Chernobyl on HBO

[ABMax24]

Just watched the first episode of this and it almost makes a person sick what the Soviets did. I've done a lot of research on the Chernobyl disaster but watching it like this brings it to another level.

It's just the first 1 hr part of a 5 part mini-series but if the next four are like the first it ought to be good.

Here's the trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8

 

[Luke The Drifter]

I’m going to have to see how to get HBO for this one. I’m a history geek and this stuff fascinates me. It’s pretty wild how that whole area is like a time capsule. I’ve read and watched a number of blogs, documentaries and vlogs on Chernobyl. How the soviets thought they could sweep that under the rug is mind blowing. I guess there’s several large yards of equipment, trucks and aircraft that are left to rot since they’re so heavily contaminated with radiation, no one can be around them.

 

[ABMax24]

We used Crave to get it, basically an account similar to Netflix.

So far it seems to be factually correct.

The whole event was absolutely the worst thing that could have happened, from poor reactor design, to poor training of operators, bad procedures and a botched SCRAM test.

Apparently there are tours you can take of some of the less contaminated areas, and they show the abandoned buildings and areas just as they were left, and also that equipment.

I believe by time the disaster was cleaned up they gave half a million workers their maximum lifetime dose of radiation during the cleanup work. Some workers were brought in for as little as 45 seconds of work before receiving that dose and being sent home.

 

[sledneck__11]

Worked in the northern sask uranium mines for about 7 years. Its pretty powerfull stuff. Some pretty interesting things one sees lol. But after all ive been around im still pro uranium it just has to be respected. I would like to see several mini reactors more easily controlled then just a large one. What they did to that reactor and how they pushed it out of its limits is no one faults but there own and so many people were harmed by it

 

[ABMax24]

Worked in the northern sask uranium mines for about 7 years. Its pretty powerfull stuff. Some pretty interesting things one sees lol. But after all ive been around im still pro uranium it just has to be respected. I would like to see several mini reactors more easily controlled then just a large one. What they did to that reactor and how they pushed it out of its limits is no one faults but there own and so many people were harmed by it

I would agree, its a very reliable long term way to generate power. The problem is of the 454 operable reactors worldwide the general public only knows of three; Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima.

 

[sledneck__11]

Ya exactly and i mean who wouldnt be scared because of those 3. The U.S has quite a few reactors along the coast line as well as a few in bc was told aswell. There are quite a few new ones being built right now and a few that are being shut down/decomished due to just being old and not being fit to operate. The issue to me is foreign countries building shady reactors not meeting the proper requirements/safety standards the uranium inspections should be global not just by country to make sure everyone follows the same set of rules to build/maintain reactors safely

I would agree, its a very reliable long term way to generate power. The problem is of the 454 operable reactors worldwide the general public only knows of three; Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima.

 

[ABMax24]

Ya exactly and i mean who wouldnt be scared because of those 3. The U.S has quite a few reactors along the coast line as well as a few in bc was told aswell. There are quite a few new ones being built right now and a few that are being shut down/decomished due to just being old and not being fit to operate. The issue to me is foreign countries building shady reactors not meeting the proper requirements/safety standards the uranium inspections should be global not just by country to make sure everyone follows the same set of rules to build/maintain reactors safely

I think that's part of the reason the Canadian CANDU reactor found itself in many foreign countries, so they would have a probable chance at a safe operating reactor.

On a side note the CANDU design is now licensed by the Federal Government to Candu Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin. Funny how SNC-Lavalin shows up with all these government contracts.

 

[papajake]

would you want those crooks building a nuclear reactor with trudumb running the show just build them all in Quebec

 

[ABMax24]

Episode 2 was great as well. But man the incompetence of the Soviet leadership is mind boggling. "We're pretty sure the reactor is open, we're pretty sure there's enough radiation to kill you, we're going to send you in to check radiation levels anyway."

 

[Luke The Drifter]

Episode 2 was great as well. But man the incompetence of the Soviet leadership is mind boggling. "We're pretty sure the reactor is open, we're pretty sure there's enough radiation to kill you, we're going to send you in to check radiation levels anyway."

“It’s about as much radiation as a chest X-ray” . Meanwhile people are getting severe burns and their skin is melting off.

 

[ABMax24]

On opening the sluice gates of the bubbler pools.

"Why should we do this? For what? 400 rubles."
"You'll do it because it must be done. You'll do it because no-one else can, if you don't millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough I won't believe you."

Could you imagine being one of those 3 men, walking into almost certain death? At least if you were a soldier during war you'd have a chance of going home.

 

[NoBrakes!]

On the tours, people have left and taken change/money found there and now its in circulation.... dick move

 

[neilsleder]

On the tours, people have left and taken change/money found there and now its in circulation.... dick move

Nice to have those coins in your front pocket!

 

[neilsleder]

How many episodes are there? I watched 2 last night but that’s all that were available

 

[pfi572]

How many episodes are there? I watched 2 last night but that’s all that were available

Five episodes

 

[lilduke]

Nice to have those coins in your front pocket!

The cell phone in your pocket is already frying your junk, might as well have some radio active coins.

 

[neilsleder]

The cell phone in your pocket is already frying your junk, might as well have some radio active coins.

Sadly true lol

 

[AreWeThereYet]

Nice to have those coins in your front pocket!

The cell phone in your pocket is already frying your junk, might as well have some radio active coins.

I don't keep my cell phone in my front pocket cause my dink is too big.

 

[lilduke]

I don't keep my cell phone in my front pocket cause my dink is too big.

Could be in your back pocket and still fry your balls. lmao

 

[neilsleder]

I don't keep my cell phone in my front pocket cause my dink is too big.

Said no white guy ever lol