DIVERS REACT TO DIVING IN CHERNOBYL

This is the craziest thing we've ever seen; a group of guys break into the buildings surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine - Yes, the one that back in 1986 produced the largest uncontrolled radioactive release into the environment ever recorded for any civilian operation - and decide to go diving in an effort to reach Reactor #4 (the one that exploded!).
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[@planeta_pubertat]

Привет нашим пацанам в Америке ! Салют подводные бродяги !

[@DIVETALK]

What's up guys? Let's get together one of these days.

[@koreyhayden1368]

Tramps 🤣🤣🤣

[@HappyQuailsLC]

@@DIVETALK Go for it but you'll need a translator

[@Professional--Gamer]

"Привет нашим пацанам в Америке ! Салют подводные бродяги" - Hello to our guys in America! Salute underwater vagabonds

[@frannelk]

дружище, ты не заболел после пробы воды из Чернобыля? , это было совсем небезопасно.

[@williamkelley8001]

I'll say it out loud- the little man looks like he has been swimming there since childhood.

[@diallogazali7538]

U bogus😂😂😂😂 but hilarious at the same time

[@DanielRamirez-rx6zb]

That’s what I said 😂

[@theflaxxseed8478]

Hell yeah!🤣🤦‍♂️

[@arthurgist3330]

Facts

[@slumz-god1361]

Im dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@boyaka100]

I love how after he come up from his "dive" in the stairwell, they start asking his questions about the building layout. As if he gained some insight while splashing around in there drinking radiade

[@Strype13]

Haha yeah, that was hilarious. Guy didn't make it more than 6 inches underwater, and they're like "Sooooo, what did you see down there?!"

[@factsoverfeelings9228]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@limpdickmchenry5261]

drinking radiade 😂😂😂😂

[@faith9196]

radiade😭

[@FelixRosas10]

I read “raidiade” like it was a fancy wine or something then I realized what you meant 😂 I feel dumb lol

[@Chris-cf2kp]

That's reactor 5, which wasn't finished and did not have any disasters. It's in the area of Chernobyl of course, so the water's not completely clean of radiation but they're nowhere near ground zero here. Reactor 5 was basically left to rot while being built and never even had a reactor installed into it.

[@FreshlySnipes]

Why was it flooded with water?

[@yugimotobutjacked3231]

@@FreshlySnipes Your house would flood with water if no one cleared out the drains for 40-60 years or however long it's been

[@Reclamated]

Not to mention flooding a radiation area with water is super smart as water makes it almost impossible for radiation particles to move and they stay at the bottom. However say you touch the soil. It will then move and eventually return to the bottom.

[@yugimotobutjacked3231]

@@Reclamated While water can prevent the spread of radioactive particles it doesn't as common perception leads thinks lead to an immunity of radiation. You can drink water from the reactor if it's been properly distilled and treated. You cannot swim in it

[@peterwolf8395]

@@yugimotobutjacked3231 yeah no you can swimm in a running AKW cooldown Pool with no ill affect but if you Touch the rod or get within 10 cm you get a radiation burn. These waters down there in Block 5 are harmless vut you realy should not drink water

[@user-ws1bx5xb8s]

That man clearly lived locally and has built an immunity to the radiation. Real life fallout ghoul.

[@commander31able60]

stealing a 5-ton blast door out of an irradiated building is the most Soviet thing ever.

[@TwD1998]

100th like 😎

[@j.o.n3321]

Yes indeed even more curious is how did they get the door out of that shit?

[@spiwolf6998]

And then steal it... How? I don't know, but this is the most Russia video I've seen.

[@spiwolf6998]

@Gameing & Tech Any of our Lane Bryant shoppers!!! 😰

[@ryancarter5466]

Yeah, this shit is insane bro! 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnschuster1770]

I've been diving since 1972. I've never been on the edge of my seat and laughing so hard at the same time.

[@meganmcdonald5229]

Same!

[@THErealOGse]

Them trying to keep the boats afloat is so good LOL

[@cyprezz_]

the place he was diving in is actually a reservoir and is rain water inside. People that go to the zone illegally usually get water out of there to drink. Shiey has drank water from there thats why i was saying this

[@Christian_Girl120]

I'm assuming that you agree these guys are absolutely stupid to the core. They have no idea what radiation can do to a human being.

[@ps5gaymer]

What’s your craziest story?

[@steggles667]

Never in my life did I expect to be watching Zeus diving in radioactive Chernobyl water, dressed in a gimp suit with a fish bowl on his head today 😂. Bravo Zeus!!

[@Earenda]

I have claustrophobia and the fishbowl/heavy weight combo under muddy radioactive water is now one of my worst nightmares, thank you for that

[@SmurfPerfect]

These guys are the best friends ever. They taped the bicycle pump tube to the inside of that fishbowl with such care, so their friend would absolutely *not* drown in jet black radioactive waste water.

[@youtubevanced4900]

They are quite happy sacrificing the retard guy. Putting the mentally disabled guy on pump duty white they send the brave retard into the water was classic.

[@Biepsi]

I laughed way too hard

[@Pynkfoxx_]

I thought my eyes were deceiving Me when I looked at the thumbnail 😭

[@fajile5109]

The guy laughing while pumping air 😂 that face literally

[@xBriSaxx]

laughing so hard at 2am

[@ochocincogarza]

That scuba gear is the equivalent to the Logitech controller used in that submarine dive that went wrong 😂

[@atashgallagher5139]

That's insulting to logitech, that was an off brand logitech ripoff controlling.

[@donna8998]

Gotta love Ocean Gate! I live right near the Hanford Nuclear Waste site and mothballed reactors that earned the highest level of nuclear waste worldwide. We aren't on fire, but the waste has been leaking into the Columbia River via unstable tanks buried and waste from various places inadequately disposed of here. We have yet to fine tune a safe disposal process, and the government is a total embarrassment in terms of the funding of sick Hanford employees and the crooked contractors who bleed the funding with no successful cleanup. My family has been here since the 40s. I am not sure I believe this video. It's absurd that the divers act like it's a fish tank with substandard gear. I am going to have to fact-check tbis.

[@natangambit3225]

No its more safer. :D

[@Katejsej]

@@atashgallagher5139 I mean, the design of this controller is ugly af.

