a lot of people are uneducated on the soviet union a lot of people don’t even take that into consideration when thinking about topics like chernobyl sadly most people don’t know that the soviet union was still in power during that time period
Please remember it‘s the first time in history that something like this happened. These guys had no idea whatsoever. On top of that there are some other reasons the show will go into more later on.
I think they're also showing that the people who lived near the plant weren't really prepared for what to do if there were an emergency, at least, not THIS sort of emergency. You'd think they'd have things like the fire drills we had in school, but with an additional aspect: these are the signs of radiation, this is what you do, stay indoors, cover your skin, immediately take iodine tablets (which should be in every home). It wasn't done because no one would admit that something like this could ever happen, so people just thought they were looking at a standard building fire 2 miles away. Even the old doctor in the hospital was clueless; he couldn't think why the nurse/lady doctor was inquiring about iodine tablets. She had a more up-to-date education, so she was aware of what sort of danger could be coming from an accident at a nuclear power plant.
At 19:00 the guy wasn't afraid he was gonna lose his job, he was afraid the executives either have him shot, or imprisoned for disobeying his superiors during an emergency. That's why the guard is being called in, to kill/arrest him if necessary. That's why he's escorted, so he couldn't escape or killed/arrested if he tries to. EDIT: In the Soviet Union, being imprisoned for long term meant slave labour camp. Disobeying the order then and there meant either labour camp, or getting shot.
@topskek9786But that guy is old enough to remember when they did… you think that kind of thing leaves your mind just because the current administration claims to be just?
@topskek9786 Things weren't AS bad as they'd been under Stalin, but people were still pretty helpless if they went against the authorities. And it was quite possible to be executed if you were convicted of espionage or treason, which could easily be charged if you worked in a sensitive area like nuclear energy. These people would have always had over them the fear of prison, labour camps, destitution and isolation, reprisals against family if they went against orders.
A small lesson on radioactivity. There are mainly three types of radioactive particles, Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Alpha is two protons and two neutrons moving relatively slowly. A piece of paper will stop alpha particles. Beta particles are basically loose electrons moving quickly. Most of your skin will stop Beta radiation but over time you will start to get that sunburned look from radiation burns. Gamma are very high energy photons and can pass through concrete, metal and most materials. The three ways you can protect yourself from radiation are Time, distance and shielding. You can block Alpha and Beta particles with basically a hazmat suit but gamma will still pass right through you so there is no practical way to shield against everything. You need something like a foot of lead or 6 feet of concrete to block 90% of gamma rays. Because gamma passes through most things the only way to really protect yourself is Time and distance. There's no such thing as a radiation proof suit so the only way to protect yourself is to get further away and or limit your time near radioactive materials. Radioactivity works on the inverse square law. For every doubling of your distance the dose rate goes down by four, so if you go from 10 feet to 20 feet away the dose is 1/4 at 20 feet compared to 10 feet away. One horrible fact too is Alpha particle are the easiest to protect against with a suit and mask but if you breath in Alpha the dust will get into your lungs and irradiate you from the inside causing massive damage to your DNA and cells. If you have a basement you should test the air for Radon gas that's emitted from the earth naturally. Radon emits Alpha particles and if you breath it in over time it can cause lung cancer. Fun fact, your smoke detector in your house uses Americium in it which is radio active but its no threat unless you actually eat it, and speaking of eating bananas have radiation in them too, but again you'd have to eat literal truckloads for it to affect you. This concludes my TED talk lol.
Ahhhhh the fun of science when it hold the most horrific things you will ever get to know. Also thanks for the lesson on radiation it was very enlightening. The banana fact I knew but the smoke detector and basement ones didn't know. Now I'm worried about living in a basement. Well maybe not completely because I haven't gotten cancer yet and been there most of my childhood.
Sounds like Sophie expects a government to be responsible and have a plan ready for any kinda future catastrophe that could potentially happen. 😂😂😂😂 As history goes to show you, they only do that after the catastrophe.
Причин, по которой люди отрицают это, заключается в том, что в HBO знают, что потеряют лишний лимончик бабла, за не выставление СССР в злом и кровавом виде.
That's not true, actually. Not be executed. But be erazed from the society. Totally. No job, no money, no social connections. And this is far scarier, bc you continue to live, but in total isolation with no resources. It's surviving. The worse case would be a labor camp which basically is a prison.
@@НикитаГвоздарев парень, ты не знаешь, как работает гугл-переводчик? Может, стоило постараться над своим собственным образованием и выучить язык, коли уж приперся учить жизни других на иностранном канале? И да, совок невозможно представить бОльшим злом, чем он был на самом деле. Потому что совок успел за 70 лет пробить все виды дна.
I'm from the Netherlands, and my pregnant mom was told the same thing back then. Also, no one was allowed to eat crops for a very long time. And even today they still test animals for radiation levels in certain parts of Scandinavia, because they eat plants and fughi that have soaked up radioactive substances from the soil. Crazy when you think about it!
American, was too young to be told that even if we lived in Europe, but my mother is German, and her side of the family got wild as hell cancers in the years following this. I also grew up being terrorized by her absolute panic about nuclear war, fallout, etc, because of what started happening to her family.
That's what the power plant staff tried to tell the Russian troops in 2022 when they briefly took Chernobyl, but they ended up digging defensive positions and trenches in the radioactive ground. I would not have slept in that trench for a billion dollars.
@@Pharmerlynda Same, I was literally planning a trip and then the war started. And yes, the radiation levels are low enough to visit. You still wouldn't want to dig up soil or live there but visiting a couple days is fine.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
19:01 And...the two soldiers behind Fomin? You are not overpowering them too. Besides, if you refuse, ahaha joke's on you, you'll either take a risk losing your life on the reactor, or the soldiers can just take you around the back and end your life right there.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
@@yanginkosintantiso7153 Нет! Вернее не только! Я указываю на ослеплённость киноделов HBO антикоммунистической пропагандой, которая мешает им создавать приближенное к реальным событиям кино. А даже если бы и защищал. Что в этом плохого?
I live in Scotland. The fallout reached us and affected agricultural policy. It still does to this day. Also, clusters of areas of increased cancer diagnoses in Scotland have been linked to Chernobyl
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
Explanation on the reason touching the stuff was so bad. Every time you get 2x closer to a radiation source you are getting 4x the radiation. 2x further is 1/4 the radiation.(Anything expanding in a sphere follows this pattern, sound, gravity, explosions, etc). Touching it is like 1000x worse than even being a few inches away. Being 1 inch away is 4x worse than 2 inches. 1/2 inch is 4x worse than 1 inch. 1/4 inch is 4x worse than 1/2 inch, etc...
