Chernobyl's 1986 disaster | euronews 🇬🇧

[@euronews]

On 26 April 1986, it was decided at Chernobyl to take advantage of reactor number four's downtime by carrying out a safety test on an emergency core cooling feature.

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[@nickw7235]

Why was this posted 3 days ago? Lol

[@memyself6095]

Don't like ur own comments it's sad

[@woolfziedafur169]

Amogus

[@jublEzaitOon]

MAAM CAN I GO THERE FOR VISIT🙂

[@noctain6683]

A moment of silence for the fire fighters that thought it was just a fire.

[@SeatLeonMK2]

yes😥😥

[@lilraphy3705]

Rip

[@gtk.avaaaa]

:(

[@va960]

F

[@luize3202]

I knew it wasn't a fire they only thought that at first but then they found granite on the ground

[@Josh-gk7ww]

It’s not that the fire fighters weren’t properly equipped, they weren’t properly informed like the rest of prypiat about the radiation levels

[@asaliaz8630]

Josh true, they were hiding everything for the sake of hiding it, and it obviously didn’t work out too well.

[@HaveRandomQuestions]

All the sudden everyone is an expert after watching the new hbo series

[@JakeSmith-pr4zc]

They didn't know enough about necular energy to be properly equipped

[@josemariluba3990]

Its news. Newscasters has minimum knowledge too you know. `~`

[@grayersteeves5570]

I get what you are saying But it was 1986

[@thanoskanavetas4398]

50.000 people used to live here. Now its a ghost town

[@jonasplett172]

Joseph Stalin r/whoosh second time I’ve seen this joke and don’t get it. Someone explain?

[@TAnimations]

@@jonasplett172 Idk either. Lmk if you found out.

[@gobackpls3029]

TGU_Talin it’s a reference to call of duty

[@gobackpls3029]

The OverSaturated Gamer how can you be a gamer and not know this? Lol jk

[@TAnimations]

@@gobackpls3029 Ahhhhh!!! Yeah lmao. I knew it was something along the lines of gaming.

[@ateo7906]

Chernobyl explosion portrayed by 1 sentence: "Technician turns a normal city into a wasteland."

[@Rufusdos]

Not one technician. A whole culture.

[@spinycoc3466]

no "GHOST TOWN".

[@ateo7906]

@@spinycoc3466 Same thing

[@acesnperw4756]

@@spinycoc3466 a ghost town is the same as a wasteland, it’s a wasteland due to its radiation

[@charliemalones5604]

No, its a natural habitat now of a various animals, most specially those were endangered

[@upsettriangle103]

mad respect for the 3 men that went in and averted a much more devastating disaster

[@theaussieaccountant3033]

the core never burned down to that level iirc. The men also survived, with the first death in 2015 I believe?

[@egg-...]

@@theaussieaccountant3033 no most of them didn't

[@cjkturtle9762]

@@egg-... the men who went in the water lived

[@spocbr2913]

@@egg-... they did, one of the men died due to a heart attack in 2005.

[@Raynie_dayz]

@@egg-... no, the men who went underneath the plant survived. Only one of the three have died, and I believe that was in 2015

[@herbertsdottir9223]

Awww one pet dog made it out on a bus.

[@austino5076]

You're more worried about the dog instead of the people?!

[@herbertsdottir9223]

@@austino5076 you are projecting. Where did I write that? In this West they always told us that the pets had to stay behind so I was surprised to see a dog on the bus. You are quick to judge people. Sad.

[@clasping8219]

@@austino5076 yep

[@austino5076]

@@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo You Tard

[@chrisj197438]

Austino That’s where society is now

[@gosiaczek1987]

Poland got hit as well much faster especially my area I lot of my friends till today suffer with thyroid problems including me...

[@kintarooe7745]

I feel deeply sorry for all victims including you. People didnt deserve this! Hope it's not too bad and you can still enjoy life! Love you sister, stay strong! A German brother

[@DarkDawn87]

So sorry to you and all that have been affected. ❤

[@gosiaczek1987]

Thank you ♥️ ✌🏻 ♥️

[@gosiaczek1987]

Sarun demon thank you 🙏🏻 may God bless you too ♥️

[@hhhfff7953]

You may as well beg for likes.