[@MrWowa1989]

@@donna8998 я живу в городе Мозырь,это не очень далеко от Чернобыля и мой город стоит на реке Припять.Нормально живем,только высокий процент больных онкологией,особенно щитовидной железы.СССР хорошо потрудились когда ликвидировали аварию.Печально что Чернобыль считают местом развлечения,все кто живет рядом,читают с болью комментарии тех кто хочет побывать на ЧАЭС

[@jessevandenberg-wm7ng]

My boy is smart the cameraman never dies

[@martinbriggs6446]

To be fair, looking at Zeus, I don’t think this is his first exposure to radiation. Serious ‘Hills Have Eyes’ vibes going on here 🎉

[@codyjackson3191]

@@martinbriggs6446 I was thinking the same thing😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@UnrelatedAntonym]

"I don't know guys, I think their diving gear is state of the art!" -- a 17th century diver

[@mattwyrick8394]

It did look new. They spared no expense for their video. 😆

[@deasavage4388]

Looooooool

[@mr44mag]

"This is how oxygen will get to Zeus." Yeah I've never laughed so hard in my life.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Yep, only needed a bigger pump.

[@TheBeatlesRoooock]

The fact that most of these guys look like cartoon characters and spend 95% of their plight giggling and Looney Tuning around makes this so much better.

[@ivandankob7112]

thats the whole point of their channel and they are not ruzzians by the way, despite these English men calling them that throughout the video

[@TheBeatlesRoooock]

@@ivandankob7112 I never said they were, you must have replied to the wrong person. I know they're Ukrainian.

[@Eelijahmcmenis3li311]

My name is Elijah, hi, yeahhhh these guys probably have a death wish.

[@GuitarGuru357-rz9eb]

Now I’ve got “The Merry Go Round Broke Down” stuck in my head when I watch this.

[@drophammer776]

Zues, your an awesome dude. To the other Guy's, every group of friends has that one guy that will do crazier than the rest. I know it's a fun time, but when you physically have witnessed someone suffering with radioactive poisoning, it no joke. Stay safe and keep each other safe. Long healthy living for all of you.

[@mushroomsrcool1449]

I wish Zeus luck too, because he's going to need it, jeez.

[@anindividual7006]

@@paytonpryor my thoughts too

[@mrkevin891]

I think they are all poisoned already because they all look yellow-ish already. I think it's just a matter of time before they die. They are most likely taking this risk because the doctor said they won't survive or sumting. Therefore YOLO-ing and might be why the police let them go that easily. Change my mind...

[@Tom-ul3gb]

oh god

[@Robdizzle2010]

I appreciate that you guys let the video play and threw in your expert opinion when needed. Overall a great watch!

[@humor3886]

Watch the original video, no?

[@crimslice7536]

when they started wrapping him in shrink wrap i knew the mission was going to be successful

[@JadedBelle]

I'd already lost my composure with the giggles a few times but THAT was the moment I accidentally spit my drink across my couch...it was a awhile before I took it off pause... I'm laughing again just seeing this comment. 😂

[@roninryuk7902]

Obviously he's living his best life

[@fovosprodromus5020]

I had a feeling as soon as they pulled out the fishbowl without any pet fish

[@coltonwilcox5891]

Yo Zeus had full head of hair then he dives in water then there back on the boat dudes bald 👩‍🦲 😂😂😂😂

[@23buzzchopper]

1.45 million subs the $ must be big go on line and buy some real equipment?

[@timoteiafanasie4894]

for those who wanna know @ 13:50 - that's not a diving suit, that's a soviet era military chemical protection suit. new and properly tied to the body it can be hermetically sealed, but by no means it's a diving suit.

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Thx for confirming. I was looking at that suit & thought are these idiots are using a bio/chem/rad suit? Sure enough.

[@timoteiafanasie4894]

@@Dang3rMouSe yep

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@Dang3rMouSe I mean if they are not going that deep and more worried about the radiationI can see the logic

[@catnium]

chemical/NBC suits protect vs contact with chemicals and dangerous compounds. You know what is more like radio waves and not a chemical or compound ? radiation. Like I dont know who told you that rubber protects against that , buit they def just talking some real bullshit. In an actual NBC war all the soldiers directly exposed to dangerous dosses of radiation are just expendable. Like they cant put all of us in lead suits. costs to much,. to heavy , not practical , cant fight in that, your as effective as a dead man in that. just like body armor , just protect the vitals fuck it of your arm or leg is blown off.

[@militarized_monk755]

I'm curious, was there somebody out there that thought it was a diving suit and needed this explained to them? b/c if so, I think they're going to need a bunch more things explained to them.

[@galactical11]

“That’s not diving gear, that’s just stuff. You’re wearing stuff.” 💀

[@liamwilson6102]

The crazies part about this, is how well it actually works. There's a certain kind of genius it needs to be really stupid consistently. This might be the greatest video I have seen in years, and I'm only at part 1.

[@kristelbrok998]

"there's a certain kind of genius it needs to be really stupid consistently" - and get away with it 😂

[@jessknowland102]

That is just nuts. No equipment, no detection means they have no idea how bad it could be for them in the long run. I dove a nuclear reactor tank, and the measures we had to do are insane. Completely sealed suit with duct tape on all joints, pressure testing to ensure there are no holes, and radiac (radiation meters to detect individual dosage) meters all over your body to detect all areas to ensure no part of the body has more radiation than the other parts, and finally the cleaning before and after with special chemicals before I can take off the dry suit, which made for a really long day on a very short dive. Why would anyone do this, but then, why do people dive caves without training? Just nuts. Thanks for posting this.

[@ephjaymusic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZuwoneNrrOApMk He got checked.

[@mattsmail7753]

That's cool man, I'm a radcon tech so I get to use all those meters, place dosimitry on mechanics, and make sure all those joints are sealed properly. It's an extremely rewarding job when you know what you're protecting your workers from.

[@docHD2023]

Water cannot be radioactive.... look it up. It is a radioactive barrier that is why they use it in nuclear fuel cooling pools.

[@mattsmail7753]

@@docHD2023 water can indeed be radioactive. We have an entire category dedicated to irradiated water called RLW (Radioactive liquid waste) when the water used for the reactor is pumped off the boat we get readings off it all the time. The water goes through several purification processes before its deemed safe for re-use.

