Everything That Had To Go Wrong For Chernobyl To Happen

[@ripelcannon]

The Swedes were the first people, outside the Russians to know something was going on, by detecting high levels of radiation at their plant, over 700 miles away.

[@madzonemg]

actually german scientists were the firsts to detect high levels of radioactivity during a weather experiment

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

The "funny" thing is, they searched the whole power plant for the cause, they pretty much didn't leave anything unchecked, yet couldn't find out why the fuck there was so much radiation there. After some more testing and checking they came to the conclution that it came over the air from Ukraine. Wich of course took a while, because when there is high radiation at your nuclear power plant, you of course assume it must come from the reactor... Yeah. If the radiation levels weren't THAT high so other countries would notice them, the soviets would have propably kept it quiet, saying nothing to anyone. Including their own people of course.

[@nameofthegame9664]

@@madzonemg that’s true but Barsebäck, one of Sweden’s nuclear power plants was the first one to identify the isotopes. They could trace it back to Ukraine because they knew they where using low grade uranium in their reactors.

[@johnr4836]

@@nameofthegame9664 alex jones did it

[@kristiankumanov5732]

The Americans were the first, because their Thermal satelites detect immediately the explosion and the huge amount of heat comming from the reactor core.

[@connie1wilson]

The people who cleared this shit up, saved all our lives!

[@dairius3547]

CoconutCrab Damn

[@ghoulsbat6893]

@CoconutCrab There's a video of a liquidator (think that's what they call em) that's still alive, but yes extremely fucked up.

[@fawnieee]

@@donkey7921 it reached Wales, we couldn't eat certain sheep for decades due to the exposure and lots of children became ill or died.

[@fawnieee]

@Ben W it did. It got very far.

[@will.middleton]

The worst part of Chernobyl was an extremely radioactive boil of... idk radioactive stuff. Its said to be able to kill you in under ten minutes from being too close to it. The people who had to clean up Chernobyl were extremely heroic and many people have died in the process.

[@asagirimei6846]

It's maybe too much but..I want the history of cigarette if possible. Anyway, thx for amazing content as always, Weird History!

[@timthegem]

That is a fantastic idea and would be interesting. They used to be advertised as healthcare supplements.

[@TheAshCooper]

I second this.

[@1musichombre]

Cigarettes are a disaster I can relate too. I especially remember how addiction was denied. America/ USA built by Slaves growing Tobacco too, evil weed, Tobacco Road

[@jimines6422]

I concur, this would be an excellent topic for an episode.

[@LV-ni3qs]

THIS. I have never seen informational videos on cigarettes on other popular history/science channels.

[@lp-xl9ld]

Those who refuse to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it...trouble is, nobody seems to believe that anymore

[@graceb8500]

Very sad that this is true...

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

I fear that belief died over the past ten years...

[@spartamerican6758]

(Point) Tell me, which American political party supported slavery and started the KKK?

[@graceb8500]

@@spartamerican6758 how does this relate to OP’s quote?

[@Etorate_]

@@spartamerican6758 I'm not sure how that relates to OPs quote but it was the Democrats, from before 1900s. The reason it's before is because the beliefs of Republicans and Democrats changed over the years and basically swapped, back then Republicans were all about abolishing slavery, and most Republicans today are 55yrs who prob want segregation back

[@StreetUrchin4Life]

So basically they didn't do anything the way they were supposed to. They went complete Homer Simpson!

[@roberth.5363]

D'oh!

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

That guy bullied his subordinates to do a test that didn't feel right and after everything goes wrong he refused to believe it. After sending people who came back red and vomiting when they said it was gone he was like "wrong.. he's delusional take him to the infirmary " When he had them measure the radiation with the dosimeter the guy says "the good ones locked in the safe, this only goes to 260 and that's what it's at..." the idiot responded "260 isn't bad.. not great but not bad " Same dude told all the people gathered it was a minor roof fire. HBO made an excellent miniseries that captures everything from the lowest level (firefighters arriving and saying “do you taste metal ?”) to Gorbachev and his advisors saying it’s “no worse than a chest X-ray”.

[@temirab.5891]

Marquis de Lafayette my fav series!! It’s so well made!

[@ladynikkie]

Even Homer Simpson is smarter than these bastards because of their incompetence hundreds maybe thousands died of either radiation poisoning or cancer.

[@Babbleplay]

@@ladynikkie Yeah, this is more Peter Griffin stupid.

[@helenafranzen9828]

The phrase "the hundred that dies so that the thousand can live" has never been more true. The guys that covered the core are heroes!

[@saragrant9749]

And victims- they weren’t given a choice.

[@helenafranzen9828]

@@saragrant9749 Very true.

[@marion_roberts]

"It is not alarmist if it's a fact." I cannot stress enough how good the mini series is,regardless of historical accuracy, especially the first episode.Dread,denial,and ignorance in one disastrous conconction.

[@annarose3354]

Yeah I'm not fully aware of what the historical inaccuracies are but it did a masterful job of showing the limits of what brave people can do against a system determined to go against them.

