chernobyl 2012 II: lead-glass tanks and more hot particles from the reactor

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these tanks were used for the cleanup after the disaster - and some carried hot particles / fuel fragments all the way to this random tank cemetery in the forest...

[@agwhitaker]

Oh look ! My radiation meter has gone right off the scale ! We should investigate further !

[@vinhhoang8319]

What a stupid choice he made

[@szebike]

In the next episode: "Wow look that strange blue glow at the bottom of this pool lets dive and investigate!"

[@marvinkitfox3386]

Actually even that very noisy last reading, peaking at 1.7 milli Sieverts, is safe enough for brief exposure. If you were to pick that fragment up and put it in your pocket, you would get quite ill from it....after about 2 weeks. The real danger is if it somehow gets into your body. Breathed, swallowed, splinter, whatever. Or of course if you decided to build your house right on top of it.

[@wolfy4734]

@@vinhhoang8319 she* She's a she

[@captaingray5455]

LOL!

[@SilverBlade001]

First one (with a big wheel) is an army trench-diggging machine МДК-2 (MDK-2), second and third (with claws) are legendary army engineering / barrage removing machines ИМР (EMR), which were designed for nuclear war, and were the only machines able to operate in high density ionising fields near destroyed reactor. Most of soviet army engineering machines were deployed in Chernobyl in 86, and all of them are left there due to contamination.

[@SpenserRoger]

There were only two or three like the one at the end with the leaded glass cupola. This was of little use though as the operator of these machines was forced to stand out in the open in order to be able to see what he was doing. These machines were used especially in the demolishing and burying of the most contaminated houses in the zone that due to radioactive dust and accumulation due to rain were some of the most contaminated things in the zone.

[@SlavaKolesnikov]

Silver Blade when the comment is better than the video

[@Carl_Willis]

Nice video! I remember the hot particle in the tread at 5:30. We tried to dig it out on our trip here in 2011, but were not able to get it out. We were told that the vehicles at this location were used to demolish the town of Kopachi.

[@dennisjeppesen9387]

Only 3.6 roentgen per hour. That is not great, but not horrifying.

[@KillerLordKW]

Dennis Jeppesen the reactor is Not damaged

[@jblob5764]

@@KillerLordKW RBMK reactors don't explode.

[@kaikou1098]

I'm told it's the equivalent of a chest x-ray. We'll be fine...

[@KillerLordKW]

J Blob there is no graphit.

[@someguynamedav7947]

Can you explain how a RBMK reactor explode professor ?

[@Luis__Strobel]

Idea: let the tourists map the radiation levels around Chernobyl by collecting their radiation meter’s data

[@851995STARGATE]

Honestly a smartphone with a dosimeter or Geiger counter tied it with people walking through would be genius you could actively plot and create hot zones

[@albinlindvall6165]

The radiation levels around Chernobyl and the entire Chernobyl exclusion zone has been extensively mapped already. No need for collection of data from several different dose rate meters with varying quality.

[@nork.incz1]

Me: oh look a tank lets go there radiation detector: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@hydrotibbz6343]

@Littleton someone is jealous of a company makeing a documentary/series

[@maximus2536]

@Littleton your talking as if you worked at the plant before it became in such horrible condition.

[@JohnAbrahamsen]

@Littleton Wow, that escalated quickly...

[@magicstix0r]

@@hydrotibbz6343 If you think HBO's Chernobyl was a "documentary" you're an idiot.

[@NickHarrison10]

Best and most informative videos of Chernobyl I’ve seen.. And I’ve seen lots! Thank you 😊

[@lexluthor2988]

"Taste like metal"

[@ssherrierable]

Taste like metal, less filling.

[@DjXXS3RL]

That tank is definitely salvage .CarFax will show it had radiation damage

[@bionerd23]

nah, that stuff is just video effects. mSv/h only occur when very close to the mentioned vehicles, the inverse square law applies... though it's not a point source there, it's the entire surface area of the vehicle that is "hot".

[@geraldgepes]

It shocks me how well these machines have held up to the elements after thirty years. I rebuild equally old equipment frequently and rarely is it ever in that good of shape lol.

