Chernobyl Episode 4 Scene | HBO | Graphite Clearing

Features combined footage from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl Episode 4, scene of people being sent to the rooftop of the exploded nuclear reactor to remove the graphite from the rooftop.
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[@MagronesBR2]

"You mean I'm done from work or life done?" "Yes."

[@jonnys6428]

"Congratulations comrade, for the rest of your life you no longer need to work"

[@Dan-vb7lz]

@Tracchofyre wow thank you for explaining the joke

[@u.v.s.5583]

Time go go.

[@KBT_Productions]

Would you like ketchup or Mustard?? “Yes”

[@luyaohan2518]

Tracchofyre No in logic and/or have different truth table: which means your statement is incorrect.

[@CheetahFoxx]

"It has no color. It has no taste. It has no odor. But it has a voice. And here it is." (geiger counter) -Russian reporter on the Chernobyl disaster

[@Geetarman69420]

Well technically radiation does have taste but it still holds meaning

[@Dan-pf1jf]

Vasily, do you taste metal? *dies*

[@alexeyvishnyakov8132]

@@Geetarman69420 yeah, but only on extremely high levels. Strontium has a taste of metal and Plutonium has a sweet taste.

[@heuristicalgorithm8465]

That's so deep! 🤣😂

[@l3ftie578]

@@alexeyvishnyakov8132 damn i was gonna say plutonium is sweet according to some people but you beat me there lol

[@jamesmatheson8943]

GAME OF THRONES: This scene took us 2 months to shoot and I promise it will be the most suspenseful 90 seconds in TV history CHERNOBYL: hold my graphite

[@testname2166]

*repeatedly hits AZ-5*

[@aintnuthinbutathang1646]

Fantasy shit can't compete with the suspense of reality

[@testname2166]

@@aintnuthinbutathang1646 *screams in 3.6 happiness level* Not great...

[@RadilRaaid12]

actually no

[@thedungeondelver]

Don't fuck with it. Help me with the hoses. C'mon!

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

You can really feel the confusion and horror at the beginning when they enters the roof. Like "Oh, it's everywhere, where do I begin?!" And knowing they only have 90 seconds. These men are heroes.

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

@꧁The Immortal's tombstone꧂ Yes, was thinking the same. Bigger shovels would have saved lives.

[@sillyking1991]

@@WhattAreYouSaying bigger shovels wouldn't have done anything, at least not if the actual disaster was anything like the show shows. the shovels were just glorified levers, only there to help them pick up the big chunks.

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

@@sillyking1991 If they had bigger shovels they would have gotten more stuff off the roof in those 90 seconds, and fewer men would have needed to enter the roof. If the shovels were twice as big, they would have gotten twice as much graphite off the roof in 90 seconds, and 50% less men would have been needed. That makes sense in my head. I have seen real footage of the graphite removal from the roof, someone recorded it, and the shovels was exactly the same as in the series. The real footage is on KZbin.

[@sillyking1991]

@@WhattAreYouSaying but was the graphite the same? Certainly at least some of it was. As it qas depicted in the show, bigger shovels wouldnt have helped becuase the chunks themselves were fairly large, and nonuniform in shape. You also have to remember, they may not have had access to.bigger shovels, not initially. Also also, larger shovels are gonna be harder to maneuver in tighter areas.

[@JoPro06]

@@WhattAreYouSaying that stuff is heavy, and a bigger shovel wouldn’t solve anything as it is quite hard to lift something heavy and unbalanced with a shovel over a bigger distance. Especially not when you are freaked out.

[@Leicestercityrules24]

Mad how an inanimate rock is a better villain than the Night King.

[@Alspactor]

lol yes

[@percyplant474]

So true lol Im more scared of that rock than any villains Ive seen 😂

[@finnheisenheim8274]

A radioactive rock. Just look at kryptonite and ask superman how scary it is.

[@ariela.877]

Lmao

[@HUNmerlin]

jesus christ they're minerals

[@MrSkillns]

The sound of a Geiger meter going haywire must be the most terrifying sound ever made.

[@radiopadilla]

MrSkillns why even bring them out when they are on the roof ? Like they knew that whole area would have been very bad. I almost think it would have been even more distracting for them.

[@almightydeity]

@@radiopadilla They took dosimeters to keep track of exposure. Ideally they were washed out after 25 roentgen, though few kept good track and 1 second on this roof was that much if not more even with all that cladding. The counter was supposed to signal to the audience danger, especially when he does exactly what the commander said specifically not to do, like look over the edge.

[@HM4Hill]

@@almightydeity 25 ey? That's not good but it's not terrible either

[@jorgepeterbarton]

@@almightydeity did they actually have dosimeters with them? or is it just incidental soundtrack to show the audience that radiation is doing damage? its tracked over with the music, not a sound coming from the character

[@smolkafilip]

@@jorgepeterbarton Its incidental. Geiger counters are low range meters. What you can hear is equivalent to a couple hundred miliroentgen at best. Any geiger counter would lose it's shit (get stuck at "3.6 roentgen, not great, not terrible") and then go completely dead before you even got on that roof. Maybe they had dosimeters on them to determine the total dose they got afterwards, but no handheld radiation detector that I know of would work at such high levels. And even if they did, they wouldn't be very useful. No time to even look at it while you are up there anyway and if you could, what would it matter? Whether it says 8000 R/h or 12000 R/h it means "GTFO or you are dead" either way.

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

let’s not forget the brave cameramen running around on the rooftop with these guys

[@Nines_Rodriguez]

Underrated comment...

[@Attttnnn]

The true heroes of the show

[@flowerofash4439]

We all know that cameraman are immortal

[@CoolAlex123Youtube]

"BuT It'S a Tv ShOW, TheRe wAS No CamrEAMAN!"

[@nerdinvader6740]

@@CoolAlex123KZbin the real cameramen who took the real life footage this is based on too

[@dannyzero692]

"You either server 2 years in Afghanistan, or 2 minutes on that roof." That was what these liquidators were told before they volunteered on that roof, most of them never lived their full lives.

[@toxikyle5419]

I've spent a good several minutes sitting here thinking about whether I'd rather spend 2 minutes on the roof or 2 years in Afghanistan. I may need a couple more minutes to mull it over.

[@martinh1309]

@@toxikyle5419 Afghanistan easily

[@AmorAmor360]

Afghanistan all day no question

[@patrickkenney2259]

What in the fuck are you talking about.

[@dannyzero692]

@@patrickkenney2259 do some research

[@apugalypse_now]

Radiation is some cosmic horror shit. Look at a rock for three seconds too long and you start melting from the inside.

