The Chernobyl Unit Two Turbine Hall Fire: The Untold Story

Many know of the disaster at Unit Four, putting the reactor out of commission. But fewer know of the disaster that put Unit Two out of commission, nor how serious that disaster almost became. This is that story; the story of the explosion of Unit Two and the desperate measures taken by the firefighters and Control Room operators.

Timestamps:
00:00: Introduction.
00:26: From One Battle to Another.
03:41: Battling the Blaze
05:24: The Untold Battle
06:23: Farewell Unit Two

[hotlavatube]

Can you imagine being a fireman called to Unit 2?
"We swear, it's not a nuclear fire this time!"
"Yeah, yeah, we've heard THAT one before..."

[NitroNuggetTV]

Really feels like the entire powerplant was completely insufficient and destine for disaster. Absolute engineering and safety nightmare. Even its redundancy systems turned out to be flawed. A testament to what the soviet union was. We were just lucky how brave and resilient their population were.

Really enjoy your videos. Interesting to hear the lesser known stories of Chernobyl

[swokatsamsiyu]

If there is one video I'd hoped you would make some day, it would be this one. And what a well-done, and detailed, video it is! I actually know about this accident, and how perilously close they came to losing a second reactor at Chernobyl NPP that day. The fact that they somehow managed to MacGyver the condensate pump as a substitute for the damaged feedwater pump is nothing short of amazing. It is such a shame we will (probably) never know the names of the fire fighters etc that acted so heroically. Thank you for making all this information available to the world.

[Roamer]

I'd always known there was a fire, and that's why they shut down Unit 2, but I didn't know it was this bad! Thank you for this video exposing more details of this story.

[Projectdarke]

This channel really is a NUCLEUS of Information about about Chernobyl. This guy's passion about the subject really RADIATE through.

[nateweter]

I knew unit 2 was shut down for good but I had absolutely no idea this happened. Thank you for making this video. It’s such a crazy story on its own, it definitely deserves more light. It also makes more sense to me now, why parts of unit 2 were cannibalized for repairs and work elsewhere. That never made sense to me until now!

[postminchoppa]

All the respect to fire fighters and operators in these disasters, their actions saved so many

[dez]

Thank you for doing this story! I knew there was a fire and they had to shut #2 down for good. Thing is, I couldn't find any documentary on what actually happened. Finally, someone covered what happened on that October day back in 1991. Just another huge story from the Chernobyl NPP that no one has covered. So thank you once again for your hard work to tell this story. It's a shame that the people who put their lives on the line got overlooked. Whoever they are, we owe them from what could have been another reactor meltdown only 5 and a half years after #4 reactor caused the biggest meltdown in history. Thank you all and may God bless you all!

[robertschultz]

Oh my it seems like the entire power plant at Chernobyl is doomed for failure. One huge disaster to another

[jackking]

A fascinating event. I'd always wondered if such a thing could be done - the reverse flow of electricity to a power station generator and now I know! I also learned of how terrible the consequences could be.
A great channel and quite addictive. Please keep the content coming :)

[Technodude]

Incredible! I always wondered what else happened that wasn't commonly publicized, thank you!

[DOWNTOWN_AUDIO]

Wow, I had never heard of this. Huge thanks to the workers for saving the world, quite literally, from another nuclear disaster! I honestly feel like the workers did everything they could have done, and did it as best they could after the fire broke out. Barely 5 years after the meltdown and right next door to reactor 4, that must have been terrifying for those men and women working that day!

[binarytrekker]

Love these videos! My obsession with Chernobyl grows. Great content!

[syntaxerorr]

I've never heard about problems at unit 2. Thanks for sharing.

[hawker]

NO WAY I WAS HOPING YOU MADE THIS VIDEO

[Dave-dm]

Power station generators use recirculating hydrogen as a coolant. Once it escapes, it’s gone. However the turbine and alternator bearings use an oil that will crack to petrol when heated too high. Oil fires like this are incredibly fierce and dangerous.

[trevormurphy]

Thanks for making this video not too much information on this accident no you try to tell people about it people who don’t know think it’s always the accident happened in 86

[decry]

Another great and informative video. Thank you!

[MrBanzoid]

I hadn't heard of this incident before. Thank you.

[flyingdutchy]

So much incompetence and negliance. Its mind boggling