Chernobyl Sarcophagus: The Most Complex Structure Ever Built? | Chornobyl Uncharted Ep 12

[@ChernobylFamily]

Following some comments regarding the title of the video, where people mentioned that compared to e.g. LHC the Shelter is nothing, I'll share some thoughts which I heard from engineers quite often (along with the statement put in the title) when the New Safe Confinement was built. The problem is in the definition of complexity. Technically even the New Safe Confinement is far more complex than the Shelter. But what makes the Shelter unique that it was built in extreme radiation, in record time (206 days), with a substantial part of mentioned 90,000 people involved simultaneously, with a _single_ attempt (in most cases) to position elements, while relying mostly only on a CCTV image or distant observation, and having very fragmentary input data. That said, while e. g. a dog house built on Mars technically remains a dog house, it cannot be compared to dog houses on Earth in the scope of complexity. Something like this was done for the first time, unfortunately, at the ChNPP. Which absolutely does not lower the fantastic technical effort of those who created next, modern mega projects.

[@degradation404]

"полагаясь в основном только на изображение с камер видеонаблюдения или дистанционное наблюдение, и имея очень фрагментарные входные данные" - спасибо за разъяснения, теперь еще меньше веры в надежность этой будки, запроектированной и построенной камуняками, что бы скрыть свой героический провал в предыдущем проектировании будки, которую так же героически назвали "АЭС".

[@ChernobylFamily]

@degradation404 yes. That's why it it gives a big headache.

[@fuckingpippaman]

Why would anyone compare the LHC to the sarcophagus hahahah

[@neinjunge5560]

I came here to comment exactly what you're referring to, CERN etc, but you make an excellent point. fair enough, carry on!

[@mlann2333]

It's not surprising the shelter was built and put in place so fast.. wouldn't want to hang around there too long !

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

These Chernobyl videos are absolutely fascinating, thank you for making them.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@laurencebois5119]

I never knew they buried an entire train, but it makes sense seeing as they needed to build the sarcophagus while limiting exposure

[@ChernobylFamily]

From what I know, that train was actually removed in 2010s, as they needed to disassemble the southern contour.

[@hoedenbesteller]

Germany to the rescue, who would have guessed..... But shoutout to all the scientists and engineers who prevented a spread of this nuclear disaster.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes

[@alielabdimarras7965]

We got payed every single penny, Putzmeister as well as Demag. Our eastern brothers withdraw in 1990 after all we were stupid enough to do to them.

[@TheDutchShepherd]

Paid ​@@alielabdimarras7965

[@MinSredMash]

Well, kind of. Demag refused to send its engineers to the Zone to help set up the crane, and told the Soviets that they probably wouldn't be able to figure it out on their own.

[@da1l616]

Fun fact: Putzmeister pump equipment was also used in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

[@AtomicAerials]

This is one of my favorite episodes so far. The engineering of the Zone is always incredible to hear about.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@AtomicAerials thank you! More to come about the Shelter.

[@Shooter_Mcgavin93]

Be careful out there loner

[@MrTylerman127]

The Zone? For the Monolith.

[@rdallas81]

​@@MrTylerman127no. You're monolith for the "zone". He's obviously talking about dating 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rdallas81]

The monolith is for "the zone". He's obviously talking about dating.

[@ntrgc89]

I've been so curious about the sarcophagus! It's pretty obvious that building it would have been a huge challenge but I never saw anyone talking about in any of the Chernobyl documentaries I've seen. Thanks for making this video, it was even more interesting than I had imagined!

[@ChernobylFamily]

More will come about it within this series

[@sj7holt]

We are once again assembling to witness the best of the best at work once again!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well said

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

Forever and ever, amen.

[@allbadthings-ks7dl]

Man... its so much information, but not just randomly facts tossed appart... its step by step, real, practical and amazing information.... thank you for bring it to us

[@ChernobylFamily]

More to come! Thank you!

[@kjamison5951]

Your insight into Chornobyl NPP is made all the more serious by your excellent command of English. You use phrases and idioms as though you were a native speaker. Thank you. I find these reports fascinating. I was 20 years old when I learned of the disaster at Chornobyl. I have followed many documentaries since.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you...! Trying to improve my skills...)