The firefighters at Chernobyl knew what was could happen (unlike in the series) but went anyway. The Pripyat fire brigades were supposed to have radiation gear but it was backlogged. The 'taste of metal' is a common sign of radiation poisoning, it's caused by cells lining your mouth dying. It sometimes happens to chemotherapy patients too. Its also why they lose the ability to taste soon after.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
One of the important things to realize about the kind of nuclear reactor they're talking about is that normally they CANNOT explode. Under normal conditions you can fire a missle into it and it won't explode. But if a particular set of events happen in just the right order, the reactor turns into a low grade nuclear bomb and explodes. The chances of it happening is lower than the chances of winning the PowerBall three times in a row. But at this time, at this place, everything fell into place. And BOOM!
@@ciaranbrk mom fascinated with events in history that left a mark so I like to learn as much as I can. That's why the first episode is a number it's the time of not only the explosion but his death was like a second later
Chernobyl Power Plant had 4 reactors. Reactor number 4 exploded in 1986, the other operated until they all got decomisioned in 2000 (2 shut down in 1991 due to an accident, 1 shut down in 1996, 3 was finally started being decomissioned in 1999). Imagine working in the other reactors knowing what happened literally 200 meters away from you. Also there were other accidents there. In 1982 reactor 1 partially melted down. No one noticed it for 7 hours and when it was discovered it was kept a secret. In 1984 reactors 3 and 4 had serious incidents. According to declassified KGB documents, Soviets already knew in 1984 that Chernobyl Power Plant is the most dangerous power plant in the world. In 1991 turbine in reactor 2 caught fire and the roof collapsed. They stopped using this reactor then.
Yes, they had a nuclear bunker in case of a nuclear attack. And I know you will probably get this further along. But this was a time of suppression and oppression in the USSR. These people were more scared of retribution than they were of radiation poisoning.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
My question all through this series is how strict are our governments being to check our current nuclear reactors, keep them completely up to date, and emergency procedures. Its scary.
So to answer your question for what was going on at 8:57. That is the reactor undergoing a runaway fission reaction. Fission is when a heavy element like uranium or plutonium split into lighter elements and release energy. The fuel is close to each other so the particles thay fly off when they split hit other atoms to cause a chain reaction which in turn releases enormous amounts of heat and energy. In this case there is nothing controlling the reaction and the fuel is hot enough to the point that it essentially turns into radioactive liquid metal that is burning at over 2000 degrees Celsius. The problem with fission is that it produces a lot of radioactive waste products, which in this case are being mixed in with other materials and being sprayed all over the environment. Those two workers looked directly into the reactor with no protection whatsoever. They are essentially dead men walking at this point.
So, as the show will go on to explain, radiation is basically lasers blasting through everything in all directions and cooking organic matter inside and out, damaging your DNA (it’s why they fight cancer with radiation therapy - using the radiation to target cancer cells to kill them). We’re all exposed to extremely low levels of radiation at all times, levels not high enough to damage our bodies within our lifespan. The total amount of radiation you can safely be exposed to in your lifetime has been calculated, and budgeted into what is essentially a daily dose of radiation. You can have X amount of rad exposure a day and it won’t have an adverse affect on you long term. You and I will likely never encounter enough radiation in our daily lives to even have to think about it. But, dentists and doctors who work with X-ray machines have radiation badges that measure radiation exposure over a period of time, and when the badge indicates that it’s reached the exposure limit, the doctor cannot operate the X-ray again until a certain period of time has passed. This is to make sure they don’t exceed their cumulative lifetime exposure to radiation. Being exposed to a nuclear reactor would be like experience a lifetime dose of radiation in one second. That’s not an exact scale, but it gives you an idea. And every second you’re exposed, another lifetime’s worth of radiation. So being directly exposed to those “lasers” is bad enough, but once you’re no longer exposed, you’re no longer being irradiated. For instance, you get an X-ray at the dentist, they shoot radiation into your mouth for the duration of a microsecond. You are only exposed to radiation in that microsecond, your mouth doesn’t become permanently irradiated. However… breathe in radioactive dust particles, and now you have actively radioactive material inside your lungs, constantly dosing you with radiation for as long as it remains there. So that’s why you’d wear a gas mask- not to protect yourself from direct exposure to radioactive rays (the “lasers”), because they will go right through your protective gear (except dense metals like lead), but to prevent yourself from inhaling radioactive particles and becoming permanently exposed to radiation from inside your body.
I'm wondering if these two call characters dumb and stupid for not knowing how to operate a mobile phone while watching a show about ancient Rome. Because this reaction is pretty much like that
Chernobyl is in Ukraine, and at the time, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union (USSR), which was Russia plus a lot of countries all under Russian control.
Looking forward to seeing your reactions to this show. It was really fascinating and sad. And to think this really happened is even more crazy. Especially the fact those in charge went into Cover You Own Ass Mode from the jump!
I had a friend once who was Belarus and had been in Minsk when all this happened. He later died of a very rare type of thyroid cancer. The thyroid absorbs iodine. If he had taken iodine pills it would have probably saved his life. As it was his thyroid absorbed radioactive iodine that blew over Minsk from Chernobyl. That rare form of thyroid cancer was not so rare after Chernobyl.
It's crazy, everyone starts out more afraid of being punished by the government and unconcerned about the radiation. Each character has their own transition to understanding and fearing the radiation more.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
Sophie was right on the money when she said, "They weren't educated as to how that stuff was dangerous." The common folk did not have any idea how dangerous radiation was. Maybe the engineers and scientists had some idea, but it still would have been fairly speculative for many of them.
The iodine pills issue is important...you noticed it when she asked about iodine pills and the man asked why they would stock them. The reason they would is because one of the main products of a nuclear power accident is almost always radioactive iodine, and the human thyroid takes that radiation in very quickly...but it is very very easy to counteract that issue entirely by having everyone take stable iodine in pill form so that their thyroids are all so full of the safe iodine that they cannot take in any of the radioactive iodine. The fact that the Soviets did not stockpile stable iodine pills is a major cause of the deaths from Chernobyl, shows how lax the safety protocols around Chernobyl were, and stands in stark contrast to the way iodine is distributed to people that live near nuclear power reactors pretty much everywhere else in the world.
The really sad part in this is that one man actually died in the explosion and is still somewhere inside the plant. I cant say if it was in the reactor hall or but there is a memorial wall and everything there with he’s name.
his not he is, and two actually, but only one will be acknowledged here because he died then and there, Valery Khodemchuk died instantly in the northern pump hall as a result of the explosion. but the one who got stuck, Vladimir Shashenok received thermal burns after a beam fell on him and fractured his ribs in Room 604. He went unconscious and died later at Pripyat hospital.
