CHERNOBYL | Episode 4: 'The Happiness of All Mankind' | FIRST TIME WATCHING | TV REACTION | Heavy...

Things get heavy as the cleanup crews begin around the disaster area in the award-winning limited series, Chernobyl. Here's our reaction to our first time watching Episode 4, 'The Happiness of All Mankind'.
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[@patrickdargel4684]

to your point "...Plants will get that out of their system." At university we used Turkish tea from 1986 to learn about spectroscopy. They still spike enormously high, higher than anything else we had in that class and they had to be handled and contained very carefully.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

The men who went up on the roof, the bio robots, each individual only had to go on the roof one time for 90 seconds. That's how dangerous that job was. Even though they were only up there for 90 seconds I'm sure there are some that are paying the price today and others that have paid the ultimate price already.

[@nathanliteroy9835]

Yes, there's higher percentage of cancer among them along with other illnesses, there's a category of "Liquidators of Chernobyl Accident" in Russia similar to 9/11 First Responders in US. They get various benefits, treatment, yearly stay in resorts, etc. Out of 150 000 Liquidators Russian Health Ministry has listed as of last few years, about 50 000 are disabled as the result of working in Chernobyl, 40 000 are disabled without being officially linked to Chernobyl, 60 000 don't have a disability.

[@Comissar_Carolus]

Some made several trips too...

[@vkdeen7570]

yea 2 mins up there half's a person's life expectancy is give or take 30-40 years off your life

[@kvoltti]

It was basically all the radiation they’re allowed to be exposed to for their entire life. Like the risk of developing cancer from getting a simple X-ray is so high that they can’t get X-rays .

[@brachypelmasmith]

and there are videos of the actual liquidators. The show is eerily accurate in that scene

[@GhostEye31]

I stand by that rooftop scene being the scariest thing I've seen on television...no scary creatures or tense music..just...clicking, heavy breathing and a bit of knowledge.

[@memnarch129]

Without giving TOO much away, no those reactors werent in the rest of the world. USSR used a RBMK reactor design while the rest of the world did and still do use PWR, Pressurized Water Reactor. There is a reason the USSR used the RBMK design but that is part of the plot of the next episode so I wont say anymore

[@brucechmiel7964]

There are only 10 left on the planet as of 2018.

[@bujin1977]

@@brucechmiel7964 Or, to put it another way, there are still 10 left on the planet as of 2018.

[@Charcoal87]

USSR used both designs since 60s, but RBMK was a bad one of course

[@AltarParssoy]

@@Charcoal87 actually rbmk is a great reactor. it was a design fault in reactor control not in the core principal in reactor design.

[@memnarch129]

@@AltarParssoy Yeah it was the Soviet Government cheaping out on design as well as improper training and government level secret keeping. A RBMK CAN run fine, just lot harder to manage than any other design. Meaning its more prone to possibke mess ups but can be perfectly safe

[@thefrockdoctrine]

Episode 4 is so emotional, its difficult to select any single one episode of this miniseries as a favourite the whole thing is so well done. Episode 5 is probably the one I like most as it ties the whole thing together with some great writing.

[@asmrhead1560]

Radiation is... complicated. Things with shorter half lives are actually MORE dangerous than things with long half lives because that half life is a measure of how many "bullets" the isotope is spitting out per second. So things that decay fast do so because they're firing a lot of bullets. Another thing is how isotopes work. Depending on the element, when a "bullet" hits an atom it can either be a "one and done" reaction or it can be like setting off a string of firecrackers. Steel with a small amount of cobalt in the alloy for instance can get turned into cobalt-60 (as opposed to the stable cobalt-59) leading to the steel being radioactive. Cobalt 60 had an annoying half life of around 5 years which is short enough to be relatively dangerous (radioactive bullets flying around) but long enough that you can't ignore it.

[@jcarlovitch]

We should all honor the sacrifice of the 7.8 billion cigarettes consumed in the making of this mini series.

[@remliqa]

How many of those were props and had CG smokes, though?

[@callmeleo]

LOL

[@victor75208]

And the vodka! Don't forget the vodka! 😂

[@ICRA95]

those were the 70s , even nuns, doctors and athletes smoke

[@jcarlovitch]

@@ICRA95 no it was 1986

[@LeeMaitland]

Theres a video on YT of real footage of the 'bio-robots' on the roof scene, it's incredible how accurate they were able to make the scene. Horror doesn't have to be fiction... Real life can be scarier.