[@georgerapp8502]

Gerald Gepes No crap, cold war era soviet military design for the win. I was looking at that too. Even the rubber on the tread wheels, no dry rot! WTF! And my high dollar steel belted 8 ply michelins show rot after less than a decade. %$#(%[:"-)/

[@garoshamirian]

They are so radioactive that even rust and elements stay away.

[@SpenserRoger]

@@georgerapp8502 yea I wondered about that to but then I realized that the rubber on our tires must be formulated for other reasons than dry rot and if exposure like on the Soviet machine.

[@t0ny1189]

Its even more impressive considering the climate there...cold winters and hot summers....

[@raphaelr.1576]

Bionerd23 : here lies some highly contaminated particles from the reactor core *Comrad Dyathlov wants to know your location*

[@homiertcw]

Radiation hunters. Only season one was made because the cast all died 8-)

[@Matthew-hs1qi]

👏

[@carlthecoworker5596]

Hm?

[@magicstix0r]

Ignorant comment is ignorant and you should feel bad.

[@sassycraftysagittarius.]

You didn't see graphite because it isn't there-anatoly dyatlov

[@beaniedwarf4802]

"Oh this spot seems hot" *proceeds to stick hand further into the radiation*

[@trendkill3333]

Ramen Noodle she says it’s about 100 Microsieverts per hour which is pretty safe to be around for a couple hours. A lethal dose is about 1 million microsieverts per hour so that puts it into perspective.

[@handsomwhitedevil4213]

I thought it was in 1k+, no? Wonder, if humans capable of building radiation immunity over generations? I mean like sustaining big dose for today's standards.

[@hopoffz]

555666 2 sieverts is an instantly fatal dose.

[@pierremorissette]

Thank you i love to Watch this from a safe distance

[@petef15]

The highest reading in this video is equivalent to 0.17 roentgen. 3.6 ... not good, not terrible

[@rooneyrythm]

It's not 3.6 Roentgen, it's 15,000.

[@Gj23jk2]

High results from the engine compartment is because of the radioactive dust and smoke that got through the filters and into engine and collected there. It's also open to the elements so the rain washes contaminants in there. The very high readings from the mud accumulated on the top of the skirts is the washings of the whole turret by rain and accumulating them in that spot.

[@-yeme-]

the vehicle 2:08 w/ extender claw can be seen driving in the video from Pripyat 1989, watch?v=3QAxYfb9MAs at time 6:07

[@SamjeeThomasMathew]

true ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKkqYycl56Ad9U in this right @ 6.07 ?

[@yomauser]

Yes, the #05 vehicule

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Wow! Yes it was. It was cruising.

[@greenlawnfarm5827]

I like your videos. It is cool that you explore all that stuff.

[@UrbexWonderland]

Lovely sounds :) Great video!

[@indridcold8433]

A lot of the dirt on the vehicles seemed to have radioactive graphite paticles. The graphite was used to regulate the plutonium reaction. When the cord exploded, graphite went flying into the air along with plutonium.

[@bionerd23]

interesting, thanks for the info on the use of the vehicles! and yeah, that place seemed familiar to me, i was pretty sure i saw it in one of your videos! =)

[@bionerd23]

i am measuring in microsievert per hour, sievert is the equivalent dose (see wikipedia, for example). and at these dose rates shown here, it is not possible to receive a lethal dose (see e.g. wikipedia:radiation sickness).

[@bosshoss69lee]

bionerd23 saw your video real cool BTW and the saw liquidation of Chernobyl I believe and it has a clip of those tanks moving rumble, so I came back to let you know! hopefully it's new to you

[@camshaftshaft2711]

Ya that's sad I don't recall plastic bottles in 1986 so people go there and disrespect the place! Great vid bionerd I so wish I was there I love Chernobyl it keeps me wanting to see more with every vid:)

[@bionerd23]

sure. if it's not solely neutron radiation (which it would not be), the equipment i had with me would detect it. i'll also bring a neutron detector next time, though, as i finally have a reliable one.

[@Huumf]

The design of these machines are simply incredible

[@BADALICE]

Really? I was thinking they look like junk, the engineering is crap compaired to the west.

