REACTING to * Ep. 1 Chernobyl* THE EXPLOSION!! (First Time Watching) TV Shows

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James and Nobu are reacting to Ep. 1 Chernobyl and the explosion happens which launches one of the biggest scientific disasters in history! Enjoy this first time watching TV Shows reaction to Chernobly episode 1!
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[@whitenoisereacts]

What other mini series should we watch next??

[@YoureMrLebowski]

True Detective season one 8 episodes

[@RayMcElroy50]

Brand New Cherry Flavor

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Irma Vep

[@barney7822]

Pam and Tommy

[@tigqc]

John Adams (on HBO).

[@MindfulMya]

They explain in the show just keep watching. It’s designed to put you into the state of shock, worry, uncertainty and it does such a brilliant job. Deserved much more recognition

[@isabelsilva62023]

While it has some inconsistencies (the way they portray the Minister of Coal and a few other things) it shows the progression of events and the different consequences, it keeps building suspense because it is HBO not a documentary. Definitely not perfect but well worth watching.

[@kylereese4822]

Chernobyl - Official list of the 31 direct deaths kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPKn6Kln5erl8U&pp=ygUcY2hlcm5vYnlsIGV2YWN1YXRpb24gZm9vdGFnZQ%3D%3D

[@kylereese4822]

Chernobyl & Pripyat (1988) RARE FOOTAGE - Flying Over The Zone kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qVhaGchtqEptU&pp=ygUcY2hlcm5vYnlsIGV2YWN1YXRpb24gZm9vdGFnZQ%3D%3D

[@kylereese4822]

Chernobyl Anatoly Dyatlov’s real interview (English) The interview was taken in 1994, a year before his death. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnCkKlvetiqhJY&pp=ygURZHlhdGxvdiBjaGVybm9ieWw%3D

[@kylereese4822]

Not the 1st episode.... Here`s the 1st episode filmed in reactor 3 in 2004.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2LWhJx6ZtCYq80&pp=ygUUemVybyBob3VyIGNoZXJub2J5bCA%3D

[@ridney5887]

What makes the initial on the ground reactions so terrifying and frustrating is because so many people in charge had no idea how much danger they were in; much of our knowledge of the dangers came from the aftermath of terrible disaster.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah, that’s what adds to the horror of it all honestly

[@craiglortie8483]

@@whitenoisereacts also watch the series of the fuko reactor meltdown, it's very good about how the reactions are so different!

[@davebcf1231]

It would be nice if people would quit repeating this entirely false statement. You do understand that this was more than 40 years after the bombs were dropped on Japan, right? They were very well aware of the dangers of radiation, both short term and long term. The general public was largely ignorant, but not those in charge and certainly not nuclear physicists. The general public is still pretty much as ignorant as people were in 1986, as evidenced by the comments on every reaction to this show. Those at the plant believed it was physically impossible for a reactor core to explode, hence the disbelief. Those in charge were lying to cover up. It wasn't lack of understanding of the potential dangers of radiation.

[@craiglortie8483]

@@davebcf1231 part of that was wrong, i agree with most of it though. the physicists in russia didn't know because of the cover ups and classification of most of what was known to be top secret. radiation sickness was well documented though. what the us and eu public knew was by far more than the public in russia knew or knows today.

[@davebcf1231]

@@craiglortie8483 " the physicists in russia didn't know because of the cover ups and classification of most of what was known to be top secret." They didn't know that the core could explode because of coverups and classification. They absolutely understood what the effects of radiation could be, which is what I said. As to the second part of your comment, fully disagree. Aside from the fact the internet exists now, many people are ignorant about radiation regardless of their access to information. That's not a dig at those people, either. It's not something that affects most people's day to day lives so it's understandable that people wouldn't take the time to learn about it unless they just have an interest in the topic.

[@AdhamOhm]

The metallic taste is from radiation ionizing the cells surrounding the taste buds. Since our brains have no idea how this chemical reaction is supposed to "taste", it just interprets it as metallic. Fun fact: the taste of metal isn't actually from the metal itself, but from the tiny electrical charge induced by the chemical reaction of the metal with your saliva. You basically create a very weak battery when you put a piece of metal (such as a coin) in your mouth. This small amount of electricity ionizes the cells around your taste buds, just like radiation would.

[@adamrak7560]

Same reason concentrated vitamin-C (ascorbic acid) has a slightly metallic taste along with the sour taste. It is a very good electron donor.

[@adamrak7560]

(but also a very safe electron donor, that is why nature uses it)

[@leslieturner8276]

The metallic taste has been known to persist for a while even after removal from the radiation source, this is due to radiation induced damage to cells in the oral cavity.

[@npc386]

mmh, i heard its blood taste that came from all the microscope injuries in the mouth forced by radiation 🤔

[@brucelee-hi6fu]

thank you for the new knowledge. i have learned something new today.

[@charlotteinfj4412]

The guy on the rooftop just looked death in the eye. He saw something similarly to a black hole on earth : a burning nuclear reactor. His face says it all : 1) instant burning from radiation, he has been microwaved by the death rayon of the open core, and 2) his sadness and apathy, he KNOWS he is dead.

[@kateorgera5907]

What was really uncanny about this show was it came out the year before Covid. So it was super trippy when hearing about the Chinese government hushing up everything about the virus less than a year after this show came out, and the doctors who got the word out in spite of the danger to their reputations, careers, and lives. Time is a spiral, the same themes echoing back.

[@greenmachine1987]

-This comment has been de-monetized for violating KZbin’s community guidelines-

[@togarnis8096]

Don't forget the reaction of the Western establishment, who ignored all the bad news about Chinese lockdowns and emergency hospitals being built. Instead they allowed the virus to spread all around the world basically unhindered, told their people to "hug someone Chinese" whilst they, themselves, secretly engaged in insider stock trading. The West is so entrenched in lies that few even remember these particular lies.

[@tinahastie]

Haha Nobu completely freaking out at nearly everything is just the best!! 😂 He's right though!!