[@campagnollo]

“Joker” can be found at the vehicle graveyard near Chernobyl.

[@marianne5055]

Jessie Buckley who plays Ludmylia was just nominated for an Oscar today!!

[@TheBrugdor]

I'm in animal control. My gut tells me I couldn't do that job but under those circumstances I'm not sure. The thing is, I've seen both dogs and cats near starvation or severely dehydrated. I've seen them after they've died from those conditions. The reality is that most of those animals would have died from one or both of those before the radiation killed them if they were a decent distance from the city. Knowing I'd be saving them from a horrible death, I might be able to convince myself to do it. I don't think I'd ever forgive myself for it though.

[@keithgoddard4192]

Every time I watch this episode I find myself thinking the same thing: that poor kid will NEVER get over this period of his life. It might get easier for him to mechanically do the job, but.... emotionally he is scarred for life, even if he is doing the right thing (and he is).

[@wolf99000]

its kind of fitting now that the area has become a massive nature preserve with animals not seen in decades in there also even with them doing there job there is no way got every animal what about mice rats and birds and insects

[@hurricane1951]

I believe that litter of puppies was feeding on a brother puppy, which added to the horror Pavel felt.

[@jamielandis4308]

I’ll keep pushing for “From The Earth To The Moon” for your next HBO short series.

[@YouMeTheMovies]

First I've seen this brought up. I'll look into it.

[@Zaqster]

That yellow robot is still there at Chernobyl, at a parking lot where they put trucks and whatnot they used during this. And it's still dangerously radioactive, and will be for hundreds of years.

[@johnsmith8906]

Bio-Robots pretty much sums up the Russian tendency to just throw bodies at a problem.

[@puterbac]

Radioactive contamination means radioactive particles are attached to something: A glove, jacket, dirt, hair, on your skin, in a liquid, etc. The fire fighters nor anybody else became radioactive. They were contaminated from radioactive debris (dust etc) and by removing clothing and repeatedly washing/rinsing off you remove the contamination. Now if you inhale or ingest radioactive particles then those particles are emitting radiation as long as they are active and inside you, but the person isn't radioactive. I've had a stress test before and they use Technetium 99m as the radioactive tracer. It has a half life of 6 hours. My wife was pregnant and I showed her with a survey meter that I was emitting radiation and would for another 30 hours or so. I slept down the hall and kept my distance. The Te-99m emits gamma rays/photons which can penetrate quite a bit of material depending on the energy level. The other two types of radiation are Alpha (Helium Nucleus) and Beta (electrons). These are the dangerous ones if you inhale/ingest as they do not penetrate far at all and get absorbed by the tissues in the body . Alpha particles can be stopped by a sheet of paper, so in the body Alpha and Beta are basically all absorbed in the tissues and causing damage. The only way to actually make a material radioactive is by bombarding with Neutrons (called Neutron activation). It is a great series, but they do take dramatic license in many areas.

[@nathanliteroy9835]

Russian folk song the soldier sings when the dogs are being dumped to be buried is "Черный Ворон" - "Black Raven", it's usually sung when death is near. Lyrics: Black raven, black raven, Why do you circle over me? You won't have your prey, Black raven, I'm not yours! Why do you spread wide your talons Over my head? If you hope for a game, Black raven, I'm not yours! I'll bind my deadly wound With a gifted handkerchief, And then speak to you Of one thing only. Fly to my home, Tell my mother, Tell my darling, That I fell for the Homeland. Take the bloody handkerchief To my lovely sweetheart. Tell her that she's free, To another I am wed. I took a bride who's quiet and modest, In an open field under a bush, The matchmaker was My sharp sabre. A tempered arrow wed us Amidst fateful battle. I see my death coming - Black raven, I'm all yours!

[@nathanliteroy9835]

@Gerald H I think the soldier near the truck sings it. No one would play the song on the radio right after a big tragedy in a Soviet Union, trust me, the radio was not like that, and goals set to it were not like that. During Soviet times it's only used directly in some movies, or is sung during some kind of a concert

[@paulchaisson8301]

Not sure if this is accurate, but I've been given the impression that the men on the roof may have been volunteers? Even if not, I think those 90 seconds counted as a full deployment term, with the phrase '2 years in Afghanistan, or 2 minutes in Chernobyl' being the most common bit I've heard.

