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[@ZachValkyrie]

I don't think it's actually explained in the show, but when the characters say: "Do you taste metal?" that's EXTREMELY serious. The metal they are tasting is airborne fission product dust escaping from the nuclear fuel itself, which are screamingly radioactive. If you taste them, it's already too late.

[@mscheese000]

Not too late to survive, but yeah at that point you know there's already been a horrible accident.

[@sydIRISH]

People know it well enough to know the people who are saying it are fucked.

[@maksphoto78]

The reason those firement died so quickly of radiation is because they spent absolute ages on the site, making sure all fires are put out and don't reignite. If they left as soon as the fires were put out, some of them would have lived.

[@s177p]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGachHiMaN6crZY Translate subtire!!!!

[@roboguard96]

maksphoto78 the sheer amount of radiation as well. They were last seen in the episode walking into what was the pump room for the reactor and the open reactor, an area where pikalov can only get close to covered head to toe in a hazmat suit (for the time) and lead shielding everywhere. I’m pretty sure their bodies absorbed some of the highest levels of radiation known to man.

[@DesertSun0]

The guy who held the reactor door open and ended up bleeding from the hip survived. His name is Sasha Yuvchenko. He needed a ton of skin grafts and eventually developed leukemia but he lived well into the 2000's.

[@Southlondonrider92]

Maybe let them watch the show first.

[@menelutz2805]

X-9000 bruh.. I wouldn’t say “live well” but ok..

[@maksphoto78]

Before meeting the guys in the corridor, he and another guy went outside to take a look at what happened. Yuvchenko turned around the corner and saw the destroyed reactor 4 building, with a beam of blue light shooting up into the sky from where the reactor was supposed to be. It was intense radiation ionising the air. His coworker pulled him back around the corner quickly.

[@arthasmenethil5752]

@@menelutz2805 In such circumstances.. yup, it is "well"...

[@heatherwheeler8330]

he was a lucky tough man, considering most of the firefighters in direct contact died within 2 weeks.

[@richardadams8036]

I still Remember Chernobyl, my Mom forbid me to play in the Sandbox and dont eat Fruits and stuff which grew in the Fields or Woods. And we feared the Toxic Rain here in Germany, even beeig so Young back then, it still had a huge Impact.

[@Kissamiess]

We were in Northen Sweden. My doctor mom made everyone eat iodine salt.

[@richardadams8036]

Just European Kids things.

[@weisthor0815]

remember that too. to this day it´s dangerous to harvest mushrooms in some parts of germany, and wild boars regularly are highly radiated. every boar has to be tested before it´s meat can be sold. there is even one case where a radiation alarm went of in a czech nuclear power plant, and the reason for it was the boar meat a worker brought for lunch.

[@hennavesterinen3097]

I didn't know about Chernobyl (and my family wasn't aware of the danger), even though I lived in the northernmost area of the fallout. Everyone in my family ate mushrooms, berries, fish; anything that was considered natural and healthy. Both me and my cousin were diagnosed with thyroid cancer when we were in our twenties - two decades after the explosion. We both survived, but I still think sometimes, that maybe we could have avoided that hardship in our lives if our parents had known better.

[@EBTcraft15]

@@Kissamiess Germany, Sweden....*laughs in romanian. They didn't even tell us until a week later.

[@mrspidey80]

The actor's name is Jarred Harris. He's the son of the late Richard Harris (the first Dumbledore).

[@aegon1targaryen208]

Bruh instant like because y’all watching this!! You ladies rock!! It’s a tough watch but it’s important to know what happened there!! Nothing but respect and love always!!

[@Jordan-Ramses]

Mikhael Gorbachev said that the cost of the cleanup brought down the Soviet Union but i think it was that people (including much of the government itself and the KGB) lost faith in the government. This wasn't the only accident others were covered up. They felt if they didn't bring down the Communist government things like this would keep happening.

[@vladme5335]

@@Jordan-Ramses Gorbachev did not mean that "cost of the clean up" of Chernobyl brought it down, he meant that this ncident was the last drop to bring down the whole communist system. The soviet union and the whole system had been on its path to failure already. Almost all of the republics and people, except Russia itself, had been fed up with this shit, wanted to get out of this system and get the independance. It would have happened anyway, sooner or later

[@s177p]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGachHiMaN6crZY Translate subtire!!!!

[@michaeltabor4176]

When watching this, keep in mind that this was Cold War era USSR. Information was held very closely, projecting strength was crucial, and Communist Party leaders had the ultimate say. Refusing an order was not really a viable option if you didn't want to be imprisoned/executed. Regarding why they wouldn't believe it exploded. At the time that this accident happened, a core explosion was thought to be physically impossible. Not just improbable...impossible. The worst that the physicists and engineers thought could happen was a meltdown. Anything you hear in Russian during the series are actual recordings which is why they were left in the original language.

[@greendayforever2k9]

Well technically the core itself didn't explode, was a steam explosion that blew bits of the core everywhere. So they were kinda right in that the nuclear material itself didn't explode.