[@Simon-hb9rf]

i think the biggest misconception people have about the first episode is Dyatlov, you have to consider that everything he has ever been taught about nuclear reactors and safety tell him a core exploding is a physical impossibility, imagine yourself being in that control room surrounded by people you considered badly trained and barely out of university when someone runs into the room and tells you the reactor core just turned into a flying pig and tap danced to the star spangled banner, you'd be in denial too. im not defending the guys actions especially leading up to the accident but its not a simple as he is a Disney villain who doesn't care, which seems to be the implication most people go away with after the first episode. oh and all your questions will be answered so try to avoid spoilers until you've finished, the series is incredibly accurate with a few details changed for story telling but the facts, names, and actions are all true.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

well said. an exploding reactor was impossible, why would you consider the impossible?

[@icecityx1221]

Another thing i see people saying in episode 2 i'll comment on is that lots of people don't understand how dangerous it was for Legasov or Khumyk to go against the political party in the Soviet Union, at least until Episode 3 or 4 when she gets arrested. By and large, the Soviet Union was a police state. If you disagreed with it or had a differing opinion to a superior in the party, you would be disappear. Sometimes yes, it was "you go to gulag" and a prisoner work camp, or simply unalived in the middle of nowhere, Russia. Especially if you were a scientist in attendance at the highest level such at the party headquarters where they met with Gorbachev.

[@mycroft16]

I don't know, as a scientist or an engineer if someone else comes running in from the area they were trained to operate and says "I saw the caps literally bouncing up and down on top of the reactor" that's going force me to start considering alternatives to what I think I know. Something else at play here in the USSR was political expediency. People in charge of things were put there by political forces and know the importance of keeping the politics looking good. They also know and understand the importance of when to not know things and blame others. This was a MAJOR part of the goings on during construction of Chernobyl and the events of that night and following weeks.

[@Simon-hb9rf]

@@mycroft16 i do agree that politics was certainly a consideration for Dyatlov, and given his history its fair to say he was well aware of the risks of disappointing party officials as well as the risks of radiation. he had been in several other accidents and blamed the party for the death of his son. my point is the more you know about his history the more his actions do make sense in context but given the time restraints of the show it is very much skipped over and he is portrayed as simply a villain.

[@gildo101rossi]

No it was the fact he didn’t wanna fail the state for a second time. He was on a nuclear sub years before & suffered radiation poisoning then too I survived after something went wrong

[@nellygutierrez4035]

HBO has a supplimentary podcast where the creators talk about how they made the show, answering questions like how accurate some parts are and which characters where real people. There is a total of five podcast episodes, one for each episode. These answered some questions that I had after watching without spoiling the next episode.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

Name of it please..?

[@nellygutierrez4035]

@@KrystalAnn0688 I'm not sure, on the HBO streaming app it has it down as Chernobyl: Bonus Podcast (Extended). The host is Peter Sagal

[@znachkiznachki5352]

They had only planned 4 podcasts, but went back and recorded another because of the response to the series. People had questions.

[@TheQeltar]

Important to remember that the creator has a very big axe to grind.

[@MY-qz1ld]

I’m from Belarus, from the suffered zone and I can’t watch these series without tears. Sometimes it seems weird to me when people are laughing watching this but in your case I guess it’s ok. What happened is a huge disaster and unfortunately we still have consequences

[@whitenoisereacts]

Of course. I hope you understand that any laughter is not at the expense of human life. We are separated from this incident in a way that we can never fully understand. We are merely consuming a piece of media that in some way summarizes the pain and suffering, trials and tribulations

[@LucaDGropius]

Please remember that also people tend to laugh when they are nervous and they don't know how to react. (Of course there are the ones who will find anything funny, even if is not, but It's good to keep in mind that fact)

[@xasmairon]

я з України, тому ті ж самі відчуття.

[@jamielandis4308]

I was a Soviet Studies major in University when this happened. I also grew up in Pennsylvania from Three Mile Island. Neither of these incidents are anything but funny names to anyone under 40 yrs old.

[@sherrysink3177]

For what it's worth, it's not humorous laughter. I think in most cases it's incredulous laughter because reactors to the series (as well as the rest of us) cannot believe that Dyatlov and others were so adamant that nothing serious was wrong, even when all evidence was to the contrary. It's not meant to be disrespectful. It's meant to be, "Are you kidding me?? These people are going to die because of your decisions and denials. Don't do this! Help them all!" It's awful. It was an enormous disaster and I cannot even begin to comprehend what it must have been like.

[@AmandasRoseBud]

“Free Cancer, yay..” had me rolling. That being said, I watched this show when it came out and i felt uneasy for weeks. Glad you guys are checking it out!

[@adamrak7560]

Actually that amount of radiation which the firefighters got, causes so much damage that you cannot get cancer, because your cells stop dividing permanently. That has truly horrific results.

[@andrewspam]

It’s not the cancer. They are being cooked and their cells destroyed. Death comes fairly quickly as the body rots.

[@rumaristo129]

This is an incredibly powerful series. I live in northern Europe and the effects of the Chernobyl disaster are still in fresh memory here. What happened in Chernobyl was the worst nuclear catastrophe to ever occur on Earth.

[@sarat.1744]

Same. I remember being around 4 when it happened and watching the news about the radiation cloud and how far it would get. I live in Belgium and people were freaking out...let alone the areas around where it really happened.

[@Khono]

Dunno man, I'd say dropping nukes on cities was worse. Also the massive proliferation of nuclear weapons could be argued to be so much worse, even though we have thus far avoided annihilation.

[@cancerian137]

@@Khonothey said nuclear catastrophe implying the non-intent of its nature.

