Chernobyl (2019) Reactor Core Meltdown Scene

Chernobyl (2019) Core On Fire Scene

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

Io do not own any of the footage. All the credits go to HBO, the creator Craig Mazin, the cast crew, and every behind the mini series.

[EATSLEEPDRIVE]

Imagine still running around and breathing, but knowing you’ve just been killed

[rustcohle]

Props to the creators of the show. You've managed to build up more tension than 99% of horror movies, using real-life events.

[Ryansanders]

It’s pretty bad when your body just is like “okay time to disassemble now”

[z_monty]

Aleksandr Yuvchenko, the man holding the door, actually lived for many years after the events, passing away from leukaemia in 2008.

[jbagger]

Monsters don't scare me, reactor cores exposed scare me.

I feel like i have passed my yearly radiation quota just by watching this

[PlanetShlorpian]

This exposed reactor core is the closest thing in real life we have to Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Even scarier considering this actually happened.

[leolundgren]

The sound design in this scene is really incredible. You can't tell what's ambient music and what's the noise coming from the reactor. It all blends together in a horrific yet very atmospheric sound.

[madpat]

The RBMK reactor has more character depth than the Night King

[reesejadia]

That reactor core scene... It is like staring death right in his eyes.. Holy shit bro.

[iPROFITDON]

Did anyone else notice their face turning red the moment they got to the edge? This shit gave me chills.

[DudeNamedRick]

Dude this terrified me, They were looking at hell itself.

[AsymptoteInverse]

That glowing pit is one of the scariest things I've ever seen on a screen.

[Mister]

Children look under the bed to check that there is no monster before sleeping...
I look under the bed to check that there is no reactor core exposed.

[AdamBorseti]

Notice their faces turning red and blistering as they stare into the core....

[Spacegoat]

I would've said "Hey Dyatalov, you totally need to see this!!"

[jasontiscione]

It's only a 3.6 roentgen fire. I'm told it's the equivalent of a chest X-ray

[mjrtaurus]

Imagine a life being ripped away so quickly and violently that it takes the body anywhere between a few days and a few weeks before it realizes that there was no point in struggling.
Those men were dead before they opened that door.

[GringoGoblin]

Game of thrones has some of the most intense scenes in television

Chernobyl*
“Hold my reactor”

[kch]

"There is no core. The core exploded"

"He's in shock, get him out of here."