[@michaeltabor4176]

@@greendayforever2k9 Correct, but even that was thought to be impossible because the information regarding the positive void coefficient had been suppressed. Unfortunately, this was a perfect storm.

[@jarskil8862]

@@greendayforever2k9 1st Steam explosion occured which blew the lid of. That let Oxygen and Hydrogen react with Extremely hot graphite. That led into 2nd explosion that blew graphite and other shiet everywhere.

[@Horesmi]

Nah the communist party wouldn't execute people or imprison on the spot for voicing an opinion. Some of the scenes with death threats are way overboard. You'd only loose you communist party membership, your job and your livelihood, nothing major.

[@sydIRISH]

These girls are young, they've been indoctrinated to believe that WE are bad...freedom is bad. That COMMUNISM is good. Why? I don't know. Watch this show, then tell me communism is good.

[@yiledute]

xD not even a show like Chernobyl it's safe from the thirst!

[@ImonSnow]

👀

[@shadowfire_08]

@@ImonSnow hahaha easy tigers

[@NerdChronic]

It was definitely the least thirsty reaction they've had in a while, being so stressed but they managed to work it in 😆

[@s177p]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGachHiMaN6crZY Translate subtire!!!!

[@fadechillypep1344]

excuse me?

[@natskivna]

I was 22 years old in 1986. I remember this incident very well. Chernobyl was indeed a worldwide event, but at the same time we in the west knew very little of what was actually occurring. In the next several episodes, you will witness some unbelievable heroism took place to essentially save half of Europe from radiation contamination that could have lasted centuries that we knew nothing about at the time. Here in America, we were told what was known but remember in 1986, the Soviet Union still existed and very little information was passed on. We were still their mortal enemy even during such a calamity as this one. p.s. You can look up television archives of major news network coverage of Chernobyl right here on You Tube if you're so inclined.

[@briangil9592]

Don't research yet. The actual facts are far more terrifying. This is a softer version of the story

[@heatherwheeler8330]

yea, like the fact that one of the scientists is still buried in the remains of the reactor building.

[@bdailey85]

And the fact that the fucking walls melted

[@Parth-gx1nw]

Nothing has been ever seen even my robots. They just left it and covered it with a container

[@lanagievski1540]

It’s terrifying to me that it’ll still need to be maintained 50 years into the future and beyond

[@lithium23]

The show was actually way more alarmist than the truth of it in that there was no actual risk of the continent dying from it like they initially thought, which was the crux of the story. And many of the people who were supposed to be dead from radiation in years are still alive today or died of unrelated things.

[@cindycrewsbeach72]

Also the music was made from real sounds inside a plant like this. Machine versus man. We know how that goes...

[@silverspike1]

I know this is a brilliant score. It's what really helps gives scenes a constant feeling of unease.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

it's an incredible score, the composer deserves an awarard,for their work.

[@blakewilliams5627]

The old man was Maester Luwin, The Starks Maester from Game of Thrones. A lot of game of thrones actors appear in this.

[@mrspidey80]

The guy who got sent to the roof played Jori Cassel in Season one (dude who got stabbed in the eye by Jamie)

[@blakewilliams5627]

mrspidey80 I saw that scene so many times & never noticed that was Jory.

[@nicoledreamcr4666]

The leninists send their regards

[@ZachValkyrie]

@@nicoledreamcr4666 Excellent joke, Comrade. I shall seize it and redistribute it to the proletariat.

[@andyb1653]

The mountain tribe Cheiftain befriended by Tyrion is the "Then I'll do it myself" General, one of the Night's Watch lads is the soldier at the start of episode 4 with the old woman and her cow, and Roose Bolton is a court official in episode 5.

[@Cassxowary]

I was about a year and a half old and only a couple of countries away! I had to take iodine pills as a kid... a friend/neighbour I had as a kid and couldn’t play outside much, her brother was born blind because of it (they’re from a couple of countries away too)... luckily she was healthy too and so was he!

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

I live in Germany and I was 6 years old when this happened. I wasn't allowed to play outside for a while. Radioactive rain fell over large parts of Europe. Also today you should not eat mushrooms from the forests in southern Germany, because they have increased caesium-137-values.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

@Katsiaryna Saladukha I don't know how the radiation values in Belarus are in reality, but when I look at maps of the fallout, it doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. (1.bp.blogspot.com/_oa1egFvsu4o/SY3VSmtfmEI/AAAAAAAAAII/0AWb12k9rvs/s1600/tschernobyl+and+europa.jpg ) But like I said, I'm not an expert.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

That is why when you buy chanterelles in Germany to this day they will come from Russia. Because mushrooms from the bavarian forrest are still contaminated? I don't believe that for a second.

