MRI Explosion
December 12th, 2006
Everyone knows the best videos involve explosions, and accordingly I have found a science-themed explosion video which isn’t some old nuclear test footage. Excite yourselves with amateur footage of an MRI machine exploding, thankfully not when it was scanning a patient.
From what I can gather, the machine was removed from the hospital and undergoing venting in the parking lot (probably to make it safe for transport). This involves allowing the liquid helium to boil off, but unfortunately the vents weren’t quite up to the task, and the failsafe seals, designed to crack open if the pressure inside became dangerously high, didn’t. Luckily nobody was hurt, although cleaning up all that debris can’t have been fun.
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1. Frank the SciencePunk | December 12th, 2006 at 11:09 am
I’m tentatively attempting to embed videos again. If the site looks all horribly out-of-joint, do let me know.
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