[@FranmanMinney]

It's really sad that they wouldn't let surrounding areas know when Chernobyl blew up at the time when it happened . There would have been a lot less loss of life and I actually remember hearing about it at that time I was like 11 years old after it became public.

[@attackhelicopter588]

Sounds like covid.

[@justiceventura6867]

llll

[@Ravenf00t]

You must be over the age of 20 i’m bad at math sorry

[@catz._.and._.cometzz]

​@@Ravenf00t i know you aren't apologizing to me, but you dont need to apologize, assuming they were 11 when Chernobyl happed, they'd be about 48 now :)

[@JM19646]

I Feel Bad For The Firefighters That They Didn't Know About The Explosion.

[@wolf-xs7fn]

My sincere sympathies go out to all those who died that day An continue to die today from that terrible accident

[@lincolnoliveira3041]

Ok

[@cxpea]

i think 4 when it first exploded, 81 on the day and 4000 due to radioactivity

[@stopmaverick2]

@@lincolnoliveira3041k.

[@peopleslayer12333]

If those firefighter's didnt pump water out of the reactor's cooling tanks as well as the three men that climbed into the tanks and shut the vavles. It would have caused a reaction with the core "as it was melting into the concrete right above the tanks" it would have resulted in a large nuclear explosion "steam and debree" that would have made much of europe uninhabitable for years. I'd say theres still much that we dont know about that fateful day.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Not technically a nuclear explosion, but on the same scale nonetheless.

[@Methylene.]

The fact you can actually see the core on its side at 0:53 onward. Just sitting there on sideways with the fuel rods on the end glowing red hot. That's not a fire down there. Those are the Fuel rods melting down I worry about the people that even filmed it .

[@dt-725]

That’s not the core. The glow is from the core. The “coin” shaped object you see on its side is the reactor lid. It weighed about 2000 tons and was tossed up way into the air like a flipped quarter and it landed back like that on its side.

[@dt-725]

To add to my previous reply, the core is actually quite deep in the debris.

[@haneenasad]

@@dt-725 Yep. What's left of it...

[@mohammadshahid4042]

Who came here after chernobyl hbo series

[@LanxPenzenpepper]

Me!!! 😂 😂

[@KTMICD2]

Who needs very shallow attention? you do! yes you do! yeeeees you do!

[@chhavindergill7485]

We came here for our MST

[@juniorsoprano86]

always one virgin who comments this on every video

[@katieharwood9762]

Me to it's so interesting

[@srtcreationsci]

It’s sad that nobody knows the real truth and what really went on inside Chernobyl

[@bigg221]

My guess is someone thought they knew what they were doing and made a very bad move

[@casnarrator4043]

no, you're wrong.

[@srtcreationsci]

@@casnarrator4043 NO ur dumb!

[@gopadatta5628]

1:20 That's the building where Price made a mistake in successfully eliminating Zakhaev and regretted it for the rest of his life....and also the place of origin that triggered the events of the whole Call of Duty series

[@samanthamason9326]

No it was not that building had a name on the top and there was an opening

[@chickenhead12333]

So theres gonna be a movie about this

[@sirrht6475]

Ohhh man great

[@PlaystationProduction]

Paul he cant see the future you know? **Lmao you replied to him 7 years later** Yeah it’s awesome nd acknowledged by residents on IMDB

[@trevorkuzinski5684]

@Paul They're actually talking about Chernobyl Diaries from 2012

[@BreakAge]

And HBO here we goes

[@vishnu.prasad.official]

Broooooooooo sickk

[@Walidnac]

the way that all of us came after russian invaded chernobyl's ukraine

[@Recroomsniperpro]

Back then: breaking news a nukelear power plant exploded Now: hey guys there’s a new map pack on call of duty

[@ZiXaPl]

Nuclear*

[@mesumshah4954]

this comment could of been much better :/

[@mesumshah4954]

@@nonsensical7864 Uhh.. no, the other joke is much better

[@nonsensical7864]

@@mesumshah4954 welp, that's the most "could have been much better" comment of the year

[@gowersup6441]

Uhhh.. I guess you don’t watch the news then?