[@NotAyFox]

One of the reason why the Chernobyl disaster was so devastating, that is not mentioned in the series, is that those reactors were also used to "breed" Plutonium-239, which is a weapons grade fission material superior to Uranium-235. In order to make it easier to "harvest" the Plutonium, the plants lacked additional shielding that was common in the western nuclear power plants.

[@Dularr]

I don't think this was a breeder reactor. But the soviets did have other reactors leak plutonium. They completely erased those villages.

[@NotAyFox]

@@Dularr You are correct. It wasn't technically a breeder reactor. True breeder reactors typically use un-enriched Uranium, or (experimentally) Thorium to "breed" the fissile isotopes that are then used as actual fuel. What I meant was that Plutonium-239 is a common byproduct in all Uranium based reactors and the RBMK design allowed for slightly higher yield of it to be extracted from spent fuel rods. Also, the access to fuel rods was intentionally made easier. I don't want to say more because it might be a spoiler for the show finale.

[@sirmang9032]

@@Dularr The Soviets did have one for weapons grade plutonium plants that had a disaster as well. It's just not as well known and their actions surrounding it were even worse and more secretive than this. Mayak/Kyshtym 1957

[@aldo4908]

The Happiness of All Mankind. The saddest and most hard to watch episode in deed. Great reaction you guys! ❤

[@sanescobar2369]

My friend's neighbor's son worked on the liquidation of the consequences of the accident. He died around the age of 35. His feet were terribly swollen, he couldn't fit into any shoes, and he practically did not leave the house. From what I read later, the liquidators' suits were really good, but they had a weak point ... the soles.

[@voodoochile333]

The baby absorbed the radiation - even I know that's not true! Maybe the fetus turned into a superhero?

[@paratus04]

Dyatlov: “How do I know it even exploded.” Listen to this f’kin guy.

[@Chivaltic]

That scene when Ljudmilla is having contractions in the snow always hits me hard. I was born in December 1986 about the same time that scene happened in real life.

[@tsogobauggi8721]

3:22 That is a sad image. :( 5:39 Maybe it's water and vodka :) 8:18 Her reactions to him :D 20:23 Another sorrowfully beautiful end. Music is fantastic.

[@DJKuroh]

" Nah he's _good_ " haha I love the shade

[@Dularr]

It was vodka, the story is they were told the vodka would protect them

[@tsogobauggi8721]

22:39 I would like to be a guy who carries more vodka to the camp. :)

[@hurricane1951]

Masha: "It would be fair to say that, that piece of roof is the most dangerous place on earth."

[@rinkairiozuki7245]

My uncle been on the roof. Died at age 52 from Cancer. Interesting Fact: Series filmed mostly in my Country - Lithuania, Ignalina Power plant (mentioned few times in the series) as it is Identical to Chernobyl AND we still have those Soviet blocks to these days

[@Mallikinney]

My family lived in Poland when the accident happened, 1000 km away from Chernobyl. My Mom remembers that the next morning all the flowers outside the window were dead. She was 4 months pregnant with me and she was so scared that the radiation would affect me just as it had affected those flowers. I'm fine but still ... how extra scary this must have been for expecting mothers.

[@Silver-rx1mh]

I was a teenager in the UK when this was all happening. The radiation hit parts of northern England. So much so dairy products in those areas had to be disposed of. Imo this is a superb series, that should come as a wake up call to countries all around the world when it comes to dealing with national disasters. Oh and by the way the composer of this is Hildur Guðnadóttir who also did such memorable scores for movies such as 'Joker'. That deep grinding/rumbling sound that runs through this is a sample from a real nuclear reactor door. I think this series was a masterpiece and something I will never forget.

[@gallendugall8913]

There are 8 currently operational RBMK reactors.

[@scottprevost4719]

Hi from england... I have a 8 year old irish wolfhound. And the dog killing no words.. But i would stay with her to the end.And do the rite thing when,needed for us both....love my dog Shona...

[@AlanMDee]

I'd say this episode hits you hard in the feels

[@John_Locke_108]

Yeah it does. And I don't even like dogs or cats. But I have no idea how anybody could do that job. No way.

[@terryhughes7349]

The bio-robot scenes are absolutely terrifying. Geiger counter sounds are now a trigger for me :-) The job I'd volunteer for is the vodka delivery man.

