Trapped in a Lead Capsule Above Reactor 4 | Chernobyl’s Bathyscaphs | Chornobyl Uncharted Ep 15

[@theenchiladakid1866]

It's a story to tell the grandkids

[@ChernobylFamily]

With your silent permission, I will pin this because you are right

[@KR72534]

I pray that they are able to have grandchildren, and that the grandchildren are healthy and normal.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@KR72534 vast majority are. Though direct participants are rarely healthy.

[@KR72534]

@@ChernobylFamilythanks

[@johngavin2570]

"Dima, has Grandfather Vadim told you about that time they put him in a metal box and had him go into the most inhospitable enviornment known to man?" -Coolest Soviet Babushka in existence

[@MrKeserian]

"I didn't have anywhere to go..." and "it was quite an *unpleasant* experience" reminds me of how much I love eastern European humor.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well noted

[@cattymajiv]

Unlike American slapstick, overstatement, and simplistic insults that they think are funny, but that intelligent people find infantile and dumb.

[@AEVMU]

​@@cattymajivsays the guy who has never been hit in the balls by a football.

[@rrai1999]

@@cattymajiv 'intelligent' people finding over-the-top humor 'infantile or dumb' is a complete fabrication. It's merely a mechanism for downbeat people to feel superior about themselves, which is a really big problem in Europe.

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

Sounds like a holiday in lowestoft

[@savethelighthouse]

In 1989 I worked on the production of the PBS documentary "Return To Chernobyl" with Chicago journalist Bill Curtis. My partner was the cameraman on the first American television crew to be allowed entry into the exclusion zone. My job was to handle the complicated logistics of transferring all our videotape footage onto new tapestock and leaving all of our own irradiated and contaminated video equipment behind in Kyiv. After the trip we transferred all the original Russian footage of the disaster such as this for broadcast on WGBH-Boston. This was one of the sequence of events that haunted me because at the time the network producers thought that it was too horrible to elaborate upon in the documentary. To my knowledge this is the first time it is being viewed in its full context.

[@goldenegg1063]

I Like Watermelons

[@nathanlowery1141]

@@goldenegg1063I also like watermelons

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you for shring this.

[@GenerationAI2024]

Never heard of this, thank you for sharing this kind of important history.

[@ChernobylFamily]

And more to come. More stories will come in a context.

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

Wife: "What did you do at work today? Anything interesting?" Husband: "Nothing much. I got dangled like a fish on a hook above the open, scattered core of Reactor 4 today. Just another day at work...." All joking aside, this video has me absolutely gobsmacked. I had read snippets about these bathyscaphes, but details like in this video were few and far between. Having worked at heights in a basket attached to the forks of a big forklift as a welder, I can only imagine what it must have been like being dangled from a crane above an _open_ reactor in what is essentially a lead coffin of sorts. And them comparing it to being in outer space, or the deep sea is very apt. The environment in/around Reactor 4 is as alien, and every bit as dangerous as these two places. The courage these people displayed is on another level. Every time I think your videos cannot get any better, you pull off another amazing and very touching episode in this excellent, and sometimes gut wrencing series. Thank you!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you. We have been at heights, but indeed not in a basket. Thank you for the insight.

[@Iaintwoke]

​@@ChernobylFamilyAny kind of work from a crane basket is challenging because they move so much. This is unbelievable what they did. Thanks for the videos.

[@uis246]

Wife: "And I was dangling some poor soul like a fish on a hook above reactor 4 today."

[@1998diegox]

they literally said "5 roentgens, not great not terrible"

[@lostnsp4ce]

Just wow..I myself have been diving into the mysteries of Chernobyl and had no clue this existed or was even a thing. It's crazy to think so much history and information was lost due to time and somehow resurfaces every once in a while. Thank you for this amazing episode, and your content is magnificent!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! More to come!

[@thebrowns5337]

Lost due to time or hidden/disposed of ot prevent any chance of legal claims at a later date?