[@Huumf]

Bad Alice I’m talking about the overall shape and structure, not how effective they were

[@BADALICE]

@@Huumf thats what I'm talking about.

[@Huumf]

Bad Alice are you basing your opinion over what you see in this video? 😂

[@BADALICE]

@@Huumf all russian equip of this era looks cheep, and half assed, no imigination, dull and lifeless, just like the inside of the buildings. Dull and lifeless.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

when that thing is screaming, you DO NOT wanna stay there longer SMH

[@snipes_1138]

It's just touching some graphite dust... From the core.

[@bionerd23]

yeah, the automess is an energy-compensated gamma-only device, while the gamma scout is not energy compensated and measures beta-radiation, too, which is directly ionizing and produces a false-high reading. it is calibrated with Cs-137, however, which is the isotope mostly present in the area of chernobyl, so maybe the readings are not that far off, providing the calibration source was not shielded for beta radiation. but.. as for a proper equivalent dose reading, i'd trust the automess more.

[@LCdrDerrick]

Watching Bionerd23 videos is a good therapy against tinnitus! I'm defending your sport, because of the punctual nature of the radiation sources and the fact of beeing sent to the radiologist too often, is more dangerous. (I had two abdomen and one head CT in my life , which is as good as living in the zone for months), but I'm beginning to believe that at least your counter tube/probe head hand might develop sort of an aggressive cancer ;).

[@jacobschwertfeger4435]

walking near this stuff hearing that would freak me out you got guts ill give you that

[@beaniedwarf4802]

Yeah well sometimes guts can get you killed, or at least shorten your lifespan by a bit

[@Okie-00-Spool]

When your counter goes from emitting clicks to a solid square wave, that's some pretty hot shit.

[@thatonethattalksalot7656]

Oh my God! There are seven huge ball bearings in there wonder if they're contaminated. Probably would've been great collectables. Just have to steralize them and wash them wearing protective gear. Great video catches on those!

[@mikesnitro]

MILLISIEVERTS!! I can't believe how freakin' hot that was! DAMN! Great stuff! Keep it coming.

[@AClayton172]

if you knew much about Chernobyl you would understand that you can touch object like this wihtout being contaminated, yess i understand that levels can be higher in places but you willl rarely get an illness unless you live there.

[@scudwerfer]

are you making tours? Cause i would love to go there as long es there is some stuff in the forrest... mfg

[@adrienperie6119]

Thank you. I fell off my chair when a huge dragon fly landed on my monitor yesterday while i was playing a competition, but now i feel manly again thanks to your comment :)

[@lukedevereaux8766]

I love watching you poke around in Chernobyl

[@bionerd23]

there's militia etc. everywhere, but especially at the nuclear power plant, impossible to get into there. in other places, you can avoid the militia, but not at the power plant, it's guarded properly.

[@SpenserRoger]

The "engineering and barricade removing vehicle" with the leaded glass cupola at the end I believe is seen in the documentary "3238". There were very few with the leaded glass cupola but the most unfortunate thing is the operators didn't even use them and stood out completely exposed in order to see what they were doing. These vehicles were especially used for demolishing the most contaminated houses of the nearby villages. Due to the radioactive dust and rain the roofs and the drainage system of these houses were some of the most contaminated things in the zone. A ditch was usually dug, sometimes using these machines, and the buildings were buried under where they stood. The same was also done with some wooded or grassy areas and also a collection of the most contaminated cars and motorcycles of the evacuated towns people and villagers. More of the footage of this in action can be seen on a Ukrainian KZbin channel with English subtitles in small clips narrated by the man who took the footage who is still alive but do to his exposure in the zone (of over 100 roegens I believe) he is on disability. He speaks of his body secreting a type of mucus endlessly in the years after. I believe he also states that the man who operated this machine died soon not long after.

[@nemesisracing1]

its amazing how much things can decay without attention

[@vladdraculea689]

3:30 wo die motore luft angesaugt haben müsste es hohe werte ergeben ...bei uns waren damals alle Luftfilter sondermüll

[@MennoM.L.]