[@gowersup6441]

I agree. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion. Of course people who claim to be ‘Chernobyl experts’ say it’s innacurate etc but it was such a good show - of course some things had to be made over the top, it’s tv! But it got the world talking about Chernobyl. It was amazing

[@xproflipscarab]

as far as ive read up on the subject the shows main goal was to be as accurate as possible, with the only liberties taken were with the female nuclear physicist who is a culmination of many people who helped learn the truth and a few other small bits with timing and information to make sure the audience understands whats going on

[@JC-lu4se]

@@xproflipscarab The series also made Dyatlov look stupid. He was a smart man but was ignorant about the reactor’s flaws as the designers kept those facts to themselves. He was arrogant though.

[@xproflipscarab]

@@JC-lu4se I can see that yeah, but i think that could be drawn up to how the viewer thinks about it, I can defiantly understand dyatlov coming across as stupid to some people but i always looked at his character from his stance in the union and how much pressure are always on these people to get results. But i think Episode 5 tackled this nicely, for most the show he is almost public enemy #1 to the viewers and appears to be the sole cause for the disaster but then the soviet secrets are revealed and you see the look on his face in the court room As the reality floods into him that he was actually partly responsible for creating the explosion (not some freak act of nature as they all thought) Fantastically crafted show that does the horrific events justice and respects all lives lost and those involved ...

[@mikatu]

While Chernobyl is seen as the worst disaster, there was one even worse on Russian soil. But since it was so far from the West no one learned about that. Still today that city is completely cut off from the rest of the world. No one can enter or leave the area and the lake nearby is so contaminated that a 5m walk around it is enough to kill you. But about that accident, no one will make videos since is still top secret. Can you please make a video about Stalin's cannibal island?

[@karissa-i2z]

The Geographics channel here on KZbin has made one that’s pretty good. I recommend

[@cesarjimenez5622]

Karissa Ashley on which subject?

[@VFatalis]

@@cesarjimenez5622 Search Lake Karachay

[@tanjahorvatserbiaoldslavsh4685]

Prvi put cujem da je Staljin imao kanibalsko ostrvo. U danasnje vreme se mnogo vise zna o Hitlerovim monstruoznim delima nego o Staljinovim. 😯

[@Imjustacatlady]

Isn't this the lake where some Instagram travel influencers* went to take pictures and they died?

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

The Soviet government was notorious for having the mindset of "The party knows what's best for you so do not question, do not criticize, and do not disagree with us. You are expected to be good, obedient, and blind sheep that believe whatever the party tells you."

[@jmitterii2]

Just like the US is notorious in thinking corporations have heart and know best. And have killed millions more either deliberate cover ups, entire towns had to eventually after long court battles be abandoned due to soil and water contamination, we've had our own cover ups on nuclear weapons and testing mistakes. Wasn't that long ago that unionization was illegal (until 1935) and quite literally robber barons had their own hired army thugs, coal wars. And that industry has killed hundreds of thousands directly, many more indirectly. Our court systems give the delusion, or illusion which ever way of thinking we have real protests or redress. When they're slapped on the wrist or even found harmless. Anyway, the dictatorship of the Stalin like USSR and the ever increasing return to Robber Baron west both suck an ass hole with a sunday salad full of shit bags.

[@mikitz]

@@jmitterii2 Although corporatocracy and capitalism aren't synonymous. The first one is closer to a political system, whereas the latter one is an economic system. Yes, corporatocracy sucks balls, but capitalism has saved numerous lives and lifted even more people out of dire poverty on a global scale.

[@misterhat5823]

Just like the orange party in the US.

[@annarose3354]

Not unlike the attitude of US politicians to people who question why people in Flint are still drinking lead

[@virgilflintiv5341]

@BIGBLOCK5022006 Yeah, it's unlike people to feel so strongly against democrats openly, thanks for standing up for the republican party!

[@reality8763]

Valery Khodemchuk's body was never recovered. He is permanently entombed under reactor 4.

[@ceoofracism4869]

That’s both fucking scary and sad af at the same time

[@Mari-hb5do]

Poor soul. To die in such way... Bless him 🙏 He’s a hero and no one should die in such a horrific way. RIP

[@domskillet5744]

Lol taken directly from the outro of "Chernobyl" on HBO. Fair enough

[@rosin_eater]

F

[@andyb1653]

As a consolation prize, he got the world's most intense tomb.

[@chickenslice86]

Great video. The HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” really brings this event to life and is historically accurate for the most part, I can’t recommend it enough. And the accompanying podcast sheds light on some things that aren’t fully covered in the show.

[@craigfazekas3923]

I have a coworker named Tatiana that lived 20 km from the reactor when she was a teen. Her main memory was of the trucks that drove through her neighborhood with speakers mounted on top, announcing that people stay indoors & keep their doors & windows closed- but not telling people why. She also said that the state radio station, that normally played classical compositions by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and other Russian composers, was announcing the same thing, but no reason as to why, specifically. Just that there was an accident that was effecting the environment. And to stay inside until further notice.... Scary.🤔🇺🇸

[@ebayerr]

Craig Fazekas : And yet two of the top female high jump athletes are from Ukraine. Yuliya Levchenko is from Kiev Yaroslava Mahuchikh,the current world high jump champion,is from Dnipro. Yuliya was born only 11 years after the disaster and she grew up 65 miles away from Chernobyl.

[@brettcooper3893]

Dated a girl from Kiev who was a kid when this hit the fan. Her stories are something else.

[@ebayerr]

@@brettcooper3893 : Don't stop there.Inquiring minds want to know.