[@CazuhLynn]

Only because you asked us to school you, here are my experiences: I did not grow up in the Ukraine, but Germany. And I was born a little more than four years after the catastrophe. On that account, you might think Chernobyl did not concern me too much, but growing up in the nineties, it was still there, even if it was just seemingly small remarks in our media or at home. We were regularly warned by the radio not to go into the forests to collect mushrooms or anything else, as the rain falling down in our area was contaminated. Game was not supposed to be shot and eaten because of the radioactive pollution. (Btw, both is still valid in Southern Germany today!) Elderly citizens were regularly encouraged to get iodine pills which were distributed, just to make sure. Even after years, even almost 2,000 km away from Chernobyl, we were *actively* warned against the fallout, although of course no one called it that. It was more like ... toxic rain from "the radioactive cloud" and a vague mention of precautions. If I remember correctly, 14 different European countries (who also were not warned initially, it was Sweden which noticed that an accident must have happened and confronted Russia about it) were highly affected by the toxic rain so much that their soil measured a radiation of more than 37 kBq/m² which means they were radioactively contaminated by definition. Just to be clear: Germany is not even on the list of those countries, and yet it felt like the topic was always there growing up. It must have been even worse for Romania, Austria and the others. (I looked it up: Austria counted 1.600 deaths directly linked to the catastrophe because of the fallout, and it is still affected by increased cancer rates. The soil is also still considered contaminated.) The events must have shaped my world-view heavily, because I remember being absolutely terrified of nuclear energy and weapons ever since. I recall watching documentaries where they stated that workers were only allowed to clean the roof of the power plant for *seconds* because anytime longer would mean immediate death. You were wondering whether the effects would happen so quickly. Yes. Yes, they did. And it was not only cancer. The very first days of the tragedy meant instant death in many cases. Like... regarding what you were doing and when or where, your body would basically disintegrate. Horrifyingly enough, the liquidators did not even receive proper protection gear. The Russian government was also acting horribly regarding providing their people with information, as far as I remember. First, they said reactors like these were completely safe, nothing could ever happen because their techology was superior. Anyone who said otherwise would be treated like a traitor, even after the catastrophe had happened and the concerned voices would have helped greatly. But no. Then they kept everything secret and even kept the citizens of Pripyat in the dark, needlessly exposing them to the radiation. They did eventually evacuate, but much later than it should have happened, and they did not clearly state that it would be for forever, so many left their belongings and pets at home. Pripyat was evacuated 36 hours of the catastrophe, but areas within 30kms were evacuated on the 5th May, ten (!) days after the explosion. For comparison: The reactor continued to burn during all of these ten days, spewing radioactive material into the air. It can be assumed that the numbers of deaths connected to Chernobyl (ranging from immediate deaths and radiation sickness to cancer that is still affecting people today) in the Ukraine, Russia and Belarussia alone must be around 200,000. Yes. 200,000. Still counting. Sorry for the wall of text and possible mistakes. English is not my native language. You may keep every mistake I made as a souvenir.

[@LudusAurea]

Great summary.

[@gayled7166]

Thank you for that info - and what a lovely last phrase ( I think you write in English very well btw). 🙂

[@brucelee-hi6fu]

wow. thank you for your story. i hope many others read it.

[@tinahastie]

Glad you guys are watching this finally! While the entire thing is as absolutely horrific, I still find it fascinating and have watched many documentaries on Chernobyl. How something basically invisible (radiation) can be so brutal. 😢🤯

[@watergunemoji9731]

this miniseries was so incredibly done I’m so glad y’all get to see it, and yes they will explain the science of RBMK reactors throughout the whole show

[@jacket5456]

There's one thing that doesn't work for me with this show. The color grading and shading. I'm deuteranopia colorblind, they're blending the greens, dark browns and reds so much it all looks like one color to me. I feel like I need those damn EnChroma glasses to watch this show, it's legitimately giving me a headache.

[@The_LightArrow]

The looming sense of dread that this series portrays is actually impressive and horrifying

[@hihellowhatsup3977]

When i have to name my top shows, this is always on the list. Outstanding performance by these actors.

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

Probably one of the most nail biting series I have ever seen. There isnt a single episode that wont have you gasping with shock. Complete madness and heart break

[@digitaltrekkie]

13:30 "What is that?" That's the closest a human being can get to looking straight down into the depths of hell

[@LeonardoKlotz]

This was a real-life cosmic horror experience

[@xurlegacy]

Nooooo waaaay! OMG! 😱 I'm so excited for these episodes, i loved watching those.. this is a really educational show(not 100% true about a couple of things tho) and it actually keeps you interested all the way through.. hope you will like it!

[@andidreyes5323]

I was a little girl when this happened...but I remember the weeks afterwards. My parents, family, relatives, daycare people, everyone in my life was quietly freaking tf out about it. The whole world was almost over...the long-term ramifications...just, it was scary for me at 4½-6years old. I have never forgotten that word. I have never forgotten how scared they all were before they got mad.

[@pedroalkimim3887]

Yes, the blue "thing" is because of radiation! The Cherenkov Effect, or the Cherenkov radiation, occurs when a fast charged particle, such as electrons, passes through a dielectric (air, water, etc.) with a very high speed (greater than the speed of light in that medium). It's like a Sonic boom, but for charged particles.

[@David_C_83]

The comment I was looking for! Also there's some videos of it, it's truly mesmerizing on video so I can't imagine in person but I can definitely understand why people would keep looking at it despite the danger they were in at that moment (besides not knowing)!

[@adamrak7560]

According to some experts the blue glow was not Cherenkov radiation, but direct ionization. Cherenkov radiation dominates in water because it has much lower speed of light, but in air it is very very weak, because the speed of light in air is very close to vacuum. Visible blue color from direct ionization of air needs brutally high intensity and sustained gamma radiation, something only an open and hot reactor core can do at this scale. (Or a particle accelerator at much smaller scale)

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

No. The Cherenkov effect is definitely a real thing; but the blue glow above the reactor was not Cherenkov glow. It was recombination emission from air molecules that had been ionized by the radiation from the remains of the reactor.

[@SnailHatan]

Thank god they did this before the office. I really didn’t want to have to wait 5 years to get to this

[@whitenoisereacts]

😂😂

[@XT93343]

Glad you guys are watching this!!

[@BlackParadeMarcher1]

Dudes, you are in for a ride. This series was amazingly well done and so emotionally charged. One of the things is that this hadn't happened as such before and was believed it was an impossibility that such a failure could be real. Its WILD

[@ATSaale]

The sad thing is RBMK reactors had melted down I believe three times before this incident but the reports were hidden so the other people running the reactors had no idea. Obviously the other meltdowns did not result in catastrophic explosions, but that the reactors could be unstable and potentially dangerous was known at the time but not circulated. Edit: the exact test they were trying to perform at Chernobyl had also failed similarly at another RBMK reactor a year or so before this incident

[@rollotomassi6232]

The most animated I've ever seen Nobu in any reaction. Hold on guys, it only get better(or worse) from here on. Also, all your questions will be answer in the end.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

The show will explain it all. The way it weaves the science into the drama is extremely compelling.