[@Anygodwilldo]

excuse my ignorance, what happens exactly if you look at a radiated object for too long?

[@kobz2862]

@@Anygodwilldo If you had the chance to look on the molten core in the underground of reactor #4, after a few seconds you will lose your sight

[@simonphoenix3789]

@@Anygodwilldo looking at it doesn't do anything. its being close to highly radioactive material that does the damage. it also depends on the type of radiation source you are looking at. if its emitting gamma rays, then its going to go right through your clothes and cause damage. if its alpha or beta particles.. your clothes are usually enough to stop most of that. The danger would be having radioactive material such as dust sticking to you and being spread around inside your home, where it can expose you to dangerous amounts over time. or worse, it can end up in your body, where it is far more dangerous. that's why they show them washing everything that has been exposed.

[@Anygodwilldo]

@@simonphoenix3789 Thanks So what happens when it's in your body?

[@mrspidey80]

@@Anygodwilldo Whether it is alpha or beta particles from inside your body or gamma rays from outside, the effect is the same. The DNA in your cells gets smashed to bits. Cells eventually die, but with the DNA destroyed, your body has lost the blueprint neccessary to replace them. So you die, cell by cell.

[@Engineer1998]

That one dude did EXACTLY EVERYTHING he was told NOT to do.

[@primadeluxe4910]

It didn't matter. He was dead anyway.

[@halo007Mex]

@@primadeluxe4910 it matter because of that jaja

[@TeviShow]

@@primadeluxe4910 Actually no, from like 800k liquidators thers only about 4k that died (vast majority because of cancer in the following years)

[@hybridce99]

He's actually a time traveling Trump voter. Radiation is fake news, he don't need no stinkin' mask. Trump voters don't wear masks around radiation.

[@TeviShow]

@@hybridce99 Maybe if you would concentrate on something diferent that hate you would know, that the mask wasnt intended to protect from radiation but from the graphite dust. And this is exactly the same today

[@sharktoof1]

Absolutely love the cinematography here. The shaky cam. You can feel the fear. The chaos. It really makes your skin crawl. This show is a true work of art.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Especially the first shot over the roof that gives of the "where do I actually start with cleaning, there's so much of it"-vibe, ugh.

[@faceripper77]

Plus the feeling of being in full mop gear with a respirator on. You can almost feel that exhausted fall into the puddle towards the end. Crazy good film making.

[@arthurshahnazarov1810]

My grandfather was one of those man, died in 2014 at the age of 74. God bless those heroes ❤️

[@Godzilla2000Zero]

True Hero

[@sprongledunk1551]

god bless your grandpa he was a hero

[@paulgrundy6864]

Men like your grandfather don’t get the appreciation they deserve, they are heroes.

[@Judas_1989]

Your grandfather is a hero.

[@didiwever834]

I hope he was well.

[@comradedyatlov4143]

"Do not look over the rail" "Take care not to stumble" "Take care not to fall" "Go left" *Looks over the rail* *Stumbles* *Falls into a puddle* *Goes right*

[@MazdaRX734]

Why is there graphite on the roof comrade?

[@comradedyatlov4143]

@@MazdaRX734 You didn't see graphite. You DIDN'T! Because it's not there!

[@lordjael]

He was putting his ear protection on at the time and it doesn’t seem he even heard the instructions.

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

I would see you to take this offers right

[@mrabintom]

@@comradedyatlov4143 Ah yes, you didn't see comrade, because you were in the toilet. They raised the power, apparently

[@styleofender8945]

The "Youre done" was fucking terrifying. Sounds really like he told him he's basically dead.

[@styleofender8945]

@Xic D Naah I think its just ment to sound like that

[@rafaanan5220]

The other workers could do many trips because the amount of radiation they were exposed to, wasn't that much if they didn't look down into the reactor & just stayed on the roof. But the guy that went to the edge got a much larger dose, so any more trips would have been dangerous for him. Hence the "you're done".

[@Sojju7]

I would’ve that foot removed that very day

[@styleofender8945]

@@Sojju7 I mean, if he stayed too long on that roof and the radiation really penetrated the suit, then theres pretty much nothing to do for him than pray.

[@spritecranberry4966]

@@styleofender8945 it’s the Soviet Union they’re all atheists anyway

[@slayer8actual]

The temptation to look over the edge, regardless of how dangerous it is and being told not to, can be overwhelming. I know this because in the Army when we were at the grenade range where we were training with live grenades, Soldiers are instructed to stand behind a barrier that is about chest high before throwing the grenade. They then look at their intended target, go through the preparatory motions to throw the grenade and then throw it. They are then instructed to IMMEDIATELY take cover behind the wall and not to raise their head above the wall to see where it landed since technically they are still within the lethal blast radius. Yet, time and time again, we would see Soldiers remain standing to check it out and they would have to be pulled down by their instructor. Danger is fixating.

[@aidey8mph605]

Man like boom

[@nfspbarrister5681]

Our monkey brain is a deadly curse. So curious. But that's why we found fire...and electricity

[@stalkerno.3140]

@@nfspbarrister5681 and don't you forget penis pumps.

[@mattz1230]

That's why the risk assessment for this states clearly that the Instructor will use necessary force to reposition the trainee. And signed by a General. What it means is they are one of the few Instructors literally authorized to beat you.

[@deletdis6173]

Facts

[@DREWVIX1992]

I love how they show real footage at 0:36. This show will forever be one of my favorites. Such an eye opener to the severity of what happened, I'm only 26 so I didn't know how bad Chernobyl was until I saw this. Thanks HBO

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

chernobyl is way too fascinating

[@danielk5780]

Is this real footage? If the lunar rovers and roboters died within a few seconds on that roof, why didn't the camera die too?

[@DREWVIX1992]

​@@danielk5780Very insightful. Maybe it did die shortly after recording because I mean we only see the "real footage" for less than 10 seconds.

[@Vladan471]

Look for "Chernobyl 3828" (by the way 3828 its the number of men who passed through that roof) there is plenty of footage

[@MatthewHackett]

@@DREWVIX1992There is more real footage from the roof that you can find here on KZbin

[@YourXLNC]

*_clicking intensifies_* That has to be one of the most stressful 90 seconds I've ever seen.