[@tidepodboi758]

You should do the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

[@muffinguy25]

Yes

[@Turtleproof]

It is still uncontained, as is the Three Mile Island reactor.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

No one died from Fukushima radiation. principia-scientific.com/physicist-there-was-no-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/

[@TheDrakelicious]

@@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk what about the future? Legitimate question here.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

@@TheDrakelicious Because so little radiation was actually released at Fukushima, no one is likely to die in the future either. In fact, no one should have even been evacuated: medium.com/generation-atomic/for-the-first-time-world-learns-truth-about-risk-of-nuclear-6b7e97d435df

[@STEFAZON500]

There are a multiple errors shown here. At 2:20 it is said that the power level for the test was supposed to have been 700-1000MW, not true and incorrect. Firstly it is important to note that power level was described as MWt (Megawatt thermal) i.e how much heat the the reactor produces. Not how much electricity is produced. The 700-1000MWt specification told here and in HBO's Chernobyl is a partial half truth/half lie. This was the test procedure that the USSR told the IAEA in 1987 was the power level specified for the test when they covered up the control rod design flaw. In 1991 after the USSR collapsed IAEA investigators got access to original test documentation and other documents previously unavailable. In the original documentation specified that the thermal power of the reactor had to be sufficient to run one of the two steam turbines at its operational speed of 3000rpm. For that 200MWt was enough to produce the steam required to get the turbine up to speed for the test. At 3:10 it said that the minimum amount of control rods inserted in the reactor is 15. True and not true. During normal operation this was the regulation. The Soviet guidelines stated that in special circumstances this guideline could be overruled. The safety test was specified as a special circumstance. In effect the operators did not break the rules here. The rule book said they could do this. This is why they could shut down the emergency core cooling system. At 4:00 it is said that the feed water flow was turned down. Not true. The exact opposite was done which was one of the causes that made accident possible. They turned up the feed water flow to 50 000m2/sec this caused the reactor to be over cooled which in turned caused the reactor to be even more unstable. It sounds weird but nuclear reactors are designed to run at full power were they are inherently stable. Cool reactors are highly unstable since they have high reactivity margin when they are cool. The hotter they get they lower their reactivity gets. That's why in normal operation a nuclear reactor won't go crazy because it is unable increase the speed of the chain reaction when it's up to full power. At 5:10 it is said that the graphite displacer may have caused the accident. IT WAS THE CAUSE. the graphite displacer was a 4,5m long graphite rod below the boron rod that was the actual thing that stopped the chain reaction. When the control rod was fully withdrawn there was water below the graphite spacer. Water acts as an absorbent in an RBMK reactor, a type of brake that slows the chain reaction. At the night of the test the nuclear fuel was old and that in turn made the water highly absorbent meaning in liquid state the water acted a strong break. That in combination of the high Xe-135 content in the reactor and the over cooling was the cause that the operators simply could not increase the power even though they withdrew almost all of the control rods. When Alexander Akimov pressed the AZ5 button to do an emergency shut down the reactor the graphite spacer pushed in to where the water was. This caused a power surge at the bottom of the reactor. The graphite spacer pushed the water i.e the brake away and power surged. When power surged the Xenon that had been slowing the reaction was "burned" away increasing power further. The fuel was cold and thus highly volatile meaning the reaction increase was more violent than it was during normal operation. The water started to boil and the positive void coefficient that was strong when the nuclear fuel was old lead to an further increase in the chain reaction. Normally nuclear fuel resists the increase in the chain reaction by getting hotter by expanding but because the power surge was so strong and fast the fuel elements could not expand fast enough to counter the surge in power. At 7:15 it is said that it took 36 hours to make the order to evacuate Pripjat. Not true. The decision was made on Saturday evening and the preparations began at earnest. Say what you want about the Soviet system but they managed to evacuate a city of 50 000 in four hours in a orderly fashion. Try doing that in the west without panic. At 10:45 it stated that the WHO says that thousands of others have been killed over time. This a somewhat lazy way of stating their assessment. The WHO calculated in 2005 that in the cause of 60 years after the accident Chernobyl will cause 4000 premature deaths. This sounds a lot but one has to put in perspective that fossil fuel burning on the European continent alone will cause 20 000 premature deaths every year.

[@jimarcher5255]

STEFAZON500 Thanks for your insight.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Very interesting information you've provided here. You know your stuff, it seems. Thanks for the clarifications, done without crucifying the producer of the video. Classy.

[@crash10125]

Can you please source where you got this? Interested

[@STEFAZON500]

@@crash10125 The INSAG7 report (International Nuclear Safety Group) and the seventh and last iteration of their report that came out in 1991. INSAG is an IAEA organization that was responsible for investigation the accident by the IAEA. There is a good overview of. www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/appendices/chernobyl-accident-appendix-1-sequence-of-events.aspx Now the INSAG 7 report has been disputed in some regards but it still the report that has the most consensus this was the cause of the accident. www.neimagazine.com/features/featurewhy-insag-has-still-got-it-wrong Anatoly Dyatlov's own article from 1991 at Nuclear Engineering International is a fascinating read, it his version of the accident and it's cause. Highly technical and requires that the reader has at least general knowledge of nuclear reactor physics and designs. He gives an detailed description of the test itself. A thing that is overlooked and forgotten when talking about Chernobyl www.neimagazine.com/features/featurehow-it-was-an-operator-s-perspective/

[@jonnytightlips513]

Absolutely spot on, I always find you have to take these videos with a pinch of salt.. What are you thoughts as to why the AZ5 was pressed, I have studied this accident for many years and to this day I still can not find any real stright forward answer...

