Chernobyl Episode 4 Scene | HBO | Cause Of The Nuclear Reactor's Explosion

Features footage from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl Episode 4, reveals the reason behind the nuclear reactor's explosion.
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[EbonFang_]

"Humiliate a country that is obsessed with not being humiliated" those words are very powerful

[DingleDarn]

The second he said "graphite", her soul sank because it all made sense why the reactor exploded.

[nickcanfield]

"It's notoriously unstable. Prone to swings in reactivity."

Me as a teenager.

[GingerZombie]

"A deal with the KGB. And I am naive."
Truer words have never been spoken.

[jjs]

"You're saying Legasov should humiliate a country that's obsessed with not being humiliated with."

[Infammo]

Everyone talked about a core explosion like it was impossible, but back in episode 2 when Legasov was incredulously asked how an RBMK reactor could explode he didn't say "I don't know" he said "I'm not prepared to explain it at this time." He knew about the flaw and suspected this was the cause. He didn't send Ulana on a mission to find out what caused it he was hoping she'd confirm that his suspicious were unfounded. That's why when she brought the paper he didn't even bother to look at it.

[tronrunner]

Legasov was a true hero. He spoke with his actions including his death. When a nation listens to the demagogues instead of listen it's teachers and scientists, bad things will follow.

[SapphireCrusader]

I can't imagine the anger people must have felt when they learned that the Kremlin was sitting on this vital piece of information for ten years because officials were afraid it would make the government look bad.

[adamfitzgerald]

"The baby lived for four hours. Not great but not horrifying."

[einsteinboricua]

Scherbina also touches on a point for anyone who thinks of themselves as a righteous person: say all you want; when you’re faced with the penalty of death and torture for yourself and your loved ones, it’s likely that your convictions will leave you.

When you think about why ordinary Germans hired as SS guards or camp guards never spoke out, when you ask why is it that Soviet soldiers sometimes defected rather than make a change, when you wonder why is it that, to this day, there are countries where the people simply play along rather than speak out…THIS is why.

[ericscottstevens]

5 episodes of Chernobyl > 73 episodes of Game of Thrones.

[AmericanBullet]

This scene pretty much explains the beginning of the downfall of the Soviet Union. Chernobyl played a huge part in that.

[basilyang]

This is the analogy of an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other shoulder. At 2:00 you can see the angel behind Ulana. At 2:39 Boris stood in front of a masked (silenced) mother.

[simonroh]

"When your life is on the line for everyone you love, your moral conviction doesn't mean anything, it leaves you." "And all you want at that moment... is not to be shot."
Sad thing about this is that...





It's true.

[manuelsoto]

This scene on its own is a masterpiece. What a series!

[irkhanbasc]

“We live in a country where children have to die to protect their mothers.” That line really stung. No wonder the Soviet Union collapsed.

[kniter]

"A deal with the KGB? And I'm naive..?"
Heh, love that

[spectre]

"None of you knew what?"
"That someone would literally shut off every single fail-safe device built into the reactor except that one..."

The irony of Chernobyl is that even with the graphite rods the explosion still couldn't have happened if they hadn't kept pushing the reactor to keep it running.

[nevinjohn]

I know khomyuk was a made up character but we need people in real life to be khomyuks.

Respect to legasov!

[darthveatay]

The central committee knew that the reactor was the most dangerous in the Soviet Union. There were at least three accidents before reactor 4 exploded, one of those accidents included a partial meltdown in reactor 1 and they did nothing.