[@RK-gv7rc]

@@docHD2023 hahaha, what the fuck are you talking about - you don't have any clue what you are saying dummy

[@thomasrowe7445]

Their homemade suit is the kind of thing you expect to get delivered to you from Wish after ordering a 'full dive suit' 😂

[@cynthiafarris1051]

OMGosh, yes!!! That is a perfect description.😂

[@blackmedea1181]

So funny :-)

[@PrettyPlutonian]

it looks like something they would put together in ed edd and eddy

[@roflryan1]

​@@PrettyPlutonian😂 I watched that show all the time as a kid.

[@anovosedlik]

or temu

[@austinator1387]

In terms of radiation, I would bet it’s currently safer in the water than in the air. The water is absolutely loaded with radioactive isotopes of course, but breathing in that ash decreases your lifespan.

[@deevnthedude]

Possibly the best video I’ve ever seen Zeus I’m praying for you buddy ❤️

[@JessicaGrey]

"this is not scuba diving gear this is just stuff" lmaooooo I laughed so hard at how accurate that was

[@briansilva6857]

That made me laugh so hard too, there's no other way to explain it 😂

[@elias6570]

14:32

[@PAULEYBOY84]

🥹

[@traewatson2923]

It's not "just stuff" that is a hazmat suit laughing so hard how people can be so daft

[@dychui]

Omh im cracking up

[@jabrel3]

Zeus is an absolute legend in the radioactive diving community.

[@erinkristoff3214]

See, when you say it that way it sounds crazy. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Para-Phrase]

Lets make "radioactive diving community" a thing and meme! 😂

[@druu9]

Clearly he looks like he is.

[@user-uo1kp3uh1u]

@@druu9 Any info if his parents are closely related?

[@sknakhunt42]

They all dead now ?

[@thanksyoutubefortakingmyhandle]

Somebody buy these guys a damn diving suit and goggles with a snorkel lmao

[@Dankster-yo8xv]

@@thanksyoutubefortakingmyhandle they'll get themselves killed without any training

[@spookytimescaryvideos4395]

As far as i know the water in the basement of chernobyl reactors is the coolant that surrounded the radioactive cores, despite this, the water should be fine in terms of radioactivity

[@atashgallagher5139]

If you wear an Adidas track suit and drink enough vodka you become permanently immune to radiation, freezing, and bears.

[@Cheefire]

Это Украина

[@dridda9117]

cheeki breeki

[@jessicam9121]

Not the track suits 😂😂😂

[@Cheefire]

@@dridda9117 not russia

[@dridda9117]

@@Cheefire not going to lie i have no idea what it means lol got it from S.T.A.L.K.E.R 🤣

[@kristenprewitt7740]

Honestly, I love the voice-over... makes the whole situation seem like it's "not that bad," lol.

[@nverted-dynamo]

It really gave me "The Room" vibes 😂

[@eloveleon8615]

True lol

[@notahumanbeing6892]

I used to have the exact same inflatable boat they are using. It leaked at the seams after the first few uses. Later it got poked through with a lake weed. Not a stick, or hardened dead water plant, a live plant. I was shocked it took as long as it did to start giving them trouble.

[@TSBLiveBreaks]

I've seen a lotttttt of things on the internet but this literally is singlehandedly thee single greatest craziest thing I've ever seen! thankyou!

[@Treynoki]

There is another episode where they get caught again and the guard is a fan that takes pictures with them. On a side note this is a reactor that is in the exclusion zone but a good distance from the failed reactor. This was the unfinished reactor that was abandoned during construction/never operational, (I think it is a few miles or km from the failed reactor, the sarcophagus is visible from the roof of the reactor they are in) the radioactivity level in here is actually going to be lower than outside. The water is safe, the sediment at the bottom of those levels/ under the water would be of concern due to settling. Also now that they have the additional dome over the sarcophagus outside levels are close to normal to my understanding, but there are still hot spots/objects that need cleaning. The Dome was erected to dismantle the sarcophagus and clean up everything underneath for further containment. This process is going to take lifetimes. Also they have all been tested for both external and internal radiation after multiple trips, with Sus even swallowing water in the one episode. They have all come back with normal readings and are healthy.

[@AndrewFosterSheff69]

Yeah e.g. there is the "red forest" that got a pretty heavy dose and also where they buried all the plant that they used, it's pretty high there still too apparently! But generally, it's not too bad other than "pockets". I love watching KREOSAN, they did have to go and get checked out at a hospital once cos they fell into a pool while using inflatable dingys (LOL) but generally they do test as they go.

[@AndrewFosterSheff69]

I spoke too soon, they've covered that event in this as well! They are hilarious!

[@keljells]

Isn’t the problem with radiation collective exposure though? So they might not initially test “hot” but need consecutive testing over a period of time to be sure they’re safe? I’m rusty from NP school about the specifics of radiation exposure but I know this is definitely not a place I’d want to spend any length of time, regardless of cleaning efforts and how far from the main, failed reactor they are. I just worry for their long term health and safety. The “werewolves” are enough for me to nope out of there. 😂 But then again, I’m old now and have lost my craving for adrenaline and adventure when the safety is questionable. Lol.

[@tugzzcouncil485]

ok so they are smart then lfmao

[@Seagull425]

@@keljells well as long as they aren’t going into highly irradiated areas everyday they will be okay

[@JonathanDeese]

This is one of the funniest things I’ve watched in a long time

[@EyeCue23]

Sorry to hear that

[@tylerofviolence]

Nothing funny about Russians and a the fat guy on the right could not dive to save his life.

[@Yeet321]

@@tylerofviolence the video was hilarious because of how ridiculous it was

[@debs4573]

Without a single doubt, one of the most hilarious things I have seen in a long while. 💯

[@DrazCo88]

@@tylerofviolence ukranians*

[@AMan-JCIL]

The -3.00 and -6.00 was not a temperature as the Man pointed out. The -3.00 pointing down the hallway was saying they would still be 3 meters below ground and -6.00 pointing towards the stairs going down indicates 6 Meters below ground. These buildings have the same numbers on every floor above ground without the - symbol since it would be above ground.