[@prakharsharma8739]

I'm watching this for the 10th time this week and am not planning on stopping anytime soon.

[@Damien.D]

The amount of things I've learn in so little time with this video is ridiculously high. Been born 1 year before the disaster, this monument always had been for me a thing that existed, and will still exist for decades to come. I was just a part of the story, looking like a makeshift bodge to mitigate the disaster. I've only considered the new arch as an engineering marvel when it was completed. I never knew the original sarcophagus was one too... What a logistical feat too, bringing all of this, all the steel, all the concrete, in so little time. Never knew the arch was the preferred design from the start. It's even more "touching" to see it done, and standing today, after all. Thanks for all your research work and all the historical videos. Where do you find all of these treasures, seriously? =)

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Well... on our bookshelf, mostly.

[@Damien.D]

@@ChernobylFamily you have a seriously specialized book collection.

[@escritoradesorientada8731]

The cage for the beast... Incredible job, congrats.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you

[@doggonemess1]

I was going to suggest that there are more complex structures, and even ignorantly say that the Sarcophagus is not really complex from a design standpoint, but I take that all back. I had no idea how much design went into the structure and all the stages of construction involved. Thanks for informing me!

[@ChernobylFamily]

I guess, check the pinned comment which a bit clarifies our point

[@traumgeist]

There’s a handful of entombed reactor buildings in my home state dating from the 1940’s. One of the buildings, called B Reactor, has been left fully intact as the possible location of a future museum. The whole site will need to be massively cleaned up in the future. Hanford is the name of the complex.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Oh, Hanford. Yes, would love to visit one day.

[@Jay-p9r]

I was a child when this happened, to this day I feel sadness for the brave men who gave their lives trying to contain the incident god rest them, and the people of pripyat that lost everything that day. My respects to those people and their familys

[@higherperspectivephotography]

Absolutely amazing once again! I've had so many questions about how this all came together and you're finally answering them for me! I'm fascinated about how they managed to install the initial shielding walls that allowed workers to get close enough to start construction

[@ChernobylFamily]

And yet, this review is just a speedrun look at it. The story is more complex, so we will revisit it in the future. But first we need some blueprints...

[@SamwiseOutdoors]

I genuinely feel like Shelter Objekt is a brilliant name for an industrial band.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Hehe

[@MadScientist267]

So much to all of this. Thanks for the coverage on it. Sometimes I look at some of the pictures and footage and wonder how they even decided where to begin.

[@ChernobylFamily]

This is actually a very good question.

[@Ajax_0-1]

Чудовий контент, більш ніде на ютубі я не бачив такого! Так тримати!❤

[@ChernobylFamily]

дякую!

[@allenmitchell09]

I love the haunting tone of these videos. So fitting. Also, I had to look up the Valery Khodemchuck memorial once I saw the impression.

[@Dmytro-1rcd]

Вічна пам'ять ліквідаторам та жертвам Чорнобильської катастрофи. Eternal commemoration of liquidators and victims of the Chornobyl disaster.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Дякую вам за це.

[@Hydrogenblonde]

A excellent video. Probably the best description of this structure I have seen.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you found it useful! Still, it is just a quick overview - and more to come.

[@neil4306]

Another absolutely wonderful video. Thank you

[@ChernobylFamily]

You are very welcome!

[@chrisj2848]

Wow this is fantastic. Ive never heard about the train or how they began construction of the shelter object. Most photos online show construction after the DEMAG cranes were installed. I always wondered what the "boxes" were seemingly dumped in the cascade wall. Thank you so much!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Still, there are many things to talk about, so we will revisit that in the future.

[@Pablo_Automotive]

Thanks for another great history about the disaster of Chornobyl.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@Vile-Flesh]

The more I learn about this, the more I learn what an immense nightmare this was and still is. I remember hearing about this event in the late '80s when I was in elementary school but my stupid child brain could not have begun to comprehend the scope of this disaster. The scale of the logistics for materials and construction under the time constraint are amazing to learn about. I had no idea about the sections of tower crane used as for one wall or the entombed railway cars. These videos are amazing and very informative.