[@ChernobylFamily]

When all this happened, no one still had a clue the USSR will collapse; even with all democratization brought by Perestroika, the government was very safe from any legal claims, those would be something... out of this world. I just really cannot find a proper way how to explain how impossible it actually was; it was very much grounded in the way how society worked, cultivated by decades of communists rule. Later, in 1988...1990, of course, things started to change, people started to ask questions publicly, as some criticism became permitted, but still, it was not about claims, it was more about "you commie guys in mоscоw now owe us all some social protection."

[@d16a1]

I can't speak to the factual accuracy, but HBO had mini series on it 5-6 years ago.

[@sirmalus5153]

If a film was ever made with all the details included, it wouldn't be believed. These video's have taught me so much about what really happened afterwards, not just the explosion. I take my hat off too you for your efforts, thankyou. All those brave men, how many died "early" I wonder to save us all.

[@ChernobylFamily]

We need to write a second book, this time about all the tech

[@ChrisLittle-u9s]

The depth of research that has gone into this series is astonishing. Ttruly an incredible achievement!

[@ChernobylFamily]

We just started...)

[@gurglejug627]

Thank you to all those brave souls who went into those bathyscaphes and everyone who worked at the site. No one should ever forget them, and what they did to protect others - all of us, yet their names are already lost to time, it seems. God bless each one of you.

[@davidrussell8689]

Outstanding bravery . I find it hard to comprehend such courage . Many of them anonymous . True heroes.

[@44Bigs]

These bathyscaphs are completely mad. It shows how much of a nightmare the aftermath of the disaster was. It’s a shame so much information has been lost about the heroic efforts after the Chernobyl disaster. I had never heard of these bathyscaphs before. Thank you for documenting this!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you. It is a complex work, but more to come.

[@laurencebois5119]

I've been in a manbasket before and that's nerve racking enough as it is because of the risk assessment alone. If they ever made a risk assessment for the Chornobyl capsules, it would likely be terrifying.

[@ChernobylFamily]

"Manbasket". Today I improved my English, thank you!

[@MarkMcCluney]

Me too - I never heard that expression before either!

[@ChernobylFamily]

But it is actually very neat. A rather funny fact - I read comments loud for my wife Michaela and our cat (Fuzik) immediately said "Meow" when I pronounced "basket" as it is his triggering word.

[@Thewatcherinthering336]

I love being in another man’s basket…

[@cattymajiv]

Most cats really love baskets, bags, and boxes. They love to climb inside them, so they learn to recognize the words. At least my cats did, especially the ones who were the most addicted to hiding inside those things. One cat named Shadow just loved to be carried around inside plastic bags, and she was so cosy inside of grocery bags. It was the cutest thing ever! Of course I always left lots of room for air movement for her, and never left plastic bags just lying around.

[@derekchristenson5711]

Dear God, that sounds like a horrifying experience! I can only admire the bravery of such people, venturing into such danger to gather information before they could even do their job.

[@volvo09]

It's giving me anxiety just watching. Imagine if the cables failed and you fell, or got stuck in the reactor building... A rescue would be near impossible.

[@leeferris1528]

Don’t know how I stumbled across this video! Tragic events like this and Fukushima need documentation and should never be forgotten 😢 These accidents need to be prevented in future. Thanks for this ❤ new subscriber 😊

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you and welcome! For us Chernobyl is a life in the most literal meaning (see the channel description). That said, check other episodes and stay tuned for more. By the way, today (Feb 4) is a birthday of the city of Pripyat.

[@indridcold8433]

Thank you to all the liquidators that saved the planet from a tremendous amounts of radiation.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes.

[@phildem414]

I always wondered how this par of the sarcofagus, was assembled. Since 1987, when the first documentary aired in france. This build is simply heroic.

[@appelbaum89]

The best thing about your videos is the narrator's voice, laconic, matter-of-fact and calm. A bit like those history and math teachers who actually made you learn things in school.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you

[@jimmymiller77]

Fantastic video. I am so amazed how you can collect so many facts and photos. All my best from the US, Jim

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thanks, Jim! Well, we read books!