[@RandomComment6]

I don’t even know how I got hooked on this channel being that I’m deathly afraid of deep water, claustrophobic and have never scuba dived in my life. Yet, you guys always make me chuckle just by expression alone. Especially you Woody. Keep that sh*t up. You guys are so knowledgeable, I’ll at least learn some things.

[@paulabiswell6970]

Same!!!! 😂😂😂👍🏼

[@TheCornDavis]

Same lol deep water bad! These two great!

[@kitbotbot4778]

First there was JAWS, then I failed my swimming test in the military, then Ballen, and now this channel. LOL

[@machetey]

Same.

[@christopheraragon5432]

Zeus returned with a bald head after his first dive, i havent laughed this hard in a while. These guys are geniuses

[@Cozmicfart]

Even brought out the full suit 😂😂😂

[@Prod.m4]

he is calles "super sus" the "zeus" means sus

[@ninjayomama1]

Lmaoo I noticed that too 🤣 had me dying

[@accordingtoyamsz1542]

Yea that was funny af. Though I think he shaved his hair in order to fit the fish bowl lol

[@NevermoreIQuoth]

They posted another video recently and the fish bowl was still there years after recording this lol.

[@The.Pickle]

I just watched their medical checkup, they said they accidentally fell into some water lol. They were panicking but amazingly were fine, although they were warned to stay away from those areas. A later video shows them exploring a laboratory where they mess around a radioactive boot and the radiation meter goes off the scale, they stay there uncomfortably long.

[@IzKadence]

If they didn't mention being in Radioactive water, the doctor's won't know to test them for exposure, and they might not be ok. They didn't wear TLD's (thermoluminescent dosimeters,) then it's a crapshoot. They better be taking their iodine supplements.

[@kailoveskitties]

@@IzKadence I’m pretty sure all the iodine-131 decayed long ago

[@randomyoutubecommentersecu7639]

What you are most likely talking about is the Pripyat Hospital where the first responder firefighters were taken..The issue is not the radiation..It has lowered significantly and is a bigger dose than what you should take in general but well within yearly limits. If it is that place what they should be afraid is of the particles still stuck on the equipment other than gammas and the dust since the doctors threw it there and left it there.

[@Lizzard2060]

@@randomyoutubecommentersecu7639 Wasn't all the fire fighters gear placed in the basement or some locked room? because it was so contaminated?

[@randomyoutubecommentersecu7639]

@@Lizzard2060 KZbin's retarded. I answered to someone's comment about people visiting the pripyat hospital where the original clothes remain untouched and that the dose isn't the real issue even if the geiger counter beeps. It is more about what still lays on those clothes...I have no idea why youtube even placed this comment here since i commented this on an entirely different video with other people involved...10/10 platform for my reply to end up here somehow.

[@analogmatrix1442]

I can’t wait until the episode where Zeus is sent to space. His Russian friends are going to strap Zeus to a rocket and wrap him in bubble wrap. Russian engineering at its finest.

[@chinodavila9852]

STOP IT THAT'S TOO FUNNY

[@ephjaymusic]

That's pretty close to what they were doing in the 70's... 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jennywyrick5777]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rebeltake]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@maxssister1985]

Sus** ❤️❤️ and Sus is the one who’s the bad influence. The other guys have the intellect to make his bad ideas come to fruition 😩😂 Before sus came onto the channel, they sat in their basement making Tesla batteries out of twigs and bubble gum and sh*t like that. Lol

[@kdub560]

I think we all have that one friend like Zeus. You get him drunk at the party, and he’ll do any dumb thing you tell him to do. But we love him.

[@julzee111]

high amounts of cesium, tritium and plutonium were delivered to groundwater due to leakage of enriched water from the 4th reactor while building of the “Shelter” was in progress[2][5] As a result, considerable amounts of water condensed inside the “Shelter” and absorbed radiation from nuclides-containing dust and fuels. Although most of this water evaporated, some portions of it leaked to groundwater from the surface layers under the reactor chambers.[5]

[@mrrmrf]

So those guys in the video are actually russian speaking Ukrainians. And this is not the craziest thing they did. Sus stands for Susanin - a russian hero who is believed to live in 1613 and saved russian tsar Mikhail Romanov from Polish troops during the winter by promising to show the shortcut through the forest, but took them into the remote area instead and let them freeze to death. Regarding the radiation level: The object where they are in the beginning and touching bottles is filmed at Blocks 5 and 6 that were unfinished at the time of disaster and were scraped for the most part. They are not where the explosion happened and those were never in service. There is no active work there so this part of the power plant is not guarded. The radiation level there is adeqate, but there are a "hot" objects, meaning some specific items may be very radioactive, so you never know. What they use for diving in a fist part is a soviet era military chemical defense suit. It is not water proof, but is supposed to keep all chemical threats away from your body... I would rate it as "splash proof" :) Marks -3.00 and -6.00 are the levels. All station floors are marked as elevation above or below the surface level. So we may ussume there are 2 flooded floors under them. Sus was alive at the time of writing this comment and was exploring the tunnels under the city of Kiev. He has his youtube channel.

[@UNSCSpartan043]

Exactly glad I scrolled before typing this as well. Also the structures and a lot of the immediate surrounding area around the reactors and such was heavily cleaned including scooping up the surface layer of dirt to haul it off to dump zones. So they could work around the facilities with far less immediate risk. This was all done during and well after the sealing of Reactor 4. They still had 3 other reactors to take care of at this point which they kept running for many years with the last being shutdown and starting decommissioning just before 2000. It ran another 14 yrs after Reactor 4 exploded in 1986. While you could potentially find something "hot" that they might of overlooked/missed. It is kinda unlikely but being they are in blocks 5 and 6 which were unfinished and not as important maybe you could find something.