[@mulleolsen]

I shiv clickers

[@randomrazr]

dubm quesiton but what was the purpose of graphite

[@YourXLNC]

​ randomrazr Going back to the 'bullet' analogy in episode 2, imagine a gun fired at a sheet of metal. The bullet will be slowed down by the metal. Similarly, the uranium "gun" in the core fires a neutron "bullet". In this case, graphite is the metal that slows down the neutron. PS Not a nuclear physicist, but this is how I understand it. Someone from Reddit made a proper explanation: imgur.com/a/QqphbyO

[@-BuddyGuy]

@@randomrazr Neutrons fly around and crash into atoms which splits the atoms (fission) and releases energy, and also shoots off more neutrons, which will split more atoms. The probability of a collision is higher if the neutrons are going slower. Graphite is a "moderator". It slows the neutrons.

[@Munkenba]

It's definitely the most stressed I've ever been watching men clumsily shovel small rocks on a construction site.

[@locustfire75]

According to the creator, about 90% of Tarakonov's speech is word-for-word from the real Tarakonov's speech. Still, hearing 'these are the most important ninety seconds of your life' carries a lot of weight, about as much as hearing 'You're done'

[@TerraeChannel]

THere is footage of this speech. If you find hard enough you can find it. I saw it long ago but had fuzzy memories of it. But as soon as he started his briefing, I remembered the original that was very similar.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

The real Tarakanov gave that speech to each and every one of the 3,828 men who were involved in this mission, in person. After hundreds of repetitions, his voice was hoarse and it hurt to speak, but he made sure each man understood what he was getting in to, answered their questions, and thanked them for their sacrifice.

[@morocco622]

Tarakonov is still alive

[@Victor-vc9br]

@@TerraeChannel It's in the documentary "Chernobyl 3828". I read your comments days ago but remembered it while watching :)

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

I can't help but wonder... why didn't they try setting up a fire hose to the roof and then using the water to push the graphite bits around? Surely, a water cannon could pull that job off with minimal risk.

[@wingman4668]

You know what’s fucking fantastic about this scene, they made 90 seconds feel like an hour, and if you want to depict proper horror and desperation, this is PERFECT

[@C79I]

My father was there! Thanks GOD HE is alive!!!

[@morocco622]

Hope your father lives a peaceful life

[@HauyneX]

Holy shit!

[@pierrebegley2746]

Thank God! What did he tell you about what he saw..?

[@joshuaneuberth648]

Man Ur father is a unlucky but goddamn lucky bastard. God bless him. Damn.

[@woodwyrm]

Do tell him that a lot of people on the internet are very grateful for what he did at Chernobyl.

[@soflyguy92]

I love how this guy HAS to look down. He’s just been told this amount of exposure has severe health consequences and could kill him YET the human mind is so curious that it’s willing to risk it all just to get a glimpse of truth . Amazing scene

[@redsabre69]

staring into the gates of hell

[@wholelottapain8130]

That exactly what I said. Humans are very curious creatures. Something I’ll probably do bc I’m curious

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I would have looked too because even after 90 seconds you would be dead within a few weeks.

[@AF-vm6xx]

Well put

[@primadeluxe4910]

He didn't hear the instructions clearly.

[@ShreeNation]

Shit I just realized that someone was putting ear protection on the man in focus just as the instructor was saying "don't look over the rail, try not to stumble", etc. He missed critical information all in 5 seconds.

[@najirabeeu]

Unlucky guy

[@joeaardvark9214]

Nice catch.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

"Is that clear?" Everyone else: nods. This guy: . . . Nods.

[@Blaze42020]

If that ear protection stopped him from hearing that how’d he hear him say “comrade soldier you’re done” at the end then?

[@into18]

Does he?

[@FischerFilmStudio]

All of those mangled “pipes” you’re seeing when he looks over the railing are the control rods that were leaping up and down before the explosion. The detonation splayed them outwards, breaking the graphite that lined them into blocks that scattered everywhere. The core was now opened with blocks of graphite that were once in the core now emitting radiation all over the facility. He’s practically looking in to hell itself.

[@sprongledunk1551]

at 1:45 you can see a liquidator pass by a fuel rod

[@ArgonPlasma]

I don't think a lot of people noticed this, but at 1:45, the liquidator passes right by a fuel rod still encased in graphite: even before the tear in his boot and him looking down at the reactor, the liquidator was likely dead just being near that thing

[@HUNTtheTRUTH1]

Imagine the soldiers that had to move that fuel rod.

[@joxxx20]

Haven't noticed it either

[@vihurah9554]

Thats actually the rod that connects the graphite displacer to the boron absorber. If that was a proper fuel rod im pretty sure the dosimeter would've blown out his eardrums

[@abelbabel8484]

@@vihurah9554 A dosimeter makes no sound. And you can be damn certain those poor men had no personal Geiger counters but that the sound is put in for us viewers.

[@wackymcwacksire6279]

Scary

[@85turtle]

Netflix: HBO is finished now that G.O.T is over. HBO: Hold my Graphite

[@poundtownforever6126]

Hold my graphite

[@clarice8604]

Hold my graphite tipped control rod

[@WarbirdPhoenix]

HBO: Click,click,click.... Click,click,click,click,click... Click,click,click,click,click,click,clickttyclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick

[@richietozier7091]

HBO: hold my material that totally isn’t there, you must be in shock if you see it

[@redc1305]

Hold my 3,6 roentgen

[@lucasmoreira5898]

Do not look directly to the exposed reactor. Do not stay there above 90 seconds. He's dead as f***.

[@spigotsandcogs]

Lucas Moreira don’t have your boot torn open by radioactive graphite

[@rustedreptile8759]

Don't splash yourself with radioactive water

[@SLOTHxMAN]

dont get your foot completely stuck under graphite

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

Don't get out of bed.

[@Kyyp3r]

Don't pick up the phone You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone

[@aliciaanderson873]

These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives. Gets three scoops off the roof, looks over the rail twice, and falls over twice on the way back. GG comrade, GG.

[@Worhan]

The sound design of this series is a masterpiece, so creepy and eerie

[@thesilenthero422]

Cutting your lifespan in half to move a few pieces of rubble

[@MarloSoBalJr]

In just 90 seconds. To think spending even an hour there, you were a walking corpse before it finally did you in

[@chusty93]

in half? More like near to nothing, he was so close to the reactor and the graphite, such amount of radiation must have had him dead within a few weeks

[@eiteiei4063]

@@chusty93 Many of the brave men that did this job are still alive today. The radiation isn't lethal if they were there only for the 90 seconds

[@jpa207]

@Albert Fels BTW, to anybody reading this: If you like having a good night's sleep, don't google Cecil Kelley images before sleeping like I did. Wait until the next morning.

[@ullisbullisully]

@@jpa207 I did it and it was nothing scary there Disappointing

[@ColonelPeppers]

Every single person who took part in that clean up is a hero in my book. Respect.