[@rr.in.the.cosmos]

What is the cost of lies ? the most gruesome of situations.

[@Anonymous594]

Firefighters suffering from “radiation poisoning” is a very sugary way of saying it...

[@flashfocusbruh5144]

Ukraine has gone through both radioactive and ballistic explosions… wow! Stay strong Ukraine!

[@СлаваУкраїні-с3л]

Thank you!♥️(Дякую) 🇺🇦

[@ABC-bh7fl]

@@СлаваУкраїні-с3л Z

[@thevictuspearl9981]

Technically so has russia and the USA and japan

[@СлаваУкраїні-с3л]

@@ABC-bh7fl ?

[@oofdoodoo]

So has japan lmao

[@euronews]

At 1.24 am, an engineer recorded in his diary that the protective system was not working. At the same moment, a huge and catastrophic surge in power caused two explosions.

[@TravelAndHasiMazak]

Hit like who comes here after recent takeover of Russia on Chernobyl

[@shmooless3699]

Chernobyl is the example of why communism and authoritarianism in general is and always will be a fairytale

[@GPWMC]

@Collin Gentry Stalin started that

[@GPWMC]

@Collin Gentry Stalinist Oppression Mass work camps "Gulag system" Industry over your own food supply living in luxury even know that's against communist principles

[@ProtoIndoEuropean88]

@Collin Gentry communism is the intention of destroying a healthy society and then give way for a totalitarian rule

[@johnmontoya8160]

@Collin Gentry that's why living in a communsitic society is a fairytale. Human beings will always create a hierarchical system and some form of a government.

[@jarskil8862]

@@GPWMC Lenin started that. Check Red terror.

[@maxxx0931]

Scientists at Chernobyl: oh no it’s *FIIIIIIIIINE* Reactor: that’s where you’re wrong buster

[@judyfps5059]

*Michael Jackson* *Eilish* reactor :I’m about to do what’s called a pro-player move

[@thesovietduck2121]

@@judyfps5059 Lmao, You don't even know how to do Memes Properly, Its Pro *Gamer* Not Pro Player, Go Back to your Rock mate, This Reply is Gonna Give someone Cancer

[@vincenteriksson4062]

@@thesovietduck2121 Player and Gamer wtf is the difference they are both about games...

[@deeremies2266]

@@vincenteriksson4062 shut up you uncultured swine

[@vincenteriksson4062]

@@deeremies2266 no u

[@redsnoof]

Reactor 4: Im about to end this City whole career. Metalic roof: Im about to end this Powerplant whole Career.

[@gowersup6441]

anatoly dyatlov ‘a nuclear reactor doesn’t explode’ Chernobyl Reactor number 4 ‘hold my graphite rods’

[@cepheus7391]

It was a horrible disaster and a shame for all those involved. I will say though that it baffles me how people still believe that nuclear power plants can blow up like nuclear weapons.

[@lroni1]

This is just..... so sad. Poor people....,

[@Rufusdos]

If anyone wants to understand the human side of what happened, I strongly recommend Svetlana Alexievitch's "Chernobyl Prayer". She won a Nobel Laureate in part because of this book.

[@JustSomeGermanGuy]

Thx

[@CindyRizzato]

I remember when this happened. So sad.

[@Joe_Greenwood]

V R about 50,000

[@Normaldude10174]

@@Joe_Greenwood wrong why are you lying not even 100 people died

[@alchemist6819]

@@Joe_Greenwood that's wrong 50000 people left their town not died

[@ok-ie7ux]

Mista was right number 4 is dangerous...

[@flaminmongrel6955]

Okay first they dropped boron and sand not lead Second they were not "Ukranian authorities" they were Soviet Union's Ukranian authorities.

[@JosephE-yd6ks]

ACKCHUALLLY

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@JosephE-yd6ks EYE NOE RITE

[@SJ-wf8tk]

Ah I see an expert from HBO is here.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@SJ-wf8tk it's general knowledge I saw a documentary around 7 or 8 years ago on Chernobyl the show from HBO is filled with misinformation it's just a series with a lot of fiction based on a true catastrophe.