That counter is louder than her voice and it seems like the dirt like stuff is the most contaminated

[@Fang_Skulldog]

for some reason, I want to go to this zone later in my life, its fascinating.

[@richardgrace4500]

And what you just said is why I think they should shit it off from the public..is completely disrespectful too the thousands of people who gave their lives too keep the reactor from completely exploding and essentially killing all life in Europe.. they deserve more than too have what they gave their lives too save turned into a tourist attraction with people going "oh this is cool" and "this is interesting" and this is the coolest thing I have ever seen" or thisnisnthenbest day or my life...but what do you expect from millineals who have no respect or reverence for anyone or anything and they are the same regardless of where In the world you go the whole millineal generation is one big fuk up...

[@temporality_]

It's a beautiful place.

[@markusbrunner5706]

@@richardgrace4500 better for people to visit rather then then forgetting about those same people and what happen all together behind some fence. its a good reminder of the reality of nuclear power gone wrong and not to be repeated i guess we should close down pearl harbor. yeah im a millineal what do i know...

[@loydayo883]

@@richardgrace4500 the old generations are the worst actually, since the accident was caused by them lol. Too many people back then didn't even understand or try to understand their own jobs, which is idiotic especially when you're working on a nuclear reactor with very particular design flaws xD

[@richardgrace4500]

@@loydayo883 atleast the older generations were willing to work and most of them were far more intelligent and had better education than the dumbass kids today whose education is controlled by government so they are dumber than ever...on top of that the kids now dont want to work for shit unless is a comfy cozy office job and they get to start at the top

[@bionerd23]

well, if you have enough lead, the x-rays you create are absorbed again. i saw a Sr-90 source (mCi) shielded solely with lead before, and was like WTF? - but it was so heavy, the weight of a barrel of beer, that no increased levels of radiation were measurable on the outside. after all, Sr-90's has "only" 550 keV betas, so you can "only" create 550 keV x-rays at the very maximum.

[@Majoofi]

that final image was very cool. I hope you'll explain it in the next video.

[@geronimo5537]

so its not so much the vehicles themselves that are contaminated anymore. it is more of the contaminated dirt they collected or storage areas not cleaned by rain. I know readings go quiet high just by checking the soil and removing a little dirt from the surface as well. which is why in the videos we only see people entering the zone on foot after a recent rain.

[@thefossman8829]

Looks like people have been parting out some of them vehicles. I wonder how many contaminated parts from that vehicle graveyard made it back it uses years later?

[@SecurityGuy42]

The Russian separatists in Ukraine have videos out showing higher than normal readings on some of the Ukrainian Army equipment they have captured. Makes you wonder. I was noticing the vehicles had been cannibalized also in this video.

[@dukenukem8381]

fake ass video that was

[@dukenukem8381]

Ну ты и мудак

[@thefossman8829]

+SecurityGuy42 Wow, thats nuts. I work on car an stuff so i notice things like that. But really how much of that was turnd into farm equipment?

[@metaxa715]

@@dukenukem8381 it's all we can say about You buddy. Fake. Just tell your parents that you are gay an your life will be much easier lmfao

[@bionerd23]

gamma scout, automess 6150 AD6 (CDV700, ludlum 3).

[@bert26a]

Those tanks were likely used as most Military vehicles during the Cold War were equipped with Nuclear Biological Chemical overpressure systems to protect the crews in case of an attack. And because these tanks had things like dozer blades and other implements they could be used to 'clean up' area's heavily contaminated with fallout and even used to help build the sarcophagus. I recall seeing video footage of conventional Soviet built bulldozers, cranes, and dump trucks with hastily assembled protective shielding to protect drivers and operators of that equipment.

