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The disposal of drums of sodium into Lake Lenore, an alkaline lake in the Grand Coulee area of eastern Washington State, in 1947 by the War Assets Administration. From a January 13, 1947 newsreel available at the Internet Archive.
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Footage of sodium leak at Monju nuclear "breeder" reactor, Japan, in 1995.
The leak prompted the closure of the plant and the suicide of one of its executives.
This reactor is scheduled to reopen soon.
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An explosion as a result of a golf-ball sized block o' sodium being dropped into water. Courtesy of Dr. Wenzel (AKA Colonel Wenzel). I was startled by it the first time around, so sorry for the shaky-ness. Have fun with it.
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If you want to download this video then go to this site: http://www.downloadv ideos.co.nr . Sodium iodide solution is added to mercury(II) chloride solution. Both the reactants and products are toxic. A close up view of the formation of the product is shown.