[@kflo8634]

I just want to applause that you bring history to so many people in a brilliant way that captures interest. That's why your team rocks. Kudos! 💕

[@paranoid77904]

The "elephant's foot" is creepy af

[@runlarryrun77]

I want to smoke some of it.

[@kronosomni2805]

@@runlarryrun77 I guess they'll be scraping your radioactive remains off the ground, no way you would survive trying that, plus it's got lead, graphite, and a bunch of other stuff in it that's probably toxic when inhaled, so at the very least you'd get plastic pneumonia, and possibly even emphysema and lung cancer.

[@runlarryrun77]

@@kronosomni2805 I am not afraid.

[@kronosomni2805]

@@runlarryrun77 I'd say it's more likely you have a death wish or have been licking too many strange stickers.

[@Charlotte-fd8wj]

@@kronosomni2805 it's ok he's built different

[@peterallen4331]

I would like to think this could not happen again however as we have learned with COVID society NEVER learns from its mistakes. And politicians of all nations have very very short memories.

[@puncheex2]

You're nominated for the next one, Peter. We all hope you did amazing work.

[@peterallen4331]

@@puncheex2 Huh!

[@annarose3354]

Or when they have long ones, they remember the wrong things

[@virgilflintiv5341]

Yeah, if they had only remembered all of the other mistakes that countries employing large govt control usually end in dictator-like mandates controlling the mass of the population when only a small minority needs to be controlled.

[@godblessamerica3247]

Scientists are corrupt too so....

[@manong4975]

Me: been passionate about Chernobyl for 4 years and inevitably knows pretty much everything Also me: watch the entire video.

[@zz-xk7lc]

Same here

[@asmrduringclass8149]

Same

[@semicharmedlife311]

There are docs on KZbin that are infinitely more comprehensive, but as an encapsulation this video is perfect and like you said, had to watch it to the end.

[@manong4975]

Dan Ryan same I get obsessed

[@grapeshot]

I remember that show DC Follies. When Reagan and Gorbachev was arm wrestling. And Reagan was like "You damn near killed us with Chernobyl."

[@coldghost86]

@Lawtrina Kerkula looks like your off your meds.

[@ARedMotorcycle]

@Lawtrina Kerkula Who the hell is Seth Roger?

[@pikmaniac2643]

@@coldghost86 my guess is they're either a) a troll b) a spam bot c) a dumbass conspiracy nut or (d) both (a) and (c)

[@jerry-nguyen.11]

Chernobyl....gives me chills

[@Prawnsly]

chernobyl... gives me cancer

[@goddess4290]

Chernobyl makes covid-19 look like fun.

[@mev186]

And a set of gills..

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@goddess4290 no,it looks bad too

[@goddess4290]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 yes,it obviously does But compare the sign symptoms of covid & radiation sickness, you'll get what I mean.

[@davidflint12]

France gets something like 70% of its power from nuclear. Have we heard of any problems there? If done right it is the safest most efficient method of electricity production.

[@MultiKommandant]

If

[@sopota6469]

Yeah, and leaves behind extremelly toxic and dangerous waste for the next 300 generations to enjoy. Don't even mention nuclear waste reciclying, it's a damn scam.

[@GRAITOM]

@@sopota6469 source?

[@davidflint12]

Sopota you have evidence for this?

[@spencers4121]

@@sopota6469 More then one type of Nuclear reactor, you can thank the cold war and politicians. For the type of reactors we ended up with in the 60's-70's.

[@KolmCayoz]

The way the CCP hid the truth of the Virus, reminded me the Soviet Union hiding Chernobyl. And based on the world's response to both events. I'd bet money that (sadly) these things will happen again.

[@simonphoenix3789]

or how the CCP hid the outbreak of Coronavirus. Authoritarian regimes tend to do that sort of stuff since they can't be seen to have failed in front of the people they repress.

[@sofakingdone6941]

Only if homer Simpson was working there.

[@jimarcher5255]

I understand that Homer was there on a worker exchange program.

[@sofakingdone6941]

@@jimarcher5255 Hmm interesting

[@jeffwalker6815]

Homer actually SAVED two plants from meltdowns actually. He pressed 'Moe'.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@Dan Ryan nah,too English to be Russian

[@ArtificialGhost]

Homer creates messes with the training simulator!

[@ziting5756]

"Contaminated Meat were even kept in cold storage in hopes that they will become edible again someday" HAHAHAHAHA

[@JohnnyWindmill]

In like 20,000 years

[@marsbit1711]

they tried

[@kenmore01]

Hey, but is it still good? Maybe bacteria can't live on it lol 1

[@joermnyc]

USSR cookbook: Chicken Kiev... nah, Chicken Pripyat is better!

[@pokerface4]

@@JohnnyWindmill Alright then, i'll come back to this comment in 20,000 years to give you an update about the meat locker. Ill make sure to save and cook you some fresh meat to enjoy.

[@patrickbasedman8532]

Look all I know is that pineapple belongs on pizza

[@jordandennis6794]

Typical Weird History comment

[@patrickbasedman8532]

raymond terry how

[@virgilflintiv5341]

Like the science behind COVID not being that serious?