Before watching this show o wasnt even aware that people died in this event let alone the unthinkable toeture the radiation did. I never did any proper research and i just assumed that everyone in the area was evacuated and that was it.
radiation is basically shooting billions of particles out in all directions like a bullet, except tiny. so its not like a poison gas or a chemical substance really. so gas masks and suits and stuff help only partially, unless they're thick/dense enough to stop the radiation "bullet" (think the heavy lead-lined pads they put on you when you get an xray). If you only get hit by a few seconds worth of "bullets" from a moderate distance away, from a relatively small source, you will probably not feel any negative effects, kinda like an xray, since the bullets are small enough, and in small enough numbers, that you'll be okay. However, some of the people here look right at the open blown up reactor, where the vast majority of the radioactive material is, so even if they only look for a few seconds from far away, they're essentially shot to pieces. they look like they've been badly sunburned, they will start to bleed immediately all over as if they were shot by a billion mini bullets, so on. eventually they will die. The firefighter touched a rock that was radioactive, so while the rock isn't as big as the open reactor, since he was touching it, basically its shooting all its bullets right into his hand for a few seconds, which is why his hand is toast. its not like touching a dangerous chemical that needs to get past the glove material before touching your skin, the radiation bullets just shoot right past the glove and penetrate the body. The nurse asks if they have iodine pills. From what I understand (someone correct me if im wrong), this is because one of the common radioactive particles is a radioactive version of iodine. your body doesn't know the difference between radioactive vs. non radioactive iodine, so it will use any available iodine you ingest for bodily functions. if you have radioactive iodine in your body, it will use it. it will shoot its radioactive "bullets" into your body for a very long time. if you take iodine pills beforehand, your body will use that iodine in the body, and the radioactive iodine you ingest will become excess waste that your body gets rid of, so it doesn't stay inside you for very long.
Okay i need to explain this because i got a hint that you guys didn't understand all of it. I must say i absolutely love the history of pripiat and this accident so i would like to explain. So before 25:34 and to explain it well. in order to carry out an experiment, within the framework of a system in which training was scarce, and in which there was no independent regulatory body. The Soviet Union did not have an independent system of inspection and assessment of the safety of nuclear facilities, that is, a regulatory body, as in Western countries. Reactor four of the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin nuclear power plant, better known as Chernobyl, blew up. The operators had tried to lower the power of the reactor, that was the Safety test, lowering the intensity of the reactor to almost the minimum (the hotter the core of a reactor is, the more stable it is), but their countermeasures arrived late. In just one second, two consecutive explosions occurred. The second revealed the entrails of a nuclear reactor destroyed and devoured by a fire. The negative reaction of that scientist who denied everything is basically because he knew that not only would they fire him if he didn't tell the truth, they would kill him. It was also because in reality this test was not supposed to be done by the early morning workers because they were not as experienced, he had high hopes of moving up in that job, that's why he lied about the disaster and everything that happened.
I would encourage you to watch the 5 min behind the scene/ask the writer after the HBO show after each episode. They explain what is true and what was adapted for storytelling purposes. I think you will be astonished with the information. In fact, I’d be really interested erected in your reaction watching it too. They also point to where to research the historical facts.
so a couple things to bring in some context: 1, when they ask each other if they can "taste metal in the air", that means there bodies are absorbing high amounts of radiation and are going through the early stages of "acute radiation sickness" which depending on how much the body absorbed, it could be either negligible or absolutely fatal. in this case theyre absorbing so much radiation at such a fast rate that theyre basically being microwaved where they stand. 2, as for the black rocks the fire fighter was touching, that is graphite shielding for the fuel rods inside a reactor core. to put it simply, its highly radioactive and super toxic material. heres a better explanation someone else made regarding the subject: "The graphite has the possibility of occasionally absorbing a neutron which causes it to become 'activated'. As such, it's now radioactively unstable and will emit radiation. The incredible Neutron flux present inside of a power reactor core means that just about any material that is inside of the core will be activated to the degree where it is very hazardously radioactive. Additionally, it is also contaminated by fission products released from the fuel at the time of the reactors destruction. Radiation burns like that are possible with extremely high levels of localized exposure. However the show does quite exaggerate how quickly those burns would set in. The show depicts the burn setting in within minutes for dramatic purposes. In reality it would take at least 30 or so minutes before it would start to swell and be painful. Longer still for the skin to start to break down."
I'm not gonna add to the LOL SOVIET UNION and the LOL IT'S THE 80'S here but i feel like a masochist, I love watching Americans react to this series 😂 i was gestated literally under the cloud of this in Ukraine, born in june of 86. My mom was sunbathing under it, blissfully ignorant because the government said what it said, watching it while on the beach, trusting all the lies. This is how the world was.
Sadly the world still have governments and the media in their pockets lying to it's citizens. It may not be done in the same ways but one of the best ways to have people comply or go along with the lies is to have them believe they are "free" and "the best nation" while keeping them in a nation centric bubble and utilizing algorithms to funnel the biased information to the people. Majority of the masses believe what they see on tv or are too busy just trying to survive each day to notice anything outside of themselves or family. Or worse they know but feel powerless to stop any of it and sadly they're likely right about that.
19:08 - They are in Soviet Russia, working for the government- there is no “fire me” or “I’m walking off”. People who did not do what they were ordered to do, died. End of statement.
Please remember this is the first time in history that something like this has happened. These guys had no idea whatsoever, and there are some other reasons as well the show will go into more later on
The closer you get to the radiating source, the worse off you'll be. So the dude that picked up a piece of the core? Instant reaction. Vasily? Took a while. Men working the plant that were close- worse off, way quicker. This all depends on how much iradiated the thing is- on some things you can get close and be OK. Still today if you walked up to what's left of this melt down? Dead.
I remember when we here in the UK found out about Chernobyl a few day's after it happened, the black cloud from Chernobyl travelled towards Western Europe where we in Western Europe were warned about the Black Toxic Cloud. Many countries in Western Europe took stringent measures for their citizens. It was very scary here in England where I come from knowing about this Cloud and what it contained. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 There was no Radiation protection suits at Chernobyl just Chemical suits, this Nuclear Reactor Explosion happened when the Soviet Union ( USSR) was around and where Chernobyl was situated was in Ukraine which was part of the Soviet Union which is known as Russia. The Soviet Government believed that non of there Nuclear Power Stations would have an accident, so there was no Radiation Suits at Chernobyl just Chemical suits that are not the right protection and give no protection against Radiation. Even the Heroic Firemen had absolutely no protection that is why they all eventually died painfully. It's no joke and saying it's crazy is not the right word and very disrespectful to those who died because of this actual true event.