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

It's interesting to see people react to a series about the USSR who were born after its collapse, or were too young to remember it. After de-Stalinization under Nikita Khrushchev, the USSR was beginning to become more open. It was out of necessity to keep people in the USSR, as many people fled and labor shortages began to become an issue. Key example being in the city of Berlin. Half the city was controlled by the GDR (Soviet controlled East Germany), and they solved the labor shortage issue by building the Berlin Wall to keep people in the GDR controlled section. However, Khrushchev was ousted by hardliners for being too soft (which is insane if you learn about how nuts he was) and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev, who favored a return to older style Soviet governance. State secrets and propaganda use to conceal the failings of their system became the new norm again. This was the state of the country that Mikhail Gorbachev inherited as leader in 1985, full of deception and buried secrets. He was only in charge for one year when the Chernobyl accident happened.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

USSR never recovered from WWII as well. By 1970 she started going in decline. Many cities including Dresden still had entire blocks still in rubble from the war. USSR prioritized resources for Russia and Ukraine so Germany in particular was left to dry. Despite robbing resources from Warsaw Pacted puppetz the USSR still failed to recover and still went into decline. Chernobyl was the last straw for many in Eastern Europe.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

@Gerald H Actually it had also a lot to do with Khrushchev's economic reforms as well. Boosting the economy with massive spending. Not just construction but also foreign imports, consumer goods, food etc. Hiring of foreign experts for major works projects as well. For many of the reasons you see in this series coincidentally is why the USSR still relied a lot on hiring engineers from outside the soviet union to oversee construction projects. One of the reasons he was deposed was he made the USSR broke. He spent almost all of the USSR's hard capital ie gold, platinum etc all to fund multiple economic stimulus plans that in the end went no were. There are reasons he held expose were companies around the world could show off their products. Issue is much of that capital accumulation happened under Lenin and Stalin and Krushchev shut down most of the forced labor camps created to extract it. And exploiting eastern Europe would only work for so long as an alternative. To put it bluntly before WWII the USSR spent like 70-80% of it's GDP on the military a number that makes even Americans cringe. Post Stalin that didn't improve much while on top of Khrushchev's economic reforms. She was barely holding on before WWII, post war the USSR was wounded mortally, was terrified of showing itself off as weak so never resorted to cutting back on it's military at least not enough. USSR was doomed to fail.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

@Gerald H This is a great video on the subject actually kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYG5oGytbJ53bNk

[@midnightdimensions13]

Honestly, I was expecting that soldier to tell him to toughen up or say "At least you're not killing people." But he was actually being a human being to him. I'm just surprised.

[@crouchingotter]

This episode is the main reason I’m reluctant to rewatch this amazing series. Next episode is the reason I most want to rewatch it.

[@voodoochile333]

Beta!

[@crouchingotter]

@@voodoochile333 Well, now I HAVE TO rewatch it to understand the relevance of that quote :D

[@takewhataway]

The pets killing is mercy killing. I cant imagine dozens of them dying slowly on the streets with their insides melting😣

[@AltarParssoy]

I'm gonna make a t-shirt with "babies are not radiation absorbers" written on it.

[@judsongaiden9878]

4:25 Correct. Radiation tends to collect on metal and in water. 22:31 Clearing trees.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@Gerald H What you said.

[@xenomorph2056]

While this one was super heavy (as usual), I think episode 3 was the heaviest of them all. Watching the disintegration of not only the control room operators, but the first responders/firemen....that one hits me hardest.

[@stearinlys]

Me too, mostly because it's so graphic. It's the one episode I have to steel myself for. But I feel like ep 4 is generally considered the hardest-hitting one.

[@jacket5456]

Just to clarify, the idea that a Fetus would absorb all of the radiation instead of the mother is purely fictional. As far as humans know, that can't happen, though it's a fascinating and sad idea.

[@Rod_Knee]

That jumps out because most of the series is so closely modeled on the truth, in the average "based on a true story" series, it would disappear into the noise.

[@sirmang9032]

@@Rod_Knee The majority of the series is exaggerated for effect, drama and TV. The basic gist is correct but most of the details themselves are not.

[@Rod_Knee]

@@sirmang9032 The things that stick out to me are the "Baby absorbed the radiation", "Firemen are radioactive", and the million+ exaggeration of the likely stem-explosion magnitude. All that said, I really liked the series.