[@godblessamerica3247]

Depends on if the politicians are corrupt or the science/scientists. That would be useless.

[@MrRedcarpet02]

It was nothing to do with Soviet politicians. It was an experiment conducted by the scientists that staffed the plant

[@nilsonv8075]

When you lie on the application and still get the job, this is what could go wrong 😂

[@greg7964]

"Look at this place, 50,000 people used to live here. Now its a ghost town. Ive never seen anything like it" - Captain McMillian

[@VFatalis]

Best COD mission ever

[@greg7964]

@@VFatalis agreed unless you play it on Veteran

[@Mr2greys]

But enough about Detroit..

[@fanaticat1]

Lol 😂👍! In all honesty, Pripyat looked like a beautiful city before the tragedy. I'd love to see a city like that here in the states, wouldn't mind living there...

[@ghosttoast8610]

@@Mr2greys lmao

[@SpartanHighKing14]

02:43 - Why am I in this video????? I did nothing wrong, you're all delusional

[@LeeEverett1]

You did everything right Comrade

[@kaiplue]

You didn't see yourself because you weren't there... YOU DIDN'T! You were in the toilet.

[@Yustax]

You were in the toilet

[@burninsherman8284]

Not great, not terrible.

[@MrLuchenkov]

Much like graphite, I cannot see you Comrade Dyatlov.

[@therago-xm7lg]

Finally the video I have waited for

[@nikkijaneallison]

Policeman: Name please Woman: Cherly Cole Policeman: Your FULL NAME Woman: (quietly) Chernobyl Coleslaw

[@c-m3-n69]

The HBO original for this was incredibly eye opening and powerful. It really brings history and tragedy to the forefront of younger minds, myself included

[@RNHDCK]

I used to think these videos where too short but it’s only bc they are so good. They are perfect now bc the info is so in-depth and unusual. Thanks for the content.

[@carlospulpo4205]

The best way to visualize radiation damage is to imagine a small gunslinger that is the size of a grain of sand. The gunslinger shoots randomly in the air, at the ground or any direction at seemingly random intervals. Now if your very far away from him then you likely wont get hit by one of those tiny microscopic bullets. However if you do, it will only damage a few DNA at your skin level before being stopped. Now if you bring that grain of sand gunslinger closer then you will be hit more frequently increasing the damage, in particularly if you eat or otherwise have that gunslinger in your body then as you can imagine the damage is magnified. If the gunslinger gets stuck in a critical area of the body it will begin making Swiss cheese out of your DNA in that area and likely leading to cancer. Now that we have that part down, imagine that too many of these things to count are ejected into the air like a bag of cooking flour exploding in a house from a radiation leak such as this disaster. The gunslingers will persist for hundreds of years (or half lives) and will not degenerate or erode aside from time. This is what one atom of a radioactive particles like cesium is comparable to a gunslinger. The caliber of the gun is comparable to the Beta/Alpha and energy of the emitter.

[@TOSHTON]

What great timing! I'd been fascinated and have been doing research about such disaster and you guys made it simpler and more enjoyable to get informed, Thanks!

[@LeeEverett1]

But it's only 3.6 roentgen, not great not terrible.

[@endosmokingtv3391]

Any exposure is terrible IMO.

[@neuralmute]

He's delusional! Get him out of here!

[@BOAYang]

I was in the toilet

[@domskillet5744]

"But sir, that's as high as our scales go" iT sAYs 3.6, sO ItS 3.6

[@JC-lu4se]

I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve read that.....

[@Dougarawrus]

Definitely could happen again. Such a sad story, arrogance of the Soviet’s causing a thousands to die

[@spencers4121]

Don't say Soviets it's people that are to blame, shit happens all over the world. You're seeing it right now.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

@@spencers4121 No, the Soviet government had its own special brand of denial, deflect, and disavow. In many ways, today's Russia is similar to the old Soviet ways. It's a cultural thing.

[@abebuckingham8198]

This could definitely never happen again. It's the most well studied nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power. Nothing like Chernobyl will ever been attempted again because we did in fact learn from our mistakes.

[@bradsanders407]

@@JohnnyAngel8 kind of like the US allowing a defective plane that they knew was defective to be delivered all over the world causing the deaths of over 500 people. That kind of denial and deflect?

[@oszaszi]

My uncle works in my home country's only nuclear plant and he has two medals for his brave actions during "irregularities" of the plant. No one ever hears about these "irregularities" other than the people directly working there. To the outside world, it is told that our reactor would never have the same issue as Chernobyl but anyone outside the plant would only know when its too late.

[@SG-bs6dm]

I’ve noticed that a lot of tragedies like this result from a series of mistakes/bad decisions - usually not from one big mistake. BTW can you do a video covering the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, MO that happened in 1981?

[@squishygirl]

So I have an interesting story about Chernobyl. I do like that you noted the governments slow response. My mom was actually vacationing in France when Chernobyl happened. In the US the news was frantic about the incident and my family was feverishly trying to get a hold of my mom. This was before everyone had a cell phone, obviously. When they finally got a hold of my mom and told her what had happened she had no idea, and she was IN Europe.