Incorrect. The 3 mile Island meltdown happened in 1979 but was quickly contained with minimal radiation being released. Chernobyl was not a meltdown, at least not at first. It exploded and then began melting down a few days later. And there were rules. They just ignored them. You find this out if you actually watch this series
Wow...YT is really messing around with the search algorithms...I have searched specifically for reaction videos to the Chernobyl series for each of the last 4 days, and today is the first time your reaction has showed up in the search results. Sorry your channel is being so heavily de-emphasized. Here is a sort of standard comment I post on this series...hope you do not mind me copy/pasting it. The more you learn about the history of the RBMK reactor and of the Chernobyl power plant, the more you may come to feel that a lot of context is left out of the show, and it could have been more accurate if it had revealed some of that...but that only matters if you intend to keep learning about the disaster after you are done with the show. Also, it is important to remember that this show has very few lessons regarding nuclear power in the West...it pretty much only applies to the Soviet Union or other similar totalitarian society. This a really good series...one of the best ever made...but the producers did get some things wrong. Some things were changed intentionally for the purposes of storytelling, and the makers of the series put in a series of notes at the end of the last episode of the series explaining some of them. They also have a podcast that they put out along with the show in which they talk about other things they altered from the history and why. However, I do recommend you check out the History vs Hollywood article on Chernobyl when you are done watching the whole series, so you can find out about the other things that the producers got wrong that they do not admit to. Definitely wait until you are done with the series so you do not spoil anything for yourself.
I always love watching people from the USA react to stuff, it makes me feel like I am not the most stupid person out there. Thank you for proving that even when presented with the information in front of you you chose to belive something else entierly.
Guys, I think you need to lower the lights a bit... You need to create a more cozy background. Everything around you is too white, too bright, it hurts my eyes. I can't focus on the movie clips in the middle of the screen.
I just found your video. This series is historically accurate. You first need to understand some things about the Soviet mentality. First" Image" is the most important thing to them. If an accident occurs , to report info about it , is just as bad as the actual incident itself. You cannot refuse to do something if your told to..If you don't you are shot on the spot or sent off to prison. So no one refuses. In the Soviet Union, the KGB (Soviet Secret Police) classified the nuclear industry as "secret" thats why there isnt much knowledge by workers. There are no safety equipment, no procedures in place. Only top authorities and scientists knew about nuclear energy. They do take film makers license with the effects of radiation. If your at a place where a nuclear bomb explodes your killed from the heat. Radiation works much more slowly over days, weeks, months, years depending on the level of exposure. So those immediate effects are not true. Also you CANNOT get radiation poison from a contaminated person once their cloths are removed and their body washed. Each episode gets worse. So be ready for it. You will not find out what exactly happened and why until the last episode
@@andralfoo why do you just comment on their channel to be rude? I’ve seen all of your comments on their channel and it’s always some snarky BS. You’re a loser. Go find a friend.
19:43 What they did wrong was listen to Dyatlov instead of following proper safety procedure. Dyatlov wanted this test to be complete at all costs so he could satisfy his bosses. What they should have done was shut down the test against Dyatlov's wishes.
This series is disturbing, but please be aware this is a fictional work, some of the historical figures were villanized for no good reason other than political propaganda and Entertainment. Remember this is a american movie about their big political enemy, sadly historical accuracy has suffered because of this.The figure of dyatlof is probably the most aggrecious case of that. The real dyatlof had nothing to do with this machiavellian and incompetent Version of the guy that he is portrayed as in the Show. He didn't tried to blame others. The real guy was described as a a tough but competent and fair boss by his subordinates.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха! (Ключевое слово «Фантастически») То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
Dyatlov was not at all like he's portrayed. He realized what was wrong fairly soon, and tried to minimize damage. He never threatened anyone. Likewise the radiation poisoning took hours to show these symptoms, not minutes. This much radiation btw would require lead shielding. The series took a lot of artistic liberties (like the exact cause of the explosion) but the basic shape of events is pretty damn accurate.
this series is the best education on how dangerous nuclear power is, if it is not VERY well build and maintained. but companies are all about cutting costs...so think about this.
Bro you wouldn’t lose your job, this is the Soviet Union, you don’t do what they say you get a bullet not demotion
a lot of people are uneducated on the soviet union a lot of people don’t even take that into consideration when thinking about topics like chernobyl sadly most people don’t know that the soviet union was still in power during that time period
You have NO idea what you're talking about.
Neither do you
There’s a reason Russia is feared these people are about pride no rainbows either
@@JohnnyLaZyTitanLouwhat are you on about?😂
Please remember it‘s the first time in history that something like this happened. These guys had no idea whatsoever. On top of that there are some other reasons the show will go into more later on.
I think they're also showing that the people who lived near the plant weren't really prepared for what to do if there were an emergency, at least, not THIS sort of emergency. You'd think they'd have things like the fire drills we had in school, but with an additional aspect: these are the signs of radiation, this is what you do, stay indoors, cover your skin, immediately take iodine tablets (which should be in every home). It wasn't done because no one would admit that something like this could ever happen, so people just thought they were looking at a standard building fire 2 miles away. Even the old doctor in the hospital was clueless; he couldn't think why the nurse/lady doctor was inquiring about iodine tablets. She had a more up-to-date education, so she was aware of what sort of danger could be coming from an accident at a nuclear power plant.
Kind of the 2nd time. Look into Three Mile Island.
They had prior knowledge of earlier accidents and contamination from the Kyshtym disaster. Not the same scale as Chernobyl
@@binxbollinga nuclear incident sure. Different though and not nearly the same scale.
the reasons being communism
At 19:00 the guy wasn't afraid he was gonna lose his job, he was afraid the executives either have him shot, or imprisoned for disobeying his superiors during an emergency. That's why the guard is being called in, to kill/arrest him if necessary. That's why he's escorted, so he couldn't escape or killed/arrested if he tries to.
EDIT: In the Soviet Union, being imprisoned for long term meant slave labour camp. Disobeying the order then and there meant either labour camp, or getting shot.
@topskek9786But that guy is old enough to remember when they did… you think that kind of thing leaves your mind just because the current administration claims to be just?
They would still Scape goat him out him in prison. They tried to cover it up because it effected huge landmass with the wind.
@topskek9786 Stalin had about 9 MILLION people killed in the Soviet Union during his regime , not even accounting WW2.
@topskek9786 Things weren't AS bad as they'd been under Stalin, but people were still pretty helpless if they went against the authorities. And it was quite possible to be executed if you were convicted of espionage or treason, which could easily be charged if you worked in a sensitive area like nuclear energy. These people would have always had over them the fear of prison, labour camps, destitution and isolation, reprisals against family if they went against orders.
life expectancy in a labor camp was about 2 years. 90% of the people sent there didnt survive.