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

@@Quotenwagnerianer Mushrooms in the supermarket come out of the greenhouse anyway. So I have no idea what you mean. And if you don't want to believe that mushrooms in the forest can have an increased level of radiation, go pick mushrooms in the forest. I won't stop you. Enjoy your meal.😏

[@yasminesteinbauer8565]

@Fat Cat On open agricultural land, caesium disappears faster than in the forest. There is an ecological cycle in the forest which leads to the fact that such substances last much longer. On once affected fields in Germany, for example, it is no longer possible to detect increased radiation. Perhaps the released areas in Belarus are okay? In the case of mushrooms from the forest or wild boars (which eat these mushrooms), on the other hand, the limit values are often far exceeded even today. Every hunted wild boar is tested for radiation values, for example. And if the limit values are exceeded, the hunter is compensated by the state and the meat is disposed.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@yasminesteinbauer8565 Chanterelles can't be farmed. They don't grow under greenhouse conditions. They have to be picked in the forest , just like yellow boletus. Thats why they are seasonal whereas other mushrooms can be bought the enire year.

[@MaxResolve]

It's probably important for you ladies to know 2 important things moving forward: 1: The effects of radiation was not common knowledge in the 80's. 2: There is no saying "no" to the Soviet Union. You appear to be under the impression a lot of these characters have choices in the matter when really they have none.

[@lunagal]

GunslingerKT19 The scientists like Legasov knew.

[@MaxResolve]

@@lunagal Oh sure, I just mean like your average citizens like the people on the bridge.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

"1: The effects of radiation was not common knowledge in the 80's." Untrue. At least where I grew up it was school knowledge. Since Hiroshima and the threat of a global nuclear war, knowledge of the results of radiation was very widespread. But even with knowledge you can see people act against their better judgement in this show as well and paying the price. Because there is a huge span of what elevated radiation might do to you. In the extreme cases, like those workers who looked into the core it will kill you within days to weeks. In other cases you might get cancer, or not. And then we are at the same problem as with people putting toxins like alcohol or nicotin into their body. You are just increasing probabilities to get long term damage from that. But humans are never good with making good judgement calls about things that "might" happen to them in 10 to 30 years as a result to exposure to toxins or radiation.

[@sydIRISH]

Education in America isn't great...unless you're homeschooled or went to a private school. They teach that America is evil...that we are the result of ALL the evils of the world. Why do you think communism is seen as brave amongst young people? INDOCTRINATION. These girls are shocked because they've been lied to their entire lives!!!

[@katyb6979]

sydIRISH Agreed! How can anyone NOT have heard about Chernobyl? Are people actually THAT stupid? No wonder the world is going to hell in a handcart, when people who are allowed to vote are so brain dead!!

[@Valfrekr]

This was based on true events, and while it was a bit dramatized for the show, these things actually happened. Also, radiation poisoning isn't like a chemical spill or a toxic gas leak, you're dealing with radioactive atoms that tear DNA apart. The guy who started bleeding through his clothes was suffering from his cells being destroyed, and his body literally falling apart. BTW there's still "nuclear lava" boring down beneath the site of the reactor today. Being in the same room with it for more than a minute will kill you by the end of the day.

[@Cassxowary]

Wayne Worthy “a bit dramatized” some parts were watered down because it was so horrific... but yes

[@heatherwheeler8330]

yea, I agree some of the details may have been watered down and some may have been played up, but I believe they did it to help sell the story in the best tv appropriate way possible, I can't even imagine the preproduction process for this, they must have had a consultant who was an expert on the event and or interviwed/ talked to survivors and the families of the survivors of those involved,many are amazingly still alive,after servere and I mean servers radiation expisure and sickness. I can't even imagine the psychological effects the men who had to deal with this event, the guilty and the innocent just doing their jobs alike and the soldiers tasks with animal control patrol

[@thisisgoodfruit1618]

I had the same reaction when he said " Do you taste metal?". I made the mistake of watching the first episode while i was high asf (by myself mind you) and it put me in such a state of internal panic, it took me awhile before i could finish the rest of the mini series. But it just goes to show, things like this are very delicate and safety isnt garaunteed anywhere.

[@lloyd.griffiths]

My Grandfather worked at Moscow Hospital No.6. I remember him telling me that when the patients from the power plant were first admitted, they had no idea that they were contaminated with radiation. He was friends with a chief engineer at the plant, Anatoly Sitnikov. I remember the only time I ever saw my Grandfather cry was when he was telling us about the slow deterioration of Toyla, as he was called by close friends. He lived for around a month after the incident. The thing I found saddest was that they were childhood friends and this was the first time they’d seen each other in many years. That always stuck with me.

[@HeavilyArmed1]

The makers also have a Chernobyl Podcast. If you haven't already listened to it, you'll probably want to do so. It's incredible how much detail went into this drama.

[@s177p]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGachHiMaN6crZY Translate subtire!!!!

[@10yearslater_]

Oh boy, if you think this is stressful wait till the geiger counter sound lol

[@s177p]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGachHiMaN6crZY Translate subtire!!!!

[@tacitus6384]

"Okay old man, talk." Haha he's the worst of the lot.

[@jmwild1]

This was the first time in our history that a nuclear reactor exploded, and it was supposed to be impossible by design for the reactors the Soviets used to fail like this. What made it worse was this was the regime built by Stalin who purged (killed) Communist Party members who disagreed with him, and left behind loyalists only. This left a nation under extreme state control, and everyone from the top down that worked for the state trusted the information they were given. If there was a time to make a bad situation a hundred times worse, this was it.