[@Judge_Edo]

I'm glad you made a video on the bathyscapes! These were the craziest fact I randomly came across...might have been Zhores Medvedev's book? You've done great research!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Z.M. is a good source, but we did not use his works this time. Edit: typo

[@cattymajiv]

@Chernobyl Family You don't need to mention typo edits. All decent writers make those.

[@mrKozmoz]

I remember seeing blips about the bathyscapes before, but never got to see a whole documentary on it, thank you for this, keep the history and knowledge alive so our future generations will know too

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@starwolf621]

Very cool, I did not know about these bathyscaphs. Also, I cannot get over the tile pattern on some hallways in the power plant, they are lovely!

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@starwolf621 :)

[@taras3702]

I always wondered how in the Hell did people get to inaccessible areas in the face of lethal radiation fields to build the sarcophagus. I have been myself suspended from a crane in a steel basket, it was nerve wracking because the knowledge of what would happen had something went wrong was foremost in my mind. And at that, the reason for me being there was to get me off a ship to the shore. To do this over an open, irradiated pit at the end of a cable must been frightening for the occupants. I'm just glad nobody was killed in an accident involving a bathyscaphe, the helicopter crash that occurred on the site was horrible enough.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you for sharing! For us, it is very valuable to have an opinion of those who had a similar experience. As for the helicopter crash, it was a big dicovery to find the tail of that very copter within the reconstructed parts of the Shelter in the kind of 2017. For now, it is left there, but with the intention to remove and turn it to an exhibit at some point.

[@jannejohansson3383]

In reality, they just have a LOT of these people to use and safety comes fourth or fifth thing in this case. And they need just one guy from Moscow who played stupid game with controls and won ultimate stupid price. They should put him to clean that shit, but it's obvious that he would lost he's life with brush and shovel in he's hand when figuring where to start. Many have argued that this mess of chernobyl costed so much and hitted so hard cccp collapsed. So that kind of cleanup. That video where some miners are digging tunnel underground of that building or structure is good document too. They started maybe some 200 meters away from reactor center at downhill, so they need just to go same level, no upward or down. Finally they found bottom of core structure and it wasn't melted tru or cracked and that's one amazing thing. It did what it was for.. And that isn't always the case in Soviet nuclear projects at the time. Not even today, if we speaking something like Russian wonder weapons. And that's just good for living world. What killed dinosaurs at the time? We don't know sure but most bones we have found in Siberia 🤔

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is important to understand, it was not one guy. When you watch HBO miniseries, Scherbina is in Pripyat for MONTHS, while no one from management was staying that long - they worked on shifts, 2 weeks there, 2 weeks here, to maintain the exposure. There were multiple heads of the Task Force, some worse, some better, but they all were fruits of the same 'system first, people next' field.

[@taras3702]

@@ChernobylFamily I understand Scherbina died from radiation exposure four years after the accident. It's possible his health was in decline already at the time, but being exposed to high doses of radiation certainly did not do him any good.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@taras3702 and in addition right after Chernobyl he went to resolve Spitak earthquake in Armenia.

[@HolowatyVlogs]

Boris Shcherbina and the Concrete Factory

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well. Yes.

[@taras3702]

@@HolowatyVlogs Was he making lead lined concrete shoes?

[@FranktheTank-bk8me]

It cannot be stated enough just how brave & selfless the engineers, scientist & workers were having to operate under the most horrific circumstances ☢ Absolute legends and heroes, every single one of them 🫡

[@ChernobylFamily]

True

[@bradywaible-uh4ji]

Cold War Era Russia. Most likely they had family that were detained and they were working to keep them alive.

[@ChernobylFamily]

It was not Russia only. And it was Perestroika, not Stаlin times. It did not work anymore the way you said. A significant part of people involved are still alive, and what they say is more "it was a question that if not me will do it, then who? As I have a qualification? As I know how to do it? The answer was obvious." HOWEVER, somewhat close to what you said happened with soldiers, conscripted in a directive way. Some of them were volunteering for a job, but far more often they received an order. While some commanders cared very much about not overexposing people (e.g. general Tarakanov is know for this), for some those conscripts were just units with all consequences.