A small lesson on radioactivity. There are mainly three types of radioactive particles, Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Alpha is two protons and two neutrons moving relatively slowly. A piece of paper will stop alpha particles. Beta particles are basically loose electrons moving quickly. Most of your skin will stop Beta radiation but over time you will start to get that sunburned look from radiation burns. Gamma are very high energy photons and can pass through concrete, metal and most materials. The three ways you can protect yourself from radiation are Time, distance and shielding. You can block Alpha and Beta particles with basically a hazmat suit but gamma will still pass right through you so there is no practical way to shield against everything. You need something like a foot of lead or 6 feet of concrete to block 90% of gamma rays. Because gamma passes through most things the only way to really protect yourself is Time and distance. There's no such thing as a radiation proof suit so the only way to protect yourself is to get further away and or limit your time near radioactive materials. Radioactivity works on the inverse square law. For every doubling of your distance the dose rate goes down by four, so if you go from 10 feet to 20 feet away the dose is 1/4 at 20 feet compared to 10 feet away. One horrible fact too is Alpha particle are the easiest to protect against with a suit and mask but if you breath in Alpha the dust will get into your lungs and irradiate you from the inside causing massive damage to your DNA and cells. If you have a basement you should test the air for Radon gas that's emitted from the earth naturally. Radon emits Alpha particles and if you breath it in over time it can cause lung cancer. Fun fact, your smoke detector in your house uses Americium in it which is radio active but its no threat unless you actually eat it, and speaking of eating bananas have radiation in them too, but again you'd have to eat literal truckloads for it to affect you. This concludes my TED talk lol.
Thank you!
Thanks! Not a science person but this was great and easy to understand. I'll pay at the door!
Ahhhhh the fun of science when it hold the most horrific things you will ever get to know. Also thanks for the lesson on radiation it was very enlightening. The banana fact I knew but the smoke detector and basement ones didn't know. Now I'm worried about living in a basement. Well maybe not completely because I haven't gotten cancer yet and been there most of my childhood.
Thank you for the lesson it’s true every day is a school day.
Sounds like Sophie expects a government to be responsible and have a plan ready for any kinda future catastrophe that could potentially happen. 😂😂😂😂
As history goes to show you, they only do that after the catastrophe.
Another example is the Three Mile Island incident. Happened just a few years before Chernobyl.
The reason the people are in denial is because in their country, they know they'll be executed if it's found out they made a mistake
Причин, по которой люди отрицают это, заключается в том, что в HBO знают, что потеряют лишний лимончик бабла, за не выставление СССР в злом и кровавом виде.
@@НикитаГвоздарев How many more dead do you need to be evil and bloody? Mao levels?
@@ScarriorIII
Не понятно что вы хотели сказать!
Это вы так неграмотно пишите, или у меня переводчик неправильно перевёл?
That's not true, actually. Not be executed. But be erazed from the society. Totally. No job, no money, no social connections. And this is far scarier, bc you continue to live, but in total isolation with no resources. It's surviving. The worse case would be a labor camp which basically is a prison.
@@НикитаГвоздарев парень, ты не знаешь, как работает гугл-переводчик? Может, стоило постараться над своим собственным образованием и выучить язык, коли уж приперся учить жизни других на иностранном канале? И да, совок невозможно представить бОльшим злом, чем он был на самом деле. Потому что совок успел за 70 лет пробить все виды дна.
I remember as a kid, I was told by my parents to not go outside. Living in West Germany.
I'm from the Netherlands, and my pregnant mom was told the same thing back then. Also, no one was allowed to eat crops for a very long time. And even today they still test animals for radiation levels in certain parts of Scandinavia, because they eat plants and fughi that have soaked up radioactive substances from the soil. Crazy when you think about it!
American, was too young to be told that even if we lived in Europe, but my mother is German, and her side of the family got wild as hell cancers in the years following this. I also grew up being terrorized by her absolute panic about nuclear war, fallout, etc, because of what started happening to her family.
It's wild that 40 years later you still can't go to that city and be safe. It's frozen in time.
That's what the power plant staff tried to tell the Russian troops in 2022 when they briefly took Chernobyl, but they ended up digging defensive positions and trenches in the radioactive ground.
I would not have slept in that trench for a billion dollars.
U can go it’s a tourism location since the sarcophagus was built and finish, I looked into going before the war, just not since the Russians invaded….
@@zolahVRlol, that was standard ukrocopium after forfeiting chernobyl. 10 trillion russian soldiers disintegrated from radiation
@@Pharmerlynda Same, I was literally planning a trip and then the war started. And yes, the radiation levels are low enough to visit. You still wouldn't want to dig up soil or live there but visiting a couple days is fine.
@@ryanhampson673 I will totally do it if this war would end…
This is my country's history, i really appreciate that you choose to react to this show, thank you ❤ you are the best
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
Sophie getting heated over the denial of events and details by those in charge following the explosion, was everything I needed this morning haha.
im so glad you took an art class... now you know how a Nuclear Reactor works.
19:01 And...the two soldiers behind Fomin? You are not overpowering them too. Besides, if you refuse, ahaha joke's on you, you'll either take a risk losing your life on the reactor, or the soldiers can just take you around the back and end your life right there.
In these miniseries, you guys will face the harsh reality of the Soviet Union
Soviet FBI. spies are everywhere
And the harsh reality of radiation….
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
@@НикитаГвоздаревare you really out here defending the soviet system?
@@yanginkosintantiso7153
Нет! Вернее не только! Я указываю на ослеплённость киноделов HBO антикоммунистической пропагандой, которая мешает им создавать приближенное к реальным событиям кино.
А даже если бы и защищал.
Что в этом плохого?
Happy new Year Sophie and Mair. Looking forward with you guys
I live in Scotland. The fallout reached us and affected agricultural policy. It still does to this day. Also, clusters of areas of increased cancer diagnoses in Scotland have been linked to Chernobyl
The real death toll can't be counted I'm sure.....illness all over the globe.
Didn`t you recon Maester Luwin from Game of Thrones? :D He is the KGB Dude
This series was so well done. And it’s crazy that it’s a true story! Can’t wait to see your reactions to all the episodes.
It's based on a true Story. It's certainly NOT an accurate depiction of historical events and personas.
@@bluewizzard8843 People like you need to learn 'dramatized' doesn't mean 'not accurate'. Stop being an idiot.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
@bluewizzard8843 it's a lot more accurate than Soviet officials tried to tell the world until their hands were forced.
Explanation on the reason touching the stuff was so bad.
Every time you get 2x closer to a radiation source you are getting 4x the radiation. 2x further is 1/4 the radiation.(Anything expanding in a sphere follows this pattern, sound, gravity, explosions, etc). Touching it is like 1000x worse than even being a few inches away. Being 1 inch away is 4x worse than 2 inches. 1/2 inch is 4x worse than 1 inch. 1/4 inch is 4x worse than 1/2 inch, etc...
The firefighters at Chernobyl knew what was could happen (unlike in the series) but went anyway. The Pripyat fire brigades were supposed to have radiation gear but it was backlogged. The 'taste of metal' is a common sign of radiation poisoning, it's caused by cells lining your mouth dying. It sometimes happens to chemotherapy patients too. Its also why they lose the ability to taste soon after.
16:37 The old fart: gives a long speech about following party rules;
This dude: aM i MiSsInG sOmEtHiNg?!
