reactor, glow: 210620237 Blue Glow Water of Nuclear Reactor Core Powered, Caused by Cherenkov Radiation, Fuel Plates Industrial Uran Stock Image - Image of reactor, glow: 210620237](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/blue-glow-water-nuclear-reactor-core-powered-caused-cherenkov-radiation-fuel-plates-industrial-uran-blue-glow-water-210620237.jpg)
Blue Glow Water of Nuclear Reactor Core Powered, Caused by Cherenkov Radiation, Fuel Plates Industrial Uran Stock Image - Image of reactor, glow: 210620237
![Godzilla Franchise] When Godzilla fires his atomic breath, his spines glow blue. This resembles the blue glow of Cherenkov Radiation emitted by nuclear reactors : r/MovieDetails Godzilla Franchise] When Godzilla fires his atomic breath, his spines glow blue. This resembles the blue glow of Cherenkov Radiation emitted by nuclear reactors : r/MovieDetails](https://preview.redd.it/24l6h6ukss6z.png?auto=webp&s=a23091339771c5ef85abd089de928f1067b8a953)
Godzilla Franchise] When Godzilla fires his atomic breath, his spines glow blue. This resembles the blue glow of Cherenkov Radiation emitted by nuclear reactors : r/MovieDetails
![Kyle Hill on Twitter: "Unedited shot of a nuclear reactor core shows the blue glow of Cherenkov radiation -- like a sonic boom of light. http://t.co/9ZTzbPzf4u" / Twitter Kyle Hill on Twitter: "Unedited shot of a nuclear reactor core shows the blue glow of Cherenkov radiation -- like a sonic boom of light. http://t.co/9ZTzbPzf4u" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDN-mNlVIAAeq7S.jpg)
Kyle Hill on Twitter: "Unedited shot of a nuclear reactor core shows the blue glow of Cherenkov radiation -- like a sonic boom of light. http://t.co/9ZTzbPzf4u" / Twitter
![⚡️Active Nuclear Reactor Core. The blue glow is called Cherenkov radiation.⚡️ : r/CantBelieveThatsReal ⚡️Active Nuclear Reactor Core. The blue glow is called Cherenkov radiation.⚡️ : r/CantBelieveThatsReal](https://preview.redd.it/ghgcak1ie0j41.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d756b88b0bd3c18a297cdf173bee1bff31cdc649)
⚡️Active Nuclear Reactor Core. The blue glow is called Cherenkov radiation.⚡️ : r/CantBelieveThatsReal
![When high velocity particles travel faster than the speed of light in a medium they create a blue flash. This is called Cerenkov Radiation, why does this happen and why is it When high velocity particles travel faster than the speed of light in a medium they create a blue flash. This is called Cerenkov Radiation, why does this happen and why is it](https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/Images/ae219a.jpg)
When high velocity particles travel faster than the speed of light in a medium they create a blue flash. This is called Cerenkov Radiation, why does this happen and why is it
![Neil Gunther på Twitter: "If, like me, you're losing sleep over the source of the "blue flash", think Cherenkov radiation: the luminal equivalent of a sonic boom. That's caused by charged particles ( Neil Gunther på Twitter: "If, like me, you're losing sleep over the source of the "blue flash", think Cherenkov radiation: the luminal equivalent of a sonic boom. That's caused by charged particles (](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyJhNnlUYAE-5wY.jpg)