[@AndreNitroX]

Agreed, it took great bravery to go in there

[@xsailor85]

Colonel Pepper What the liquidators lived through was a living nightmare.

[@deffry1555]

@@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 ?

[@sruto]

@@beezertwelvewashingbeard8703 no one thinks that? what's your source. stop making up BS to fit your fantasy

[@windolite]

they should have abandoned it all

[@Catalogue28]

"These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives." The way that actor delivered that line was incredible

[@daneoriatti5009]

The crackling sound of a Geiger counter will forever be the scariest sound after this series. It's no wonder why it has received critical acclaim. My favorite series of all time!

[@hagamapama]

The sound desogn of the Chernobyl series was nothing short of legendary

[@jkrfan7]

2:18 I love that this guy immediately comes over to help without being asked to

[@artloverivy]

It’s the little things.

[@OutCast907]

I do that all the times at job and anywhere around me

[@StillTheArm11]

Some people know that others will rarely ask for help yet will receive it gladly. Two kinds of strength.

[@TheNefastor]

Soldiers have "esprit de corps". That's how they behave, no matter the country.

[@StopFlaggingVideos]

that's the kind of person who gets work done, is conscious of his team. the guy who the camera followed is an example of the stupid one who you need to pick up so he doesn't drag you down

[@TheRacingMonkey]

Scarier than any horror movie I‘ve ever seen

[@diogopinto9462]

No

[@Boskov01]

Even scarier when you remember that this is not a work of fiction, but a historical reenactment, that all of this actually occurred for the most part, with allowances made for minor bends in the truth for the sake of television dramatization.

[@nikamegloba4722]

exactly, I love horror movies and I am not scared of them but after watching this I couldn't sleep.

[@Gonken88]

It's basically just fm radio x 1000000000

[@xazoirxazoirowsky1742]

Scarier, because this was true life :X

[@CyrusEpion]

Anyone notice how at 1:43 he stops himself right before walking onto a damn reactor rod. Graphite AND reactor rods. Jesus Christ.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Being that close to a fuel rod, even for a few seconds, has got to be fatal

[@KriegCommisar]

Its a control rod. A fuel rod would have melted down.

[@gelatinous6915]

The way he stumbles and starts falling apart at the end isn't just random, either. Liquidators have described a mysterious side effect of radiation, from those who worked on the roof to clear the graphite, saying that "even the most brave and brazen soldiers seemingly lose their composure and fall flat on their feet before the invisible mental enemy of radiation." It's genuinely terrifying. We don't even know what happens to the human mind when it's bombarded with this much radiation because almost nobody has done it.

[@akimi2003]

And to think that poor engineer was forced to go onto that same roof right after the accident with 0 protection AND look over the rail... he knew he was dead.

[@user-qp9uv1fe8g]

In fact, he wasn't forced. The records say that during the meeting he was told "If you like you can send your own man, however we would appreciate if you'll have a look with your own eye". He decide to there by himself. And there was no soldier with an AK behind his back. Even though, investigation process, lotta details of accident and taken measures are shown right, Series is not 100% accurate ( it's still pretty good thou)

[@lawlicht8092]

Константин Лебедев of course he would rather sacrifice his own life than force another poor lad to take the plunge, i bet he felt his soul would burn in hell otherwise.

[@whokilledzekeiddon]

@@user-qp9uv1fe8g Wasn't it an implied ultimatum, though? They may not have had a physical gun to his head, but they weren't gently suggesting he should go look, they were _gently_ *suggesting* he *should* *go* *look*

[@taunokekkonen5733]

@@user-qp9uv1fe8g if you think "we would appreciate" in 1980's Soviet Union is anything else than a direct order, you are quite russian.

[@brandonbosworth1829]

@@user-qp9uv1fe8g your wrong on That so bad I do t know how u even made this comment

[@laitc456]

when you realize that scene is a history ...... chills come out.

[@watchrami]

Azazel Leo you can even find the footage on youtube

[@kursk_kuku141]

And documentaries too... it is horrifying but true.

[@BikZom]

Telecon studio on youtube for original footage

[@Dmitriy_Vdovenko]

It is kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX64amVqibZ6lZI

[@VanlockFR]

check that video from real footage : kzbin.info/www/bejne/p17VeIahna-Sa5Y

[@belizarius_997]

"Comrade soldier, you're done". The most chilling sentence ever recorded in the history of television.

[@JoblyJohnny]

I love how they play the reactor core as the villain in the film, from how when they get close the Geiger counter goes crazy to how if you even as to stand near it you hear horror music, even just looking at it has an eerie bad guy feel to it, you know it’s the main villain.

[@szellemikutmergezes9810]

The true villain of this show and the real event were the same species that are responsible for the worst things on this planet - us.

[@TitusCastiglione1503]

@@szellemikutmergezes9810 more specifically; the corruption and moral shortcuts of the Soviet state, and their incompetence at responding to the mess.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@szellemikutmergezes9810 Why do you lump everyone in with the evil subhuman Soviet state?

[@ericanderson4801]

I bet you'll never look at a pencil the same way.

[@Chesteraptor]

My pencil has never lied near Uranium U-235

[@Spartanoffaith]

@@Chesteraptor Check out rich kid over here. Didn't grow up in a radioactive slag heap. Fuck off Ritzy boy.

[@machigiceb7788]

@@Spartanoffaith who crawled up your ass and died?

[@comandercarnis]

@@machigiceb7788 I think it was joke fam

[@wozza2341]

@@Spartanoffaith lol

[@gravemindpenis]

The fact that there’s no dialogue, the slow deterioration of the liquidator, the clicking, the sounds of the shovel, the weight of the rocks, that it’s all in one single shot, the grunts and breathing of the liquidator, that we don’t see his face, the heavy breathing when he’s back inside, the simple and reassuring sentence that’s he’s done his part, the haunting realization that he won’t be the last person to experience this and wasn’t the first and The fact that this is real.

[@Anygodwilldo]

That remark from the commander was hardly "reassuring" .. it was more like "you're fucked" .. or I believe, that's how the soldier interpreted it.

[@megatechbody3207]

Bio robots.

[@mrblaoblao6981]

What scared me the most is not only the nonstop clicking of the geiger meters but also seeing the liquidators touching stuff, and that they're so fast tired (a sign of the strong radiation)

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@zoomie7 Weeks, months, years, decades.

[@spawn9009]

You coulda just left it at no dialogue

[@SchoolrejecT]

I love how that dude with ringing the "bell" is basically the grim reaper. "You're done. Time to go."