[@mariafoivi3599]

could you please share his youtube channel? I would love to see his adventures

[@dannykirton6445]

please tell me the name of this lunatics youtube channel ? i've just got to subscribe to him, i've not laughed so much in ages

[@deltalima6703]

Sus stands for suspicious, which diving in chernobyl certainly is. Lol

[@mrrmrf]

@@mariafoivi3599 kzbin.info/door/c1lGoEVffJmXTrtd6GCn_A

[@Ibangemup]

When he pulled out his “scuba gear” couldn’t contain myself 😂

[@ireneebekker4886]

You mean the fish tank? :D I'm pretty sure I saw a air stone in there ;p

[@orionthehunter217]

@@ireneebekker4886 why use air stone? sponge work good too

[@MattePaavi]

that is funny and they are playing with death. But that is diving with a budget

[@duckgoesquack4514]

There pioneers

[@snoopdoggthecertifiedg6777]

@@b-miner712 nobody’s talking about his looks, they’re talking about how dumb he is to be doing it and making fun of the situation and the equipment. Your comment probably got removed by KZbin for being hostile and threatening

[@cleanserene6330]

"That looks...safe." Im crying over here 😂

[@JoHnAnDjAnEdOe81]

Woody is great! He is so brave to share his opinon as a special person 😊. That tiny little head of his is so fully of amazing ideas!

[@808stevan]

This was reactor #5, which wasn't to go online for a few more months..It was 85% completed at the time of the accident and never had any nuclear rods delivered to the site. It was radioactive because of its' proximity to the events at reactor #4, but the levels here were minor, even though it was so close to the disaster blast. Winds were the savior of this area as they blew the major contaminants away from this site. Now, it is worth mentioning that these guys are definitely crazy, but in a later episode of their Vlog, they went and got seriously tested for radiation exposure and were all given the A-O-K from the MD's. Still, stupid to try that diving rig...what a trip...

[@super_nova_1]

Thank you for including that little update! I was wondering if little dude was still okay

[@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364]

All of this made me laugh so hard.

[@jrwizz]

Its their problem. Everybody wants to try to act like they r smart and make the attention to them lol these dudes are not cowards...

[@Amen-Magi]

But its also can kill them

[@Captain__Obvious]

As far as I know their tests were actually for radioactive contamination on their bodies or ingested internally. You can't tell whether you're going to develop pancreatic cancer or aplastic anaemia in 10-20 years as a result of exposure that already happened and wasn't measured. Gamma rays leave no detectable trace except the damage to your cells and DNA they caused. Which is why wearing certified and calibrated personal dosimeters to record cumulative dose is so important. What we do know is their cheap ebay dosimeter was reading upwards of 500μSv/h (the equivalent of one chest X-Ray every 20 mins) and wasn't even in the water or with the guys doing the real risky stuff. Researchers at Chernobyl have measured surface hotspots of 10mSv/h and standing around one to record a youtube video would leave you with a 1 in 20 risk of cancer later in life with nothing detectable on your body afterwards. Nobody is monitoring random abandoned basements and tanks filled with waste water from the decontamination and firefighting efforts with a layer of radioactive sediment at the bottom you're disturbing and kicking up for the first time in 30 years. Because nobody thought anyone could be that stupid.

[@Legohub123]

The water could originally be from the coolant pipes that would feed into the reactor room Incase of a meltdown and that could be why the rainwater stayed down there since the coolant pipe burst first, that’s if they used those back then

[@d0_odie77]

zues lost his hair when they reutrned on the boats lmao

[@gabehc8689]

I love how this man lost all his hair after taking that dive and they still aren't taking any hints that this is a bad idea

[@user-ck7hc9ui5m]

@Daniel Serafim 💀

[@keenanicole23]

@Daniel Serafim right?! I noticed that too. I was like I swear he didn't have teeth like that during the first dive. It was so noticeable... but he did have hair. Then he goes back and he's got straight white teeth and absolutely no hair. I'm just dead lol.

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

Thats bullshit they didnt have any major exposure

[@samuelschick8813]

@@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi, Does not take major exposure to cause damage. I was a gunnersmate in the navy and AP shells ( 3" and 16") were made of depleted uranium. Well not only did my nuts get fried but it also caused wife to miscarriage while they were being fried and she had female problems and aunt flow stopped visiting when wife was about 28.

[@EvaLasta]

@@keenanicole23 the radioactivity regrew his teeth 🤣

[@459luker]

LOL i cracked up so many times during this episode... especially after they got arrested and warned, then it just immediately cuts to them going back to the place even more "prepared" (with a leaking boat lol). Gus cracking up just made it all even funnier.

[@leeannasloan2292]

Me too..i thought the video was over then sudden cut to these idiots in rubber rafts

[@viktor7977]

There was 4 operating reactor in Chernobyl. One of them blew, and the other three were operational for a long time afterwards. They finally shut it down in 1999. So up until 1999 people used to go to work there.

[@kristelbrok998]

And people still work there as part of the containment and clean up ☺️ there was a whole debacle regarding the plant when the russians invaded

[@Goober_gobbler]

I cant believe they tried to stick a fish bowl on his head.. i did the exact same thing as a kid, stuck a home hardware bucket on my head and got my friend to stand on it as i walked into the lake 😭 worked about as well as it did for him

[@Strype13]

You know it's really bad when Woody, the man who literally volunteers himself to do every single crazy thing he sets his eyes on, is shaking his head "hell no" throughout the entire video.

[@industrialover]

I love that the guy who can't stop laughing is the one keeping this dude Alive by pumping the air

[@BackyardButcher]

Lol right?? He looks like Dr Evil.. 🤜💀🤛

[@blakekasco6017]

Frrrr mans a fuckin menace

[@kianajade2339]

He's my favorite, absolutely hysterical in their other videos.

[@Jason-ry5zy]

@@TommyK72 which video? can you put the link?

[@chrismuller2342]

@@Jason-ry5zy search for „super sus swimming“. It’s somewhere around 10 minutes…

[@Hilirimpsuti]

Those -3.00 and other negative numbers on the wall are not temperatures, they are "meters below ground"-numbers. That's why there is also water there, because it is underground. Water is groundwater that has eventually filled the building to the level of natural groundwater. Water is not from the reactors.

[@reazallykhan8614]

I love your show man … this really made my day

[@bigbadsauce92]

He's FREE diving no mask EYES OPEN in the Chernobyl waters. Man is a LEGEND

[@billseventy6825]

and probably dead by now !!!

[@zeunders3787]

​@@billseventy6825nah, that place is not as dangerous, but there IS a few places in Chernobyl that ARE REALLY dangerous to visit. And these guys have visited one (or more, but i don't remember) of the REALLY dangerous places there. (eng isn't my 1st language)

[@izraelservantofalmightygod]

And glowing in the dark

[@IIITheSTpiLotIII]

@@billseventy6825 he's alive

[@girgriffin4902]

These guys are really training for the Darwin Awards!