[@melaniemills4505]

I remember when this happened...a group of American college students were in Chernobyl at the time and they were telling a reporter about the experience...they had tee shirts printed up with the phrase, Chernobyl was a blast...hope none of them are suffering from cancer because of this. 🤔

[@Bmoney902]

Lmao that's such an American thing to do 😭 Edit: no judgement though, they probably had an ordeal and can deal with it how they need! It's just funny to me

[@magran17]

I truly doubt that is true. Random foreign students in a secure ussr city? At just the right time, with time enough to make t-shirts. I’d say that is Fake.

[@smart.but.stupid]

Dude wtf. USSR was still under the "iron wall" at this time, what American students in a small Top priority object are you talking about?

[@leetaylor1593]

Ironically nuclear power is still the best thing for the environment because it is reliable 24/7 and cost less overall. The thing is, cars then were a lot less safe than cars now and more people have died putting up solar panels than in nuclear power plant incidents. I mean, look at France vs Germany

[@jmitterii2]

And now we have safer technologies, especially the development of LFTR or even the solid thorium reactors that don't require pressurized chambers.... which is fucking insane. LFTR reactors are 90% or more efficient compared to the 1% efficiency of current pressurized uranium reactors; this makes a marble size of thorium fuel with the energy density produce an entire years worth of energy equal to an affluent American. People don't realize the only reason the US and the rest of the atomic nations went with slow neutron pressurized uranium reactors is that it made plutonium for nuclear weapon production. Make electricity and bombs all in one! And hopefully the ITER program and especially Wendelstein 7x will produce good results on building fusion plants... these use non-radioactive heavy hydrogen and only produce very small amounts of tritium only during the reactors operation, and produce absolutely no radioactive waste...final fused products are helium 4. The amount of energy density is 1 marble size would provide all the energy of an affluent American for their entire life if they lived to be 100 years old. Oil and gas and other fossil fuel plants due to their release of radio isotopes and their soot and various other harmful compounds emitted have caused millions of deaths worldwide; for much less power return too. Wind and solar unfortunately energy density is not sufficient to make it on its own. Better nuclear power technology will ultimately pave the way for much cheaper energy and no more carbon emissions.

[@bradsanders407]

It's best for the environment because it's reliable? Hmm... Let's see here, wind energy has very little to no waste as well as hydro. Nuclear energy has waste that stays radioactive for ten thousand years that the best thing we've concluded to do with it is bury it. Yep that's best for the environment without a doubt.

[@handofmyears]

Would love a video touching on the Red Scare! Thanks for all the great vids

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

And on the second Red Scare in the 50's and McCarthyism. It really shaped the way America to this day views anything with even a whiff of socialism with suspicion, despite the fact that *social security, medicaid, and medicare depend on socialist concepts*.

[@Unseenkiller504]

I just finished watching Chernobyl on HBO max

[@N_0968]

Such a well done series.

[@VFatalis]

@@N_0968 Would have been perfect if characters spoke russian instead of english.

[@artemiskingsley]

@@VFatalisabout that it was explained on the HBO's Chernobyl podcast that though many actors are skilled with accents, explained by the show creator Mazin, the problem is that non-native accents can draw too much attention in a scene when ‘people start acting the accent.’ The Director said, ‘Fake accents, generally speaking, are bullshit.’ ‘The people that were the most pleased about our choice in the accents were the Russian speakers,’ Mazin continued, relaying feedback from members of the crew and viewers who were ‘tired of hearing their language butchered and mocked.’ The production took great pains to ensure that what appeared on screen didn’t look like ‘another dumb impression’ of people from Eastern Europe.

[@JC-lu4se]

@@VFatalis It was for an English-speaking audience so it was in English. Pretty obvious really.

[@justintime343]

OK, since you've done Chernobyl, you now need to add videos for: 3 Mile Island, Love Canal, Picher Oklahoma, Centralia Mine Fire, and Fukushima Daiichi.

[@kyrad365]

FYI The now closed Hanford Nuclear Complex in Washington is of the same design as Chernobyl. It was decommissioned shortly after the accident.

[@danadurnfordkevinblanchdebunk]

No one died from Three Mile Island or Fukushima radiation.

[@doctordisaster8239]

What about the Seveso Disaster, that one was messed up. (If they already made one for that, my bad.)

[@abebuckingham8198]

3 mile island and Fukushima would be fantastic because they really highlight that nuclear energy is in fact incredibly safe. There no other form of electrical production that causes less harm than nuclear.

[@branscombe_]

I grew up in a small village in eastern Canada, we have a nuclear power plant there or my parents worked. Every 5 years the government would send us iodine pills, my dad joke and said they’re actually cyanide pills in case the plant ever imploded

[@velvetolio]

my very old neighbor from my childhood (who later became a homeless drunk and is now probably dead, I haven't seen him in 20 years now) used to tell me stories how he was sent to the Chernobyl area to clean the rubble after the explosion. He was much younger back then, but already had weakness for drinking, Many of his colleagues got sick during the operation, some died, many died few years later due to complications, but my neighbor was ok and never got sick. He believed it was because of the wine he drank every day morning and evening when he was there. If I recall correctly, the wine was 'Bear's Blood'

[@davidmasi4682]

When humans are involved it's repeat and repeat. Stupid is as stupid does.

[@jordandennis6794]

Yeah because your smarter than the rest of us.

[@lacyinmon1004]

Great video. I was only a child when the Chernobyl disaster took place. I find your video very informative.

[@nebulan]

Making disasters political? USA would never do that...