[@Jackson-6117]

Can't wait for you guys to watch this journey of a mini-series. Every episode is so amazing in showing just how scary Chernobyl was.

[@a9renaline]

This is not a documentary, the events shown in the series took place in a different way, the general chronology is more or less the same, and the Soviet Union definitely made many mistakes, but the workers were not so stupid and did their work properly, the fire brigades knew what happened when they arrived at place, it was not known how bad things were with radiation, but I assure you they would still do their job, even if they knew they were definitely doomed. It is true that there were many objections to the fact that the RBMK reactors could explode, which resulted in many problems. I am from Ukraine and had the opportunity to talk with the liquidators personally, I can say that the series showed the tragedy and horror of the Chernobyl disaster very accurately. And one more thing, iodine in tablets was available in the hospital and was immediately used, because doctors and firefighters worked near the nuclear plant and perfectly understood the dangers of radiation.

[@micahsnow346]

I also didn’t know anything about Chernobyl before I watched this series. Like y’all, I was born way after these events took place. I feel like it’s hard for our generation to understand how different the world was when the Soviet Union was still in power and seen as a real threat and competitor to the US.

[@nielsdanielbuch9022]

In the USSR, nuclear energy is considered a state secret, as such the functions of a reactor or even the properties of radiation is not taught in school. Only the people who needed to know, knew anything about nuclear. Remember that.

[@funtourhawk]

Still go back and watch this series every so often...probably the most perfect mini-series ever. Everything about it...cinematography, acting, writing, THE FUCKING SCORE...which actually uses real RBMK reactor sounds for the ambience/score, just drenches the scenes in this impending dread (just like radiation). I'm not sure how you're gonna handle the next episodes (if you know you know) but they hit so damn hard. I'll be watching on Patreon, hopefully you guys pump these out since it's only 5 episodes...I can't wait lol

[@rourkeyful]

The Terror (season 1) also starring the brilliant Jared Harris who plays Valery Legasov in Chernobyl

[@nickosmond]

Just a reminder, try not to spoil anything for episodes to come

[@2old4gamez]

This needs to be the pinned comment.

[@nickosmond]

@@2old4gamez yeah I noticed all the questions they were asking were going to be answered by the TV show in the coming episodes so that’s kind of why I said that I didn’t see anyone else mention to not spoil the show

[@davebcf1231]

@@nickosmond Unfortunately there's already a bunch of comments with spoilers. These guys need to get a moderator for their comment section.

[@so-ares]

It is extremely accurate, there like a couple characters created to play holes to help explain some things and simplify a bit the experience and some events show in a different order than they happened. But overall all the names and events in the show are according to real data from the investigation and testify, what makes it even more brutal!

[@seaztheday4418]

Ulana - the female scientist working with Valery Legasov - is the most prominent addition; her character intended as a representation of the many scientists who worked together on the investigation, since it's so much easier for an audience to keep track of the one person. I think they did well balancing accuracy, clarity and efficiency

[@jackg.1683]

Meh it's kind of accurate, not extremely. It is heavily dramatized and continued a lot of myths about radiation and Chernobyl. Like notably, radiation being contagious and a fetus somehow absorbing radiation with its magical powers. Chernobyl caused no problems with pregnancy. And in real life the only people affected by the radiation (ARS) were the firefighters and power plant workers.

[@ReaLifeHDchannel]

@@seaztheday4418This is mentioned in the last part of Episode 5.

[@craigchalloner153]

This show unfolds like a real life horror. The power of institutions in full self-preservation mode. Don't worry about all the questions you have now - don't let the comments steal any of the details to come. You'll get all your answers by the end of this. Stunningly made piece of TV

[@JamesJoyce12]

it is not driven home more than subtly but that first view of the reactor manager looking out over the roof of the reactor core clearly shows the reactor core "bits" lying there - and he knows they are all doomed because it actually did explode - I wish they could have somehow highlighted that

[@evie3148]

the last scene of the show they give specifics of who was impacted

[@Dentucas]

The biggest problem with this show is the fact that it actually happened. Even in modern day there are still people from that nation that dont know that Chernobyl blew up. (The war going on in Ukraine, they dug up trenches around Chernobyl) I also highly recommend to watch The Terror, another story based on real life events.

[@emilynelson9530]

Re: "Tasting metal"...Heavy metals and oxygen are atomizing in the air (ozone is made when the latter deexcites), mixing with the dust, and settling on peoples' tongues

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I had to add "Chernobyl" to my library because I was so absolutely floored by it. Although I am old enough to be aware of the tragedy, I wasn't aware of the real story. Glad you got the chance to get into this one.

[@KuscosPoison]

I love watching these young people react to this series. They ALL inevitably say they would just NOT work there. It is so weird just HOW DIfferent the times and people were in the 80s generation versus nowadays people. The people had NO choice at that time. They HAD to do what they were told to do, or likely they or they AND their family would be disappeared. Nowadays (well when not at war) the leaders could not get away with the things that happened back then. Totally different times and attitudes.

[@chiarafonzi9613]

I was born in February 87 in Italy and while my mother was pregnant with me she couldn't eat anything grown outside only frozen and canned things before the Chernobyl explosion.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

The “3.6 Roentgen” dosimeters are supposed to be on persons and work areas at all times, not in a case. You’re supposed to get the heck out of there and into a shielded room if it suddenly reads 2 Roentgen, ‘cause that indicates a significant radiation leak somewhere. That’s why they only go to 3.6 R, they’re basic monitors. 2 Roentgen is the ANNUAL Dose Limit for Workers potentially exposed to Ionizing Radiation. Think X-Ray Technicians and of course Nuclear Power Plant Workers.

[@nataliedunn5239]

I am in Scotland and I was only a few months old when this happened, there were worries about the radiation cloud reaching us even here through the weather. My parents were terrified. We were even told to stay indoors if possible.

[@kokkolintu3528]

Yes, you are reacting to Chernobyl!? 🤩I immediately clicked the video when I saw it, this series is a masterpiece. And a very important history lesson as well.

[@seangriffin2053]

The event itself is scary enough. What happened before, during, and after is unbelievable.