[@jmwild1]

@H3Vtux That was what I was alluding to by "supposed to be impossible by design" without getting into the specifics. That's what is going through some of these peoples' heads right now. How does an RBMK reactor explode? Well, it doesn't, so it couldn't have. Even if some crackpot was leading the team at the controls, it couldn't happen. Except that it did.

[@user-jv3kq5fz7x]

Oh, how convenient it is to hang the mistakes of later liberals on Stalin, who died long before that, and was replaced, in fact, by the opposition)

[@heatherwheeler8330]

the fact that there were pages removed from the Manual, is important , it highlights the secrecy in the Soviet Union at the time, according to actual scientists , at the time, tons of books in public libraries on radiation were removed from Steve's and not avaluable to the civilian public

[@MrProteus616]

It's a great and powerful mini-series. It's less about the dangers of nuclear power rather a tale of human fallibility and the hypocrisy of power structures.

[@keithnphx63]

This is the most powerful TV show I've seen in years. So well written. So well acted. So well shot. I'm really looking forward to seeing you ladies as you watch this one. It's an amazing series.

[@queenigelkotte]

This is such a hard show to watch so proud of you for doing this. Love and respect from Sweden! Interesting fact, in the north of Sweden there are wild hogs that can't be killed because they are still radioactive and no one wants to get close to them. If one dies they have to be removed so their bodies don't go back into the ground and make it more radioactive. They dig up the earth where the radioactive debris landed which makes the area where the live very dangerous.

[@AlessaParker]

The actors speak in their natural accents because the showcreator thought that having them talk with fake Russian accents can easily come off as comical or distracting. This is mentioned in the official podcast which others here have already highly recommended. Very excited to see your reactions to the rest of the series. Get ready to continue being stressed.

[@MeatballCereal]

"This is our moment to shine." Oh you have no idea. You'll be glowing.

[@MichaelAury]

“That guy on the left looks like Tom Hardy” I choked

[@dlweiss]

Yup, this is the problem with any society where "the government is right no matter what." Because when a dangerous and unexpected mistake happens, no one wants to be the one to tell the government that it made an error. And so bad situations just get worse.

[@Jay-ln1co]

Scott Manley on KZbin made a very good rundown of the RBMK reactor and what actually happened on a technical side of things, but I suggest watching that after the last episode.

[@The_GuyWhoNeverUploadsAnything]

Yes! That's a great video if you want to know what went wrong with the reactor from a technical perspective.

[@ec1032am]

So glad you guys are reacting to this, it's a great mini series. My uncle who used to work for Dominion energy was actually about to be sent to Chernobyl after the incident, as part of an international energy team to do damage assessment and help out. He had to go to a sperm bank, because they weren't sure how it would affect his ability to have more children. Luckily for him the trip was cancelled for reasons unstated.

[@Apeshaft]

The guy who directed the show is Johan Renck, a swede... Fun fact: Back in the early 90's he was a pretty famous artist with a number of hits, both here in Europe and in the USA. He called himself "Stakka Bo" during this period for some reason... One of his biggest hits was "Here we go again". And here is a link to the official but very old video, just to lighten up the mood... Well, the girl in the video did commit suicide a few years ago, but that's about as happy as we can get here in Sweden.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXixfGCZhNmridU

[@Yggdrasil42]

Wait what?! I remember that artist. Didn't know it was the same guy.

[@PassiveSmoking]

Graphite is a form of carbon, most commonly seen in pencils (the black stuff in the middle). It's also used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

[@mangar3147]

This show is a masterpiece, glad you guys enjoy it even when its hard to watch

[@penfold7455]

14:05 - "Did this really happen?" Yep, this was the government of the Soviet Union back in 1986. (Some Russians say it's still like this now.)

[@luizmarinho6138]

That's Communism for ya.

[@jmwild1]

It's not Communism, it's Stalinism. A regime created by a ruthless genocidal dictator. So much for the workers of the world uniting.

[@HalfgildWynac]

That particular thing did not happen. It is a STORY with a logic; some events must be more dramatic than in real life (e.g., characters make poor decisions and face consequences). IRL no evacuation was immediately ordered (the reactor exploded at 1:24 am on Saturday, after all) but the residents were about as free to leave as any other day. The evacuation was decided Saturday night and started on Sunday. Fairly boring.

[@jarskil8862]

Well, modern Russia isnt communist, but there are now doctors suffering from radiation poisoning, due Russian Secret service is trying to hide severity of the missile test accident that happened recently. They brought people in hospital who we suffering from radiation sickness and were covered in radioactive dust. Only afterward they told to doctors whats going on.

[@sydIRISH]

@@luizmarinho6138 But it's SO TRENDY!!!!! Yeah, tell that to the people who fled real oppression to come here. I dare you!!!! They'll spit your face, before kicking your ass. And you'll deserve it!!!!!!