[@raymarshall6721]

There's a great book called "Midnight at Chernobyl" that goes through everything from the building of the plant and the town, down to the court cases against the operators and the coverups of other nuclear accidents prior to Chernobyl.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Midnight in Chernobyl is very good. I'd advise also to find english version of "Chernobyl" by Yury Scherbak. That was written in 1987, based on his fresh memories from the Zone, and it is a good one.

[@AtomicAerials]

I had been wondering about the ceremonies and commemorative events on December 14. Fascinating!

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@AtomicAerials glad to help!

[@lawless201]

400,000 cubic meters of concrete, that's a big pour. in Washington State we have a dam called, Grand Coulee Dam, it contains 9,155,944 cubic meters of concrete. just to give perspective. Very interesting video, thank-you.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Right. Perspective is key to understanding the scale.

[@jedisgarage4775]

So it's 40.000 or 400.000 tonnes of concrete? ​@@ChernobylFamily

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@jedisgarage4775 we speak about volume, not weight. 400000 cubic meters.

[@jedisgarage4775]

@ oh i see :)

[@MrChainsawAardvark]

Its always so hard for me to wrap my head around the construction of the Shelter object. On one hand this thing was built amazingly fast for a structure of this size. At the same time most stories focus on the first few days or weeks of the disaster, so the fact that the reactor wasn't covered until December just feels too long. Could you create a time lime or illustration it being assembled week by week? Thank you for your time and amazing research. Its amazing how much more I have learned in just the past few months of watching these videos on a subject I've been interested in since the mid 90s.

[@MK-sf2bq]

a Timeline showing the building of the parts to the complete sarcophagus would be perfect!

[@raymarshall6721]

Check out the book "Midnight at Chernobyl". It goes through everything from the building of the plant to the early 2000s. It even goes into the experiences of the firefighters, the problems they ran into trying to drain the tunnels underneath, the legal action taken against everyone involved, etc. It's a great read

[@ChernobylFamily]

To make a timeline would be an interesting challenge. Too many things were done at the same time, and by many contractors; I wonder if there is a precise timeline at all.

[@MrChainsawAardvark]

@@ChernobylFamily I'm not sure if it needs to be comprehensive - more to deal with how the event is pictured. Everyone jumps to liquidators on the roof as an iconic image - but that was really months later prepping for the object shelter construction. We have to the second breakdowns of the explosion and then its just "in 1986 thousands of people were involved in the cleanup effort"

[@Ivan_milanov]

That's a very good documentary, fantastic work. But what about the famous "radioactive claw"? Is it from one of the dameg cranes or from other equipment?

[@ChernobylFamily]

There were a few those claws. That role of the specific one which stands in Pripyat is unknown. It likely belonged to Spetsatom based in Jupiter factory (as that area also belonged to them), but I am afraid the only person who can know is Yuri Samoilenko, the former head. And he strictly does not give any interviews.

[@southernbrain691]

They say it contains a wish granter...

[@TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA]

It does it Grant's cancer and death. Go inside and touch stuff 😂

[@iphonerefurbitalia1614]

Bellissimo anche questo nuovo video! Attendiamo il prossimo con ansia!

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

And once again you delivered a banger of a video. This series truly is one of the best available on YT. So many new little details that are rarely mentioned elsewhere. I look forward to every new episode in anticipation of the new hidden knowledge that will be revealed. And as a retired master welder, I just marvel at what they accomplished in this very short time. What an incredible feat of engineering! If only the Soviets had put in their efforts earlier to build and house the reactor properly. To make sure they gave it the things it needed to be a stable, safe and happy reactor. Than all of this would not have been necessary. But hats off to the builders that had to work in this most challenging, most alien environment the world had ever seen. They performed a not-so-small miracle. As an aside, there is a file waiting for you in the gmail😇

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Sorry for silence, we have now a bit busy time with family stuff so that's why i did not respond you yet.