[@AtomickPixel]

​@@ChernobylFamilyClassic modern day liberal western mindset, consumerist mindset that's been completely disassociated from the reality. Stripped from every ounce of accountability, rational and independent thought. No collective spirit, as anything remotely similar to nationalism and collective identity has been has stripped from them. They can not comprehend the sense of duty in the people facing such a global emergency situation. Also, you can see there were a lot of adult men, those men had higher testosterone levels than some 18 years old conscripts. High levels of testosterone is linked to greater sacrificial willingness.

[@vitalyl1327]

@@bradywaible-uh4ji more deranged propaganda, please, it's so funny. Dozens of people from my home town went voluntarily to Chernobyl the moment they heard of the disaster. Most of them - nuclear physicists. Some came back. Some even lived long after. Not a single one ever regretted their choice.

[@professionalvr]

As always, it was very interesting to learn something new about the Chornobyl disaster. The batyschaps are a grim testimony to the dire conditions, faced by the liquidators.

[@kevkev5935]

This is the first time hearing of this. These cosmonauts were so brave.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well said

[@wyattarich]

I'm amazed that this is the first I have ever heard of Bathyscaphs. Excellent work!

[@goldenegg1063]

They were originally mobile masturbation boxes and all engineers had to crack one off while dangling above the reator as i kind of, initiation test . . Those who couldnt manage a wank were not worthy to be nuclear engineers

[@Ben-says-you-are-AWESOME]

The amount of engineering, innovation and bravery involved in dealing with the disaster is absolutely amazing.

[@233kosta]

If only they'd put this much effort in studying the reactor design before deploying it...

[@cremebrulee4759]

This is a story about Chernobyl that I had never heard before. Thank you.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you too!

[@FlakAlley]

What an incredible video, best wishes towards the success of your channel

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you so much!

[@FlakAlley]

@ Our pleasure 👍

[@bruhmoment3741]

Chernobyl was such a mess in both operations and information. I wouldnt be suprised if some of the more tragic incidents with the batiscaphs were covered up entirely.

[@katepoole6891]

Never had any idea how they managed to cover the reactor. Unbelievable how many people risked their lives to try and make it safe. 40 years and the problems of Chernobyl are still present today. One of humankinds legacies that won't disappear.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Check the episode about the Sarcophagus, there you will find many more details.

[@domenicoscalzo6162]

This is what i call top content. Thank you for this video; I'm glad I clicked on it because I had never heard about the Chernobyl bathyscaphes

[@ChernobylFamily]

Wait for the next one...)

[@domenicoscalzo6162]

@ChernobylFamily I have scrolled through your videos, I shall catch up meanwhile 🙌🏻 PS: Chernobyl is an important topic in my life as my mum was pregnant with me, when the reactor exploded ( I was born 9 months latern)...and it affected her as well as many other women across Europe. It's good to know our history 🙏🏻

[@Sahko123]

how this is the first time im hearing about this is amazing. This is an amazing story of pure desperation and the lengths to which people went to try and mitigate impact of cherboyl both in the media and in the environment. so much pointless secracy

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is a very obsucre story, it is true.

[@simontracey3920]

I thought we had seen and heard all about this disaster, but this was a new and frightening aspect of this tragedy.

[@ChernobylFamily]

I will tell you something: 15 years after researching this subject and still new stories emerge. Sometimes we cannot wrap a mind how many events happened within one year of 1986, and it continued.

[@kjamison5951]

Thank you for this story. I had not heard of these before. In Moscow, only efficiency was measured and punishments or rewards given. Local party members were poor managers. The workers were blamed for everything and punished accordingly. The engineers and scientists fought to keep everyone safe, not just Soviet citizens but those further away in the rest of the world. Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia must be protected along with other NPPs in Ukraine. If they are returned to Russian control, it is only a matter of time before another catastrophe occurs due to Kremlin apathy.

