Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion Disaster Explained (Hour by Hour)

The Chernobyl nuclear accident is one that haunted many of the survivors until their painful deaths from radiation poisoning. Just what went wrong that day at the nuclear facility that would change the lives of so many? Check out today's epic new video that breaks down the events that led to one of the biggest nuclear accidents in history!

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[gamer]

The most dangerous thing throughout the whole tragedy was the amount of denial from the people in charge.

[marcopohl]

"If you can't hold the state accountable, the state is broken" Those are some true words

[R_Lazz.]

Honestly, We shouldn't forget those brave fire-fighters that were the first ones in the scene. They weren't warned about the radiation. Their looks just accelerated from looking like a 25 - 30 year old to a 70 - 80 due to some change in their inner organs.

[zephyr]

It should be noted that this wasn’t the first accident at Chernobyl, just the most catastrophic.
Not only was there an incident at one of the other reactors but according to some former residents of Pripyat, incidents were so frequent that cleanup crews were a fairly regular sight in the city.

This whole operation was a litany of negligence and a disaster was inevitable.

[GODEYE]

Chernobyl 2019 still resonates with me to this day. The hospital scenes alone are more horrifying than any horror movie can ever hope to be

[oceanman]

It was amazing how much criminal negligence was going on in the Soviet Union at this time in history

[unicornglitterfart]

A quick way of determining just how much radiation you've been exposed to (if you can't get an accurate figure in a timely manner) is how quickly the headache and vomiting set in. If it sets in almost immediately, it's always indicative of a fatal dose. The longer it takes to set in and the milder the headache/vomiting are, the better your prognosis of survival.

[alyharris]

Can we give a round of applause to Valery Legasov and his team of scientists who exposed the Soviet Union and knew how dangerous it really was. The fact that this man killed himself to make sure his voice and the voice of others werent silenced. Rest peacefully to the fallen.

[SSG]

I went to the Chernobyl in 2016 before they rolled on the new sarcophagus. Went to both the destroyed reactor and the city Pripyat. Was picked up in Kiev by a guy and was given a geiger counter.
In Kiev the radiation was 0, 16 units. When i got to Pripyat it was 20, 35 units and the geiger counters alarm went off like crazy, especially when i was inside the old hospital where the firemen had been treated. Their clothes are still in the basement and are highly radioactive.

[Fake_Reality_]

Those people who were willing to actually stay or go to the Chernobyl power plant to save lives risking theirs are really brave. Most probably also forced by the government but still brave.

[bizichyld]

I knew something wasn’t adding up when I heard the story of the baby “absorbing” the radiation for the mother and saving her life. Thanks for clearing that up.

[DKrueger]

"50, 000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town. Never seen anything like it."

-Captain McMillan, 1996

[That_one_edgy_metalhead]

Everyone who see this comment Have a good week

[swiugpv]

There's actually a game that's called Liquidator where you will be doing what the liquidators really do inside the facility, you'll have a better understanding to what the liquidator experienced and think if what would you do if you were the one inside that facility, It is dedicated to the people who volunteered to be a liquidator and commemorate the braveness and selflessness act of those heroes.

[princeps]

I’ve always wanted to visit Chernobyl. Honestly it is truly a monument in humanity’s ever turbulent path. This war may sadly prevent me from pursuing that dream.

[Acheron]

I remember this.
Loads of birds dropped dead in a park in my town, due to the radiation that had traveled over to Scotland and the birds flew through the radioactive plume.
It also effected some farming land that still cannot be used to this day.
Makes it worse that this flaw was know about and had happened a year or so before Chernobyl at the ignalina power plant during a similar test, but it fortunately didn’t end like Chernobyl and there was no explosion, just the power surge with the emergency shutdown working in this case.

[mechajesus]

I consider myself agnostic, but the three members of the Chernobyl Suicide Squad living long healthy lives has to be a miracle. They deserved more for what they did in my eyes.

[GoldRaven-oeby]

Human negligence is the only dangerous thing about nuclear energy

[DeviousMous]

Man i want to thank the three men who risked their lives so much. The explosion happened when my mom was a child, and the radiation permenatly damaged her thyroid and her siblings. Too this day she still has problems and my aunt and uncle have already had thyroid surgery. If those men hadnt risked their lives my mom and family would have been killed and i would have never been born. They are the reason i am alive. I send prayers to their family.

[personagrata]

The dog population around Chernobyl actually adapted surprisingly well and their numbers are on the rise. This was a total surprise and scientists have been studying DNA samples of the animals. The research is still in the early stages, but it appears that the surviving dogs have activated genes that adapt the animals to the new environment. The findings suggest that life can actually find methods to survive in higher radiation environments, not by becoming mutants but rather by kind of the opposite: putting more work into repairing genetic damage as it occurs. As I said it's still early, but the insights gained from studying the wild dogs could potentially one day be put to use finding ways for humans to survive in higher radiation environments like space.