[@swokatsamsiyu3590]

@@ChernobylFamily That's ok. This time of year it's always a bit crazy for most people😄 I truly hope this file will be useful to you guys. Stay healthy and safe out there, and enjoy the holidays!

[@kermitthorson9719]

@12:35 is such an incredible image. like up there with the footage of the nuclear tests

[@tanelimp]

Thank you for this one, the concrete train was a totally new thing to me!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Radiokot42]

This is the first time I realize the scale of the plant, the sarcophagus and the arc

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is true. It is gigantic, and there is even more shocking way to put it into perspective. The power plant site is twice larger than the city of Pripyat.

[@mdw5041]

Thank you so much for all of these videos! They have been so very interesting!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you like them!

[@rajeshrpatel.6129]

Great In Detail Professional Video Presentation.

[@paulsto6516]

As always, good show!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@JakubS1995-2]

Thank you, wonderful video. Shelter itself is enormous project. Thank you for making this series

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! More to come!

[@Tom-ws4cj]

Once again another fascinating episode. Thank you so much for all the research and effort you put in to producing these videos. Best wishes to you , your wife and "The Cat" for the Christmas season :-)

[@ChernobylFamily]

So nice of you! Thank you! BTW, next week will be the Cat Special episode!

[@minustaco42zero24]

Your videos are so interesting 🤔 and I wanted to tell you that you are doing a good thing by documenting and making videos so no one forgets this tragedy that fell on man that morning in 1986. You just got another subscriber

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Check our other episodes, here is pretty much interesting :)

[@maksphoto78]

Thank you for these great videos.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you like them!

[@bravodelta3083]

Brilliant video; thank you for posting this!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad it was helpful!

[@EriksenAevler]

Absolutely loving the series. Thanks a lot :-)

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@professionalvr]

Another awesome video. Wish I could visit Chornobyl and Pripyat some day. It's my dream to visit them for a very long time. I have been fascinated by the Chornobyl disaster since I was a teenager, plus I played S. T. A. L. K. E. R. Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Bulgarian, I would like to see a video on other Bulgarian made equipment, used after the disaster, besides the IZOT hard drive.

[@ChernobylFamily]

If you will come here, let us know. We can have a coffee at checkpoint.

[@douglasphillips24]

Truly a modern marvel out of extreme necessity that'll be hot for many lifetimes past ours .

[@tronza87]

Very interesting, I learned a lot of new information. Good job, can’t wait for the future episodes!

[@ChernobylFamily]

More to come!

[@olliperez9022]

I wonder what the balance between the KW/h the plant ever produced and the KW/h spent to mitigate the disaster might be

[@ChernobylFamily]

This is a very good question

[@DevilSeiji]

Thx for upload.

[@JapanPop]

Thanks for the careful documentary of the process, i think that the dolomite, clay, and all the dropped earth materials were like a giant blood clot. It is impressive how the engineers had to figure out how to cover the whole mess while preserving the construction team. Moreover, the CCCP still needed the electricity from unit 1 and 2. The ChNPP shelter object is fascinating and terrifying at the same time. I am glad the new safe confinement will buy some more time for careful remediation.

[@ChernobylFamily]

I guess you watched the Ep 01 of the series; there we mention that around 09-12 May 1986 suddenly the emission intensified. This happened because materials dropped eventually collapsed down in a few places under the weight.

[@JapanPop]

@ Indeed, I am watching the catalogue of earlier episodes. What attracted me to your channel a while back was your treatment of Soviet computers and the technology of those times. I used to follow “Kid of Speed” before KZbin, and I thought she was giving a true account of Pripyat, and I wanted to know more. Chornobyl became fascinating to me since then. Increasingly, I enjoy your storytelling, and have become interested in how our biases affect our understanding.

[@OzanBurada]

I really really need a detailed documentary about the construction of Sarcophagus.

[@rdallas81]

@ 14:33, lower right side-. Thats a massive crane! I'd love to see a video about that piece of equipment!

[@ChernobylFamily]

That will come in January. There are a few interesting stories about them.