[@jhilal2385]

there are 3 concerns with radiation: Exposure, Contamination, and Irradiation. 1) Exposure: Gamma radiation acts like light or radio waves. "Exposure" is like getting a sun tan. Too much causes damage or burns, but once you are out of the sunlight the exposure stops. 2) Contamination: is getting radioactive particles in contact. This could be contamination on a person's skin, hair clothing, etc., or could be on objects like vehicles, equipment, tools, furniture, walls, doors, floors, pavement, trees, rocks, statues, etc. Contamination is removed by washing away with water or alcohol, detergent in water helps remove the particles in the same way that it helps remove dirt. The water used in the decontamination becomes contaminated with the particles. Breathing or swallowing the particles results in contamination INSIDE the body, which cannot be washed away. The particles inside the body continue emitting radiation resulting in continuing exposure. 3) Irradiation: Non-radioactive materials (like water, graphite, steel, or iodine) exposed to Alpha, Beta, or Neutron radiation can BECOME radioactive (like a steel needle becoming magnetic after exposure to a magnet), which means that they are now emitting radiation. They can than cause exposure and/or contamination themselves.

[@bethgarden4537]

I don't think anyone can ever be ready to watch this series. It is a harrowing, heartbreaking and horrific story that is masterfully told. What's absolutely terrifying about this series is knowing that there are still nuclear reactors exactly like this out there, still running and still unpredictable, and no one's really making any effort to do much about it.

[@leave_it_in_peace]

13:00 it really was, and the spread of it was crazy. My whole family lives in Kyiv which is a little less then 100 km away from Chornobyl, and we all have problems with thyroid, my mom even got cancer some years after the catastrophe

[@PUARockstar]

Шкода, як вона?

[@leave_it_in_peace]

@@PUARockstar Слава Богу побороли і тепер все більш менш добре)

[@ZariDV]

I have watched many many shows in my life and I still haven't had another show fill me with so much helpless frustration and anger before (except maybe 'When They See Us' being a close second). It's worse knowing that real people had to live through all of this.

[@gabbytabbert7519]

I’m so glad you guys are watching this show! It’s one of my all time favorites!

[@KayoMichiels]

My dad worked at the Nuclear Powerplant in Doel Belgium. One day they arrived at work and the radiaton alarms went off, and everybody had to be decontaminated! He later called back home and ordered his family to lock themselves in... and later that evening... Chernobyl was on national news...

[@tinahastie]

Holy moly! That must've been one heck of a story to hear! Thanks for sharing! 🌻

[@KayoMichiels]

@@tinahastie This happened before i was born.. when my sisters were still young.... My dad has a friend who photographs pipes to check the welds and because it uses radiation for the photograph.. he has a geigercounter... and it went wild when he held it close to a cup of coffee... the milk was from Germany... and it was contaminated...

[@tinahastie]

@@KayoMichiels wow! That's insane! 🤯

[@erikalulea3608]

I live in Sweden And I remember this. They forbid people to eat things from the forest like mushrooms and stuff and it was scary as we were close.

[@anna_semegen5273]

Regarding radiation: radiation destroys the body at the cellular level. A person who has received a strong exposure, in fact, decomposes alive. Towards the end, even morphine does not help the irradiated, as their circulatory system becomes like a sieve, and no drugs are absorbed. I was reading a book by the wife of one of the liquidators. So, when she came to visit him in the hospital (he was dying from radiation), she was not allowed to touch him. One day he asked the nurses to buy oranges to treat his wife, as she loved them very much. The nurses warned her that the orange, after the man held it in his hands, is now also radioactive, and in no case should she touch it. You can read "Chernobyl preyar" by Svetlana Aleksiyevich. There are a lot of stories, told by people who were involved in this tradegy

[@goke8456]

I’ve been waiting for you guys to do this show FOREVER so I am so glad the day is finally here! I won’t say too much because the show does a very thorough job of explaining everything as it goes on, but I will say interviews I’ve seen have said that the show actually downplayed some real life events because they seemed too over the top as you mentioned. You’re actually going to come out on the other side with a pretty thorough understanding of how it all works and how it went down. The cast is absolutely brilliant and the entire production just blew me away - can’t wait for episode 2!!

[@GoblinGhouly]

Bro said “👁️👄👁️ the power of the sun..in the palm of my hand”

[@MegaCityGhost]

You gotta keep in mind that the majority of regular people didn't know jack about dangers of gamma radiation back then. This incident is the exact reason that caused people in power to raise awareness about it among general public.

[@Onni_Nika]

I am from Ukraine, and such a terrible disaster still has consequences for our entire generation. There will be more information later and you will understand everything. I ask you to also look at all this not only as a show, but to remember what it all really was. Just imagine yourself in that place at that time instead of all those people. And today, Ukrainians are once again frightened by the news that they want to blow up the Zaporizhzhia NPP. Unfortunately, humanity does not learn anything. 😢

[@troymash8109]

Every single person on that bridge was dead within the first two weeks after that exposure. Every single one.

[@grey-owlentertainment1423]

You're in for one hell of a good show. I remember back when this started airing. Game of Thrones had just concluded - much to myself and everyone's disappointment. Didn't think I'd be able to enjoy HBO again for how bad that shows final season turned out... Then along came this miniseries and it immediately restored my faith in the network.

[@jessicaross7288]

Yes, the people in this episode are all the real people who were really there and part of it.

[@veronikamajerova4564]

"I don´t wanna see him destroyed right away."... you´ll be eating those words, trust me.

[@TheJerbol]

Everyone should see Band of Brothers. Easily one of the best war depictions

[@blue---monday]

YESSSSSS I've been waiting for you guys to react to this since FOREVER

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Jared Harris (Richard Harris' son) and Stellan Skarsgaard are both exceptional as the two male leads in this. Both won major acting awards for it, too.Their park bench scene in the last episode is a master class in acting.