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

I've been waiting for this reaction for a while now. You two are in for a emotional rollercoaster.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

also, can we all stop and appreciate the work put into this show, like the cinematography, direction, actors, and especially the score, which is very haunting and use very well.

[@bmnbl]

Was waiting for this one :) You ladies are in for a ride! Btw this really happened and they said they had to pull down on the visual violence because it was just too gruesome for TV.

[@misiel33]

This is totally true. I am from Poland so we are free from russian influence since 1989 and I have heard many stories. This whole system assumed that everything has to be ok. There can be people dying but more important was not telling the truth because that would be bad for the country. Politicians were deciding about everything. For example each farmer had to take specific amount of fertilizer but it was too much for his field. So he couldnt give it back because he would put himself at risk. He had to dump it to the river or waste it somehow. It is hard to understand even for me and especially for a foreigner but it was really sick. Normal citizens could have been arrested and accused of spying and lost in set up lawsuit. But if you cooperate with the government then you had a flat or a car for free. Some people where reporting on others for these privileges and it was the worst. I grown up in a free country but the past put big pressure on me and my personality and I dont like it :) I am happy that times have changed :)

[@sydIRISH]

Why this new generation wants a political structure that has more deaths on it's hands than ALL the wars in history...COMBINED, is beyond me. Indoctrination at it's finest. Get educated kids....really educated.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

as am I, I am American and horrified at the past , yet I try to understand both sides of the story. the executives can easily be painted as villains, and many were, but we must try to understand the politics of the region at the time,it was very different from ours. to them, hiding the mistake, is more important to keep the population calm, then the truth.

[@penfold7455]

BTW, if the mustachioed "graphite-seer" looks familiar, that actor played Jory in the 1st season of Game of Thrones (...oh, and the old Communist party member that gave the pep talk played Maester Lewin on GoT, and the guy who played the one glasses-wearing head of the power plant played James Potter in the "Harry Potter" movies)

[@Myles720]

Excited you two are reacting to this. It’s very unpleasant at times, even horrifying but the creators tried to keep it as real as possible so the story would be told. I had to keep reminding myself when I first watched this that in 1986 people had no understanding of what radiation is or how harmful it could be hence the scene on the bridge with kids and families just watching in amazement.

[@mostdopejesus6199]

YASSSSSSSSSSS FINALLY THANK YOU CAN I GET AN AMEN lmao I’ve been wanting you guys to react to this

[@Billoo04]

Please wait to do research until after you've finished the 5 episodes!

[@SupernalOne]

Staring down into the burning core, the most freakishly horrible moment -- literally looking into a torrent of gamma radiation streaming into face, blowing through your body, destroying your tissues -- glad to see your reactions all through - I was alive when this happened, about 30 -- this series is essentially accurate throughout - except that the entire Soviet atomic physicist community spoke out in support of the investigation and against the coverup.

[@Concorde4711]

"Hi everyone. Welcome to Chernobyl." That's something you really dont want to hear after 26.Apr.86 ;-)

[@ImonSnow]

Haha omg

[@SunsetMap]

Loved your reaction! You were pretty into it without missing important bits and your opinion was on point!

[@haraldisdead]

18:35 I watched this series three times and never noticed the dead trees.

[@dastemplar9681]

Yeah, since it was April, why would it look like it’s the fall. Never really considered that, nice spot.

[@pulkmees]

"Not great, not terrible." That's the line you were looking for. Pretty sure every video about the show(and related to it) has that comment under it.

[@adamwells9352]

Your outrage makes me happy. Thanks for the reaction.

[@davedahl4461]

The guy that bled from the door actually survived. I think he’s still alive. He had to have repeated skin grafts but he lived. (The series doesn’t tell you that.)

[@Yggdrasil42]

He died in 2000 but did indeed survive for a while.

[@Mike_Sierra_2711]

Please keep on reacting to this. The hardest to watch show I've ever seen, but so worth it!

[@gerbenvanessen]

oh man strap in because you're gonna get blasted with some face melting emotions. it's pretty rad is all I'm saying.

[@yester30]

You mean, it will be an interesting... reaction?

[@gerbenvanessen]

@@yester30 yes, we can spend half our lives wondering what their reaction would be and the rest of our half-lives actually watching their reactions :)

[@thatsaterribletitle4650]

Definitely needed to crack open a bottle of vodka after binging this show. Brutally tough to watch, but brilliant nonetheless.

[@Riuzakif2000]

So glad you are watching it

[@dtmt502]

There is very little for them to thirst over in the show. Maybe the mine workers.