[@leopiipponen7693]

That was an interesting video. Not much was said about the construction of the original Sarcophagus in Western countries. The project was insanely big and it had to be done in a hurry.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes. When you think about it... well, I do not want to be in the shoes of those engineers.

[@Dustycircuit]

Very impressive in a scary sort of way. Thanks for the video!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kristofferfalk5339]

The three Demag cranes was of the type CC4800. One of them was later cleaned and used by the english crane hire company Baldwins. Liebherr (also from Germany) supplied two 160t LT1160 telescopic mobile cranes witch botb were fully remote controlled.

[@ChernobylFamily]

By the chance do you know its serial number? As there were three, two continued operation elsewhere.

[@kristofferfalk5339]

I have talked to a friend who knows a lot about old Demag cranes and the serial numbers. The cranes in Chernobyl was of the type CC4000. There was an early version and then a later version which had a similar apperance to the CC4800 but with a lighter boom. One was buried at the site. This must be one of the old CC4000. The other cranes was decontaminated and two was sold to Baldwins, where one was used at their Philips branch in Texas. Both cranes was later sold to Van Seumeren in Holland and was upgraded to CC4800. They are still working. Serial numbers 41016 was a CC4000 (I believe this is the one with the cab mounted in front of the boom and is buried) . 41020 through 41024 was in the upgraded version and all in Chernobyl. They have bigger crawler tracks than the 41016. 1987 Demag upgraded the crane to CC4800 and 800t capacity.

[@FoxFrostXPINC]

thank you for these great and informative video’s!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

An extremely impressive feat of engineering. But it would have been nothing more than a set of drawings and plans without the men that built it. Respect.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well said

[@chost-059]

incredibly fascinating stuff, theres something captivating and menacing about it. on a side note now i know where GSC took the name for the monolith faction for the stalker games, nice nod to the real history which fits well as the faction served to protect the X-labs beneath cnpp

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is still an open question if those are connected (though I thought about it as well). It took pretty much digging in the literature to find those names and descriptions, as typically it is just said "..there were other projects which were rejected..."

[@rafalg.6901]

Fascinating episode!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@zooropaforever]

Impressively well documented video! At the time, all this documentation was mostly secret. You did an impressive job in find it and taking it out.

[@ChernobylFamily]

I wonder how much operative footage is lost solely due to the degradation of tapes.

[@BGTech1]

Great Video! Are you going to make a video on the new safe confinement structure?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Absolutely, yes. It likely will be not just one video. But it will take some time to produce, the subject is large and complex, and we believe first we have to explain what the SIP project is - the NSC is the part of it.

[@ifiig8220]

One of my life goals after getting my SRO license here in the States (halfway there) is to take a tour of chernobyl. I'd love to delve as deep as they'd let me. Hopefully, the world isn't in conflict once that is feasable for myself and my colleagues to visit.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Write us, we can guide you.

[@railgap]

I have seen almost nothing on the construction of the Sarcophagus whereas the NSC was covered in excrutiating detail. Most of the histories talk through the disaster just past the point of the liquidators, then they say, "and then they put this around it" - boom, a fait accompli.

[@ChernobylFamily]

The Sarcophagus was built on the fly and in a very short time frame, so there were relatively little visuals about its construction compared to the scale of the work; this video is rather an overview, there is much more to tell about it, so wait for future episodes ;)

[@schnizzyfizz7832]

Завжди дуже цікаві відео. Привіт з Норвегії :)

[@ChernobylFamily]

Дякуємо

[@IrenESorius]

Intriguing, fascinating, mind blowing,, 👍‍‍🌟👍‍‍ Thank you kindly for your time and work, CF,, 💖🙏💖 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all,, ✨🤶🇸🇪💞🇺🇦🎅✨

[@ChernobylFamily]

Same to you!

[@IrenESorius]

💖💖💖

[@Chiavaccio]

👏👏👏awesome video!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@hydrogenbond7303]

9:20 I see Tatra trucks and cement mixers were also helping at Chernobyl 💪🇨🇿

[@ChernobylFamily]

This is true!

[@ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗΣΜΠΑΡΜΠΟΥΤΗΣ-ρ5ο]

Nice video

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@randomchannel1712]

greek?