[@G1NZOU]

There's two types of radiation danger, there's the immediate rays hitting your cells and doing lots of damage (that can be either lower dosages cumulatively, or one big dosage that's lethal very quickly or even instantly), then there's contamination of radioactive material, dust that gets on your shoes and clothes, or in your hair, some of these guys got a lethal dose because they were standing guard for hours on shift while the accident went on, in various parts of the plant, others got really strong doses pretty much instantly when they looked at the burning core or stood near large quantities of radioactive debris. For example, Yuvchenko, the guy who held the door open had his body against the contaminated door, so he needed multiple skin grafts and while he survived he died of leukemia in 2008, in reality he held the door open for three people instead of two, and all three sustained lethal doses within a minute of entering that hallway. While Chernobyl is safe to visit now, they're still concerned about radioactive dust, so you wear shoe coverings and overalls to avoid bringing the dust back to whatever home or hotel you're staying at. Short term exposure is fine but you wouldn't want that dust on your pillow or ingested as the closer to your head or internal organs it is the more radiation you absorb.

[@heavycritic9554]

25:18 The irony of this scene, where Zharkov (not a real person, but more like a conglomeration of propagandists) tells the committee how "proud" Lenin would be of them, is that Lenin didn't like the direction that the Soviet Union was taking under Stalin - towards the end of his life, Lenin promoted a form of Capitalism. Odds are that he would be royally pissed off at that committee and their spineless inaction. On a general note about the show: It's not hard to see that the director, Johan Renck, is a musician (did some work as the rapper "Stakka B" and later "Stakka Bo") and music video director (for the likes of Madonna, Robbie Williams, Chris Cornell, and Beyoncé). His stylized realism and musical flow from videos like Robbie Williams' "She's Madonna" and Chris Cornell's "Can't Change Me" come through in "Chernobyl".

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

13:20 didn't know what it was the first time, but that music drone is basically the same as in 2001: A Space Odyssey, a layer texture of *everything coming at you like a giant wall of **_THOU SHALT NOT FUCK AROUND WITH PHYSICS!_*

[@thaisameyka]

One of the best tv shows ever made!!

[@74A-N]

I Like How All The Questions They Asked Will Be Answered Throughout The Series. The Writes Left No Holes In The Plot

[@imetzl9340]

"The taste that we associate with metal is actually your brain's generic error response to nonsensical taste information coming from your mouth. Anything that causes the neurons in your taste buds to begin firing off randomly will produce a metal taste. The reason that we associate the taste with metal is because the most common way to cause temporary dysfunction in your taste buds is by putting something made out of metal in your mouth."

[@echo.echo08]

18:44 Yes! Same! I remember hating the character Joffrey in Game of Thrones so much, but I think Dyatlov is a very close contender. He keeps shifting the blame and hides behind his rank when his subordinates try to question him. He has no regard for human life and is willing to risk more just to give the illusion of competence.

[@DomAtaGlance]

You were wondering about the dangers for the people standing on the bridge. The bridge is now known as the bridge of death. And while their are alot of urban legends about the bridge that night the truth is that many locals did stand on the bridge to watch the blaze and many of them did die within five years. The most famous story being a 13 year old girl who stood on the bridge with her family and then dropped dead in the street at the age of 19.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Wow, that's heartbreaking

[@jackg.1683]

Source: Just trust me bro. There's no famous true story or any truth about it, it was just a scene added in for the drama just like the 'contagious radiation' and the science defying fetus with magical absorbing powers

[@ms-literary6320]

@@jackg.1683 her name was Tatiana Kondratiev. She watched from the bridge with her mother and sister when she was 12. She developed asthma afterwards which her mother attributed in part to breathing in toxic ash. They acknowledge it’s hard to be sure the effect the event had on her directly (as it often is with radiation) but they consider it a factor. She dropped dead on the street at age 19 due to a sudden onset asthma attack. While it is an urban legend that “everybody on the bridge died” many of them did experience health effects. It’s important not to minimize the very real suffering and uncertainty these events brought to people’s lives.

[@samuelhaverghast2442]

@@jackg.1683 the bridge of death did happen, and while the people didn't instantly die they did have major health issues, as for the contagious radiation, that was their belief at the time, we now know it doesn't work that way, however you can get radiation if the clothes someone is wearing is contaminated by it, or touching something in a highly radioactive area.

[@ReddwarfIV]

​@@jackg.1683_Chernobyl_ is an adaptation of the book _Voices Of Chernobyl._ Many of the inaccuracies can be attributed to the fact that the people who were there believed things that were false. Just because Ludmila was not saved by her baby, does not mean a doctor at thr time couldn't have thought so.

[@AJ1987LV]

I'm from Latvia. Recently watched - and absolutely LOVED your reaction to Labyrinth, and was pleasantly surprised to see you also had reaction to Chernobyl. Being from former Soviet country, which also was affected by this event, I have to say this show is 99% accurate of what did happened and how things were. Also, all characters are real persons, except Khomyuk who was fictional to represent all scientists that worked together with Legasov in Chernobyl. Fun fact - the soundtrack was recorded in our neighbor country, Lithuania, in Visaginas, where Ignalina power plant, twin to Chernobyl, is located (they also filmed the reactor scenes there, and part of Vilnius served as setting for Pripyat town as they still have those soviet type block houses there).The sounds were actual reactor sounds, mixed and arranged to create this haunting score. In some comments, i've even heard people saying that it's what radiation might sound like (if it did had sound).

[@KrystalAnn0688]

I’m not gonna attempt to compete with all the comments already here. It’s just a masterpiece & I’m sooo glad y’all are reacting to it ❤

[@G1NZOU]

And yeah, most of the characters related to the plant itself are real, some events are switched around a bit like one character will do two things, one thing that another character actually did, it's definitely not a minute by minute documentary of exactly what happened. But in terms of accuracy they got the look right, and the general gut feeling of unease people get when confronted with the unknown of radiation. One particular character that doesn't exist in real life (without revealing spoilers) is Ulana Khomyuk, she is an amalgamation of various scientists who worked to help with the cleanup. They created her for simplicity's sake since it's only a short series and they can only introduce so many characters and have the audience recognise and follow their story.

[@regardingsilence]

Yeah guys, those frustrated groans ... are just the beginning. It is a brilliantly done series. 👌

[@Eressiel951]

Every time I watch people from US or western Europe react to this like "Why won't they tell people what happened?", "Why are they acting like nothing happened?" I'm reminded that they have no idea about Soviet Union or communism at all. All I can say is... prepare for more frustration!

[@jhilal2385]

Q. "How does an RBMK reactor explode?" A. Have patience. At this time they did not know. All will be explained as the investigation gets underway as you watch further episodes.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ok awesome!!