[@bionerd23]

yeah, they were built in order to operate in areas that have been struck by a nuclear bomb. hence they are equipped with air filters, lead-glass windows, and massive shielding. they reduce a deadly dose of radiation to a bearable (survivable) dose of radiation for the personnel inside. too bad not everybody could do their liquidation work inside such tank... the tanks in operation were mainly ИМР-2 (IMR-2) as far as i know. as from what i've read in documents in russian language, an outside dose rate of 4 Sv/h (as found around the reactor after the accident; survivable symptomatic radiation sickness results after 20 minutes, while one hour provides a likely fatal dose without intensive medical care) resulted in a mere dose of 0.15 Sv/h for the personnel inside the tank, meaning one full hour of work in the area would result only in stochastic damage (no acute radiation sickness, only stocastically increased risk to POTENTIALLY (!) suffer from cancer later in life), whereas to induce symptomatic but almost certainly NON-FATAL radiation sickness, the tank would have to stay in the area for a full 10 hour shift. a german civil defense worker (mentioning it because of the strict laws we have) would receive his maximum permissible lifetime dose in 2.5 hours while operating in the tank to liquidate the accident, whereas he'd receive his maximum permissible dose outside within 6 minutes (meaning he couldn't even get to the job before having to turn back, lol). these tanks were seriously AMAZING, but sadly, they could not be fully decontaminated after they had done their duty (they were supposed to be possible to decontaminate, but sadly, this did not work out). as somebody else pointed out in the comments, the "farming equipment" is an earth mover / scraper, those were probably not radiation-proof by the looks of it...

[@user-vz3xy7hw8v]

@@bionerd23 "were mainly ИМР-2" - that's correct, but ИМР-1 in this video.

[@XCI5ION]

I would imagine burying vast quantities of radioactive debris, material and other objects would require a vast area of deforested land out of the way of the population and most likely done hastily with machines just like that.

[@thatonethattalksalot7656]

Oh and yes I have great obsessions with bearings due to the way they move and look.

[@AKAtheA]

The "tank" at 2:45 must have been completely new when it was abandoned, the tracks barely rust even after so long and the road wheels still have marks from the moulds in the factory... Either they were very cheap or realy hot back then :D Shame they didn't leave the air filters in place, those should be full of hot dust...

[@pew3561]

What was the camera doing at the end of the video ? Is it just an effect or can it sees radiation ?

[@user-gu3ie]

It's just an effect... there is footage of reactor 4 in the aftermath of the explosions from an helicopter... where you can see the effect radiation has on camera equipment.... yes its similar

[@toserveman1496]

I'm always surprised when I see you use a gamma scout, because you didn't seem to give it a very good review

[@stacyhaynes4832]

I left a comment about hot particles on a you tube video and weeks later someone commented that I had made all that up and there was no such thing as hot particles....so I am watching this video about these things I made up....i went to Russia in 1994, but I didn’t go near Pripyat, I rode a train from Moscow to Samara...stayed there for most of my trip. New Years was a lot of fun over there!

[@bionerd23]

well, both, i'd say. i've seen plenty of both.

[@ESAPOWER]

So what's the highest reading your counter can recieve? And at what point do you start to panic yourself?

[@RWGresearch]

;) as always! I'm tuned! ~Russ

[@john.p7370]

I was here on 25 march 2016 it was beautyful!

[@Kalashnigoon]

Blyatiful

[@Vara91391]

I would not trust that Happy-Meal Geiger-counter too much

[@BST-ri6gf]

The scariest part of the cleanup is that most men involved had to wear makeshift ‘armor’ out of lead sheets

[@iknowsstuff]

if there was a complete fuel pellet just laying around (i know not likely but..) would your equipment give you sufficient warning to avoid it?? as always super interesting video

[@kamandalu]

how did it come that you can walk wherever you want?do you had a special permission?normally i guess there is a guide with you and shows just the most"touristic"places?nice vid thx

[@genelaird7530]

One thing I notice about most all the equipment..... no engines and a lot of final drives missing.

[@lambda3701]

Gene Laird They were stolen later for other stuff, the robbers didn’t know really why tanks were in the middle of Ukraine unprotected so they stole it.

[@pulancheck]

All those vehicles and equipment who were abandoned for being contaminated.. This part "being contaminated" - does it mean they have dirt + small particles that still emit radiation.. will a pressure wash remove it? I saw in another video, a team was cleaning a truck like this... OR does the radiation penetrate the metal/glass, etc.. & a pressure wash can't complitely decontaminate. Q2: is the metal recyclable ? I mean if you take them apart, melt them.. will the end output still be contaminated Q3: why is everything there dismantled? The cars have no engines.. In anothet video there were helicopter/plane parts..