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

amazing level of engineering truly some creative minds glory to the heroes

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@ivuldivul]

Dismantling the sarcophagus in the future won't be an easy task.

[@ChernobylFamily]

You are very much right.

[@ktm8848]

im sure chernobyl wasn't an ordinary nuclear powerplant but soviet used it to test some exotic technology related to their own star wars project.

[@ChernobylFamily]

It was a very ordinary plant. The only and single unusual thing was a silicon enrichment in unit 1 which was an awesome thing.

[@JailedTrump]

Where did you find those floorplans? They’re fascinating. Also wondering if they’re available in an English translation.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@JailedTrump uff... i do not remember already. That is a good idea, I guess we will make translation on Patreon, as there we can post texts and files.

[@ttl3000]

I doubt that you will find a translated version

[@ChernobylFamily]

@ttl3000 there, the thing is very specific terminology. But this can be an easy project for us. We will do it.

[@ttl3000]

@@ChernobylFamily wow

[@GH-rc8ht]

Awesome video and fascinating. Did I hear "1886" not "1986" ?

[@ChernobylFamily]

My narration sometimes might soumd this way. Known problem.

[@Atmatan]

If we're measuring purely for scale of complexity, I would think the ISS is pretty arrogant for that top spot.

[@Atmatan]

Side note: I love that disaster recovery is my favorite part of nuclear engineering. I couldn't care less about the actual reactor, but the robots and cement that saved us from it? Man. What stories.

[@tobiaswilhelmi4819]

I had the same thought when I first saw the title of the video. "Are LHC and ITER a joke to you?"

[@Atmatan]

@@tobiaswilhelmi4819 CERN also has some notes.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Read the pinned comment. It is all about challenging conditions. There are much many technically more complex structures, but which were built in these conditions, in this timing, with this allocation of resources and with this fragmentary data?

[@Atmatan]

@@ChernobylFamily So you're telling me when we build a space station in space with no materials taken from earth, then I can argue? Alright, it'll be within our lifetime then.

[@ashkaysnowhunter]

3:47 Hail the Monolith!

[@augustinep6193]

Good. Thanks.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

Is it true that the miners dug deep under the NPP to install a liquid nitrogen heat exchanger? Is there any document, video, pictures about the heat exchanger it self? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes, but those were not only miners, but also Kyiv Metro builders. We briefly mentioned that story here kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6XbdKWsl81mpM0 , but in January will come a dedicated episode about them.

[@roybm3124]

Teleconstudio also have nice footage of this on their channel. 8 years ago duration 6:15.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@roybm3124 yes. Legendary crew.

[@BenTrem42]

Exploring a magnificent technological wonder. I hope we can flex our capabilities to prevent and not just to react! ^5

[@NeighborSenpai]

I wonder how much fear did the engineers had when designing the sarcophagus thinking the added weight might just make the entire building collapse, they could get access to plans but couldn't examine many support columns because they were contaminated with corium such as the elephapnts foot and such, just wondering about that

[@ChernobylFamily]

There is a spicy detail. The fuel-containing masses were discovered very late comparing to design stage of the Shelter; so they were rather a surprise. The supports were observed as much as possible (see the episode about Bathyscaphs), but still, a major part was a pure calculation. Which makes everything even more insane.

[@no-one3795]

Can we find the wish granter inside?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well, you know...

[@southernbrain691]

They say its no longer in the sarcophagus but instead a big scientific base..

[@no-one3795]

@@southernbrain691 Then we must take it back! For the monolith! 😆

[@southernbrain691]

@no-one3795 great news: they already tried Bad news: the wish granter is still there

[@no-one3795]

@@southernbrain691 😢

[@piglet2740]

If “The Mound” was the selected plan and they had to remove reactor 3 , how would they remove the gigantic reactor core and all the pipes

[@ChernobylFamily]

This is the point - that project did not mean removal of anything.

[@HughNeylan]

4:37 I really like your videos. I’ve seen the models in some videos before - perhaps they are worthy of a video? I hope they are repaired after the war.