[@sirmang9032]

@@Rod_Knee Don't forget the bridge of death urban legend that they portray as factual, the miners getting naked, when the helicopter crashed, one character, Ulana Khomyuk. was created to condense multiple scientists, Legasov never even attended the final trial or the fact that the real Lyudmila Ignatenko herself says the show never contacted her until the very end. It's a good series for getting people to learn about history as the basic gist is correct, but you need to go further on your own to get the actual truth on some of it.

[@kailmek]

@@Rod_Knee The thing is though, that was what some assumed at the time (and if memory serves, Ludmilla herself was one such, blaming her baby's death on the radiation... yes, she gave an interview in 1996 where she made that very claim) so that they put it in makes sense from that perspective. However, as noted by Jacket, that's not the way radiation works. Besides, had enough radiation been sufficiently targeted to affect the baby, Ludmilla herself would have shown notable radiation sickness within the same timeframes, and she didn't.

[@trucker60ohio65]

You’re outta the woods now feels-wise. The rest is easier to stomach.

[@Nobli82]

I felt poor Pavel would rather have been dropping the bloody graphite on the roof with bare hands from dawn to dusk than having to do "animal control".

[@kadmii]

one of my favorite details of this miniseries, which you see when the general is briefing the "biorobots" on how to proceed, is the use of original media when possible. The footage on that TV screen is real. You can find it on KZbin. It's grainy because of the radiation

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

So a lot of those animals were sick and dying when the liquidation teams swept through. It obviously is still terrible to be shooting people's pets, but a lot of what they did was put those animals out of their misery. There was one incident when this... thing shambled out into the street and they had no idea what it was until it meowed. I don't think anyone would feel good about it, but most people could probably pull the trigger. You don't let innocent life suffer like that. Many of the guys who were sent out on that roof would fake their draft papers to be purposely sent up there multiple times. They didn't want it to ruin someone else. Heroes. Every last one of them.

[@sirmang9032]

Your last point it was mainly the older servicemen who would do this to try and protect the younger serviceman. Very noble and heroic of them indeed.

[@NZBigfoot]

One of the people who did the animal culling mentioned how they found an animal they couldn't recognize, it was only when it gave out a meow that they realized it was a cat... thats how bad some of the animals had gotten. It was a mercy in killing them... although as a cat owner, looking for them would have been extremely hard so poor cats would have gotten it pretty bad. About plants, they are constantly getting it from the ground and water so they can stay radioactive as long as their is stuff in the ground etc, one of the worst is mushrooms, they can absorb and store the radioactive fallout in large quantities making them terrible eating. Humans can handle radiation better than electronics can. Electronics are far to delicate, a human can also if they survive, repair themselves.

[@HateMachinist]

The radiation in the general chernobyl area is caused by fragments of remaining reactor-fuel that fell in the wake of the fire. Plenty of people here on YT make vid-logs when they travel to pripyat as tourists, and find a small stack of dirt that make the geiger-counter go crazy. They divide the stack in two, then see which stack is irradiated, then divide that stack in two, until they in the end find a black grain of reactor fuel.

[@kyle6597]

I wonder about using fire hoses high pressure to clear the roof off must be reason they didnt do that. Steam explosion maybe?

[@davidbaker1363]

I saw the Exploding Udders open for the Grateful Dead in 1979.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

"Who did they have to send in to get those measurements?" I don't know what historically happened, but technically speaking, you can work that out from distant measurements and some geometry.

[@kapteeniratto]

10:09 In reality, the animals were affected by radiation, with similar symptoms as the firefighter suffered in episode 3. Shooting them was really ending the pain & misery of these animals.

[@kevjohn2006]

I know you two don't control the ads that show up during your vids, but I thought it was darkly humorous that during this dog-killing episode of Chernobyl KZbin fed me 3 ads about pet food. Each one of them had cute little puppies and doggies.

[@jcr9520]

I believe there was a widespread, but mistaken belief that vodka had anti-rad properties.