[@danielofvolyn4101]

q1 - dust may be very small, less then 60 microns, it will get into every crevice and crack in every material. You may wash some part of it, but you cannot clean it out completly. q2 - it's contaminated. you cannot clean metal. if you will start melting it, rad.particles will escape into the air probably and contaminate everything around. q3 - there was a tons of maradeurs after exclusion zone was established. There basically was an empthy town full of goods that people left. You can only imagine what an idiot would dismantle contaminated vehicles, but hey, we are slavs. If it worth money - no risk will stop you. Someone even took firefighters contaminated clothes as a souvenir. Also, there was no gaiger counters on hands of regular people. So they just never knew what will kill them in a 5 years, after stealing engine parts from vehicles working around the station.

[@darquegadjit]

Who is that person walking by the tank @ 1:55? Does anyone know? And why did the camera just fade out and no one said anything about who he was.

[@privatear2001]

Okay, what special effect were you using there at the end when the lights went dark and you had the outline effect? And were all the white spots random radiation that the camera was seeing? Always thought it would be great to have a pair of Geordie LaForge's glasses, myself. :)

[@user-oh5gm9ry7o]

You didn’t see the tank. You didn’t because it’s not there

[@lithuanianhussar]

Those vehicles were used to gather the rubble near the power plant , on the yard of the 4th reactor. They are really "hot" . You must be insane going there.

[@ep010]

So cool, all that stuff not moved since 1986

[@milkmansteve1]

I feel sorry for you in 10 years .... for now im just glad youre still alive. wash your hands .

[@MsBainy]

I seriously didn't trust my eyes when I was watching this, and btw. she's doing worse in some other videos... So yeah, I agree with you... extremly reckless, and careless behavior. I wouldn't say that you can't walk around there, but what the lady is doing is just insane.

[@TheTh903]

@@MsBainy what sucks is that people doing that and walking around those vehicles is normal because there are still scrapping units that help take down and dismantle the old tracked vehicles and helicopters. Is what she doing safe? no, but atleast shes not a scrapper. The work needs to be done but at what cost?

[@kells77]

It’s been 6 years wonder how she is getting on

[@BST-ri6gf]

For all the people talking about how she shouldn’t get close, here’s a science lesson: ~30 years after the explosion, all the radiation from the initial blast settled on nearby objects and can now be cleaned off (as seen in the video where she wipes off radiation with cloth from Crain claw). So unless the radioactive particles make contact with exposed skin, than you are fine. If not, I’m afraid you are in trouble.

[@braven117]

What model of geiger counter is the yellow one, and how much cost one of them ?

[@DidPetro]

"Stalkers". There were some criminal gangs in late 90s early 00 who were taking scrap metal out of Zone, especially copper, aluminium etc. and selling it. Some of them were connected to security of the Zone.

[@MultiHackle]

Perhaps it was a controller that just messed with our minds.

[@jacobgreve802]

@2:10 those are lumber cranes. You can tell by their big grabber claws, its likely them that put all those trees there.

[@taylorb1195]

there not lumber cranes they have hydrolic booms and skidders have no need for tht also skids wouldnt be on a tank chassy it would be to heavy so its likely just a little boom crane for beams

[@SiliconBong]

Some say it's the mythical Strelok, some say it's equally elusive Guide. A few whisper the name Sidorovich, then they drink from a bottle marked GSC-vodka and mutter that they really don't know and have never met the man. . .

[@Vesalempinen]

You guys wear personal dosimeters to check accummulated radiation..? Just curious how much this exploration does accumulate your personal dose compared to yearly background radiation..?

[@bionerd23]

yeah i did, once even official dosimeters... here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYbRZKFpr86WhKc

[@bionerd23]

just a friendly stalker who sleeps in one of the tanks. well, he was friendly after i handed out a bottle of vodka, which resembles my "ammo" for the zone.

[@FuzzyDreamin]

I heard that the vehicles used to clear up after the explosion stopped working within hours due to the radiation levels, do you know how/why that is? In what ways did the radiation effect machinery?