[@adam-uy6qg]

The radiation spread throughout Europe as well its effects reached the UK

[@Annausagi2]

*Learning about this disaster many years ago* Me, a European: Uh-oh. *Learned that the radiation reached as far as Sweden* Me, a Swede: UH-OH. *Most of it in the southern regions* Me, living in southern Sweden: *UH-OH*

[@TheTerkzzz]

This show was filmed in the former Soviet state of Lithuania. So there were very many crew members from the former soviet states. I'm 25 and grew up with knowing about the aftermath. My family members having cancer for some reason or my great uncle who was cleaning after dying. This is a dramatization. Would recommend Ushanka Shows videos of it after. He explains from a Ukrainian point of view growing up in the Soviet Union. I didnt get annoyed by not having russian/ukrainian language because more people will watch. And many times Hollywood movies have stereotyped so hard and wrong. Like not knowing the diffences of Balkan and Baltic for example. Not knowing the history. Showed it to my mom. She was 15 back then(living pretty close because the wind spread all over the continent), she got really sad(she doesnt enjoy horror movies too). So its not for everybody. I would still recommend watching it through until the end. There is light moments to this. People did their best in the way they knew. The bridge was named the bridge of death although there were no kids there. The people died(the bridge of death). Officials sent their kids away to the east before all the civilians got to evacuate. But it wont be very different nowadays. They did this insident justice still. Because its nothing to offend, but to recognise the people who still have to deal with it still(cleaners, scientists who had health problems, who don't the compensation they deserve). And who gave their lives for these lies.. Radioactivity(contamination) changes the dna and cellural level biology so the issues are carried on to future generations. It still is unknown how many people died directly because of the accident... I heard the radiation reached even California. But its not for certain.

[@MV-hx6jr]

what a weird small world we live in, i live in a Eastern Europe, was born 1986 April 22, 4 days later the reactor exploded , my mom took me from hospital a week after, but being a soviet union everything was covered up, and no one knew of what did really happen , we had radioactive fog and rain for months to come, the rain settled on the grass that was eaten by cows, and people where consuming the milk, same as my family. And now 33, almost 34 years later whilst having a drink i stumbled on your video reacting to this tv series , that are partially filmed in my country .

[@TA3DArtist]

I lived through that time and I remember the news reports about it. It was scary as a kid to hear about it. I'm glad you ladies are reacting to it, it's a good dramatization, even if not 100% accurate in details.

[@edpyasecky2225]

Oddly enough, Alexander Yuvchenko , big guy who held the door to the ruined reactor survived and lived more than twenty years after the accident . The saddest thing is that Dyatlov sent three men , not two, to the reactor hall (as in the movie)

[@Cwswb]

Overall, this series is as close to completely faithful to the actual events as a docudrama can be. There's some small areas were the creators used some artistic licence to help clarify the narrative and they combined some of the people who were there into composite characters to keep the cast manageable, but its actually amazing they were able to tell this story as faithfully to the actual events as it ended up being.

[@AdamBorseti]

Awesome! Everyone needs to see this show! It's been nominated for 19 Emmy awards! What does that tell everyone? Thank you!

[@scanspeak00]

My cousin went to visit Chernobyl 2 years ago. They have tours there now but you can only stay for 1 hour due to the radiation. Crazy.

[@neilgh]

I LOVE Jared Harris. Almost as good an actor as his Dad, Richard (Dumbledore in first 2 Potters).

[@gotch09]

I remember Richard from the 60's. MacArthurs Park.

[@caycay47u5]

Can you start watching the new tv show “the boys”

[@tribuneoftheplebs9948]

Cannot recommend it highly enough

[@MegaLomko]

YEEEEESSS!!

[@salmonero6472]

It's so damn good! 👏👏

[@nomanaleft8124]

They liked the comment!

[@ceilxcvi]

Agreed!

[@richardmccorkle2095]

Birds are on the floor dieing, You RUN! It's never good. Ha Ha

[@AJ1987LV]

I've seen other reactions before to this show, but this is my fav. My mom and I watched it with very much the same reaction. And we do live in one of countries which was in this zone - Latvia. She told we were lucky it wasn't raining in those days, the radioactive cloud simply passed over us. But lot of people from our country (as from every former soviet union country) were sent to Chernobyl as liquidators.

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

"Rude! Russians in the 80s are rude!" There's a great Russian expression: Nekulturnyi. 'Nyeh-cool-TOOR-nee', ish. Lit. 'uncultured' - boorish, rude, uncivilized, etc. I was 5 in 1986, in SE Norway. I apparently argued furiously (then sulked) about not being allowed to play outside for a few days, in what was feared to be radiation-carrying rain. As it turned out there was no direct danger to people, but a lot of reindeer and some sheep meat was condemned for years because they'd been grazing on irradiated lichen/grass.

[@valeshia385]

the boss who kept saying the rods is dyetlov and the younger guy had 4 months of training for the nuclear power plant when ur supposed to have years of training and the guy who committed suicide named legasov decided to tell the truth and the actor who played him is named jared harris

[@PetrPanter]

Waiting for the next episode with yours reaction. From radioactive Ural, Russia, with love

[@remliqa]

Umm.. Radiation do goes way over time. There is this thing called half life which explain why even the worst irradiated place will eventually be safe give enough time.

[@AdamBorseti]

True, but it takes longer than most people's lives last.

[@TealJosh]

​@@AdamBorseti Strong radiation sources wither away quicly and less dangerous ones are the ones that last for thousands of years. Almost all cold war era contaminated places are safe to live nowadays. Chernobyl is less than 100 times the normal background radiation. You'll find similar levels of radiation from airplanes and some natural sources. I wouldn't eat anything from there or cause any huge dust clouds, but for the most part it's safe.

