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

When a nuclear reactor first powers on, it glows with an eerie, electric blue — one of the rarest sights on Earth. That light is called Cherenkov radiation. It happens when charged particles move through water faster than light can travel in that same water. It’s not fire. It’s pure energy, breaking a physical boundary. Discovered in 1934 by Russian physicist Pavel Cherenkov — and later explained by Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm — this phenomenon earned them the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics. It’s one