[@higherperspectivephotography]

What an incredible episode! It was worth the extra wait! Thanks so much!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidsmith9063]

Absolute heroes to go in that, knowing you were literally being shredded by 5 R/Hr 😨

[@ChernobylFamily]

5 R/h is rather unpleasant level, but there were situations when it was much higher...

[@ddew]

These videos are fantastic and deserve way more views and the channel deserves more subs. But then again, not everyone enjoys the minute details and almost mystic lore that surrounds the Chornobyl accident. How people can be aware of the subject and NOT want to learn more is beyond me, those poor weirdos. 😋

[@ChernobylFamily]

If we choose between less views but more interested people, and more views and binge-fans, we go for the first. I am sorry, Chornobyl is NOT easy.

[@nameismetatoo4591]

The fact that they were still significantly radioactive decades later is insane

[@ChernobylFamily]

Though, it is very common for the tech used in the earliest period. Neutronic activation made materials radioactive themselves.

[@MrMikechuck]

@@ChernobylFamily interesting fact, also, is there anything to read/see on the nuclear waste disposal site ? there must be enormous amount of stuff that just needed to be buried, not just these capsules... Anyway, great video, great narrative and story research ... wow !

[@ChernobylFamily]

We have a few posts on our Patreon about that place, search there by the word "Buryakivka" (the main disposal site) is called like this being named by nearby village. At some point we will make an episode about this place. Please note: this is not nuclear, but low- and mid-radioactive waste repository. I mean, there is more than terminological difference. Nuclear waste is actually not a waste, it is specifically spent fuel which one day probably will be possible to refine and use again. Radioactive waste is contaminated junk. But given that this junk cab greatly vary in its activity, first it is characterized according to it, and depending on the result sent to that or another type of a storage.

[@HighHrothgar0]

This is wild! I actually think bunkers could be cozy and comfortable perhaps even romantic. Imagine being trapped in a bunker with someone you love with no distractions I would be okay with that.

[@ChernobylFamily]

See, you surely know what we have here in Ukrаіnе now. During the last three years, me, my wife and our cats spent a lot of time in bunkers of all sorts. Yes, there is infrastructure in them. Some are more comfortable, some less, but all in all, it is about the circumstances: you do not think about what is around, you think about what is happening above. Not the best feelings. Though the human mind works in such a way, in a decade, we will likely recall exactly those romanric moments, which, indeed, were there, pushing away all grim stuff. As for the Chornobyl NPP, the "bunker" of crane control was actually a rather different structure - it was a hall in radioactive waste storage nearby, which had very, very thick walls. Because of this feature, it was nicknamed a "bunker." Though under the power plant there is a real bunker, which was also widely used, but it is far from the Unit 4, at another edge of the main structure.

[@OCPyrit]

As a former Chernobyl Bathyscaph operator in 1986 I can confirm that the air was thick and horrible inside the capsule. After we got out, we used to do a short prayer to thank god that we made it out alive. 🙏🙏🙏

[@ChernobylFamily]

Let's verify. Хто був вашим начальником, яка зміна та період?

[@goldenegg1063]

Maybe it was all the masturbation you did inside the cube that made it hard to breath ?

[@ggrisha87]

Блін, оце круті і унікальні факти ти розповідаєш! До тебе дивився Валерія Стародумова, це було перше джерело "недефолтної" інформації про аварію. До речі, купував одну залізяку на ОЛХ у дідуся і випадково, розмовляючи з ним, дізнався що він особисто знав Стародумова в ті роки, бо теж працював там інженером при ліквідації.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Стародумов це реальна легенда була. На жаль, він помер. От би до Самойленка дістатися б...

[@ggrisha87]

​@@ChernobylFamily Да, знаю, в 22. Ну, поки є можливість вживу спілкуватися зі свідками тих подій - треба це намагатись зробити, бо з досвіду свого життя я вже мав пару випадків коли от прям стало цікаво, а все, людини вже немає.