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
@@НикитаГвоздарев хрю-хрю, орк 🐷🐷
@@НикитаГвоздарев xᴘю-xᴘю, oᴘᴋ 🐷🐷
The ignorance of a populace will be their ultimate undoing, and it will be horrific.
One of the important things to realize about the kind of nuclear reactor they're talking about is that normally they CANNOT explode. Under normal conditions you can fire a missle into it and it won't explode.
But if a particular set of events happen in just the right order, the reactor turns into a low grade nuclear bomb and explodes. The chances of it happening is lower than the chances of winning the PowerBall three times in a row.
But at this time, at this place, everything fell into place. And BOOM!
They literally walk us through that in the eps coming up and the last ep is entirely about that. "How does an RMK reactor explode? Lies." Great line.
The guy lagasov killed himself at the exact time of the chernobyl explosion
Oh I didn’t know that that’s a nice detail.
@@ciaranbrk mom fascinated with events in history that left a mark so I like to learn as much as I can. That's why the first episode is a number it's the time of not only the explosion but his death was like a second later
Chernobyl Power Plant had 4 reactors. Reactor number 4 exploded in 1986, the other operated until they all got decomisioned in 2000 (2 shut down in 1991 due to an accident, 1 shut down in 1996, 3 was finally started being decomissioned in 1999). Imagine working in the other reactors knowing what happened literally 200 meters away from you.
Also there were other accidents there.
In 1982 reactor 1 partially melted down. No one noticed it for 7 hours and when it was discovered it was kept a secret.
In 1984 reactors 3 and 4 had serious incidents. According to declassified KGB documents, Soviets already knew in 1984 that Chernobyl Power Plant is the most dangerous power plant in the world.
In 1991 turbine in reactor 2 caught fire and the roof collapsed. They stopped using this reactor then.
Yes, they had a nuclear bunker in case of a nuclear attack. And I know you will probably get this further along. But this was a time of suppression and oppression in the USSR. These people were more scared of retribution than they were of radiation poisoning.
when they were yelling at him... His mind was already mush.
Am I missing something? Yeh. It’s Soviet Union.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
These were soviets. Their jobs were their lives, as far as the govt was concerned.
My question all through this series is how strict are our governments being to check our current nuclear reactors, keep them completely up to date, and emergency procedures. Its scary.
So to answer your question for what was going on at 8:57. That is the reactor undergoing a runaway fission reaction. Fission is when a heavy element like uranium or plutonium split into lighter elements and release energy. The fuel is close to each other so the particles thay fly off when they split hit other atoms to cause a chain reaction which in turn releases enormous amounts of heat and energy. In this case there is nothing controlling the reaction and the fuel is hot enough to the point that it essentially turns into radioactive liquid metal that is burning at over 2000 degrees Celsius. The problem with fission is that it produces a lot of radioactive waste products, which in this case are being mixed in with other materials and being sprayed all over the environment. Those two workers looked directly into the reactor with no protection whatsoever. They are essentially dead men walking at this point.
So, as the show will go on to explain, radiation is basically lasers blasting through everything in all directions and cooking organic matter inside and out, damaging your DNA (it’s why they fight cancer with radiation therapy - using the radiation to target cancer cells to kill them).
We’re all exposed to extremely low levels of radiation at all times, levels not high enough to damage our bodies within our lifespan. The total amount of radiation you can safely be exposed to in your lifetime has been calculated, and budgeted into what is essentially a daily dose of radiation. You can have X amount of rad exposure a day and it won’t have an adverse affect on you long term.
You and I will likely never encounter enough radiation in our daily lives to even have to think about it. But, dentists and doctors who work with X-ray machines have radiation badges that measure radiation exposure over a period of time, and when the badge indicates that it’s reached the exposure limit, the doctor cannot operate the X-ray again until a certain period of time has passed. This is to make sure they don’t exceed their cumulative lifetime exposure to radiation.
Being exposed to a nuclear reactor would be like experience a lifetime dose of radiation in one second. That’s not an exact scale, but it gives you an idea. And every second you’re exposed, another lifetime’s worth of radiation.
So being directly exposed to those “lasers” is bad enough, but once you’re no longer exposed, you’re no longer being irradiated.
For instance, you get an X-ray at the dentist, they shoot radiation into your mouth for the duration of a microsecond. You are only exposed to radiation in that microsecond, your mouth doesn’t become permanently irradiated.
However… breathe in radioactive dust particles, and now you have actively radioactive material inside your lungs, constantly dosing you with radiation for as long as it remains there.
So that’s why you’d wear a gas mask- not to protect yourself from direct exposure to radioactive rays (the “lasers”), because they will go right through your protective gear (except dense metals like lead), but to prevent yourself from inhaling radioactive particles and becoming permanently exposed to radiation from inside your body.
I'm wondering if these two call characters dumb and stupid for not knowing how to operate a mobile phone while watching a show about ancient Rome. Because this reaction is pretty much like that
Chernobyl is in Ukraine, and at the time, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union (USSR), which was Russia plus a lot of countries all under Russian control.
USSR was one country, not many countries.
please continue with this series! this is an amazing show and would love to see your reactions!
Looking forward to seeing your reactions to this show. It was really fascinating and sad. And to think this really happened is even more crazy. Especially the fact those in charge went into Cover You Own Ass Mode from the jump!
I had a friend once who was Belarus and had been in Minsk when all this happened. He later died of a very rare type of thyroid cancer. The thyroid absorbs iodine. If he had taken iodine pills it would have probably saved his life. As it was his thyroid absorbed radioactive iodine that blew over Minsk from Chernobyl. That rare form of thyroid cancer was not so rare after Chernobyl.
Iodine blocks some radiation from affecting your thyroid, which is the most common place to see cancer from lower doses.
So glad you two are watching this series
wow. this woman is extremely opinionated for someone who doesn't understand what's going on.
It's crazy, everyone starts out more afraid of being punished by the government and unconcerned about the radiation. Each character has their own transition to understanding and fearing the radiation more.
not crazy, that’s communism
Love your channel! Excited for another year of reactions!
Very nice, great show and mostly accurate to the real events!
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
yessss guys
one of the best series out there
Great reaction, looking forward to the rest.
can yall finish a show first 😂
Sophie was right on the money when she said, "They weren't educated as to how that stuff was dangerous." The common folk did not have any idea how dangerous radiation was. Maybe the engineers and scientists had some idea, but it still would have been fairly speculative for many of them.
Такая же спекулятивная как и бредовая идея, что люди страны с самым большим уровнем образования не знали о вреде от радиации!
i binge watch this show last month but i’ve known the show when it came out just always forgot to watch it lol
The iodine pills issue is important...you noticed it when she asked about iodine pills and the man asked why they would stock them. The reason they would is because one of the main products of a nuclear power accident is almost always radioactive iodine, and the human thyroid takes that radiation in very quickly...but it is very very easy to counteract that issue entirely by having everyone take stable iodine in pill form so that their thyroids are all so full of the safe iodine that they cannot take in any of the radioactive iodine. The fact that the Soviets did not stockpile stable iodine pills is a major cause of the deaths from Chernobyl, shows how lax the safety protocols around Chernobyl were, and stands in stark contrast to the way iodine is distributed to people that live near nuclear power reactors pretty much everywhere else in the world.
