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Chernobyl Ep.3

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Edgar Gonzalez

I don't know why, but as much as I like this show, it scares me. What if something like this happens here in San Diego CA? 😱

Dan63

Technology is better now “ how the reactors are made”and this event was negligence.

Jason Yaeger

There is 1 working reactor in the state of California and it's due to be shut down in 2025. I think you're safe form this happening close to you

girlygirl9983

@33:19 is BJ talking about masks for COVID break out? Lol @41:10 I am so pissed at this situation, I thought the wife had nothing to live for other than her husband but she actually did and ruined it probably

girlygirl9983

Me Googling "do i live near a nuclear power plant" and "how far" Lol

Jesse McAdams

What did you think the communist Soviet Union was like? Don't want to sound rude or anything. Just curious.

Daniel Moskowitz

It was definitely a design flaw. They'll explain later

Karim

I wasn’t ready for 40:47 wow!

Vigorous Strongs

ASIA, BJ, and all members here, at timestamp 34:53, on the sign hammered to the steel fence, what it says in the Russian language I translated for you in English, and I quote, "Comrades! Our task: To ensure daily advancement of the drift face by 13m (meters)." I just thought you were wondering and wanted to know what it was written.

Dan Gershgol

This event was the nail in the coffin that brought down the Soviet Union. People were just fed up with the lies. The depiction of the radiation sickness was slightly “Hollywood” in this episode for the shock factor.

Kain D. Zero

The nurse should have told her why she can't touch him. Gross negligence

Vigorous Strongs

ASIA, BJ, and all members here, in my previous comment under this video, I translated the sign that was written in the Russian language. If you want to know what it means, here's the meaning that Grok AI had given to me. I hope this helps. What does "Comrades! Our task: To ensure daily advancement of the drift face by 13m (meters)" mean? The phrase "Comrades! Our task: To ensure daily advancement of the drift face by 13m (meters)" likely originates from a context related to Soviet or communist-era rhetoric, often associated with industrial or mining operations. Let's break it down: "Comrades!": A common form of address in socialist or communist contexts, used to rally workers or collective groups, emphasizing camaraderie and shared purpose. "Our task": Indicates a collective goal or directive, often issued by a leader or authority figure to motivate a group toward a specific objective. "To ensure daily advancement of the drift face by 13m": This refers to a specific target in underground mining or tunneling. A drift face is the working surface at the end of a drift, which is a horizontal or near-horizontal tunnel excavated in mining or tunneling operations. Advancement by 13m means the goal is to extend the drift (tunnel) by 13 meters each day through excavation, blasting, or other methods. In essence, this is a motivational or directive statement, likely from a mining operation, urging workers to achieve a daily progress of 13 meters in extending a tunnel or drift. The tone and language suggest a historical or ideological context, possibly from Soviet propaganda or a similar collectivist work environment, where such goals were framed as part of a broader communal effort. Or you can copy and paste this link... https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtNA%3D%3D_88417119-94d9-42f4-9ed2-12edb4c6d8bb

Kain D. Zero

I remembered a joke a "Russian" (not sure if he was a real Russian) told: A man goes into a bar and orders H2O. A comrade joins him and says he wants H2O2. He is dead now. I've now seen many versions of the joke but the "Russian" version was funniest.

Kain D. Zero

The burial scene made me tear up. I don't remember crying the first time when I watched this series.

Kain D. Zero

I believe the reason why people are not told is because the ones in the know are not prepared for people panicking and not prepared to handle the mass movement and everything that goes along with it while they are first trying to have enough people to maintain the situation before things get worse.

Kain D. Zero

There will be a lot of unpleasant stuff and one I feel the absolute worst about seeing that breaks my heart every time.

Rayna & Mike Sitter

Not only did the world react in a highly negative way, but this event directly led to the downfall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Dan Gershgol

That is Hollywood taking things to the extreme. Unrealistic. Don’t have to be that gorish to make the same point. The situation is horrific enough.

Eric

Spoiler Alert: The next episodes are even more intense. (This miniseries was magnificently done)

Eric

Asia: Trying to remember back to that time, I would have been about 30 years old. There was no internet, so we got our news by watching the evening news on one of the 3 main networks, and reading newspapers. Soviet Union was a secretive society (much like North Korea today) and they had HUGE influence over many other communist countries next to them (Such as Poland, East Germany, etc) so those people and governments kept quiet. Other countries, like Norway and so on most likely lodged some sort of formal complaint with the United Nations or something, demanding better information from the Soviets. Things were tense to be sure, but no one wanted to escalate something like that for fear of starting an actual war (Just like today with Putin and Ukraine and Trump, etc).

Ms Vanillabean

I don’t think it would have stopped her.

Kain D. Zero

Me neither. As a spouse if I were her I would have wanted to know what I was getting myself into. I probably wouldn't have been able to keep myself from hugging my wife if she was in his place even knowing about the radiation. I would have asked for a hazmat suit or something like that though if one was available for me.

Orca

That has actually been a debate about its accuracy among different scientists, doctors and even witnesses since the show first came out. Some insist the depiction is unrealistic and “Hollywood,” especially those who use Hiroshima victims as comparative “evidence” for what ARS looks like. But because the circumstances of the exposure victims of the two events experienced are pretty dramatically different, comparing victims as definitive evidence is very problematic. Some of the firefighters, like Ignatenko spent hours right among a lot of debris that was continuously emitting very significant radiation right next to the still burning reactor, and their only protection were wet clothes, whereas many of the bombing victims who faced direct exposure who survived the blast didn’t face the same unprotected prolonged exposure to such a high level of radiation. Although many of the victims who died in the first few days have been described as looking like living zombies with skin just sliding and falling off (check out the works of survivor Keiji Nakazawa for some graphic descriptions for reference) A better comparison is a man named Hisashi Ouchi who was directly exposed to extreme radiation from an accident at a uranium processing facility and died after 83 horrific days. but again, comparing victims of these events is not great because of how different the events and circumstances of exposure were. Apparently much of the show’s depiction was based off of Ignatenko’s widow’s description of her husband and photos of some other victims when they were dying, which some doctors and scientists say is accurately shown in the miniseries. Bottom line, it seems like there is no real consensus about the accuracy of what they depicted, and arguments (with varying levels of validity) can be made either way.

Bill B.

I’m watching the next episode now and already crying. It is a rough one. Something you don’t often see on tv or movies for a reason.

Bill B.

It’s ironic. Only in a dictatorship do you have a culture where everyone covers up their mistakes, out of fear of being killed for being “disloyal” by being honest. At the same time only a dictatorship can force people to fix these mistakes by making them work in conditions that result in certain death, whether death comes next week or in a few years. I saw this show when it came out but on rewatch I realize I never truly appreciated it the first time. R.I.P. to all who died and gave their own lives to prevent others from dying. And a big F you to Communist dictatorships.

Fhaide

My grandfather was a coal miner, whenever I see things about coal miners in those days I always think about him. He died from it, black lung they called it.