[@mido-gq3xe]

Як і завжди надзвичайно цікаво! З нетерпінням чекаю наступного відео

[@wondz]

"No one was inside." I'd have believed that before learning about Vladimir Komarov.

[@ChernobylFamily]

1988 was a bit different time.

[@marcika]

Another amazing video. Btw, also hats of all of those cranes through the wole building time. I guess it was exceptional how much weight they moved in such harsh conditions.

[@ChernobylFamily]

And now imagine that mostly those were also remotely controlled.

[@marcika]

@@ChernobylFamily yeah, that is also an amazing thing. I guess those remote controls were completely in situ solutions.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@marcika yes. We know the person who designed them. Honestly, some solutions were on the brink of a something genial.

[@-r-495]

Incredible. You’re doing them right.

[@charliebrownn6622]

Wow !! This is new to me ! Shame the great hbo series don't mention this ! The liquidators (roof cleaners) and this is now my favorite parts of this sad disaster

[@ChernobylFamily]

The series very much exploits Soviet ideas. Excuse me, praising Scherbina, a communist chaindog, is something itself (and Legasov is not far from him). But what embarrasses me is that it does not say a word about the Sarcophagus construction, which was the central event of 1986.

[@TheParkAttendant]

I started watching the episodes about Chernobyl. I subscribed, and have gone down to episode 1, and working my way up.

[@bravodelta3083]

Very brave people. Thank you for bringing their story to light!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! More to come!

[@MadScientist267]

2:37 With the mention of "remote controlled crane", despite mentioning "communicate with crane operator", could the joysticks have been for the captive one to be able to give some sort of input to the crane? Only other thing that comes to mind is maybe for finer control of cameras or sensors to point them in very specific directions. Then there's the door opening due to the "concrete blindness"... there's no way hahaha... but maybe it was all the same in the end. The way I understand things of the time, it would possibly have come down to "choose which way you go out"... Does the exposure get you, or what the government may have done in response to defiance... The defiance may be the better way to go... quicker? 🤔 Another good video. Keep em coming!

[@starbolin]

The scientist and engineers volunteered to do many dangerous tasks themselves rather than have to order someone else to do them.

[@ChernobylFamily]

See, as we said, those were mostly very high people; from what is known, absolutely everyone of cosmonauts was a volunteer.

[@chrisdowns1987]

Thank you very much. Fascinating & not an aspect of the disaster I'd heard about before!

[@ChernobylFamily]

More to come!

[@dtrain1634]

Gosh what a hellish place to be 😮

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@dtrain1634 well said

[@MarkMcCluney]

Absolutely extraordinary. There is always another amazing story to be told about Chernobyl. Thanks for finding and telling them Alex.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you so much!

[@roybm3124]

So impressive how they installed those massive structures on a collapsed building.

[@ChernobylFamily]

It indeed is.

[@SimonGreen85]

Crazy. I thought i had known quite a bit about Chernobyl but this is something brwnd new. Great work

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@swanh8er]

Absolutely terrifying and fascinating in equal amounts.

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is. Check our other episodes.

[@mikandokken]

Those were truly brave people who had descended down to fatal radiation pool.

[@JonathansImprovements]

That's a great detail to wait for the video, thanks it's was worth it!

[@ChernobylFamily]

You are very welcome!

[@Kwr34538]

Absolutely amazing story I've never heard of yet ! Great research and told so well that I was picturing myself in the Bathyscaph !!!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Oh wow!

[@philsmith6597]

I just saw this video and thought it looked interesting. As a result I am going back to episode 1 to watch them all. These people were very brave knowing what could happen but did it anyway. Thanks.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Hope you'll like other episodes!

[@vasiovasio]

Wow, what a Story! Great video! Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@jacktan9104]

Great work man! Keep it up

[@marcinkowalczyk647]

wonderful job as usual !

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@oculusangelicus8978]

The massive amount of sacrifice these people were willing to give to end the deadly poisoning of Ukraine is staggering! These people would be viewed as certifiably insane by western nuclear engineers. The lengths these people were willing to go to seal the reactor remnants is heroic in proportions!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you for these powerful words.