[@user-sq4gv8ik6h]

Hello from Russia. My dad was a miner from Tula, one of those who digged the tunnel. Died from cancer many years ago. So as bigger part of his colleagues miners. Animal control was a terrible job, but not the craziest one. I heard a lot of stories from the liquidators abour the marauders, a lot of marauders. It was like 3-4 liquidators were running on a BTR (like M113) around abandoned villages. And when they hear any human sound - they just start shooting from BTR mashine guns to the buildings. After that they scout territory with rifles. No jails, no judges. Just mashine guns and a bullet in a head.

[@guym2222]

Mosquitos are number1...but we do our best/worst...

[@iCortex1]

11:10 really good and wise point.

[@R3neeXD]

3:48 It's noble. CHER-noble.

[@sawyer33]

Still trying to recover from Mrs. Movies losing it over Egon and now this? 🥺

[@Nobli82]

Filmmakers did miss a point here, however.... no scenes were made about collecting all the personal belongings of Pripyat residents and burying all these items: family photos, children's toys, school supplies, all the junk that once had sentimental value for someone.

[@masokotanga7356]

Tye[sp?] Sheridan [ the young dude who is on puppy-patrol ] is one of the greatest actors of his time. He often looks the same in many of the movies he is un but he absolutely OWNS each and every role I've ever seen him play. An absolute must-watch is The Night Clerk. It's currently on Netflix [ as of Q1 2022 ]and stars T. Sheridan; Helen Hunt; John Leguizamo and that DIME of an actress who plays Martha in Knives out; all knock the film outta the park. Reaction or not; doesn't really matter, to be honest. You two just need to watch this film! Great reaction, as always..although it feels somewhat disrespectful; almost like a desecration; to call this show " good " or that I " liked " it..or to say " nice reaction. " Ya'll know what time it is. Piece!

[@kevtb874]

You've confused Barry Keoghan with Tyn Sheridan. But you're right. Barry Keoghan is also one of the best up and comers of his generation. Watch him in Killing of a Sacred Deer. One of the most unique, unnerving performances I've ever seen. He's the highlight of that film. And he's on track to bring the world another great Joker Interpretation in Joker II. He'll be a household name in a year or two.

[@mikemath9508]

i see Mr with popcorn plenty, but Mrs is sneaky with her snacks. they look like cheez its, or goldfish

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Chili Bits are her goto.

[@panzerwolf494]

RBMK reactors were strictly a Soviet thing. The world moved on to better and safer designs. The Soviets stuck with these because they were easy and cheap to build and could be serviced while running because they lacked a protective confinement

[@soundguy78]

Skippy! Popcorn! Chernobyl! Tough episode... Let's get it!😎🍻🍷🚬💕👀

[@iiiDartsiii]

If I had to do the cleanup I'll probably stick with the digging with the heavy machinery but they never really gave anyone a choice they just put them wherever they were needed.

[@kyrdakl7116]

you guys rule, thank you for All of your uploads, here's to many more!

[@jamesricker3997]

The troops were using WWII Surplus bolt action rifles and not AK-47s. It looks like they figured they were going to have to dispose of the rifles because of the radiation they would absorb in the area

[@campagnollo]

It is very easy to confuse water and vodka. Even their Russian names are similar. Вода (Voda), Водка.

[@t-pnaminami3808]

I read that the name "vodka" actually comes from the diminutive "vodki" (little/small water) :)

[@sirmang9032]

As horrific as killing all the animals, destroying the trees and then turning over and burying the top layer of Earth is...this isn't the first time that the Soviet Union had to do this. Kyshtym/Mayak nuclear accident 1957.

[@jcarlovitch]

In reality the dogs killed were literally falling apart due to radiation sickness.

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

couple things. 1. Cleaning of the roof was dangerous because the graphite is still radioactively hot, and there are particles of Uranium and Fission Products on the roof as well. The news is that after six months the screamingly radioactive stuff has already decayed away, and they merely dealing with 'hot' nuclides. The catch 22 of radioactivity is that very radioactive nuclides have a short half life, and after seven half lifes less than 1% of the radioactive nuclide remains, and most will decay to a stable or significantly less radioactive nuclide. Consider radioactive water, which is a bit of a misonomer, as its actually the oxygen atom in a water molecule that is active, inessence, a oxygen molecue absorbs a free nuetron, and it is now Oxygen 17 which has a half life of 5.5 seconds. Today nearly all the harmful nuclides have decayed away just a few long lived nuclides like strontium remain, and those nuclides require accidental ingestion to be harmful.