[@92Vreid88]

@@flaminmongrel6955 Name 3 things (besides the accents) from HBO's Chernobyl miniseries that is "misinformation".

[@dosapa]

I feel bad for the firefighters that thought it was “just” a fire, and remembering there’s ionized particles around the power plant, even the city.

[@WA_weather]

Moral Of the story: Dont Press The AZ-5 Button

[@Midhunrocks]

ok

[@vinre356]

And don’t try to save money by not perfecting the reactor

[@anamikaanamika517]

The AZ-5 button is for the test they had to use it, if they did spend the money on the plant to make it perfect intend of saving money, it would have never happend

[@evanharley4180]

@@anamikaanamika517 the AZ-5 button is used for a total reactor shutdown by activating all control rods at once, that wasn’t part of the test it was used as a fail safe after testing went wrong, how is everyone so misinformed

[@alchemist6819]

It wasn't that button's fault

[@euronews]

As fires raged, the core of reactor number four was destroyed. A huge cloud rose into the sky, spreading large amounts of radioactive fuel and materials into the atmosphere.

[@FloarMin]

its terrifying

[@RF-jb7ln]

It was not a test on an emergency cooling system. Its was a turbine rundown test. It was to see how long the turbines, both TG 7 and TG 8, could keep spinning for until the backup diesel generators would kick in and take over from the turbines pumping water through the core. The test had been delayed for months. Unit 4 had been in commercial operation for just over 3 years at the time if the accident and the test should have been done way before when it was completed in 1983.

[@dylanrambow6808]

The real life equivalent of the Springfield Power Plant.

[@bullet996]

50 thousand people used to live here Now its a ghost town

[@sheetmusicsadra5887]

1:25 now its a ghost town

[@GuineveresRoses]

This is sad I'm very sad for people who left they're town and the one who died And for the pets and animals who stayed behind

[@0.zaidae]

Scientist there: *its fineeeee* Radioactivity: im about ruin this mans whole career

[@perchancethishandleiswens]

34 years ago today.

[@methegamerx]

Can’t believe this happened today, Rest In peace to all the people that died today

[@erionplays1]

wtf

[@Prince_Icarus]

@@erionplays1 they definitely mean today years ago lol

[@erionplays1]

@@Prince_Icarus ooooh yea

[@becomingjapanese]

This disaster is 35 years to this day. How sad those people had to leave their homes.

[@potpotako3635]

Who's here after hearing russian troops are attacking nuclear plant that can cause 10x of this chernobyl

[@bluecocoa13]

me

[@haneenasad]

Oh God... What on Earth can be even worse than THIS... I don't even want to imagine 😥😓

[@odin_doma15]

A friendly reminder, the roof of the reactor weighted over 2000 tons and got flipped like a coin.

[@sirrht6475]

After chenobyl hbo series

[@OK-nd4jk]

I liked it

[@solidslfy2879]

@@OK-nd4jk Me too

[@Boeing-hp7oj]

Same

[@LiamChristie-p3s]

Rest in peace everyone who sacrifice their lives for us to breathe today in the accident

[@Chris-pv6vv]

Sweden : Yall hear somethin...? Ukraine : 🤫

[@earlsfort1974]

This, 9/11 and a pandemic I've seen on TV in my life. Come on world what else have you got.

[@khonshu456]

Chernobyl High People:we Are Fine Its Just An Malfunction Chernobyl Nuclear Core : Iam Gonna End This man's Career

[@IX_4]

NOT FUNNY DIDNT LAUGH STOP

[@MdRiponMiah-u8z]

Remember kids.If you want to be imortal,be the camera man.

[@JustinandCodysLawnCare]

R.I.P liquidators you will always be remembered

[@landroverrangeroversporths2569]

Chernobyl:We are fine,also the reactor is too! Chernobyl nuclear reactor:*are you sure about that*

[@mikecc5909]

U r not funny...

