A 21-year-old student at the University of Utah was detained by the police on Wednesday after she made violent threats about setting off a nuclear reactor on campus in case the football team lost to San Diego State. In the particular match, Utah won against San Diego State 35-7.

Someone notified the Police of the message which read – “If we don’t win today, I’m detonating the nuclear reactor on campus”. The police tracked down the sender through an app, YikYak, where the Utah student had posted the threat before the game. The app has a history of being used by the police for tracking individuals. 

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The student was found posting threats on YikYak, a pseudonymous social media messaging app. Police confirmed that the student had learned of a nuclear reactor on campus and the reactor was located in the same building where she took her classes. 

The university’s engineering building has had a reactor stored since 1972. The reactor, however, is barely the size of a microwave, “just 2 by 2 feet”, which is small compared to other reactors – according to a 2011 article from Deseret News.

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The report details the reactor being safely located in a corner of the Merill Engineering Building of the University of Utah. The reactor is used to generate enough power to heat the thousands of gallons of water it’s immersed in and “there’s absolutely no risk” – according to university professor Gary Sandquist. The reactor stays immersed in water, and the equipment automatically switches off if power levels reach a certain point. He further added that “Students learn how to bring the reactor up, operate it safely, how to shut it down”.

This is not the first incident where a student has been arrested for making aggressive threats using a fake ID. In August, a 19-year-old student denied the similar threat made against the business building, saying it was a joke when the police tracked him through YikYak.