[@azix2915]

One of the most stressful and anxiety-inducing scene I've witnessed in a TV show

[@riyasaluja19]

I can agree

[@vyceros7062]

The "Comrade soldier.. you are done." had a double meaning..

[@NichtNameee]

Maybe for the audience.

[@almightydeity]

Well he did look over the edge, trip and tear his shoe, get soaked in contaminated water, twice, and spent over 110 seconds on that roof. He might as well be glowing.

[@ubermitch4976]

Read your comment the second he said it.

[@dannywhite132]

No shit Sherlock

[@TMoDDD]

@@almightydeity he survived

[@strayeddm2882]

"Comrade soldier... You are done."

[@_devolve]

In every sense of the word.

[@crazybastardo9452]

In real life, soldier was survived. His name is Pavel Treshkov, he still is alive now, without a cancer dicease.

[@pontiacmaniac7772]

Crazy Bastardo lucky

[@_devolve]

@@crazybastardo9452 I can't find any reference to a person by that name. Can you provide a source? I'd like to read about it.

[@a24jpterrorist36]

In our language its means not work..

[@augustjsb]

I used my stopwatch. From the time he's say go, to the first chime of the bell, 92 seconds passed. Considering it would take him a few seconds to put the watch down and ring the bell. This scene lines up exactly with how much time they would have actually been on the roof. It's one continuous take.

[@alexanderward5286]

“Comrade Soldier... You’re Done..” Oh how heart wrenching those words were. So common yet so deliberate in meaning.

[@Airsoftfrreak96]

0:35 that's actual footage from 86

[@funny_hero]

Here is the real one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqLEfZlri8uriKc

[@kostyapisarev3072]

And he got injured bu the cable he tried to pull. It hit him in the had and he was taken by other down from the roof

[@galicije83]

@@funny_hero General lead his men...my God he is real HERO and exemple how officer lead his man in war and peace...

[@dododakowski2813]

Oh yesss...

[@450asg]

0:00 -> 3:42 is actual footage from the show.

[@harryhaller348]

Game of Thrones: "we have shoot 3 months for this authentic scenery" Chernobyl: "give me 90 seconds"

[@eemeliluoma6408]

This is the first reply of this comment.

[@harryhaller348]

@@eemeliluoma6408 this is the reaction to your comment

[@eviitaoisma8624]

What is the name of the actor on this roof scene?

[@asoru5573]

@@eviitaoisma8624 I'm curious too

[@ohdahngboi_2237]

Everyone’s gangster until the giger counter starts screaming

[@anb7408]

The pegged out docimeter sound is what makes this scene so chilling. This scene and the one with the soon to be dead technicians peering down into the blown reactor are two of the most bone chilling scenes I’ve ever watched in a movie/show.

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

Did not happen in real life. Surprisingly, despite the hysteria of this great series, very few people actually died. The show needed to demonstrate the most exaggerated situations. Although the Slavic mindset was well on display!

[@sergeontheloose]

Remember those names - the first firefighters who arrived at the scene of the explosion and started combating the fire: Vladimir Pravik - died May 11, 1986 Victor Kibenok - died May 11, 1986 Leonid Telyatnikov - lived longest among these firemen, which is a miracle in itself. Died in 2005 of Chernobyl-related cancer. Vasiliy Ignatenko - died May 13, 1986. In 2006 posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine. Nikolay Vaschuk - was instrumental in preventing fire from reaching reactor number 3. Died with the rest of his crew on the same day. Hero of Ukraine. Nikolay Titenok - died May 16, 1986. Hero of Ukraine Leonid Shavrey - miraculous recovery in the facility in Kyiv. Had bone marrow partially replaced which help the organism and DNA to fight off radiation exposure and sickness. Ivan Shavrey - the younger brother of Leonid. Also survived by miraculous treatment in Kyiv. Again, partial replacement of bone marrow. Petro Shavrey - the oldest brother. Also survived. There should be a book about this family of heroes or maybe a separate HBO movie. Alexander Lelechenko - electrician technician of Chernobyl NPP. Was responsible for preventing an additional hydrоgen explosion. Received lethal dose of radiation and died on May 7, 1986. Hero of Ukraine. The first wave of firefighters consisted of 28 men in total.

[@Krasses]

Where's our boy Misha?

[@boundlessblade5205]

Also Valery Khodemchuk The night shift main circulating pump operator, Khodemchuk, was likely killed immediately; he was located in the collapsed part of the building, in the far end of the southern main circulating pumps engine room at level +10. His body was never recovered and is entombed in the nuclear reactor's debris

[@sergeontheloose]

@@boundlessblade5205 Yes, our great-great-great children will recover his remains and if the records will be still available - would know who this is.

[@prvifront5532]

White male privilege everybody!!!

[@gentrykoda]

@@prvifront5532 Troll

[@ryabow]

i work in the radiation protection field, and this was one of my favorite scenes in the show. part of my job is mapping out high radiation areas like this one, so that our workers can minimize their exposure. we always say, practice ALARA, and use time, distance, shielding. meaning, keep your dose as low as possible, by minimizing time in the area (the 90 second stay time), keeping your distance from hot spots (which they couldn't do in this area), and use any shielding you can (like when they lined up against the wall and were kept away from the opening). for the torn boot, the man would've received more exposure for a moment, sure, but the real problem there, and one we have to be prepared for, is the fear. he froze in place, just one wall away from all that debris, terrified of the ripped shoe, and what it could mean. but Tarakanov knew his shit. as soon as that man got back downstairs, he would've been stripped, showered/decontaminated, and frisked to make sure he wasn't bringing any spicy atoms back to the barracks with him. the one thing that really makes me laugh about this is the dosimetry, though. that roof was reading something like 10,000 Roentgen an hour. you wouldn't hear clicks and static. you'd hear a constant metallic screech. based off experience, if i heard that from a radiation probe, i'd guess it was reading less than 30 milliroentgen per hour, which is a *much* more survivable dose rate.

[@frostfox8813]

It's also creepy to read reports of accidents at nuclear plants ...

[@h5skb4ru41]

You sure know your shit. Your knowledge makes it more terrifying though

[@djbridgers1153]

Same here we install lead shielding in the reactor compartments of the submarines and carriers. ALARA my friend. Time distance shielding lol

[@phuturephunk]

That's one thing that would have been a nice touch to add if they could have. The part you mentioned about the dosimeter. It would have been really effective from a thematic perspective if it goes from clicks/static to just a nasty metallic resonance sound. I feel that would have really upped the fear factor because it probably would have been bewildering to a cleaner sent up there. Like, shocking and scary.