[@VincentGroenewold]

Great video! Never even knew they used these

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad we could help!

[@bjornkeizers]

Very interesting; never knew about them! A salute to those people brave enough to work in them.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@TeslaTales59]

Always a good presentation. The man with the hat on looks scary. I will bet he was not a nice one. He is at 3:59. I think he name was Boris.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Which one specifically? Point a timecode, so we can elaborate.

[@TeslaTales59]

@@ChernobylFamily 3:59

[@ChernobylFamily]

@TeslaTales59 oh... scherbina... a party functioner, deputy head of the council of ministers of the USSR. A very good manager, capable of impossible, it is true. But at the same time, a communist chaindog protecting the System. What scares us is how tough, but adorable he was portrayed in HBO Chernobyl miniseries as one of a few main characters. Because with all his good input, exactly on him are some very dark decisions of Spviet government about Chernobyl.

[@8001]

14:42 Oh, I see what you did there at the end-beautiful “Strela” clock. Thank you! The dosimeter looks like it has the same digits as the Электроника 7 clocks

[@ChernobylFamily]

These dosimeters, as far as we remember, is some sort of locally, Chornobyl-made thing based exactly on those clocks.

[@Mlom91]

Incredible! thank you for thank kind of knowledge!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulsto6516]

Another eye opening documentary. Big thanks for what you do. 👍👍

[@ChernobylFamily]

More to come!

[@diablo7322000]

Just found your channel and I love it. I knew about these capsules from other documentaries/articles , but they didn't go into as much detail about them. I'll be binge watching this series. ✌❤ Слава Україн

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Check also other videos, as there are a few which are not in the series. G.S.!

[@bmstylee]

Meal prep and Chernobyl history. Yep it's a great day.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@bmstylee tell us what you got!

[@bmstylee]

@ChernobylFamily I made chicken al pastor, cilantro lime rice, and some steamed veggies. I also made some egg sandwiches for breakfast. For the freezer I made and portioned homemade chocolate chip cookies. Once the dough is frozen it will be vacuum sealed in 12 count bags.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Cool!

[@Damien.D]

Never heard of this completely crazy idea. It's a hotcell, but for people. And the other way around. People are inside, and the radioactivity is outside. Imagine having to think about something like this. .Imagine having to design a potential death trap... Pretty disturbing.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Compared to the subject of the next video, this is not crazy it all...

[@Damien.D]

@@ChernobylFamily Ok. At some point, i'll be expecting you to find old secret plans for a gigantic nuclear-powered bipedal robot designed to safely handle nuclear waste in the wasteland of the Zone...

[@ChernobylFamily]

@Damien.D MWAHAHAHAAAA

[@bramesque]

Thank you for this story! I thought i knew a lot about Chernobyl, but the story about the Bathyscaps was unknown to me.

[@chvfd687]

Wow! I'd never heard of this until now. Gonna follow this channel and learn more about the i guess previously unknown parts of this event.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you for your interest. We have much more to come.

[@RichardSmith-ms6hh]

Thanks for telling this history.

[@Stoned_Raiders]

Love your videos thank you

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

Hey, they were buried in Garbage, I pass it often on my way to Rostok, there are many anomalies there, good harvest of artifacts to sell at Yantar!

[@ChernobylFamily]

)))

[@gwcstudio]

I've been to the reactor and exclusion zone, and the vehicle cemetary. I was just thinking they must have been buried, because I didn't see them, when you said they were buried....

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

I've never heard of these being used before!

[@ChernobylFamily]

We will gradually introduce you to many things which were used, often by real heroes, but then put to a shadow by соmmie officials. Stay tuned!

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

@ChernobylFamily That's what I really love about your channel, is how far you both will go into the details of Chornobyl NPP and the technology involved in the plant and recovery efforts.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@SamwiseOutdoors for us, it is a life. We literally do not do anything except Chornobyl research. Only one thing, for some subjects, nothing apart written description remained...