[@spicycrouton8530]

@Master Jungler it’s kinda funny

[@anamikaanamika517]

Loads of people died a horrible death, please don’t make this a joke. I respect that you are trying to cheer everyone up but not at this pleae

[@anamikaanamika517]

Loads of people died a horrible death, please don’t make this a joke. I respect that you are trying to cheer everyone up but not at this pleae

[@TheDJLogy]

A Moment Of Silence For A Hole Town, A Hole 50 Thousand People, And For A Culture. And One technician.

[@LiamChristie-p3s]

I had to learn about this at school man I started crying I seen my grandad he was a fire fighter in the accident he was the first responders

[@Name-zd5fq]

Pripyat was only 3 Kilometers away from Chernobyl. Alright, how did it move to be 20 Kilometers away nowadays!? :D

[@NaturalBornK]

its been sneaking in slowly

[@GalacticGD]

Sheesh a video and rest in peace the Chernobyl reactor 4

[@hiteshdas8495]

Who came here after HBO CHERNOBYL

[@ZapRowsdower47]

Moment of silence of respect for the liquidators

[@AQSWDEFRTHYJUKILO]

What’s more shocking is that to this day, only 31 deaths have been confirmed as a result of the radiation

[@hmamodi1236]

How many died??

[@AQSWDEFRTHYJUKILO]

Cutie Pie i think it’s estimated between 9,000-40,000

[@deeremies2266]

because its hard to tell who dies to radiation, as radiation deaths are mostly because of cancer

[@disdonc6012]

I've never seen this footage... is that real, where you can see in red colours (I guess at night) how the reactor seems to be burning? Was this moment really recorded in the very night of the accident?

[@great_flames]

it is true, you can even search up 'chernobyl' and you'll see pictures of the fallen structures and buildings, and evem the theme park that was probably there. you can also see a picture of a baby, that's head is bigger. due to radioactive air near.

[@disdonc6012]

@@great_flames That wasn't my question. I only asked about the scenes where you can see the fire / reactor burning which seems to be in the very night that the accident happened. But I don't think that this was recorded. No fireman takes cameras with him in case of an emergency like that.

[@great_flames]

oh🧍‍♀️

[@riftyfish3255]

The scientists at Chernobyl that work in reactor 4 4 minutes before it went boom: Oh ok its fine. 10 minutes later: Oh sh-

[@sussyfrz8751]

If that explosion never exist, Chernobyl still here

[@smaransuthar663]

Ah, yes, floor is made out of floor.

[@ingmarvanolffen]

@@smaransuthar663 ?? He is saying if the explosion never happend it would now still runn

[@أندروميدا-ش7ك]

The incident occurred few weeks before my birth

[@aurumthebrave3427]

Here we go again with these fires. 2020 is the year that just won't stop giving.

[@unknownarivukal4373]

Mallu nte video kand വരുന്നവരുണ്ടോ

[@ronumantu9246]

🤙🎈

[@Vasta_syntynyt]

Reactor 4 "explosion" happened and the workers had bad equipment most of them died

[@scrambledsamples4318]

The miner's were the true heroes

[@СлаваУкраїні-с3л]

The amusement park was supposed to open for the first time on April 27th 1986 the day after the Chernobyl disaster on April 26th 1986...

[@kpal.]

i just realized that this happened on my birthday

[@claudiu8426]

My brother was born with 6 fingers on his hands but also on his feet. He is born in 1988. We are from Romania!

[@Rger08569]

Chernobyl: explodes H B O: is for me 🥺 👉👈

[@theowl2044]

The only people you can blame are the people who trained the technicians.

[@pigpong7776]

Even most of the technicians knew they should have stopped the test but they were threatened by their overseer Anatoly Dyatlov to continue the tests. Even after all the mistakes He made sure the tests continued. And that my friends is why we don't go to work sleep-deprived and ill-tempered

[@Defunct231324141]

You're mistaken RBMK reactors don't explode!

[@LeeLee-hg1xu]

50,000 thousand people used to lived here, now it's a ghost town

[@tambayanniadam3110]

50,000 used to live here, now its a ghost town - Captain McMillan.