[@vector6977]

+Lillyleaf101Mew It destroyed the electrical circuits, transistors, small un-shielded electronics etc.

[@alexw4638]

+Lillyleaf101Mew This was only happening to the robots, working on the roof top of reactor 3 near to the exploded roof of reactor 4. The radiation levels were so high because of all that ejected stuff from inside of reactor 4, that their electrical circuits were destroyed even though they were hardened against radiation. These white robots were based on moon rovers and most of them were sowjet made ones and named "STR-1". You can google that, and also see in a documentary here on KZbin. One is also slightly modified and repainted exposed at the border to the exclusion zone with some other vehicles, that were used to clean the place. But there was also one other yellow colored robot which was brought there from Germany, called the "Joker" and was build by Dornier. This robot is featured in an other video of bionerd23, staying around on a junkyard. This "Joker" was the last hope of the liquidators at this time to avoid humans to do the work. It broke down immediately anyways and so they had to send human people on the roof top, also known as "bio-robots". Those very brave men received very high doses of radiation, some of them died, some of them are still alive. All of them suffering on health problems, disable or other illness due to high radiation levels until this day, while the ukrainian gouvernment isn't giving a damn shit about them. Never forget what all these brave men did, to save many others all around their country and also around Europe.

[@boycotgugle3040]

What source says that *all* the liquidators are having health problems? I have heard that their health falls in the limits of normal population statistics. Except for some people that worked there for much to long, like some camera men or officers of the work units, all others were limited to work less than a minute on top of the roof, essentially only clearing away a couple shovels full of material before retreating back down again. It was a calculated but rather moderate risk and the main reason that several 100k liquidators were used. There are only very few sites that will give you health damage in less than a minute if you also wear heavy shielding and masks, as they did. Still, I would be very interested in learning true figures, though, as neither government sources, nor panic-monger statements can be believed anyway....

[@SpenserRoger]

Apparently from one source who was intimately involved in the operation (the man who raised the flag on the vent stack to signify the "win" over radiation) says that the robot the "Joker" from East Germany was actually designed with potential radiation accidents in mind. Only that the designers (due allegedly to the belief that a serious radiation environment would be impossible in the great soviet state) under estimated the max radiation exposure by a factor of 10. So when the robot got stuck on the 4000 roegens per hour or whatever it was block, it was done. Lol.

[@dondude69]

So there are parts of reactor fuel scattered about? Or is it mostly on the equipment used during the incident?

[@viciokas1993]

I really want to know what that black and white image was about!

[@vincentachterberg5430]

my concern is they all showq activity and all missing part

[@lioncross1849]

How does grass and moss grow on these hot spots? Immune to radiation?

[@ColinKrumblez2015]

I love you Bionerd123! xx now be careful!

[@ThePolk14]

Lead glass prevents most of it like the vest you wear for an X-ray

[@timmaibaum2634]

the vehicels were for lumber jacking

[@alex993cc1]

are some of those vehicles built onto the chassis of T-34 tanks? they look familar to me!

[@arcticridge]

8 years later this uploader probably has kids now, sitting in the living room wondering how she was ever such an oblivious fool

[@Youre_Right]

Last time she was heard from she said she doesn’t regret anything and doesn’t fear radiation since she has an understanding of it. That was like 2 years ago though so maybe she’s dead or has two heads now.

[@doggonemess1]

It's a zone anomaly - there really wasn't anyone there at all.

[@dr.siddharthkonwar9992]

what is the use of this video when you are exposing youself to high amount of radiation..which will affect your body in the long run.

[@Dharshanth.k]

I wonder how is she doing now? The lady that went to take these readings... I hope she is alright

[@marcferretti]

are there any gamma particles left there?

[@ridz0r]

What videocamera do you use?

[@Director84]

These machines at 2:13 probably served to lift tree trunks. They are lumbering tools.

[@l30njam3s]

So its safe to just walk around there now?

[@ECBrazil]

amazing .... i hope go there some day xD

[@meteturan1]

*Bu apla radyasyondan ölmemiştir umarım*