[@ramiabdo5953]

Don't be surprised of what the old man is saying, he has a true old school Stalinist mentality, it wasn't sinister but more like really normal to him.

[@Lasse3]

"*Breath it in"* These girls obviously doesn't understand how radiation works .. ^^

[@mmmaxxx__]

Why did I just found out about your reactions to this show!!!!! You two are the most entertaining by far lmao

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

As a reference, radiation is normally measured in milliRöntgen. 3.6 Röntgen is incredibly high. That's 3,600 milliRöntgen. And the other dosimeter maxed out at 200,000 milliRöntgen.

[@shadowfire_08]

oh my darlings, y'all need to get ready for some pretty intense stuff. hugs for y'all Edit: Abi, I see you drinking that Red Stripe 😏 HOORAY BEER! have y'all watched Westworld?

[@jacksonmarsten1791]

America's truest response is probably Star Trek 6: the Undiscovered Country

[@BloggerMusicMan]

14:12 The old man giving the speech is not a real character from history, but the attitude of the party he represents is absolutely real.

[@bolikde9389]

The only thing i knew about Chernobyl was that a Nuclear Reactor exploded and is now covered in Concrete. It is now possible to visit a few places with a Guide and a Geiger Counter.

[@DarkTider]

I have to say that has to be my favorite summary of the chernobyl incident of all time: "big time radiation" :D

[@heatherwheeler8330]

I also imagine that the guy forced into the roof had a family, which is probably why he said no at first , but also why he reluctantly agreed to go, since he probably knew what would happen to his family if he refused to do what is told to do.

[@stevio_]

I came here for the show chernobyl and the last thing I expected was a rurouni kenshin poster on the wall hahaha! I LOVE rurouni kenshin! You got me subbed 😀

[@zahrans]

Just be aware this is *not* a documentry. Not everything you see, every scene, every dialogue here happened as it did in reality but for the most part, this series is pretty accurate.

[@lawrencegough]

So good to see you reacting to a show I like. No shade on your other shows! This one will be a test of your upbeat natures.

[@redscout2115]

rip all chernobyl heroes

[@Andy-gt8up]

Glad your doing this one very good show.

[@thecutest4282]

Such a pleasant surprise!!

[@Yngvelli]

As a swede, i have a special appreciation for this show. The guy who directed every episode, Johan Renck, was an active dj back in the 90s. He was known as Stakka Bo and basically did generic, thrashy eurodance music. Now, hes suddenly turned into an AMAZING director. Its a bit like if Will.i.am from black eyed peas all of a sudden turned out to be an amazing method actor.

[@Asa...S]

Yeah, Johan Renck also directed the 3 first episodes of Vikings. He also directed an episode of The Walking Dead and one of Breaking Bad. And he has directed tons of music videos, for Madonna, Suede, Chris Cornell, All Saints, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Robbie Williams, Backyard Babies, Kent, The Cardigans and David Bowie, and a lot of commercials for quite important companies. So it´s not like all of a sudden he´s an amazing director, but rather a long process over a 20 year period or more.

[@Yngvelli]

@@Asa...S ofc. But in all fairness most directors who done a couple of episodes and music videos doesnt get all that much recognition/fame to begin with. Chernobyl is prolly the first thing hes gotten widespread acclaim for. And remembering what he used to be famous for back in the 90s, makes this development all the more fascinating to me. Maybe E-type is gonna be next. Who knows?

[@tobydion3009]

Looking forward to the climate change series in the future. World wide and epic, with the internet wondering why no one would listen to scientists.

[@alexlee8418]

I would love to see that!

[@alexlee8418]

@@H3Vtux While I agree Nuclear Energy gets a bad rap, it is in our best interests to move to Fusion instead of Fission Reactors. While we haven't made a Fusion reactor yet, the technology is there and Fusion is safer, cleaner, more efficient, etc. The important thing to note is that Chernobyl was partly intentional, and Fission reactors have only gotten safer since then. My biggest concerns are with nuclear waste and scarcity of Uranium (I don't know how much Uranium we have, but I don't think we have a lot.) I personally would much rather see a popular documentary about the dangers of fossil fuels, like the Great Smog of London. (Look it up). I really don't know why smog isn't treated like nuclear fallout. As far Nuclear Energy being our viable solution to climate change... probably? Not gonna lie, I think that solar will be the best in the immediate future (20-40 years) to get away from fossil fuels, only Fusion will sustain future energy demands. I'm no climate scientist, this is just one guy's thoughts on the matter.

[@tobydion3009]

@@H3Vtux The only problem with Chernobyl's situation was the cheap method of controlling the power, and a bit of human error. Though we also have the Fukushima situation (still messed up like Chernobyl) where a natural disaster caused a meltdown. We're just too addicted to energy I guess, can't keep it up forever. I live close to a nuclear power plant and people love it, take trips to visit it and stuff, people have seen it as a positive for years.