[@elijahsarabia7157]

Buddy's worried about his skin peeling off his hand from the radiation after trying to stick tape to a wet boat but not when he's splashing around waist deep in radioactive water trust me this guy takes his health seriously

[@LaraCroft36]

They're just idiots, funny, but idiotic

[@planxanso3994]

Water is a great barrier for radiation its more radioactive material on the bottom you would have to worry about,

[@khaosandlightliberation1980]

The water is literally *burning* off the shrink wrap. You can see it the second time he comes out of the water. I cannot imagine what it did to his skin or bones

[@LaraCroft36]

@@khaosandlightliberation1980 oooff, can you give a timestamp?

[@commandertoons594]

This is why America will survive lol

[@willbeatovich4169]

Yes it was flooded but also pipes broke and it continued to flood. It's the first step to trying to stop a meltdown. Water is the main cooling system for all nuclear plants during that time. We might have upgraded by now but I'm not sure. Side note did you know that alot of the animals around the area have evolved to having darker fur and feathers along with have higher tolerance to rads

[@greenerell484]

28:24 that's how it used to work a long time ago no regulators just a hose with some one on the surface pumping air in it did work but there where a lot of accidents

[@m7amad_sniprmohammadabdull13]

He shaved his head to be able to tape the camera to his head 😂😂😂 what a legend

[@CampingforCool41]

Even without the radiation imagine how full of chemicals that water is

[@elonmust7470]

not very. Steel & concrete are not toxic enough to impart any sort of toxicity into the water.

[@trippymlgjunkrat5749]

@@elonmust7470 from the reactor man

[@trippymlgjunkrat5749]

@@elonmust7470 nvm I forgot about the concrete coffin they created

[@elonmust7470]

@@trippymlgjunkrat5749 This was not filmed at that particular site, but a few miles away, as far as I am to understand.

[@cmdann8]

No you are correct that water is FULLL of chemicals... as well as you, those people in the video, my cat and dogs too. Because EVERYTHING is made of "chemicals." literally all matter as well. food, clothing EVERYTHING is made from chemicals.

[@kevinturf7522]

Zeus is fine. There is a video where he gets a medical exam after this event and he was all good.

[@mr.tv001]

water acts like a radiation shield and its a great one too youd need to be like 6 inches away from the radioactive thing to actually get hit with radiation emited by it but water turns all that radiation into heat so you might be cooked alive (this is in radioactive waste pool scenario)

[@PretzelSage]

@@mr.tv001 this is the first im hearing of this. Makes those fictional, neon green "toxic waste puddles" like the ones in fallout make much more sense, while still obviously exaggerated

[@rodneybuckentime4838]

The sub-basements of the Chernobyl power plant all had pipes burst during the meltdown, flooding the lower areas. Most of this water was extremely radioactive, and is what the chernobyl liquidators had to wade through to help contain the potential fallout of the disaster. Many of the liquidators died from radiation sickness.

[@danyellow7857]

Surprisingly the 3 divers that had to dive and turn the water off. Didnt die and carried on working in nuclear energy.

[@_BELMONT_]

this particular area is not the same building as the reactor. but still toxic for sure. just not as bad

[@rodneybuckentime4838]

@@TehBigMoose erm... then explain why in fallout when I go in radiation water it's worse than being on land.. /j

[@Kayaya]

@@rodneybuckentime4838 shh, fallout is a reliable source, okay?!

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

@@danyellow7857 yep the three guys literally everyone,including themselves, expected to die outlived most of their fellow liquidators the irony is thicker then the smell of burning ozone

[@Circinus13]

Diving near a radiation source is actually surprisingly safe as long as you don't get too close; water absorbs radiation extremely well. What THESE guys are doing though, is absolute insanity, clearly :P

[@kindredsoul79]

I was going to say this. :) Yeah, radiation in nuclear cooling pools is safe until you're pretty well deep, even in an active one. Side note, there is serious consideration of using water in spacecraft as a radiation shield in longer manned trips, i.e. Mars and beyond.

[@Captain__Obvious]

Because fuel storage tanks contain sealed sources specifically designed for diver maintenance and monitored for safety. They are not random abandoned basements and tanks filled with waste water from the decontamination and firefighting efforts with a layer of radioactive sediment at the bottom you're disturbing and kicking up for the first time in 30 years.

[@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364]

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life.

[@JohnDoe-og2bt]

@@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364 The hydrogen in water is amazing at blocking radiation

[@MrSqurk]

@@youfinallyfoundwaldo1364 well it’s a fact.

[@gtbabe06]

happy I watched to the end with the damn flare looking like a warhead

[@Gazr965]

The principle of the fish bowl kind of worked like an open bottomed diving bell by pressurisation to a 'little' depth, but you could not swim horizontal😆

[@pattisnow-valdez1273]

I have been going back and forth binging between you guys and Mr. Ballen @Mrballen. I love your channel!

[@rmarx1496]

True story; before the world knew how dangerous radiation was, some people actually used to DRINK radium because they thought it was healthy. One guy's jaw literally fell away from his face after doing this for a while. I hope these guys know what they're doing.

[@rm25088]

Yeah they also put it in paint for clock hands for the glow in the dark effect and the clock makers would lick the brushes all day to make the tip pointed. A lot of them died.

[@psilobom]

Not only that, the guy whose jaw fell off, was a famous baseball star. The Radium drink was an expensive elixir sold only by prescription at pharmacies, but once you had it, you could order as much as you wanted. The average worker wouldn't have been able to afford this fad beverage, it was something for rich people who would pay out of pocket for it

[@rm25088]

@@psilobom yikes

[@jmcdrawer5031]

​@@rm25088you talking about the radium girls?

[@iiFallenWish]

Need to cite your source for something so crazy

[@bingatismo]

I feel like these guys would have actually found the damn reactor if they went prepared enough. These guys are insane

[@mech0p]

the reactor is easy to find as its completely encased in a massive building now but im pretty sure it surrounded by military.