[@ChernobylFamily]

I believe you saw probably different ones, as there are few. These specifically are far from being public. Indeed, they are worth a video.

[@emilschw8924]

Another excellent informative video that did not disappoint. All of the best for 2025, may you have a Blessed and Prosperous year ahead, and may Father guard you from evil.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@chrismatthews133]

Its wield to think this site basically looks like it was hit by a standard missile could cause so much harm around the world..

[@ChernobylFamily]

@chrismatthews133 scientifically, the outcome of what you mentioned would be very different due to different isotopic composition.

[@bmstylee]

Alex. Can you give your opinion on "The Battle of Chernobyl"? Does it accurately document the post disaster situation?

[@ChernobylFamily]

i will be honest: I watched it I guess 8 years ago. From what I remember, my opinion was "it is indeed not a bad one, but not a masterpiece".

[@thesame6072]

privit chel, what "music" do you use for the background?

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is called SCP-x2x, by Kevin MacLeod.

[@dukenukem8381]

Za Monolit ✊

[@ChernobylFamily]

I said come in, don't stand there.

[@RyanWehr]

They built this in less than a year. Wow

[@rdallas81]

14,000 tons of "material" dumped onto the reactor. What happened with all that material after the "cleanup"?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Those are still inside, partly as debris hills, partly as an integral component of the FCMs (see the previous episode). Though lead, which was part of it, likely mostly evaporated.

[@scottcarns5156]

Coolbeens good vid

[@MinSredMash]

Which Sarcophagus model was damage in 2022? Not the one at the power plant, right?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Pictured is the model at ISP NPP. The model of the Shelter you probably mean - "still exists" - that is all that we know. The model of the power plant we made in 2018 and which was at ABK-1 suffered but was repaired.

[@sillywillie6484]

I appreciate these videos but i have to admit they leave me in a weird mood . !

[@ChernobylFamily]

Which is just right. To be honest , we still can not wrap our minds around all this despite it being usual. Consider... we are trying to give an insight in our personal perception of the Zone.

[@bitflip2]

Wow I wonder if the codename “monolith” was later on used in the stalker games because of this

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is hard to say for sure, but frankly I also had this thought.

[@SunSin91]

Now I do wonder what happened to the German cranes ?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Two survived and were decontaminated and later sold abroad. One, from what I heard, fell at the last stage of the Shelter construction and was damaged beyond repair, so it was cut for metal.

[@SunSin91]

@ a topic which would be very interesting is the foreign help that came and the fact Soviets refused to get help to begin with and said there were no accident. Meanwhile the world could easily detect the radiation in the atmosphere. Foreign help like these German cranes, the Japanese robot etc..

[@ChernobylFamily]

That approach very quickly changed, literally in weeks. They could not handle this on their own, and when the realization came how bad the situation is, they started to collaborate.

[@kingeternal_ap]

Love the accent

[@ChernobylFamily]

I don't.

[@martinmcz]

9:22 TATRA 815 MIX

[@themrworf1701]

Why so much dislikes? Are those rusbots?

[@xDASSLERx]

Seems like it.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Might be, might be...

[@Gabriel-yd4bq]

​@@ChernobylFamilyI see 16 dislikes on my end, is it close to correct?

[@DreamTheaterProject]

Why everyone is suddenly starting to use Chornobyl instead of Chernobyl?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes, really, why? Maybe, because something is happening around :))

[@laurencebois5119]

Because Russia being a massive ****

[@EEX97623]

Kyiv / Kiev Chornobyl / Chernobyl Ukrainian / Russian transliteration

[@ttl3000]

maybe because this is Ukrainian name?

[@DreamTheaterProject]

@@ChernobylFamily wait, I didn't mean to be ironic, I had never heard this way of calling it until a few weeks ago and I'm surprised that I only noticed it now

[@narmale]

206 days... this would take 20 years and 1.5 trillion dollars if built today... :(

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes, but the quality would be far better. This facility is now itself a big problem.

[@narmale]

@@ChernobylFamily hopefully... seeing how the US is doing right now doesnt give me any hope >.