[@jordandennis6794]

I know just look at 9/11 and COVID

[@jonseon5952]

@@jordandennis6794 Literally as soon as covid-19 reached the US, Trump called it the Democrats' new hoax against him.

[@haidengeary8277]

Who the fuck said this wasnt the case?

[@nebulan]

Apparently i should have labeled my original comment as sarcasm....

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Yeah, and we like to think we're so damn much better than the Soviets were. Sure, we never had a Stalin starving our citizens, but we sure as hell have gotten close to some of the shady af shit the USSR has done to its people. "Not starving your people while being a dictator" really ain't a hard bar to clear. And to be clear, as an American, I do love my country, but I'm deeply ashamed of what our division and anger over stuff that *should not be controversial* has caused. I wonder how many more people here have to die and suffer because our government just won't agree to disagree on *anything*.

[@the_blue_tomato]

very well explained, and great editing, good video

[@mpwmu9041]

The HBO series was awesome.

[@lonewanderer5515]

i like these videos in bringing small interesting snippets of history in an informative and entertaining way.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

American citizen in 2020: I don't trust the government Russian citizen in 2020: my government says everyone grows extra toes

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Very eye-opening topic and video!

[@MulletHead87]

How do you know a person from Chernobyl is happy? They wag their tail.

[@fedemaidana199]

Awesome video !!! You should also make a video about The Three Mile Island accident !

[@davidgerow]

Can’t trust any politician, no matter what country there from.

[@rejvaik00]

No kidding I'm surprised that they never discuss Gorbachev's disgusting incompetence in the west Instead they herald him as a freedom giver to the Russians, well so much for Glasnost if you going to fail to be "open" about a impeding fucking disaster

[@AidenC2718]

I’m sorry... but... it’s... THEY’RE

[@soapybork]

says the guy who cant even use the right version of 'theyre' 🤣🤣🤣

[@128Cores]

It's "they're"

[@zulkifligumilang3155]

Great video, i rated it 3.6/5 not great not terrible.

[@SKASAL]

You just said great video that gave it a 3.6 and said not great not terrible, make up your mind was it great or not

[@Dr_Do-Little]

A disaster I would like to see is the Deepwater oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

[@msandoval8027]

Great 👍🏽 episode keep up the good work!

[@nathancourville1501]

Hey buddy have a great day

[@KOCChristian]

Hey pal, have incredible Friday

[@mizzlemafia551]

Hey sport, have a fantastic Friday

[@heyman5525]

I love this narration and script format.

[@muddyfingers9582]

I had a nightmare of me being in Chernobyl last night

[@claudettes9697]

I’m sorry.

[@Bmoney902]

I bet that was scary

[@DJSonicScotland]

I'm guessing you woke up on the toilet screaming?

[@muddyfingers9582]

@@DJSonicScotland no i woke up hanging from my bed

[@franzpattison]

The miniseries was so good. I learned everything I needed to know from there.

[@justin_time]

Geez, it almost sounds like they were trying to get the reactor to blow up.

[@puffpuffpass4207]

great vid bro

[@NewMessage]

And this is why every smartphone need sa pip-boy function.

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

Thank You For Sharing 😊

[@dev32]

Boss: Pays less Workers: Works less The powerplant:

[@jenniferwarner4252]

I definitely didn't learn all of this in my history classes! Thank you! Could you do a video on the Nika Rebellion under Justinian's rule?

[@fernandogil65]

When this happened, mi gf was with her aunt in Moldova, 350miles from Chernobyl. Her aunt says that the government just asked them to “wash the vegetables twice” 🤡

[@Mike_Oxhuge]

One of the best examples of why the government should be as small as possible

[@joermnyc]

Chernobyl unit 4 operator: “Hold my vodka and watch this!”

[@Mr_T_Badger]

Sadly it was the operators who were trying to end the test when it became clear they had no idea what was happening. It was the shift supervisor, Anatoly Dyatlov, who kept pushing to continue.

[@joermnyc]

@@Mr_T_Badger yes, the actor who portrayed him in the recent mini-series just passed away from a brain tumor.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

@@joermnyc I saw that the other day, pretty sad as he was a great actor.

[@jpjoubert6392]

I read about the disaster many years ago, saw this on my recommended list, thought I'd get a nice refresher over what happened. After all, many KZbinrs have capitalized on presenting their research on this disaster that most people can't be bothered with but are curious to learn more regardless. Those KZbinrs got some well-earned likes for their efforts. This video just keeps leaving me with questions. Why was the emergency core cooling disconnected? What was the "human error" that sunk the power level to 30 Megawatts? Why would they remove control rods in order to boost the reaction? Why did they remove so many control rods? Why did the experiment procedure require shutting down the turbine engine? Why/how did they reason that shutting down the flow of feedwater would increase power? How does steam exacerbate the instability of the reactor? Nobody knows what caused "the" surge??? Really?? Why would the power level continue to peak? Why did the control rods contain graphite? Why was there zirconium? Do I now, after watching this video, feel like I have any better understanding about what they did wrong back then? What to look out for? The best proper explanation ever given in this video for any of these concepts was when you explain how built up steam increases pressure which can rupture whatever it resides in, resulting in the explosion. Cause -> Effect. Nice. Do that more. However, it bears pointing out that this is just common sense to most people and doesn't take a lot of research to work out. If all this video wanted to do was summarise the "whats" in a somewhat dismissive tone but not the "hows", "whys" or "whos" (or indeed, offer any insight into how the disaster could have been avoided) then....congrats? But... all you had to research was the Wikipedia article and the video would have practically written itself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster Enjoy your youtube likes, I guess.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Maybe the reactor employees were minimum wage

[@kmstins]

I'm sure the engineers earned more than minimum wage.That just goes to show that people can be highly intelligent but still not possess any common sense.