[@aceshighdueceslow]

regarding the dosimeter, would there be any point to having the soldiers wearing them? I feel like that would've just upped the fear response and there's no point in making these guys more terrified since that would lead to more mistakes and potentially costing more lives, whether through death or just a casualty because they're now in-firmed with radiation sickness

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

Hearing a malfunctioning Geiger counter must be the most terrifying thing in the world

[@goofyaahman3497]

Radiation in movies : Powers Radiation in real life : Pain/death

[@ShadowNetWeaver1]

From now on anytime someone asks me, "what is one of the scariest sounds you'll ever hear"? I'll answer: A Geiger Counter

[@Niklastard]

At least a rapidly ticking one

[@ZhekUA]

Well I saw a video about burned firefighters clothes at a hospital basement at Pripyat. Nornaly it is 0,008-0,012 milisivert/h but there was 0,039milisiverts and firefighters clothes were 140-800 milisivert/h and bottoms of firefighters boots were 800-3900 milisiverts... As far as I know this basement is now closed with newly build walls to prevent tourists examine this deadly clothes.

[@ianloeb1672]

Eugene Berezovsky there are still one or two ways in you just gotta be smart

[@lordthompson3868]

@@ianloeb1672 One or two ways to do what? examine the firefighters clothes? there is nothing smart about that lmao

[@Basket69]

@@ianloeb1672 "gotta be smart"

[@bsgfan1]

The irony of this scene is that it also exemplifies the best traits of humanity: 0:33 - Organization 1:22 - Courage in the face of danger 1:41 - Tool usage 2:04 - Curiosity 2:18 - Cooperation 2:45 - Determination 3:15 - Perseverance

[@Andromedos]

bsgfan1 Speaking of tool usage, I just don‘t get why they had to carry the graphite on the shovels to the edge... Why not use wheelbarrows on the roof? Put the wreckage in the wheelbarrow, drive it to the edge, tip the wheelbarrow over.

[@Medicalguy]

@@Andromedos They would likely require too much exposure to radiation, and tipping would necessitate exposing their body parts over the edge basically sentencing them to death. That, the time limit, and the terrain would also kill the prospect of a wheelbarrow.

[@syedsnake9801]

@@Andromedos Its more risky to hold radiated parts with ur bare hands

[@lifepolicy]

@@syedsnake9801 what they did back in 1986 (watch original footage)

[@berolbongsu]

Very interesting indeed

[@fonkyfesh-old]

"Comrade solder! You're done." In more ways than one.

[@chriswatters1049]

"Commit your task to memory, then do your job." The dark way he said that gave me chills.

[@leviathanmg]

2:14 is the moment that made my eyes well up. Something about the other man coming over to help him. Neither of them are to blame and yet here they are having to fight through sheer terror and a ticking clock to help mitigate a potential global catastrophe. Humans have an unlimited capacity for cruelty to one another but also an unlimited capacity for coming together in the face of an existential threat. Well done.

[@boundlessblade5205]

@@tusidex5228 rockas??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ no idiot, they were throwing highly radiated graphite rods back into the reactor core.

[@tusidex5228]

Boundless Blade it was a joke, not a funny one i know

[@RA-yc9fb]

Yes the human couldn't lift ☹️ so other human came to HELP 😩 and they used TEAMWORK 😭

[@KirkHermary]

@@RA-yc9fb everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team.

[@cloverbun2574]

@O 285 please don't remind me...

[@SovLestlandia]

1:22-2:52 90 seconds. Very Accurate

[@asdfghjkl900321]

Didn't bother to check it myself but I was thinking to myself while watching: "Is this scene actually 90 seconds?". Thanks!

[@theamuseum4692]

That’s what I thought when watching the episode.

[@bhafferty5184]

The longest 90 seconds of my life. I had honestly thought they extended it to make it more dramatic.

[@ruthswann88]

@@bhafferty5184 I mean he did get back inside at 3:21, so the whole scene outside was 2 minutes.

[@bhafferty5184]

@@ruthswann88 he did, but that was because he tripped. Still had me at the edge of my seat though.

[@joeobrycki1521]

Making it an uncut shot was the perfect choice. Camera moving around with the actors. Built so much suspense.

[@unloved_rain]

This ain't just a tv show....it really happened, that's the scary thing about the whole show Everyone who died there, died as a hero

[@BradiKal61]

The soundtrack and sound editing for this show will win awards

[@hardy83]

The cinematography, visual effects, costume design, acting, writing, directing, ALL the awards.

[@slappy8941]

This show should win all the awards.

[@redluckog7008]

Sword of the Morning fuck off, then.

[@lito-23]

@@dawn-blade trolling

[@ambal1]

Interesting that this show has no music. All background sounds are sounds from working reactor

[@Lolbama2012]

This is without a doubt the most tense moment of this show. No music. No talking. Just the constant ever present clicking of their meters telling you all you need to know.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

No music? Like I get it might not have an actual beat to it, but it's an ambient piece of music, a very haunting one at that, but still...

[@jakebreedlove9619]

For me, the 3 divers had the most intense part. Terrifying

[@Watcher3223]

@@Dutch3DMaster And, in a way, there was another form of music: the Geiger counter. You know it gets tense the moments the cracking starts sounding more like what amounts to a steady tone, meaning that you are in the midst of hellacious levels of ionizing radiation.

[@sethraelthebard5459]

Agreed. It really is Lovecraftian terror. The worst thing is that the Fear is totally unknown. It cannot be seen or heard, but the body can feel it. These men didn't even truly realize what was happening, despite what they had been ordered to do. Radiation is insidious and indiscriminate. The Geiger counter screaming is to me the single most horrifying part of this scene. That roof is literally poisoning the environment with every second. Anyone who set foot upon it was effectively committing suicide.

[@lucasbarbosa3335]

This is like getting close to a black hole, every second there is like 10 years.

[@coyoteannabis1192]

I'm 51 years old, and I've had some truly terrifying moments in that time. Rolled a truck down a 300' hill into a river, stalked by a jaguar, chased and shot at be narcos... None of that compares to when I was 24. I walked past a "pretty rock" in somebody's garden, and my fillings instantly started hurting. Bad. The terror came a second later when I had a flashback to my 10th grade science class. My teacher used to work at Los Alamos, and he taught us all about radiation. I knew right away I had just walked past a large source of it. Turns out that "pretty rock" was a 210 lb chunk of pitchblend that the construction crew dug up when they were building the house. I didn't have to get decon'd or even go to the hospital because the dose was so low, but for months I was 100% certain I was going to keel over and die at any moment. This scene captured that feeling perfectly.