[@LuisLopez-ve5jt]

😂😂😂

[@G3NK5T42]

My paternal grandparents both died not long after Chernobyl due to the Radiation Fallout which spread. They were living in Zhlobin, Belarus SSR which is 255km away.

[@kiyoponnn]

from cancer?

[@G3NK5T42]

@@kiyoponnn I'm not sure exactly. I'd need to ask my dad about. However, they were both relatively in good health and got ill and passed shortly after Chernobyl.

[@v4ven925]

Ukranian authorities? Whats wrong with you people. It was soviet union

[@thud_1]

36 years ago today..

[@dustinlanphear422]

It's Been 34 years because it happened in 1986

[@jesfernandes8268]

1:14 It's sand and *BoRon* ◖⚆ᴥ⚆◗

[@Arjun-mu1zm]

Who are watching this today 26-april

[@eliaserben7962]

Me on 7.6 23

[@Chasegoss-fi1fx]

2020 anyone??

[@MaryamIshaq-et7ir]

Its realy sad to hear that before i dont hear this

[@Four-of-aKind]

this is basically someone letting out a giant fart in the classroom

[@saionduttaroy7172]

50000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town

[@mikesnitro]

Wildlife is thriving in the exclusion zone, despite being radioactive.

[@gb5183]

There thats where The fire brigade was there 0:58

[@klttrll]

“SAFETY TEST”

[@penguinm16a14]

people use to live here but now its a ghost town because of all the people died are now ghost

[@hashtagwha222]

So, I’m on my monthly time right now and watched an episode of Chernobyl. At the end of the episode, a bird died from the radiation, so I started crying thinking of all the dogs that died because of Chernobyl. I’m a sensitive little girl, and it just broke my heart. 😂 like, imagine adopting a new puppy the day of the explosion and then it having to be killed because it’s now radioactive. Oh no... I’m doing it again. Okay bye.

[@hammydammy123]

Why are you laughing about that...?

[@hashtagwha222]

Sunkissed Showers LPS more so laughing at my own stupidity. I guess that emoji was placed wrong. Not laughing at the tragedy, just my own suffering and crying.

[@siddharthjha7022]

You are so sweet!!!

[@angieh4534]

Emily Antus gross

[@omveerkumar9942]

Your emotions means a lot...

[@Alicapy]

I like how I got a MONSTER ad before watching this. 6.6

[@jasssaaaa2]

theres still 1 body buried under all that rubble

[@trishyangel123]

Wow, 35 years on and people are still talking about it.

[@sofzhuk1188]

well yeh, some of those radioactive isotopes have a half-life of 24,000 years lol. We stuck with it girly :)

[@trishyangel123]

@@sofzhuk1188 Woah 😶

[@sofzhuk1188]

@@trishyangel123 nuclear reactions and radioactivity are scary things :/

[@roentgen226]

@@sofzhuk1188 Bilions of years*

[@engineer4876]

"my favourite reactor is reaction time" you already know what im gonna comment

[@ssil3nce476]

Corona vairus: im the worst radio active Chernobyl kills corona vairus Chernobyl: i didnt even use 0.00001% of my power

[@somanosanghirun1580]

I get the joke but it doesn't make sense because coronavirus isn't radioactive, this must be your 3rd time making up a joke.

[@ssil3nce476]

@@somanosanghirun1580 oh... okay...

[@ssil3nce476]

@@somanosanghirun1580 can you help me change it??

[@somanosanghirun1580]

@@ssil3nce476 try to see some coronavirus memes and it'll give you an idea

[@ssil3nce476]

@Iskandh Sharma ik its just for the joke lol

[@obliviangamer2319]

Remember kids: If you want to be immortal, be the camera man

[@macsaitomi]

You are showing the map of Ukraine and talking about "Ukrainianian authorities tried to hide the disaster".. How can you show responsible a nation and a country for the wrong decisions of the Soviet Union while they were not independent? + It was not lead what they dropped but boron and sand. Lead was used for giving some protection for the likvidators against radiation. Please take more care as journalists to be historically and scientifically correct. Thank you!