[@chrisleach4245]

If you have enough money you can get access to the elephants foot for 30 seconds or so. Anything longer is dangerous

[@mech0p]

@@chrisleach4245 fk that you couldnt pay me to go see it lol

[@Nola50]

Stupid is as stupid does

[@orbita1]

​@@chrisleach4245who do I pay

[@The44kGaming]

That little guys face looks like he had enough radiation to pass to his 100000x grand kid.

[@robertlamantin5088]

At the end, using a flare to make all this experience less cumbersome and messy is what convinced me for good I was dealing with legit professionals. An electric arc lamp would have been even safer, but well, they did great.

[@t2p433]

I love how Zues looks like he’s been diving in Chernobyl since he was born.

[@sampeterson2941]

Russian woody is def radioactive

[@nickrogers3111]

I was thinking that but didn't know if it was too mean to say, but yeah definitely grew up near some radioactivity

[@rikubrown8109]

Looks like sloths(deformed dude from goonies) brother

[@matthewclark1529]

NGL, Zeus looks like those cursed Oblivion and Skyrim characters.

[@StealthyyyHD]

@@nickrogers3111 🤣🤣

[@madscottwallace7195]

The water was also most likely largely from the explosion itself. They opened all the water valves and flooded the reactor after it exploded. There were some guys that had to go in there to shut the water off. They were in full dive suits and had to go in there and shut it off back in the 80s. Its nuts. Those guys are still alive i think or if they're dead it was only recently.

[@Tr1Hard777]

They are in the unfinished 5th reactor but still.

[@madscottwallace7195]

Fair enough. I think i mossed that part. Then yeah, not quite as bad but still irradiated water obviously.

[@nixonsprguy3629]

@@madscottwallace7195 moss is nice

[@MsPuffykinz]

Out of the three liquidators two are currently still living. One passed in a car accident a few years after

[@nixonsprguy3629]

@@MsPuffykinz sure this is the correct comment section? There weren't any liquidators in the video I saw here. Liquidators are the people who responded to the incident in 1986, without the appropriate gear and with dire consequences for many of them.

[@fungunfanatic]

Chernobyl was flooded by the russians after the reactor blew up, they were spraying water everywhere for 2 reasons, 1 they wanted to keep the radioactive dust down so they dont breathe it, 2 to cool the reactor that was out of control hot and just kept getting hotter and hotter, they sprayed millions of gallons of water on the reactor.

[@charlescraft5582]

Water is actually a great inhibitor of radiation. That is why spent nuclear rods are stored in pools within the plants.

[@TheAppleman352]

This guy is an absolute legend in urban exploration through old soviet tunnels. This is right up his alley with exception to diving lol

[@steven3517]

I love it when he's going under,sounds like a toilet flushing .

[@hopefilledsinner3911]

I personally knew a naval cook whom worked on a hot ship. This ship was exposed to fallout during nuclear tests. He was never on the ship at that time but long after. After and during his shifts he would smoke with friends leaning his hip upon on a rail. Later he had many many skin cancer lesions removed from his hip and later they found that particular rail to be a paticullary active area of course the navy never accepted responsibility. (Edit please read details below per reply to DW)

[@liamhop6148]

the US government and their paid enforcement agencies are only for themselves they just try to act really hard like they are for the people tho /:

[@doejon9424]

Morale of the story. Don't lean on random rails, while smoking. It's bad for your health.

[@in_the_pines]

@@doejon9424 Who ever said that looking cool didn't have a price?

[@jhovi8542]

Fixk the us military branches they want you to sacrifice yourself then went you need help they abandon you just another set of fake friends . Im not talking about your peers that go with you to combat Frontline

[@kingdavid9252]

There is a saying in the kitchen. If you got time to lean you got time to clean. Slacker.

[@dog68north36]

39:23 Besides being in a very high radiation area; the water, I would say is a combination of both fire suppression water and some rainwater, would be highly radioactive being that the sarcophagus was built to contain everything inside - inside and keep the rain and everything else outside. Being the Elephant Foot is down in one of the lowest levels and is one of the most radioactive masses in the world would irradiate everything around. One other thing, being they are in some of the lower levels, the air they are breathing would be loaded with Radon, which is one of the decay products of uranium, and would decay into Polonium-210 in their lungs.

[@shannonm4884]

There’s actually quite a few older people that still live there, and have since the reactor melted down in the 80’s. They live off the land, garden, and drink the water. They’re still living, they never lost hair or grew flippers either. They are well into their 70’s and 80’s.

[@shrek9703]

I really love how in a confined space with little to no ventilation where radiation is oozing out of the walls, they decided to light a flare.

[@frechstudios3129]

This is like watching Jackass and Goonies at the same time! I love how they keep laughing and having fun throughout! Duct tape on the boat, a fish bowl, and cops waiting for you! If the 80’s had Instagram or youtube it’d be filled with this 😂

[@paulinaspeakerp.speakerpoe4643]

Onggg that was the perfect comparison

[@super_nova_1]

GOONIES😭😂 I feel like a bad person for thinking what I did.

[@poppergurl]

That's what he looks like! The scary man from the Goonies. What kind of chocolate bar did the kid give the goon?

[@dacksonflux]

I feel like Steve O wouldn't do this stupid shit

[@kes9612]

Lars was his name, from the goonies....I thought the same thing though as soon as I seen this crew but especially when he comes back with no hair later in the vid😂

[@Debisthewarguy]

11:29 reason is becasue when reactor 4 exploded water leakd under and stayed there But the water PUMPS stop giving water to the reactor because 3 men shut them down risking there own life Because of radiation

[@johnsimon2988]

Only 4.1 million views in years? This off the scale insanity should have more views.

[@voldimmoral]

They should have wore one of those badges that radiology staff wear that capture how much radiation you're exposed to over time. Would be nuts to see the results after just this one experience.

[@arkvoodleofthesacredcrotch6060]

It would look basically normal until they went down into reactor 4.

[@Darpys]

Its a dosimeter

[@geo5295]

@@arkvoodleofthesacredcrotch6060 people have still measured pockets of high radition in just the areas around Chernobly.

[@glenturney4750]

It looks to me that their HAIR is falling out! That little guy who swam in the first part, the SECOND half, HE'S BALD! Is their bald friend their radiation detector? When his eyes are toed outward, does that mean they've been in there long enough? 🤪

[@ThePhenom411]

@@geo5295 True, but in reality not that high. 4-5 mSv/h or 400-500mrem/h in the worse spots besides the reactor. CT scan gives you about 6mSv in 10 minutes straight to the head. Don’t get my wrong you wouldn’t want to stay there long but you could walk through no worries.