[@crististefanescu8169]

Damm, what a life you've had.

[@djricane]

Why the hell that thing was there?

[@coyoteannabis1192]

@@djricane Like I said, the construction crew dug it up when they were building the house, nobody knew what it was and the owner thought it was pretty, so they put it in their garden. Never thought to question why the plants died/wouldn't grow near it... There have actually been a few large chunks of pitchblend unearthed here in FL. From what I understand they're fragments from the meteor impact near the Yucatan. Either from the meteor itself or the ground that got hurled into the air. The same reason why most of the pitchblend used in the earliest nuclear power experiments came from Tennesee.

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

@@coyoteannabis1192 Radiation is straight up fantasy shit, just a shame it has to be of the deadly variety

[@fractal5764]

I would kill to have that rock.

[@Balnazzardi]

This scene was VERY well done....it looks so authentic when compared to the real footage from the roof.

[@Balnazzardi]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpqQiJeKe5eEqJo The guy explaining the stuff here is actually the one you also see in this scene telling them what to do and signaling them when to come back.

[@DreamyWoIf]

@post39 I highly recommend this short documentary about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJenkmuqh5doms0

[@strayeddm2882]

@post39 the footage you see on the screens in the scene is some of the real footage

[@shanek5668]

@post39 (Go to 7:55) in this video.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZSQp6mejL1_b7M

[@NichtNameee]

@Charlie Murphy A stupid fake russian accent would have been better, right?

[@user-rd6uc2sf6i]

"don't not look over the railings" *looks over the railings multiple times*

[@Spyglass_07]

Well the camera man did it to

[@toxin1882]

@@Spyglass_07 You don't seem to understand. Camera man can do it because he's no mere mortal like us.

[@theburgernoder2441]

@@toxin1882 “this shit tickle” -camera man

[@novemberpierce206]

"Comrade Soldier... you're done! ""my shift or my life? "Yes!

[@pranayranjan3777]

This incident couldn't have been depicted on screen more perfectly than this show... The speciality of this show is that everything looks so real and gives u chills and it's scarier than any horror movie due to the fact that it makes u realise that this incident really happened

[@Spaceman_Sp1ff]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that the people who did this probably halved their lifespans or worse. None of it was their fault but they soaked in that radiation anyway. True heroes.

[@pcpolice2518]

lmao well they didn't have a choice but yes, it would have sucked to have been ordered to deal with that and bless the guys that did

[@jimmyelkordy3752]

I wonder if they really understood the magnitude of the situation at the time

[@tescheurich]

Evidence doesn't bear that out as far as I know.

[@pafnutiytheartist]

@@jimmyelkordy3752 not really. Some did obviously, but roof operations were much better organized than shown in the show, most people who worked on the roof were well briefed and worked carefully and efficiently, exposing them to acceptable doses. While a significant portion of them did have heath issues down the line, halving lefespan is an overestimate.

[@Biden_is_demented]

@@pafnutiytheartist What perhaps spurred them on was the fact they were mostly ignorant of what they were up against. Nowadays, we all know about radiation, what causes it, and how to defend against it. But those guys knew nothing other than what they were told on that roof. It is just not enough time to assimilate the danger they were in. Knowledge of what was really happening was restricted to those with college education, which most of the liquidators did not have. You could say "ignorance is bliss", because most of them would piss themselves if they knew they were indeed walking to their deaths. All they knew was that their country needed them. They had to stop the flow of radiation, their own family´s lives depended on them. Pride for one´s motherland and for one´s duty is a serious motivator.

[@fluppy2540]

When he says “you’re done” that quote has two different meanings.....his job and his life

[@dumbidiot3650]

Bruh

[@NoeticSystem]

No. It has one meaning. It means he's out of the oven, golden brown and ready to serve.

[@caseygreen5798]

One of my favorite pieces of this scene is the use of the Geiger counter pings to represent the danger of the situation. Each time the camera focuses on a piece of graphic or when the soldier looks over the edge the crackling intensifies. Fantastic use of sound here.

[@tsarfox3462]

One of my favorite parts of this show is how efficient it is. With only 5 episodes it delivers a more compelling story than most shows hope to get near in several seasons. And it really helps that that every actor absolutely nails their performance. I still get chills hearing "Comrade Soldier. You're done."

[@rivitril5440]

What a masterful one-take scene, full of horror and tension

[@gordongecko1975]

Is it really a one-take scene? That one pan up to the tower could be a hint for a hidden cut.

[@kirn874]

Its literally a guy stumbling around

[@rivitril5440]

@@kirn874 stumbling around in a rooftop with 22.000 roetgens

[@AndreNitroX]

The best I’ve seen all year and this isn’t technically a horror show

[@CaptainCalculus]

There’s 2 places where/when it cuts away...I think they probably used those as cuts

[@theironknight2544]

For anyone wondering why he got sick before he stumbled and cut his shoe. At 2:05 he throws the rock over the edge but took some seconds and kept looking down at the groun. Now he was specifically told to NOT look over the rail, which means while his head was leaning forword above that ledge, radiation hit him like a truck.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

He did it twice as well and stumble into a puddle and stood out there far past 90 seconds... he was a certain death statistic.

[@onionman8160]

@@Thedutchjelle It can cause immediate symptoms in high doses. Confusion is one of them.

[@tomaspabon2484]

@@Thedutchjelle High intensity radiation can manifest immediate effects such a metallic taste, muddled thoughts, nausea etc its actually nasty stuff

[@rezzawardana7335]

@@Thedutchjelle it does have fast time at high dosis tho, i accidentally expose myself to just a little bit of Cesium that used in lab that i thought was already decayed, i got dizzy in about 2-3 minutes

[@hybridce99]

@@Thedutchjelle Yeah, I think you may have your facts wrong or we're all misinterpreting your original statement. There have been many instances where the effects of high dose radiation can be felt almost immediately. Louis Slotin's experience with the demon core comes to mind. Others with the elephant's foot. You get the idea.

[@torontoBluejays87]

Blows my mind that the soldier here probably cut his life expectancy so much shorter just because of a few clumsy and seemingly innocuous mistakes. Had about 4 million chest x-rays on his foot when he got stuck and god knows how much more radiation from the puddle of water he slipped in.

[@guido7095]

I love how the geigercounter goes crazy whenever he gets closer to graphite or the reactor

[@TheVleckChannel]

The first rule of Graphite Club is...you do not talk about Graphite Club. Especially not in the USSR.