[@What-lt3lj]

The one guy with the curly hair who calls for the fuards after Dyatlov collapses...when he says "get him to the infirmary, whatever he needs," all I can think is that he sounds exactly like Snape from A Very Potter Musical

[@Scott_Forsell]

I remembered the day this happened. Well, the day the news broke and Germany and Sweden reported off the charts radiation from their wind sensors. I was in college and driving to campus and the reports were on every station. I parked in the lot I always used and just sat in my car and listened to the radio. I blew off two classes. I was safely ensconced in the middle of America many thousands of miles away and sat there mesmerized and slightly terrified. It was a beautiful April day. Warm and sunny. It smelled of full spring. I had shivers thinking through what this could possibly mean.

[@salbabi]

I'm so incredibly glad you guys are watching & reacting to this. As others have said, they do explain things very well in the upcoming episodes. This show had an effect on me for weeks after watching it. Just knowing it's depicting such an enormous historical event, the like of which had not been seen before... The fear, the bravery and desperation. Such a terrible tragedy for humanity. Being from Finland, we were taught about this growing up (since it happened relatively nearby) and I can't help but wonder if the effects of what happened decades ago are still unraveling in the form of increased cancer numbers and other illnesses. Despite already knowing some things, I learned a huge amount more from this incredible mini series. Some truly jaw dropping things, that I hope won't be spoiled for you before you get to them.

[@jhilal2385]

Dyatlov had transferred from military grade nuclear reactors that used high-grade highly enriched uranium, to civilian reactors that used low grade minimally enriched uranium, but because he had a lot of years on the job, he was overconfident and never bothered to learn the detailed differences in the engineering, construction, practical functioning, and operation between the two designs that resulted from using different kinds of fuel. It is like coming from working on race car engines using 120 octane top fuel gasoline to working on a Coleman camp stove using 50 octane white gas and thinking that they are the same. He had also been in (and caused) a previous accident with a military reactor and received the highest dose ever survived by anyone in the Soviet Union, which made him contemptuous of the dangers of radiation; "hey, I survived, it's not that dangerous, quit whining you wimps"

[@wwoods66]

Those numbers are off. Natural uranium (NU) is 0.7% fissile U-235, the rest being non-fissile U-238. In the west at least, civilian reactors run on low-enriched uranium (LEU): 3.5 to 5%. To save space, US naval reactors use highly-enriched uranium (HEU), aka weapons grade, at 90+%. I don't know that the enrichment level mattered in what happened. I don't want to get into spoilers, so I'll just say that the way the reactor had been operated had put it in a state **way** outside what the designers had intended.

[@jhilal2385]

@@wwoods66 reactors using more enriched uranium are more compact, which is why naval reactors use the most enriched uranium that they can. In the case of the RBMK reactors, they use the cheapest (least enriched) uranium that they can. They are so large they are decoupled, that is to say that one section of fuel rods are so far away from another section that they don't directly affect each other, it is only through the interactions with intervening rods that they affect each other. I.e. if you pulled certain sets of fuel rods in the right pattern, you would effectively have several separate reactors working in the same chamber.

[@The_real_Arovor]

Just one tiny bit of information. The show is mostly accurate and it adresses everything not accurate in the credits at the end of the last episode. So there’s no need to dig up information, the show explains pretty much everything. There’s ONE thing that isn’t historically accurate, and it’s not corrected. That is Anatoly Diatlov. In the series he‘s depicted as an absolute asshole, when in truth he actually stood by his team and said that noone did anything wrong. He protected his team even after he got arrested. Everything else is pretty accurate. I will correct some things in the later episodes, so you don’t have to look it up during the show. 😊

[@hoon_sol]

The metallic taste is ionizing radiation interacting directly with taste receptors in ways that don't occur naturally at all (other than background levels of e.g. cosmic radiation, but that's so negligible that it never causes a discernible taste).

[@WillWatkins92]

I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE WATCHING THIS

[@jhilal2385]

"tasting metal" has 3 explanations: 1) In the fire, at high temperatures the uranium actually burns, resulting in uranium oxide (rusted uranium) dust particles in the air, like carbon based ash from a wood fire. Getting this on your clothing or skin is very bad. Breathing or swallowing it is deadly. 2) Exposure to high levels of gamma radiation affects the neurons, sending false signals which the brain interprets as a taste of metal 3) Exposure to high levels of gamma radiation kills the taste bud cells in the tongue. Their dying gives off chemical signals that the brain interprets as tastes like metal White clothing explanation: Like a white lab coat for a chemist or doctor, the white makes it easier to see any contact or stain with potentially contaminated or dangerous material. Same premise as white clothing for electronics manufacturing or meat packing workers. Red skin explanation: Gamma radiation acts on the skin like a sun burn from solar radiation. The faster the red burn emerges = the higher the exposure. Only minutes or almost instantly turning red = really, really, really bad. vomiting explanation; Vomiting without nausea is a sign of high gamma radiation exposure caused by damage to the stomach lining. The sooner after exposure that the vomiting occurs = the higher the exposure. Faster than 4 hours = fatal dose. Less than 10 or 15 minutes = off the chart exposure. beam of light pointed into the sky explanation: Extremely high levels of radiation flux from a large amount of exposed uranium excites the electrons in oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the air into higher orbits. When they fall back to their normal lower orbit they give off light, like the gas in a neon light bulb when you pass an electrical current through it. As you watch later episodes, just remember that however terrible you think the effects of radiation poisoning are shown to be, they toned it down for the show. The real life effects are much more horrific Disposing of bodies of people and animals that die of radiation poisoning: Cannot be burned: that would release radioactive ash into the air Cannot be buried: risks radioactive material from decomposing leaching into the soil and ground water. Solution: lead lined coffin placed inside a sealed, water-tight metal sarcophagus, which is encased in concrete (to protect the metal from rusting when buried in the ground). Concrete must also be under the metal sarcophagus (not just on top) to prevent contact with the dirt which might cause corrosion and breach the sarcophagus.

[@sam_c95]

You guys keep referring to Russia which is fair enough considering we're talking about the Soviet Union here, but just remember that Chernobyl is actually located in modern day northern Ukraine, near the Belarusian border. The town we see right at the end is Prypyat, the closest populated area to the power plant. This is where most of the plant workers and their families were living.