Percy Jackson, Bridgerton, and Chernobyl! All bangers so far!
The really sad part in this is that one man actually died in the explosion and is still somewhere inside the plant. I cant say if it was in the reactor hall or but there is a memorial wall and everything there with he’s name.
his not he is, and two actually, but only one will be acknowledged here because he died then and there,
Valery Khodemchuk died instantly in the northern pump hall as a result of the explosion.
but the one who got stuck,
Vladimir Shashenok received thermal burns after a beam fell on him and fractured his ribs in Room 604. He went unconscious and died later at Pripyat hospital.
Before watching this show o wasnt even aware that people died in this event let alone the unthinkable toeture the radiation did. I never did any proper research and i just assumed that everyone in the area was evacuated and that was it.
radiation is basically shooting billions of particles out in all directions like a bullet, except tiny. so its not like a poison gas or a chemical substance really. so gas masks and suits and stuff help only partially, unless they're thick/dense enough to stop the radiation "bullet" (think the heavy lead-lined pads they put on you when you get an xray).
If you only get hit by a few seconds worth of "bullets" from a moderate distance away, from a relatively small source, you will probably not feel any negative effects, kinda like an xray, since the bullets are small enough, and in small enough numbers, that you'll be okay. However, some of the people here look right at the open blown up reactor, where the vast majority of the radioactive material is, so even if they only look for a few seconds from far away, they're essentially shot to pieces. they look like they've been badly sunburned, they will start to bleed immediately all over as if they were shot by a billion mini bullets, so on. eventually they will die.
The firefighter touched a rock that was radioactive, so while the rock isn't as big as the open reactor, since he was touching it, basically its shooting all its bullets right into his hand for a few seconds, which is why his hand is toast. its not like touching a dangerous chemical that needs to get past the glove material before touching your skin, the radiation bullets just shoot right past the glove and penetrate the body.
The nurse asks if they have iodine pills. From what I understand (someone correct me if im wrong), this is because one of the common radioactive particles is a radioactive version of iodine. your body doesn't know the difference between radioactive vs. non radioactive iodine, so it will use any available iodine you ingest for bodily functions. if you have radioactive iodine in your body, it will use it. it will shoot its radioactive "bullets" into your body for a very long time. if you take iodine pills beforehand, your body will use that iodine in the body, and the radioactive iodine you ingest will become excess waste that your body gets rid of, so it doesn't stay inside you for very long.
Okay i need to explain this because i got a hint that you guys didn't understand all of it. I must say i absolutely love the history of pripiat and this accident so i would like to explain.
So before 25:34 and to explain it well.
in order to carry out an experiment, within the framework of a system in which training was scarce, and in which there was no independent regulatory body.
The Soviet Union did not have an independent system of inspection and assessment of the safety of nuclear facilities, that is, a regulatory body, as in Western countries.
Reactor four of the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin nuclear power plant, better known as Chernobyl, blew up. The operators had tried to lower the power of the reactor, that was the Safety test, lowering the intensity of the reactor to almost the minimum (the hotter the core of a reactor is, the more stable it is), but their countermeasures arrived late. In just one second, two consecutive explosions occurred. The second revealed the entrails of a nuclear reactor destroyed and devoured by a fire. The negative reaction of that scientist who denied everything is basically because he knew that not only would they fire him if he didn't tell the truth, they would kill him. It was also because in reality this test was not supposed to be done by the early morning workers because they were not as experienced, he had high hopes of moving up in that job, that's why he lied about the disaster and everything that happened.
1980's Soviet Union the "state" is right and everyone else is wrong and will be pay with their lives if you question anything.
I would encourage you to watch the 5 min behind the scene/ask the writer after the HBO show after each episode. They explain what is true and what was adapted for storytelling purposes. I think you will be astonished with the information. In fact, I’d be really interested erected in your reaction watching it too. They also point to where to research the historical facts.
Happy New Year! you're gonna enjoy this show
so a couple things to bring in some context:
1, when they ask each other if they can "taste metal in the air", that means there bodies are absorbing high amounts of radiation and are going through the early stages of "acute radiation sickness" which depending on how much the body absorbed, it could be either negligible or absolutely fatal. in this case theyre absorbing so much radiation at such a fast rate that theyre basically being microwaved where they stand.
2, as for the black rocks the fire fighter was touching, that is graphite shielding for the fuel rods inside a reactor core. to put it simply, its highly radioactive and super toxic material. heres a better explanation someone else made regarding the subject:
"The graphite has the possibility of occasionally absorbing a neutron which causes it to become 'activated'. As such, it's now radioactively unstable and will emit radiation. The incredible Neutron flux present inside of a power reactor core means that just about any material that is inside of the core will be activated to the degree where it is very hazardously radioactive. Additionally, it is also contaminated by fission products released from the fuel at the time of the reactors destruction.
Radiation burns like that are possible with extremely high levels of localized exposure. However the show does quite exaggerate how quickly those burns would set in. The show depicts the burn setting in within minutes for dramatic purposes. In reality it would take at least 30 or so minutes before it would start to swell and be painful. Longer still for the skin to start to break down."
Huge like. I agree. This will be an amazing year. My heart goes out to you guys ❤. Bless you all 😇
Hopefully you 2 actually finish this show
Better call Saul please..you guys really left the show ?
I'm not gonna add to the LOL SOVIET UNION and the LOL IT'S THE 80'S here but i feel like a masochist, I love watching Americans react to this series 😂 i was gestated literally under the cloud of this in Ukraine, born in june of 86. My mom was sunbathing under it, blissfully ignorant because the government said what it said, watching it while on the beach, trusting all the lies. This is how the world was.
Sadly the world still have governments and the media in their pockets lying to it's citizens. It may not be done in the same ways but one of the best ways to have people comply or go along with the lies is to have them believe they are "free" and "the best nation" while keeping them in a nation centric bubble and utilizing algorithms to funnel the biased information to the people. Majority of the masses believe what they see on tv or are too busy just trying to survive each day to notice anything outside of themselves or family. Or worse they know but feel powerless to stop any of it and sadly they're likely right about that.
19:08 - They are in Soviet Russia, working for the government- there is no “fire me” or “I’m walking off”. People who did not do what they were ordered to do, died. End of statement.
This Soviet Ukraina ser
You should put which episode it is in the title so we can figure out what you're actually watching this upload.
19:15 there is no fired
the only thing that saved us in Denmark was the wind!! crazy shit
Please remember this is the first time in history that something like this has happened. These guys had no idea whatsoever, and there are some other reasons as well the show will go into more later on
This was like being exposed to thousands of X- Rays.