[@obisvanainobis9950]

you didn't see graphite!.... YOU DIDNT! BECAUSE ITS NOT THERE!

[@seanspartan2023]

@@obisvanainobis9950 *vomits* my apologies comrade

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@mikelincoln2984 But they slow down to approximately 3.6 km/h when in the presence of graphite. That's a pedestrian speed.

[@wikansaktianto9215]

The infirmary is right there waiting for you.

[@DashzRight]

This scene should be named : "90 seconds"

[@AndreNitroX]

I like it

[@ethanalspencer7294]

"These are the most important 90 seconds of your lives. Commit your task to memory, and do your job." Fucking ghastly

[@dextercochran4916]

Dosimeter: Fire is red, Radiation is blue, I'm dying up here, _AND YOU ARE TOO!_

[@TheThing2011]

2:05 love how the geiger counter starts screaming as we see the mangled reactor

[@Spyglass_07]

The only way to survive a nuclear disaster... be the camera man

[@testname2166]

Geiger Counter: get the fuck away idiot, it ain't 3.6 roentgen*

[@annasomlo2282]

Thats the most depressive sound Ive ever heard

[@sillyking1991]

oh...oh thats not a dosimeter screaming. The sound they played was actually relatively tame. When those things actually start pegging high it legitimately sounds nothing like it normally sounds.

[@dave6635]

He was looking over the edge thinking, "Where's the wish granter?"

[@martincastillo6743]

Come closer stalker

[@MBOmnis]

"I want the Zone to disappear"

[@mischakirkorow4424]

Congratulations,you are offcially blind now Joke

[@saltykenny5370]

I said come in, don't stand there! I said come in, don't stand there!

[@samuelmattox7875]

Cheeki Breeki

[@GashdakSaghzaar]

Never expected a Chernobyl liquidator foreman to have such a strong Welsh accent 😅

[@petermurphy2169]

throw the debris over the whale. Do not look over the whale!

[@whichDude]

"Did you do anything wrong?" "I DID EVERYTHING WRONG!!!"

[@Malikken]

important fact - scene actually take cca 90seconds

[@kostyapisarev3072]

Feom rail ring to rail ring, yes. And one take

[@georgekaraban4224]

90 seconds for most of them cost them quarter of century...

[@jakec9352]

Longest 90 seconds I've ever seen on film... I've no doubt that the scene is 90 seconds but each second felt like a lifetime. It's a shame that in reality for these men it was their lifetime.

[@adaidan1227]

What makes this scene even better is knowing that this is actually what happened in history

[@Dmitriy_Vdovenko]

ADAidanHD kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX64amVqibZ6lZI it is original

[@brandonbosworth1829]

Yessss dude I was love ya for that comment

[@steelwarrior105]

Well the dude basically dying didn't, but yes they did go up there

[@jorgnyoa3561]

Is that a good thing?

[@masha22092000r]

I am from Kharkiv. One of the men who did this came to our school once or twice on the Anniversary. He had back problems, but fortunately no cancer (back then).

[@Filippirgos]

I taste metal in my mouth just from watching this...

[@Kozi_art]

Accurate

[@lunarequine7734]

Oddly enough so do I.

[@hij4155]

I read that the radiation on the roof at that time was 20,000 roentgen. So bio-robots recievied about 50,000 times worth of chest x-ray radiations in that 90 seconds work.

[@eiteiei4063]

I'm pretty sure it was closer to 10,000 roentgen per hour but it is a lot still. The protective clothing also reduced exposure though so they weren't blasted with the full dose

[@junh4807]

@@eiteiei4063 if that’s true a lot of them would have died early or relatively soon as that’s about 2.7 Sv of radiation exposure in 90 seconds. And 3 - 4 Sv is 50% death within 30 days

[@coryboy345]

@@junh4807 Many did die early, the TRUE numbers will never be known, because the Soviet Union suppressed ALL information related to this. Thousands of people who worked there died within a year. It's estimated that hundreds of thousands have died from cancer over the years due to the accident.

[@jordan26]

it's a faulty counter

[@jordan26]

you're delusional

[@WrongedSports]

This was an incredible scene. The meter going off the whole time made it even scarier.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

in reality it would max out and just screech a single tone, no meter you could hold in your hand in the 80's would have a cap high enough not to max out on that roof.

[@thomasxiod]

the horror when tarakanov said "you're done" it's so fucking terrifying

[@gitarthap.bhuyan3100]

Annabelle - I'm the most fearful tv show ever. Chernobyl - Lol, hold my uranium 238.

[@Neko91485]

235 ;)

[@Ilaunchnukes]

Hold my seemingly "invisible" graphite.

[@lucasart328]

annabelle is scary in no universe lol

[@JH-dr4xo]

Annabelle isn’t a tv series

[@NightingaleSunset]

@@Neko91485 RBMK reactors used Natural Uranium as another way to cut startup and production costs.

[@sclohessy4759]

This series is so much scarier and fear-inducing than any actual horror series or film out there. The clicking of the Geiger counter and the evacuation announcement (the very calm and collected female voice saying "Внимание!" over and over again) put cold fear in my bones. This scene is where it peaked for me, I think. The way that the camera follows one of the clean-up guys, it's like we're there, chasing after him. And when he tripped and fell right into the water, I nearly threw up. 10/10 HBO. Very well done.

[@batman32386]

Agreed. This whole sequence horrifies me. One other that truly gets me is towards the end of episode 1 when Dyatlov is being carried to an ambulance. It's intercut with Sitnikov checking the roof and the firefighters exiting the scene, completely exhausted and already showing symptoms of what they now realized were not normal burns. In that short 2 minutes, all of their fates are cruelly aligned. Truly and horrifically unforgettable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6GVlWqprdWpotE

[@DelasVC]

it's absolutely perfectly done! the horror and insanity of the accident as well as the politics around it could not have been portrayed much better!

[@TheGililgi]

There’s some pretty good unsettling horror movies out there lol but I do agree this is a must watch.

[@paulward4268]

The fact that this is a portrayal of real events totally wipes the floor with any fiction movies..

[@user-zc6dh4sn8g]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/faHJZK19qdt7aaM memories of the liquidator

[@squamish4244]

The commanding officer, who is still around reviewed this scene and said it is very accurate, down to his opening speech.

[@levanmuradashvili2769]

That radioactive sound effect is fucking perfect

[@hanniballecter3685]

I don't get scared that often, but this scene, it scared me... This is the best series I've ever seen!

[@hanniballecter3685]

@Googly Pops LOL

[@theblade1251]

Reality is more scarier than typical horror