[@dmgib5239]

@Toby Dion- Exactly what do you think is going to happen because of "climate change" that is going to be so "worldwide and epic? I assume you're concern has to do with sea levels rising, as are most other people. The problem is that only a very small number of the scientists involved with these world bodies like the UN and EU, actually are qualified to give an opinion on the levels of the world's oceans, and those that are qualified know that the problem has been greatly exaggerated. I have included a link of one of the worlds foremost scientists. I am not denying that the climate is changing, but now that the issue has become political their are far too many people acting like they really understand the issue, who don't. They're mainly politicians, who are totally unqualified for this. Like many others, I believe they have gotten involved where they don't belong and come up with different ways to combat climate change that don't make sense. Once the issue became political, the politicians started using it to come up with these bold plans to fight the changes, many of which would absolutely destroy the economies of many countries. Since politicians will never admit when they're wrong about anything, they all refuse to budge from their positions, despite any changes to the science that actual scientists may find. These politicians have secured vast sums of money for all the scientists who push their narratives. They are funding all of the studies and think tanks and labs and committee's. The scientists need this money to for all of their work and they are also paid personally. It's a dangerous marriage between science and politics when so much money is involved. Look at Al Gore. He has made almost $100 million pushing climate change. In 2004 he said the world would end by 2014. Wrong!!! These current warnings are wrong too. Honestly, it's our own narcissism that makes us believe we are even signifigant enough tochange mother nature. The climate has been changing on it's own since way before we got here. Humans didn't cause the ie ages or the heat that followed. Some people in the UK and the low countries in Europe are afraid that their land could go under water unless we act on climate change. The truth is that eventually parts of these places will go under water, not because of anything humans did, but because that's what has happened since the beginning of time. The land on earth was once all connected. It was called pangea. It moved all over the earth all by natural causes.. Personally I'm more concerned with the pollution of our oceans because that is the fault of humans, and it should be our job to clean it up. There's somuch plastic in the water that it has permeated the fish we eat. Also, I've seen video's of huge area's of garbage in the water, swirling like a whirlpool. Areas of over 100 square miles. That has the potential to hurt us more than climate change. Anyways, I've included a link of that vid I mentioned. It's only 15 minutes, but it's very informative.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJq8Y31pgbWahJY

[@alexlee8418]

@@H3Vtux Huh I didn't know the second thing. The more you know ;-) And yes, I agree that Nuclear Fusion will most likely be the only viable solution for an advanced civilization.

[@MrUndersolo]

This happened when I was in elementary school, and I thought it would just get progressively worse with the years. Not sure how much of this I want to watch... Good luck, ladies.

[@soho2409]

So happy to see you are reacting to this. Best miniseries ever imho, you gals are in for a hell of a ride.

[@cindycrewsbeach72]

The creator of the show took painstaking steps to stay as true to the actual events as possible. Some things happened slower or faster but they still happened. There is an accompanying podcast with the creator and he’s goes over each episode and what was 100% real, what they put together from 2nd hand witnesses, and what they had to improvise or change for the sake of telling a narrative perspective on the whole event. Some things that happened were so much worse they decided to keep it out. So yeah, it was that bad. It’s a tough watch but it’s necessary at the same time.

[@drcarp7377]

If you thought the red wedding was a tough watch, this one isn't going to get happy anytime soon either! But it's a must see to the end. Gripping and scary real.

[@haraldisdead]

Fun fact. Everyone on that bridge watching.. They ALL died.

[@Czejenesku]

just got here today to your channel. what natural ladies you are!

[@malifex9922]

The half-life (aka the amount of time it takes to break down the active radiation) of the plutonium used in the reactor is approximately 24,000 years. That means that Chernobyl and its surrounding area will be entirely safe for habitation again in 24,1986 AD / CE. Don't look forward to it lol.

[@sophiepalmer-doran344]

A very high level of radiation exposure delivered over a short period of time can cause symptoms such as nausea and vomiting within hours and can sometimes result in death over the following days or weeks. This is known as acute radiation syndrome, commonly known as “radiation sickness.”

[@FaithlessDeviant]

Since it isn't in the show I don't consider this as a spoiler. It is the swedish that detected higher radiation and they of cause checked all their own nuclear plants then checked with the sovjet union if anything was going on with any of their nuclear plants because of the wind patterns so the west first learned about it some days later.

[@Kosh800]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki don't have any real noticeable increased radiation. Both cities are just fine and rebuilt over the sites of the explosions. One bomb, especially the lower level yield bombs like the ones used on Japan, won't leave much of a lasting effect. On the other hand you have some areas that have been pretty much turned into no-go areas because of nuclear weapons. The Bikini Atoll is still highly radioactive because it was used as a testing ground for dozens of high yield nuclear weapons.

[@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457]

Great reaction! When you finish the show, you should watch a video (it's in youtube) in which they put real footage from chernobyl next to scenes from the show, it's impressive how accurately they recreated everything. But don't watch it before finishing the show, it has spoilers.

[@Blizzard0fHope]

if i remember correctly. . graphite is used aspart of the main housing of the control rods