[@whitenoisereacts]

Yeah, but it’s all part of the Soviet Union is what I mean

[@PUARockstar]

​@@whitenoisereactssure, but just bear in mind that it's incorrect to call the soviet union as russia interchangeably

[@daytoncharitychicken]

Excellent example of Elite Panic or Panic Myth (Don’t focus on solving the problem, focus on controlling the people), despite the many examples and research that show public panic in the face of a disaster is a myth (particularly when the public is provided accurate information), as most communities rally together in times of disaster as opposed to tearing apart, so placing so much effort into preventing panic is typically a waste of resources that would be better directed tackling the root problem(s) head on. There are disaster researchers who continue to be frustrated by the perpetuation of this panic myth and how those politicians and corporate leaders who operate with it as a primary concern inevitably make bad situations worse.

[@whitenoisereacts]

That’s interesting. Though I immediately think of many instances where panic has and did take over and cost lives because of it

[@daytoncharitychicken]

@@whitenoisereacts You are more than likely thinking of stampede/crush incidents that were not in response to a disaster but were the disaster themselves. My comment is in reference to disaster response and emergency management following a disaster. Research from the University of Cambridge, the American Society of Safety Professionals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and many others studying decades of disaster response show that overwhelmingly the idea of a public panic following a disaster (that requires redirecting many resources and focus to control an unruly public) is a myth. You may also be thinking of instances where disaster response was poor and deaths occurred in the aftermath because of failure to direct people and resources appropriately, but that is an example of poor emergency management rather than panic and is not what I’m referring to either. As with all things there may be an instance or two that is an outlier, but the overwhelming truth that has emerged from the study of hundreds of global disasters (which is its very own field with its own department at a handful of universities) shows that too often following a disaster resources are directed toward controlling a panicking population that aren’t necessary (due to no panic) instead of undertaking critical direct response activities that could save lives. Research also shows that as a disaster is unfolding, the majority of people (when viewed down at the individual level instead of the collective) tend to freeze or continue behaving normally albeit in a slower fog-like state and need lots of prompting to react appropriately to save themselves. A minority can panic, but the overwhelming individual response is to stop or slow down vs. acting wild/hasty (and sometimes it takes having a couple of people panic a bit or get loud to finally break the majority from a destructive mass ignorance/denial). I recommend looking into experts like Dr. Samantha Montano, author of “Disasterology” or look into another book “The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes-And Why” by Amanda Ripley for an introduction into the topic. There’s a lot of fascinating research and both those authors have very engaging writing styles that make their books fast and entertaining reads.🙂

[@PUARockstar]

Ad Ukrainian who remembers the first month of russian full-scale invasion well, I can attest to that.

[@alexfilmstudio465]

Two things: 1. They say they taste metal because the veins in their mouths literally spill open from the radiation. They are tasting their own blood. 2. The Documentary is not the best of sources when it comes to facts. Dyatlov certainly was really ruff around the edges and had a nack for verbally abusing co workers, but he wasn’t incompetent like they portray him here. In fact he was the one who said he’ll take responsibility for the accident and wanted to send the Night Shift Home. When he heard that khodemchuck was still in the pump room, he was actually worried for his co workers. It was actually Akimov (with the glasses and the mustache) that was in denial the entire time.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

People are trying to explain Dyatlov reactions...It's a weird mix of not knowing how to manage something that never happened on earth and he goes in automatic mode to do actions, with on the other side decades of USSR propaganda going into full action which is that nuclear problems does not exist in Soviet Union...Soviet Union work for the proletarian and is perfect...You must trust in the Regime and his perfect decisions that are good for proletarian...It's hard to go beyond in peak Cold War propaganda...

[@lozlullaby7947]

This series disturbed me so so much, but it is one of the best I have watched. I know it is not 100% accurate but as a media to show what happened it really hits so deep. Left me shook for weeks. Your questions will be answered but definitely good you have each other coz I have a feeling it will affect you emotionally.

[@jimamos7984]

Band of Brothers, Kolchak the Night Stalker (the 70s version), Jericho.

[@YanaPetruk]

I'm Russian-Ukranian. from Bryansk, it's in Russia, not far from Chernobyl, my grandmother was born in the closest in Russia village to Pripyat'. My mother and grandmother told me that when this happened there were May preparations for the Victory parades and nobody told them anything for several days. there was raining a bit these days and they were walking freely, my mom remembers that the sky was strangest colours. My mom also says, that's why there are a lot of sick people born after this accident. I was born in 1991 and I have an MS. I don't know if there;s a connection, but the next generations were weaker. Especially in our town. Close to Chernobyl. We have a lot of monuments in our town dedicated to Chernobyl and the main clock in the main square still show the radiation figures in the air around. The radiation level is fine., but I think it shows it just as a memory of that terrible disaster. The TV show shows excellently how the USSR government always wanted to keep everything that can show their weaknesses in secret. So they were ok with not telling people the truth to save the face of the "great USSR". Actually. Nothing has changed. Peace to Ukraine :(

[@ReaLifeHDchannel]

8:46 The composer for this show barely used any musical instruments. She used sounds from nuclear reactors.

[@darsynia]

Delighted to find you guys, crushed to realize I've found you before you watched it all so I can't binge it haha! Thanks for watching! The people involved are almost all real people, but they by necessity kind of combined multiple scientists into a few key characters (a female scientist later on is a conglomeration of multiple real people, to do justice to their stories without diluting them). The acting of this show is a masterclass, and the best part, IMO, is we hate Dyatlov at the beginning, and then we initially hate the guy on the phone with the first guy we met... but eventually, our feelings about him change. It's superb.

[@MsFleri]

I am very excited you started watching this amazing show!! Can't wait for the next one

[@audreylwalker]

My mom is a chemical engineer who has studied the events of Chernobyl a lot. Every staff member she works with in the chemical engineering department at the local University near me has seen this show and sign off that it is tremendous! I heard they were literally talking about Chernobyl today at work again. She’s talked about how *incredibly* accurate this show is - she can’t see anything they didn’t get right from everything she knows about it. A lot of the scientific explanations you’re looking for will come later, as others have said. Super excited for y’all to watch this show & I’ll watch along with you guys!!