[@michaelhawk-fitz7563]

maybe could've got 4 helicopters with really long cables to drag a steel or whatever beam across the roof essentially sweeping it clean?..but, I guess there are a bunch of vents and whatnot sticking up which would make the bean ineffective..

[@ozimakistvan]

Soo few people actually recognize Putin at the archives part :) He was a KGB agent back then. :) They modeled the character on him.

[@ericdwills14]

The guys at the camp wished they had The Coldest Water.

[@Rentta]

There was brave cameraman .... Look into Vladimir Shevchenko

[@walnutsandbeastiality866]

Can't wait to watch this 😁 I'd like to get one of my relatives to see this mini-series but they wouldn't even have time to watch 5 episodes

[@soultraveller5027]

Dogs ???None now looks like needs more popcorn 🍿 yeah start anywhere the big hole in the roof let's fall through it lol

[@DuesenbergJ]

That was all Vodka!!

[@friendlyatheist9589]

No, radiation doesn't work like that baby cannot absorb radiation.

[@leedog396]

Great reaction as usual.

[@ShredAstair]

20:54 you'll like ep 5

[@LucSchots]

here's a snippet of the real soldiers doing the cleanup work on the roof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpqQiJeKe5eEqJo

[@combustiblecollins986]

No one is right, no one is wrong , and no one learns,

[@Pinkielover]

Only Russia used that type of reactor ,The RBMK is a class of graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor designed and built by the Soviet Union..There are still 10 today current being used

[@goldencutz2957]

You should Do a ” chernobyl today” video after this series. A lot of pepole visits the abandoned city, creepy stuff.

[@llorona7847]

It might be a morbid opinion but I’d volunteer for animal control. I don’t have an emotional attachment to animals the way so many do. I care more for humanity. I think by volunteering for animal control I could at least prevent one person who would suffer emotionally from having to do it. And I’d want to steer clear of that roof.

[@tomgardner2253]

Sounds like you just want to kill animals

[@llorona7847]

@@tomgardner2253 lol not at all. I’ve never killed animals. Never even been hunting. But, as I stated, I don’t think anyone else would *want* that job. I’d take it to lend a hand.

[@AuDHDeepDive]

@13:41 They're gonna have to volun..tell someone to do it?

[@MrsMovies]

When someone in a higher ranking then you says you can volunteer but really means if you don’t volunteer I’ll just make you do it

[@Not-Impressed..1821]

Maybe you should put the 13th Warrior on your list. I think you're going to like it.

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Good call! Its on the list!

[@Short_Round1999]

There are dogs still there

[@40ozmangi]

lol...... this episode.... how dare you put tears in my eyes

[@functioning_adequately]

Y'all gotta watch the Hannibal tv series.

[@mikemath9508]

it was so dangerous because it's a cHERnobyle

[@t4yl0rv1ck6]

Y'all should check out the John Adams HBO series.

[@gergosukosd8299]

This episode is the heaviest , because everything just look soo hopeless, and death everywhere. And those poor animals.😢I couldn't kill an innocent dog just like that. Too much pressure. Everything just falling apart.

[@conordunn1294]

Keep the guy who loves animals but has no problem killing people in mind as you're working your way through the Sopranos. That becomes very important toward the end!

[@SakuTyorinoja]

I could handle the vodka.

[@LordLOC]

So, in the show they say the baby "absorbed" the radiation that would have killed the mother etc. So that was just for the show, since that's not how radiation works in reality. Also, the real person being portrayed in the show, her baby did die I believe but not from radiation specifically (and she didn't absorb radiation from her husband either, again that's not quite how radiation works) and while they told her she'd never be able to have children - as of a few years ago she lived in Ukraine I believe with her adult child that she had after they said she wouldn't be able to have children.

[@DavidBusa]

Heavy episode with great lines. "Why fear something I couldn't even see?"; human killing nature; much info about soviet regime that time - propaganda, and children saving their mothers. Last words were ment literally because Russians went through so many wars and disasters in which mostly young men were involved. Thx for reation, keep up and stay heathy ;-)

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Emergency redirect vodka production, comrade

[@wolf99000]

Can someone answer me a question I have watched a lot of tv shows and movies set during the cold war and when like this they talk about hospitals they say hospital number 4 in Kiev did they not have names for there hospitals in Soviet were they just numbered

[@johnstrong4089]

The Chernobyl disaster was the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union