That is how people didnt recognised superman. He is the guy wearing glasses from the beggining
The closer you get to the radiating source, the worse off you'll be. So the dude that picked up a piece of the core? Instant reaction. Vasily? Took a while. Men working the plant that were close- worse off, way quicker. This all depends on how much iradiated the thing is- on some things you can get close and be OK. Still today if you walked up to what's left of this melt down? Dead.
Aw shit here we go again
Think of your body like an ice cube, you melt and you can’t be put back together
I remember when we here in the UK found out about Chernobyl a few day's after it happened, the black cloud from Chernobyl travelled towards Western Europe where we in Western Europe were warned about the Black Toxic Cloud. Many countries in Western Europe took stringent measures for their citizens. It was very scary here in England where I come from knowing about this Cloud and what it contained. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 There was no Radiation protection suits at Chernobyl just Chemical suits, this Nuclear Reactor Explosion happened when the Soviet Union ( USSR) was around and where Chernobyl was situated was in Ukraine which was part of the Soviet Union which is known as Russia. The Soviet Government believed that non of there Nuclear Power Stations would have an accident, so there was no Radiation Suits at Chernobyl just Chemical suits that are not the right protection and give no protection against Radiation. Even the Heroic Firemen had absolutely no protection that is why they all eventually died painfully. It's no joke and saying it's crazy is not the right word and very disrespectful to those who died because of this actual true event.
ey, that's something I'll gladly join up for again
With love from Lithuania
Please continue Succession! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Dyatlow´s son died in a nuclear accident on a submarine. So he was a bittered man. But he was not as bad as the show shows him.
This was the very first time a nuclear melt down had happen. There wasn't much rules because they believed it couldn't happen
Incorrect. The 3 mile Island meltdown happened in 1979 but was quickly contained with minimal radiation being released. Chernobyl was not a meltdown, at least not at first. It exploded and then began melting down a few days later. And there were rules. They just ignored them. You find this out if you actually watch this series
Wow...YT is really messing around with the search algorithms...I have searched specifically for reaction videos to the Chernobyl series for each of the last 4 days, and today is the first time your reaction has showed up in the search results. Sorry your channel is being so heavily de-emphasized.
Here is a sort of standard comment I post on this series...hope you do not mind me copy/pasting it.
The more you learn about the history of the RBMK reactor and of the Chernobyl power plant, the more you may come to feel that a lot of context is left out of the show, and it could have been more accurate if it had revealed some of that...but that only matters if you intend to keep learning about the disaster after you are done with the show. Also, it is important to remember that this show has very few lessons regarding nuclear power in the West...it pretty much only applies to the Soviet Union or other similar totalitarian society.
This a really good series...one of the best ever made...but the producers did get some things wrong. Some things were changed intentionally for the purposes of storytelling, and the makers of the series put in a series of notes at the end of the last episode of the series explaining some of them. They also have a podcast that they put out along with the show in which they talk about other things they altered from the history and why. However, I do recommend you check out the History vs Hollywood article on Chernobyl when you are done watching the whole series, so you can find out about the other things that the producers got wrong that they do not admit to. Definitely wait until you are done with the series so you do not spoil anything for yourself.
It is scary how clueless almost all reactors are to this series.
I always love watching people from the USA react to stuff, it makes me feel like I am not the most stupid person out there. Thank you for proving that even when presented with the information in front of you you chose to belive something else entierly.
Guys, I think you need to lower the lights a bit... You need to create a more cozy background. Everything around you is too white, too bright, it hurts my eyes. I can't focus on the movie clips in the middle of the screen.
Episodes 3 and 4 will destroy you...
Don't forget this is during the time of the USSR...It's all about secrets and info held back. You go along to get along.
I just found your video. This series is historically accurate. You first need to understand some things about the Soviet mentality. First" Image" is the most important thing to them. If an accident occurs , to report info about it , is just as bad as the actual incident itself. You cannot refuse to do something if your told to..If you don't you are shot on the spot or sent off to prison. So no one refuses. In the Soviet Union, the KGB (Soviet Secret Police) classified the nuclear industry as "secret" thats why there isnt much knowledge by workers. There are no safety equipment, no procedures in place.
Only top authorities and scientists knew about nuclear energy. They do take film makers license with the effects of radiation. If your at a place where a nuclear bomb explodes your killed from the heat. Radiation works much more slowly over days, weeks, months, years depending on the level of exposure. So those immediate effects are not true.
Also you CANNOT get radiation poison from a contaminated person once their cloths are removed and their body washed.
Each episode gets worse. So be ready for it. You will not find out what exactly happened and why until the last episode
she didnt knew what a power plant is? lol
@@andralfoo why do you just comment on their channel to be rude? I’ve seen all of your comments on their channel and it’s always some snarky BS. You’re a loser. Go find a friend.
Oh your reactions to this show will be entertaining to watch... 👀
Ooooo yas yall checking this out. So interesting and sad. Also why men can not be left alone with science.
This show slaps
19:43 What they did wrong was listen to Dyatlov instead of following proper safety procedure. Dyatlov wanted this test to be complete at all costs so he could satisfy his bosses. What they should have done was shut down the test against Dyatlov's wishes.
That’s fiction, in real life Dyatlov was just their to observe. Akimov and toptunov were more at fault.
Dyatlov is my man!!!!
4:05 Mair must think all white guys look alike
This series is disturbing, but please be aware this is a fictional work, some of the historical figures were villanized for no good reason other than political propaganda and Entertainment. Remember this is a american movie about their big political enemy, sadly historical accuracy has suffered because of this.The figure of dyatlof is probably the most aggrecious case of that. The real dyatlof had nothing to do with this machiavellian and incompetent Version of the guy that he is portrayed as in the Show. He didn't tried to blame others. The real guy was described as a a tough but competent and fair boss by his subordinates.
Фантастически воссозданая эпоха!
(Ключевое слово «Фантастически»)
То есть выдуманное под трипом от героина и ягод «Антикоммунистической клюквы» не первой зрелости.
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she thought it was a bomb???? how uneducated
Anatoly sytnikov 1940-1986
Dyatlov was not at all like he's portrayed. He realized what was wrong fairly soon, and tried to minimize damage. He never threatened anyone.
Likewise the radiation poisoning took hours to show these symptoms, not minutes.
This much radiation btw would require lead shielding.
The series took a lot of artistic liberties (like the exact cause of the explosion) but the basic shape of events is pretty damn accurate.
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You guys should react to some horror movies like the Conjuring or Insidious or Hereditary
Y’all are cute.
CAN YOU STOP CLAPPING YOUR HANDS?!??!
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this series is the best education on how dangerous nuclear power is, if it is not VERY well build and maintained. but companies are all about cutting costs...so think about this.