[@neogator26]

I’m dying laughing. I can’t believe you guys even considered this close enough to “diving” to cover on the channel. I had actually seen the first part of this video and had most of the same reactions as Woody. X-D

[@DeuceGenius]

it was diving before scuba tanks were invented

[@jasonpage6952]

I love how he was splashing around trying to dive but was only floating on the surface. 🤣

[@justins21482]

OMG I just burst out in laughter at 32:00 from a dead silence at the thought that he looks just like or reminds me of the toxic avenger nearly to a T. I'm going to hell and yet I cant stop chuckling. this video is like a weird dream hhahahahaha

[@Anti-squeak]

I can’t watch this it makes me feel like I’m getting infected and radiation on me . Such a weird feeling

[@matthewhvaal4948]

Honestly the diver looked like he had gone for plenty of radioactive dips already 😂

[@TheStunnerFTW]

HAHAHAHA 😂😂😂 EXACTLY what i was thinking!

[@camedelic1365]

I think he was born in a pool of radiation water

[@sugaronmychurro]

Zeus will be the next toxic avenger of chernobyl.

[@gta5stuntsandtricks340]

i didnt want to say it... lmao

[@TheStunnerFTW]

@@camedelic1365 maybe you WERE*. Who the hell says “we was”

[@Queenofcats36]

After watching Mr Ballen, and just generally being terrified of caves in general, there's no way I'd go diving. But I'm addicted to these videos. And I've watched many documentaries on Chernobyl.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Dude it makes me want to try it. I’m extremely claustrophobic and afraid of depths, but I feel like if I could trust my equipment I’d be fine.

[@imonke5303]

@@lindboknifeandtool unlikely, if people who are just right for these situations frequently end up casualties, then how would your claustrophobic and fearful of depths predisposed self going to fair better if at all? I'm not trying to be mean, it is very easy to die while cave diving, should you ever undertake it do not take it lightly

[@lindboknifeandtool]

@@imonke5303 I won’t be going in any caves in my lifetimes because of my claustrophobia. I’m not risking equipment, or the lives of others. Panic can cause more than just your casualty. It’s good to talk about dangers. Stuff is often glorified on videos and people wanting to try it don’t know the full extent of the requirements.

[@RhiannanMakes]

Dude me too! I love Ballen channel. Also, I will never do a cruise because of Wine and Crime podcast. Just no to water in general. I just can’t 😳

[@jamesburns4180]

My man cave will do me

[@magnetaria]

Scuba diving using gas mask is the whole new level of madness i have ever seen.

[@silvertongue3003]

Guys this isn’t real, it’s a comedy sketch.. 😂 this wasn’t even really filmed inside the radiated tunnels of Chernobyl, but the way they made it is brilliant

[@-o-The-Duke-o-]

I think the low temperature of the water combined with the christmas socks is what makes this possible.

[@owenmcintyre3325]

So I visited Chernobyl back in 2019, I took a guided tour and learned a little bit about it and what things are like there. The guided tours are pretty much safe, the whole exclusion zone is relatively well mapped out as far as where radiation hot spots are and where to avoid. It's not like everything you touch is 100% radioactive and emitting dangerous levels of radiation. That's definitely not to say there isn't seriously dangerous spots and areas that can still kill you, there is, but not everything is contaminated. Some of the reactors are actually still working and providing power to Kyiv and have workers there every day to run the still working reactors / others working on dismantling reactor #4 (which is going to take like over 100 years to do). From a quick google map satellite search it looks like they entered a derelict building that's 1.7km from reactor #4 to the SE and between the reactor and the cooling towers. I have no clue if it is possible to get into reactor #4 from this location but given the proximity and the fact the cooling towers are past this building I wouldn't be surprised if there is a way in but I have no clue tbh. I find it surprising they don't have detectors / dosimeters to keep track of their exposure and see if they run into a spot with elevated levels but just being in the building isn't a guarantee they are being exposed to dangerous levels. The water isn't guaranteed to be radioactive like they're "diving" in old coolant water that used to be in contact with the core, I still wouldn't want to dive in it but it depends on a lot of things whether the water is radioactively dangerous or not..... That diving gear is more likely to kill them than the radiation lol absolutely nuts!

[@athensboy123]

So how can u get over there? Besides a passport?

[@owenmcintyre3325]

@@athensboy123 there's people who walk the 30km through the forest into Chernobyl and Pripyate all the time hence the cops who found these guys and took them to the police station. It's a full time job for the cops / military to chase away urban explorers. I'd just stick to a guided tour and go through the passport control into the area though with Russia having taken control of the area who knows when tours will happen again.

[@seriousgamer54]

All of Chernobyl reactors are actually offline and have been since 2000

[@timfubar5439]

@@athensboy123 right now it wouldn't be a good idea to try...

[@owenmcintyre3325]

@@seriousgamer54 ah yeah you're right, my bad

[@suspiciousleaguemoments]

i know this is a bit late, but the water is there for the radioactive mmaterials. radioactive waste is usually stored in water so it doesnt let out radiation that much so they had to fill that place too

[@robertwhite3752]

I always wondered where they got the actors for the movie the “WRONG TURN?” I think these guys have been turning left their entire lives!!

[@laurentiutrifan9092]

As far as I know, there was huge amount of water pumped in to cool down the melting reactor in 1986 during the desperate efforts of bringing it under control. The entire underground levels were submerged. Rain source or not, being in the same forth reactor unit should mean it's as radioactive as the initial cooling water, because at some point they started mixing.

[@greerg5987]

omg that is concerning information 💀

[@laurentiutrifan9092]

Spoiler alert - it's the fifth reactor, not the forth.

[@gemeen_aapje]

​@@laurentiutrifan9092really??

[@Beth_Amphetamine]

Let’s not discount all the irradiated dust they’re inhaling as they touch all the radioactive things with bare hands. I bet they’re listening to a doctor telling them all about their brand new cancer as we speak. Hope they are ok.

[@kevinmontplaisir1098]

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT???