Inside Chernobyl: 14 years in 200+ images

[@MarkMcCluney]

To see all those tortured old buildings, the church, the grocery store, the schools, the welcome sign, the many works the public art... At first it is sobering, painful. But as the pictures continued I started to feel more hopeful. The plant life, the river and ponds, even the animal life are gradually reclaiming the area. There's always some hope - the very final picture of the pylons against the sun is a melancholy image but also looks forward. There's always some hope. This was such a wonderful presentation with the perfect choice of music. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you. There is much life here; it is just very different type of life. At some point, you start to perceive all that as a New Normal, and deal with this environment, where you are already a guest.

[@absurdengineering]

The photographs are excellent. We’re glad there are people documenting it and sharing it with the public.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! :)

[@faultboy]

A bit strange to know this places "very well" when you never went to Chernobyl but played the STALKER series without an end. GSC did something incredible to take us all to this place of history.

[@ChernobylFamily]

The funniest detail that original set-up of the game world was Crimea and the unfinished NPP there. Chornobyl came later. I'd say in result there is much common, but a lot of differences. IMHO, the closest are some parts of Pripyat and Jupiter map of CoP, while everything else (especially CS) is very far from real.

[@_hackwell]

Thanks a million for sharing this! Still can't describe my feelings when watching these photos... Weirdly enough nostalgia for things I never knew, but looks familiar

[@ChernobylFamily]

We are very glad that you liked. Stay tuned, there will be more. Well, this is not the format of videos we usually make, but seems the experiment worked good so far :)

[@4X6GP]

As a radio operator I was very familiar with the sound of that Duga transmitter. It was very loud both in the USA and in Israel. When the explosion of the reactor happened I was in military reserve duty, guarding a radar station in Israel. I was keeping from boredom listening to a little transistor radio, which kept being interfered with by the radar. But I heard enough to worry. Chornobyl is not so far from Israel.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you very much for sharing.

[@The-Future-Is-The-Past-]

it would be interesting to see some parts of the city and the villages cleaned up as a contrast to how life originally was and how it was changed after the disaster.

[@ChernobylFamily]

We can do a visual comparison. BUT, be ready, that an attempt to recreate an original angle may often result in totally nontransparent bushes. We once in 2015 spent a few days to recreate original shots. Often we were surprised that they were made from (now) completely inaccessible places. As for cleaning at the site... sometimes there are clean ups, but in many cases those trees act as protection for buildings that are not in the best shape anymore.

[@ThomasBurns]

Awesome work, guys!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you very much!

[@MrDirtySanchiez]

I had to reduce the playback 1/4 speed in order to take it all in. so many images flying by. (it also gives the audio an appropriately eerie sound 👌). Of all the documentaries and drama series about the event, are there any that stand out to you?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Sorry for that... that was our first try

[@ChernobylFamily]

As for movies, from the point of historically valuable footage I like some early movies: 1) Treshold (Порог); 2) Bell of Chornobyl (Колокол Чернобыля) - this and two next are by Rolan Sergyenko; 3) For whom the bell tolls? (О ком звонит колокол?); 4) The bell tools for you (Колокол звонит о тебе) 5) Mi-cro-phone (Ми-кро-фон, exactly like this) 6) Usual Chernobyl (Звичайний Чорнобиль) 7) Archives of Pripyat-Film studio (Unforgettable, Those Places are Dear to Me, etc) 8) Chornobyl: Chronicle of Hard Days (Чорнобиль: Хроніка важких тижнів) by V. Shevchenko. The list is far from complete, of course. As for drama: 1) Moths (Мотыльки) 2) Decay (Распад)

[@Hydrogenblonde]

Many, many incredible images. My only wish is they were on for longer.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Check the next episode...)

[@minombredepila1580]

Such a beautiful video. Congrats and thanks for sharing

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thanks for watching!

[@AtomicAerials]

Absolutely beautiful video. The scope and breadth of coverage here is unmatched! Fantastic!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Many thanks! Just it is too fast changing (first try, you know)

[@matusekpetr7806]

Nejrůznější fakta o Černobylské havárii jsem si začal zjištovat už v roce 2007 po odehrání STALKERa. V Černobylu jsem byl s manželkou jen jednou, v roce 2016, den před přesunem nového krytu, noc v hotelu v Černobylu a druhý den jsme strávili v Pripyati.Ta atmosféra místa, kde došlo k takové tragédii mě absolutně pohltila.... určitě se tam někdy ještě jednou vrátím !

[@Damien.D]

Beautiful pictures. The slideshow could have been 2... 3 times slower. What an atmosphere. Nice to see things from the past slowing getting more and more decayed, and the new arch being built step by step next to this. Time flowing at a different scale.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes, thought so that it should be slower, but this is the first attempt :)

[@Damien.D]

​@@ChernobylFamily I've paused multiple times (dozen of times...) to appreciate more some pictures.

[@MichuKaiou]

You could play the video at .25x speed, that'll give you enoug time to take the pictures in. Just remember to mute the music, I doubt there is any that actually sounds good at a quarter speed...

[@Damien.D]

@@MichuKaiou yeah I tried but the ambiant music is well suited for the mood of this sideshow.

[@jouniinvelez7469]

We played it at x 0.25 speed. My wife doesn't usually watch these but she was glued to the screen. Beautiful and sad, thank you!

[@That_chernobyl_enthusiast]

Fun fact: my grandfather was a chernobyl worker which he worked at unit 4 before being transfered to unit 3 on febuary 1986, hired to work at chernobyl at 1982 and later was a liquidator died on august 13 1990 ( may 25 1953 - august 13 1990 oleksy alexander feodorich) R.I.P you will be missed 😢

[@markmuir7338]

Could you do an episode about the Duga over-the-horizon radar array? There are a lot of myths about it in the West. Would be nice to hear what it's real capabilities were and what went into it. It's a very spooky place - which definitely comes across in your photos!

[@ChernobylFamily]

I will tell you something: we recovered certain archives and are planning a BIG documentary this year. I mean, really massive one. That will take some time, but that will be a very detailed thing.

[@markmuir7338]

@@ChernobylFamilyAwesome! Can't wait. I have a strange familiarity with the site because it was 3D scanned and recreated in a drone simulator I use ('Liftoff') as the map 'The Woodpecker'. I'm sure you know where that name comes from.

[@geoffpool7476]

Very moving. General George S Patton once wrote that "Fortifications are Monuments to the Stupidity of Mankind. If a mountain can be conquered, anything built by man can be conquered.". There is a beautiful book I have called A World Without Us. Basically, its theme is that man is by no means in control and nature will take its own course given a chance. We should live harmony with nature and ourselves if we plan to survive as a species. There should never be another Chernobyl, another Fukishima, another Hiroshima or another Nagasaki.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you!

[@villevee87]

A wonderful video. I was interested in the topic since I was a little child, but when I first visited the Zone and ChNpp I've ever since wanted to go back. It's something inexplicable.

[@ChernobylFamily]

After all years, we both in our family can call that place the only home - a strange, perverted home. Check our other episodes, there is much interesting.

[@TC-ec4fx]

1) How dangerous are the bandits? 2) Have you found any anomalies or artifacts of mysterious nature? 3) How many people/stalkers are in the zone? and have you ever seen any women in the zone? 4) Do you think the zone will ever be safe? Thanks in Advance

[@ChernobylFamily]

1) Not that much 2) An anomally appears on a daily basis after 19:00 at the "Eternal Call" bar in the town of Chornobyl. Around 21:00 there sometimes appear also zombies. 3) 2000-4500 depending if we count the power plant staff too. There are a LOT of women here. 4) ~100-150 thousand years.

[@TC-ec4fx]

@@ChernobylFamily Very interesting Very interesting

[@garbagebanditdayz819]

It’s sad to imagine. Pripyat and the nearby Chernobyl Plant represented the very best that the Soviet Union had to offer. Young people flocked to this model city by the thousands to find work. Old photographs paint a hopeful image. In just a few days in April, 1986. It was all over. Alls that remained were the Soviet Army Liquidators and Nuclear Technicians and then by the early 1990s, most of them were gone. Leaving the once clean model city to slowly decay. The parks and city streets becoming a new forest. The apartment blocs, cracked, wind battered, their old Soviet slogans of hope faded and sun bleached. The most daunting are the Soviet mosaics and modern art which dot the city. Now mostly covered in vines and surrounded by foliage. My favorite of these being the sleek Pripyat sign which once welcomed the new families, technicians, and scientists into the city. Now just a sobering reminder of all the lives destroyed by the a disaster.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you for this.

[@averystablegenius]

"Chernobyl is about eternity," says Alex, and his photographs speak eloquently of humans' attempt to wrangle the power of Nature and prevail, when it is Nature that ultimately and inexorably prevails over all that is Human. Being in Chernobyl, Alex informs us, is staring into the Abyss as Nature mocks back "Look upon my works, ye Mighty .... and despair." Heroiam slava

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well. Not the last reason why I say this is because to be honest, I am unable to imagine those places alive in a common meaning. Logically I can, but the scale of what is happening there now outbids a scale of an environment suitable for a normal human life. That said, the post-Chernobyl area feels like a tectonic landscape you exist having it in background as something _normal_. With all this, many tasks we deal with at this territory, go for a longer perspective then an average human lifespan. You simply need to think in the scale of centuries sometimes which from the described point is eternity.

[@station240]

So many buildings, objects and places around Chornobyl I had never seen before. Q: given how much time your group have spent teaching the people of Ukraine and the rest of the world about what happened in Chornobyl, what do you think it would take for the one country that doesn't know about any of this (Russia) to learn ? We can't exactly have them visit, they need to learn about past disasters before they can accept the current ones (abandoned Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and other such problems). Radiation is no one's friend, It's more a devil we trick into doing something useful.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well, to MY mind, everything grounds in the social communication. I remember when I was a child here in late USSR/early Ukraine - a narrative of this disaster was always in a scope we need to make conclusions. It was always a big thing. Second, a state policy on information. In Ukraine, we have thousands of documents declassified and we have a free discussion about that. After all, it was a disaster on our land, not somewhere "in another republic". The latter thing perhaps is one of the most important to build a connection and thus make a conclusion. If they would have been similar affected and'd talk about it - things would be probably different.

[@Sixta16]

1:53 Have exactly the same radio at home!

[@ChernobylFamily]

That's cool :)

[@Radiointeractive]

Question: Are the roof areas of the plant still accessible? I understand part of the turbine hall roof collapsed, not to mention the New Safe Confinement was built over it. Is there anything still up there?

[@ChernobylFamily]

I believe you mean the roofs where robotic/manned clean-up has been made? They do, but partially. Zones K, Zh, B, A (all above unit 3) are long closed with a separate part of the Shelter, because they were never cleaned. All the rest are just roofs, not clean, but not that nightmare that was in 1986-88. Zone M is half-covered with Eastern wall of the New Safe Confinement. Turbine hall IV is a subject for early dismantling of unstable structures (check Chernobyl NPP YT channel, seems they have something about this). Please clarify if I misunderstood you.

[@Radiointeractive]

@@ChernobylFamily No, actually. You were spot on. Thanks!

[@ChernobylFamily]

I do not know if you watched our very previous episode, as there we exactly talked about thise roofs and robots.

[@ronny27081982]

As a child in Germany, I experienced what happened back then and I keep asking myself whether we were really told the truth about the accident. I always have the feeling that there is something missing in this story, can you tell how much has not been told to the world?

[@ChernobylFamily]

My opinion is: the problem is wider than just an information one. There was said enough so that general audience is able to understand. What happened back then is so big and so multi-dimensional, that dealing with it it requires a very serious amount of knowledge and a very advanced skill of analysis, because a lot of events have been happening simultaneously, a lot of opinions, testimonies and data exist. I do not mean that average people are not able to reach this; I mean, that even some scientists who are here in the Zone for a very long time, sometimes say me something like "it is that big, that I can be responsible only for my field, and it is still a long road to go". I can say even about myself: all these years I dig into documents, sit in archives and looking, looking, looking, and I still see there is so much to discover in all this field, that I am not sure if that is not a life-long thing to do.

[@betadev4264]

Is there still any working train lines in and out of the zone and pripyat?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Right now nothing is operating due to wаrtime.

[@kerbsidemotors9249]

Focus on block 4, never other blocks and practicality of continuing. What shared facilities were damaged and how close to other disasters when cables submerged in water?

[@ChernobylFamily]

We will have a separate episode about all this. Literally in two days we are going to have a meeting with one of scientists who actually worked with the shelter systems designs.

[@michielhuygelier6953]

in the HBO show, Legasov says the reactor is still fissioning while it's blown up and on fire, is this true, was the reactor still fissioning after the accident?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Disclaimer: I am not a nuclear expert, and I always intentionally stood away from going into this field. So what I can say is that there were many opinions about the possibility of this within the first two weeks, given that the conditions of the reactor were unknown; there was a neutron flux, which was sufficient to generate heat, but not a self-sustaining reaction, so likely it was for a very, very short time - basically, residual. Physicists, including Legasov, around the 6th of May, already confirmed there was no chain reaction inside. The active zone's geometry was totally disrupted; thus, there was nothing that could make it on a notable scale.

[@markmuir7338]

To have my own private city - full of cats - that's pretty much what I dream of 😂

[@ChernobylFamily]

You can't imagine how many cats were in Chernobyl town (specifically there) before ~2012. Thousands. Rught now in a smaller scale you can see that in Slavutych. Even in Pripyat there are a few cats living (at one functioning facility).

[@delusionaiity]

These question might be quite unusual but I'd like to ask: 1. What job do you do? 2. What education is exactly needed? I've been interested to take some kind of a job at Chernobyl Zone for quite a while now but haven't found more options than a tour guide and not so much information. 😂 Thank you. ❤

[@ChernobylFamily]

I worked (I say in the past tense as visits are suspended) with visitors, delegations and sometimes moviemakers (e.g. HBO when they made the mini-series). Additionally to this I work for the state agency for the exclusion zone management. As for the second question, it very much depends what are you going to do and which company do you want to join. Some jobs are connected to the Zone but people actually work in Kyiv or in Slavutych. Major employers are SSE Chornobyl NPP, SSE CPPRW (radwaste management), SSE Ecocenter (radiological monitoring), Chornobyl Biosphere Ecological Reserve (ecology). For example, radwaste management or dosimetry is the thing you can study straight in Kyiv, and then in the Zone in a special centre. For some jobs you need education in physics, biology, etc... but once again, there is no average answer. Please note, that job in the Zone in 95% cases does not grant a full access to the area automatically.

[@delusionaiity]

@@ChernobylFamily Understandable, I appreciate your answer. So I assume mainly to go for some kind of researcher, the best choice would be going further into physics or biology? I've been searching for an answer about jobs at Chernobyl for quite a while now and finally there's someone who could answer my questions😂 Really thank you for answering.❤

[@ChernobylFamily]

As Chornobyl environment is very unique, there is a lot of interdisciplinary approach here. However, before all, you need to understand which kind of researcher you want to become. Please also do not forget that not all jobs are possible for foreign nationals unless they have a residence permit or are a part of a larger contractor (say, like it was with French experts and Turkish, U.S. and Canadian contractors within NOVARKA consortium ).

[@delusionaiity]

@@ChernobylFamily if I may ask, what are the kinds of researchers at Chornobyl exactly? Out there online there isn't much information so I'm trying to get as much as I only can from here, really, thanks for you time. Yes! I also do have that point in mind.

[@ChernobylFamily]

- radiobiology and genetics; - environment ecology; - hydrology; - physics and chemistry of radioactive materials; - engineering (robotics, etc., but those most of time located outside the zone physically); - radiology (spectrometry, dosimetry, radiation hygiene) - these however more are realms of instrumental specialists, not researchers; I'd say the most adventurous from all of this are ecology/biosphere reserve related works, as those include a lot of field work. Many jobs here are like job_placedormitory x 15/15 or 4/3 days shift.

[@puciohenzap891]

What is the current situation around Pripyat / NPP - are there still tours or is everything postponed to the invasion?

[@ChernobylFamily]

It is postponed, as it is a border area; but even if tours will reapper, I expect they will look very different.

[@Dalius1000]

Are there is underground bunker near duga antenna?

[@ChernobylFamily]

With a high probability yes, but without instrumental probing these so far are logical guesses.

[@volo870]

Do you display your retro-computing collection from time to time? If you do, where can it be seen? (Я теж хочу влаштувати свою rubble-аторію)

[@ChernobylFamily]

For now not, but it is planned.

[@rdl8878]

I’ve never seen any single homes in videos of the former USSR. It’s all apartment buildings.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Any village had hell of private homes, but well, those of course are generally not that fancy as western. Now times changed, any suburb is full of cottages.

[@pigpenpete]

Someone should send that core memory pile to curiousmarc to see what's still stored on there

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well, legally it is radioactive waste; it is not that easy.

[@pigpenpete]

@@ChernobylFamily Very true

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@pigpenpete in reality even if it'd be easy we really do not see the point to go in such a complex way. There are still many local engineers alive who know how to work with exactly this hardware. Of course, they are in age, but we consult some from time to time...

[@robertschultz6922]

A couple of questions, first do we know what apartment Anatoly Dyatlov lived in or the other controllers that were involved with the disaster, or has anyone been in it since the evacuation? Also does the plant still have a fire department or would you have to get a unit from Kiev if it was ever needed today? Also how often does someone actually go into the areas of reactor four to see what is happening?

[@ChernobylFamily]

1) all apartments are known. All of them 2) they had a dedicated department back then, they have it now as well. We have been inside twice, the guys know their job and it is impressive how dedicated they are to it.

[@robertschultz6922]

@@ChernobylFamily I know they do, they are very well educated and dedicated, I just wondered how often the underside is checked to see the buildings condition, I know it’s highly radioactive and I’d hate to think the building could fall down and cause a major problem. Thank you for your videos! I’ve always thought the men and women who worked there during the incident were heroes for what they did immediately after the explosion.

[@ChernobylFamily]

@robertschultz6922 well, that is a task for different people and an entire set of monitoring systems installed. So it is all good thanks to their effort :)

[@That_chernobyl_enthusiast]

1:19 that control rod indicator are called 1:19, що індикатори стрижня керування називаються сельсином

[@DKTAz00]

Amazing, thank you for sharing

[@ChernobylFamily]

Glad you enjoyed it! Check newer episodes as well.

[@DKTAz00]

@@ChernobylFamily Doing that right now :D

[@volo870]

Please tell us how Chernobyl personnel now commutes to the Factory. I've heard that the shuttle train connection was disrupted by Belarus and they had to travel by Dnipro river vessels.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Unfortunately we are not authorized to give details; all what I can say - in a different was than before.

[@volo870]

@@ChernobylFamily I understand. My question was more of a public or political one: Belarus state still does not allow shuttle trains?

[@SalvoMorina]

pretty impressive...take care !!

[@ChernobylFamily]

Thank you! Get ready for a new episode this weekend!

[@gavinv]

Some say there is a time capsule buried in unit one. Will ever they open it?

[@ChernobylFamily]

I heard about its existence from many people, and it is very matching traditions of that time. I am not sure it was meant to be open, there is a chance it was just a symbolical act. Also, time capsules tend to be lost - I think, I'll ask certain people at power plant if there are any records about its location. Thank you!

[@gavinv]

@@ChernobylFamily Thanks for the reply!

[@ChernobylFamily]

In fact you made me think very much about it. Really need to check and then will let you know.

[@videomentaryproductionschannel]

Good Photos, but changed way to fast could not read text before it changed people who are interested would have waited for next photo but otherwise vary good

[@ChernobylFamily]

Yes, I made a big mistake with that speed - this was the very first time I tried this format.

[@Markus-GuerillaGames]

You can slow down the speed on YT

[@riccroll8190]

#Question Did you ever witness anything unusual? or heard about it? I know, this question reaches from strange behavior, over mutations, to ghosts and aliens. But i think it's interesting in every way, even so, it might be just a psychological phenomena. Such stories are often related to extreme places. Thank you so much for the Great and super interesting Channel! One of the gems of KZbin!

[@ChernobylFamily]

I totally agree that psychology in the Zone is a VERY important factor, because you deal with danger, however in the conditions of this area it is very easy to get used to it. From my experience, it rather gives me a slight smile. There is a picture of a yard of the "white house" in this video, made from a balcony; so when I came to that very apartment, I opened its door somehow rough. The thing is, the door did not have a lock, but it also did not have a door handle, so... suddenly it closed _firmly_, and there was no way to open it, kind of at all. There was no wind, or at least I did not feel it. I tried to open it for say 15 minutes, and as soon as in my thoughts I started to regret my somewhat rude entry, a powerful wind smashed it open. I stood speechless. In fact, there are certain untold practices of behaviour. When you come to those abandoned homes, think about those, who lived there and be respectful... A few times I had situations that something drew my attention seconds before a brick or a heavy piece of plaster fell from above the wall or a ceiling, straight to the place where I had to be that second. Many, many people of the Zone say: the Zone is a mirror. It reflects your true nature, but in a painful way, it will teach you in an effective way; so be very respectful and try to feel the environment. I heard this a lot of times and I say the same to others.

[@riccroll8190]

@@ChernobylFamily Thank you very much for the detailed answer 🙏 Those are intense personal experiences not everyone would share and an especially amazing unexpected conclusion, about the culture of respect and reflection, the people of the zone developed. I would never laugh about any of such stories like you experienced, and treat it with great respect. I also think, even if it's part of it, it's not only a psychological phenomena, but a hyper complex mix of so many things, of which many are still not understood by the scientific world. Having experienced unusual things by myself, i always found 'reasonable' explanations, BUT, looking closer, it appeared as just a tiny aspect of the whole experience. Going as far as calling it a merciful escape rout when the fear of the uncnowen becoms to strong as well as an mear aspect in the complex interelations of reality, when the curiosity to explore the uncnowen takes over again.

[@ChernobylFamily]

The Zone has some kind of own soul. I am not sure I can explain this, it is on a level of a subconscious perception.

[@riccroll8190]

​​​@@ChernobylFamily reading your words made me think of a dream I once had. As a child, born in the same year of the disaster, I was always terrified of everything nuclear. I could hardly watch the video recordings of the liquidators. Then I dreamed of the meltdown, it summoned a huge fearsome dragon that reached up to the sky, but the dragon itself, that beginning to stretch around the entire land, was not evil but very wise. After this dream, my fear began to turn into curiosity, and the desire rose, to learn everything there is to learn about it. It was certainly my subconscious that illustrated something for me, but I believe that it is more than that. Your words only reinforce this, as does my desire to experience the zone for myself once this dreadful war is hopefully over soon. Until then I have your channel. Thanks again for your great work!

[@ChernobylFamily]

@@riccroll8190 "reactors are not guilty that some people manage them wrong". Thank you for sharing...! More to come.

[@Andy_Shust]

Яка зараз ситуація у Чорнобилі після вторгення російських військ? Чи працює сама ЧАЕС?

[@ChernobylFamily]

ЧАЕС працює. Все важко, але підприємства вже відновили діяльність, триває відновлення...

[@Andy_Shust]

@@ChernobylFamily молодці, тримайтесь! Дякую за кльові фото. Ніколи не був у тих краях, але бачу знайомі локації (по грі) :)))

[@ChernobylFamily]

Дякуємо. Подивіться інші епізоди теж :)

[@merces6295]

best way to enter exclusion zone undetected

[@ChernobylFamily]

Depends.

[@160rpm]

best way is to livestream on KZbin

[@ChernobylFamily]

Remembering the mobile coverage there, I'd recommend Twitter instead xD

[@conmangamer]

it is my dreem to go here some day hello form canada

[@ChernobylFamily]

You definitely should come!

[@ZioArturone]

Too fast! Impossible to enjoy on smart TV.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Well, true! It is just the first try of this format, next will be slower and even more interesting:)

[@disketa25]

Какой ущерб Зоне нанесло российское _событие_ 2022г., и нанесло ли вообще? В Сети слишком много противоречивых и политически ангажированных сведений (от «не было ничего» до «второй экологической катастрофы»), хотелось бы узнать информацию из первых уст. What damage to the Zone was caused by the Russian _event_ in 2022, and if at all? There is too much contradictory and politically biased information on the web (from "there was nothing" to "a second ecological disaster"), I would like to know first-hand information. !nopolitics

[@ChernobylFamily]

To be honest, as we came to the zone days after its liberation, I can say... very very much damage. Check one of previous videos, there are just a few bits, but... it was really bad. While e.g. Pripyat is almost untouched, at enterprises of the Zone everything was smashed, looted or destroyed.