[@patb5266]

Thank you for this, I had no idea about these capsules!!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheWhatnought]

Thank you, thank you and thank you.

[@GameInterest]

The interior of it reminds me of the inside of the box in the Twilight Zone very first episode.

[@versinussyrin577]

I grew up near the slovakian border in ukraine. I didnt knew much about why chernobyl happened, until after watching the HBO series, in a good manner i went neck deep into it. Didnt regret it

[@ChernobylFamily]

HBO series is a good start, but not a documentary in any case.

[@ptonpc]

Incredibly brave and ingenious people.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@ptonpc thank you!

[@Tom-c1q2k]

awesome info cheers for your work.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chnppPripyat]

На 10:01 фото з монтажу однієї із опор балки "Мамонт". Теж досить складна робота була. Підніжжя під опору називалося "пісочниця", а сама опора "табуретка". Активно під час її монтажу використовували батискаф. Взагалі у Козлової є, мабуть, одна з кращих книг з будівництва ОУ.

[@DoktorBayerischeMotorenWerke]

Fantastic channel, thank you for the excellent content!.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@haken7016]

Who else paused it and thought their hard drive was making loud noises at 11:30 haha ?

[@ChernobylFamily]

ARE YOU STILL USING AN HDD?!)))

[@haken7016]

@@ChernobylFamily Lol yes unfortunately.

[@littlesparklerofficial]

It was the flight of the phoenix.

[@chele-chele]

The biggest engineering challenge was not the ability to lift and suspend the lead bathyscaphe but the weight of the huge balls of those that rode inside!

[@nathandevine552]

Im willing to bet they didn't volunteer but were volunteered

[@ChernobylFamily]

For this very job they did.

[@nathandevine552]

@@ChernobylFamily then they were true patriots and very brave men

[@cattymajiv]

The OP's comment proves the truth of my comment in the previous thread, about Americans thinking that that painfully obvious stuff is funny, when most of us find it incredibly dreary!

[@chele-chele]

@@cattymajiv Thanks Captain Obvious but I don't live in the U.S. nor would I want to.

[@CraigsGarage-r3d]

and there are still power plants like this being made all over, carry on with coal plants, were not running out yet

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@CraigsGarage-r3d like this? Where? No single based on this technology was built after. Edit: i mean, that comparing of rbmk and modern reactors is similar to comparing Lada and Ferrari

[@enp_55]

What a great story

[@no-one3795]

I thought it was for capturing SCPs or something 🤣

[@ChernobylFamily]

)))

[@retinaquester]

Great informative video. Maybe someone here can help met with a point I saw someone make at Facebook about Chernobyl reactor 4. His point was that there were 3 additional concrete plants build to fill/cast the reactor-core remains in concrete. He said tonnes of concrete were poured in. I have never seen/read this anywhere. In my opinion it wouldn't make any sense since it would overheat the still hot remains, and the reactor is not on the ground level, so filling the core with tonnes and tonnes of concrete might make the remaining structure unstable and even collapse. I do think they needed a lot of concrete for the walls so the 3 plants I suppose were really build. Anyone have any thought's on this?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Watch our episode about the Sarcophagus. There we talk about it.

[@retinaquester]

@@ChernobylFamily Thank you, I just did.

[@chigoonies3883]

Fascinating , the heroic response at Chernobyl was the first lesson they taught us in hazmat school back in the late 90’s. I am doing research into the armored vehicles used at Chernobyl , do you guys have an email contact , perhaps we could trade / share information?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Sure [e-mail]

[@chigoonies3883]

@ I just joined ( paid) Patreon and left a message on the chat I will resend via the email you sent me later today, thanks!

[@Screwball70]

Regardless of the levels of radiation inside the capsule someone would still have to have done the job.

[@vrooom666]

i alway what sort of tempature in centre of ruin and around it, back then and now? are reactor 4 still "burning?"

[@ChernobylFamily]

It stopped burning on ~May 16, 1986.