[@N_0968]

Karlene Stinson The Moscow was also pressuring them to make the safety test. And they had no idea of the fatal flaws of the reactor, the control rods were made of graphite that exploded.

[@Preservestlandry]

The employees didn't blow up the plant. The management did.

[@JC-lu4se]

@@kmstins They would’ve lost their cushy jobs and nice apartments. They did anyways in the end.

[@mr16325]

8:14 the man with his hand on his chin is dyatlov for those who are curious

[@crimony3054]

Assume he did it all intentionally. In what sort of world is it okay for one person to have that power to do that? See, it's the system.

[@mr16325]

@@crimony3054 dude wtf. It was multiple people who committed multiple failures . You bought into old Soviet propaganda thinking it was only his fault.

[@jamescollier2456]

This was the cost of lies.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

And we still as a species never, ever learn.

[@angelainamarie9656]

Something like Chernobyl is happening in America right now, our government can't be straight with us about what's going on, they're recklessly endangering us, careless of long-term consequences, and it actually is blowing up in their faces right this moment. Amazingly, it's the same set of shitty behaviors, just substitute disease outbreak for nuclear accident and almost all the same factors are there.

[@robertogonzales1956]

"I work at a Soviet nuclear power plant, if you see me running, try to catch up."

[@DJSonicScotland]

I'd run the other way instead so I don't catch anything from you

[@brawmedia]

This channel is brilliant . Makes you want to play the game of this subject even more now

[@theunraveler]

Only 3.6 roentgen, not great not terrible

[@JC-lu4se]

*yawn*

[@kathihicks3305]

Thanks so much for posting this very informative video. So many people either aren't educated to fully understand the mechanics or live (have lived) in a country where nuclear power is prevalent . I've lived in Pa. a long time and remember the incident of TMI and how so many people talked about nuclear energy being so bad. If constructed and maintained it is a very great source of power.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Can you do on bhopal gas tragedy

[@Mr_T_Badger]

God, that was a horrifying tragedy and one that could have easily been avoided or cleaned up since if humans weren't fuckwads.

[@LuukvdHoogen]

nice overview. I hope you done exploring your new AfterEffects bundle next video!

[@viciouslady1340]

thats why I have so much respect for first responders they have the courage to face some of the most horrific catastrophes .

[@kimidanger1150]

50,000 people used to live here... now it's a ghost town.

[@DJSonicScotland]

I've never seen anything like it.................

[@wesgunton238]

Next one i would like to see what went wrong for General George Armstong Custer. Unless they have covered that already.

[@sandramazer3387]

Could you cover Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania?

[@zz-xk7lc]

Howdy folks, it’s your old friend Gene Autry who possess a large amount of knowledge about Chernoybl for some reason.

[@amphetaminebunny]

Love you Gene Autry

[@zz-xk7lc]

@@amphetaminebunny Thank you very much, I appreciate it. ❤️ I can’t believe I used an emoji

[@tonkatze]

I always come here to hangout and I end up learning a lot ✌️

[@chowderthebot4167]

I got the chance to see this place, the video does not give it justice, it it terrorfing!

[@snoop05]

"50,000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town"

[@acamaro5648]

3 Mile Island?

[@mmcfreds]

We do know what caused the meltdown, the reactor went prompt critical due to withdrawing rods too quickly and too many. Prompt critical means, essentially, that power went to several thousand percent of rated capacity in less than a second. This flash-boiled the coolant and the coolant channels filled with steam, blocking coolant flow and contributing to the problem. And oh, that concrete lid weighed 2300 TONS and the initial explosion lifted it off the containment vessel.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

This, folks, is why the Soviet Communism failed miserably. You can't hide something as spectacular as Chernobyl from public eye, no matter how much they tried to KGB it.

[@jonathanredwine78]

Absolutely love your videos and here’s a topic I’m not too sure you have discussed or not but I would really like to know what it was really like bathroom wise in the time of war recent and in the past I am assuming it was terrible but I love how you elaborate detail

[@stevezee5568]

I’m a combat war veteran, what would you like to know about bathrooms? We (US Marines) had “three hole burners” which were basically wooden outhouses placed over a hole. Unfortunately we burned the waste before we left the camps (I was exposed and now have cancer and other terrible ailments). I wish I never partook in that war (Iraq) and have so much anger towards the oligarchs who sent us to kill innocent people and expose us all-including the citizens living there to this slow death and suffering

[@brianlindacrutcher9905]

Please do life as a Native American. Everyone wants the other side Cowboys, Pilgrims, Columbus ect but life as a Native American seems lost and it shouldn’t be as a Native our side is welcomed

[@LordTurtleneck]

"Everyone". Yeah, sure.

[@kabochaVA]

9:58 "Chicken with four legs" That must be an effect of radiations...

[@neoamaru]

how about the Beirut Explosion...let's see what you got about how i almost didn't live to type this..thanks.

[@martiep8637]

Love your content I was hoping to get a history review of the Thalidomide pandemic.