[@disketa25]

@@ChernobylFamily What about the ecology? I heard that the event led to a deterioration of the local radiological situation due to incompetence of the parties involved, I would like to know if this is true, and if so, to what extent?

[@ChernobylFamily]

Let's say, if you dig into certain areas of the 10km zone with no protocols followed, this will cause a wind lift with a subsequent distribution of nasty nuclides. Then, there were caused a few pretty massive fires. Then, a lot of landmines have been placed, which certainly affect populations of animals who time to time trigger them (in fact we heard "booms" from Zone's forests quite regularly). Plus, there was a massive disruption of monitoring systems for the first time of the Zone's history. Thanks god, it did not went out of control, but objectively, chances were big.

[@disketa25]

@@ChernobylFamily Thanks, understood. So, the part of "digging in the zone" was actually the truth, not a hoax. Disgusting to know, tbh...

[@volo870]

@@ChernobylFamily There were rumors that the on-site laboratory was looted and some "hot" samples were stolen by russians. It it true?

[@stefanegger]

It is forbidden and impossible to be there for 14 years, you would die. 😄💀 Maybe you mean you went there some times, but all the buildings are destroyed and no one lives there, it is full of radiation and still is to today there is security also.

[@ChernobylFamily]

I mean no offense, but the way how you imagine things is exceptionally naive. Everything is far, far, FAR more complex in this area. There is more than 3000 people managing the operations of the area, and additionally around 2000 more managing operations of the nuclear power plant. All those work by 15/15 or 4/3 days shifts, often for far bigger number of years than us. Google "Chornobyl Special Enterprise", and you will find more. The key is a compliance to radiation safety protocols and rules, which are not easy, but very clear. Not even mentioning self-settlers - check this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onaqoYyBe8hgi7c

[@Pizdatiy_Divan]

А чи існують мутанти чи артефакти? (я просто грав у сталкер деякий час, і я розумію, що в реальному ЧЗО все по іншому, і можливо мутації тварин зовсім інші, і з кожним днем вони страждають та гинуть скоріше від наслідків радіації та частіше переносять та страждають своїми патогенами та патологіями, ніж у самій грі. А от артефакти, це можливо те, що ви знімаєте на відео: апаратура, камери, комп'ютери, прилади та інші цікаві речі з того часу). А от псі-випромінювання, або психо-неврологічна атака існує? Якщо так, то на якій стадії воно вивчене та розроблене?

[@Pizdatiy_Divan]

Я розумію, що об'єкт "Дятел" це радіо-локаційна станція, яку закрили через шум в радіо-ефірі.

[@ChernobylFamily]

Ви знаєте, ми самі фанати "сталкеру", так що цілком розуміємо питання. Мутацій як такових немає, тому що мутація є _стійкою_ зміною геному, яке передається поколіннями. Були зафіксовані факти морфозів у ранній період (зміна фенотипу), яскравий приклад - деякі (!) дерева оругінального Рудого лісу. Щодо артефактів - такого нема. Але маю відмітити, що якщо ми говоримо про "артефакт" як унікальну, ні на що не схожу субстанцію, то це точно Чорнобиліт (сленгова назва керамік, з яких складаються паливовмісні маси об'єкту Укриття). На жаль, користі від них як від Зміненого Штурвалу - вону просто ДУЖЕ радіоактивні, так що Борода не оцінить :)

[@ChernobylFamily]

"Дугу" закрили через те, що її потужний обчислювальний центр не можна було експлуатувати, так як він охолоджувався повітрям. Повітря довгий час було насичено радіоактивними аерозолями, що робило його непридатним для цієї задачі.

[@Pizdatiy_Divan]

@@ChernobylFamily Але воно ще робило багато радіо-поміх, через що цей проект розсекречено, та теж закрито. (Тобто я назвав лише одну з причин закриття даного об'єкта, але дякую, що надали мені більше інформації).

[@ChernobylFamily]

Проблема радіоперешкод фактично була вирішена до 1986-го. Інше питання, що та проблема викликала немало, так би мовити, кадрових перестановок.