Deep Inside Chernobyl's Radioactive Ruins

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service correspondent Yevhen Solonyna ventured inside Chernobyl's concrete sarcophagus for a rare and risky glimpse at the stricken power plant's radioactive ruins.

[stalkerentertainment]

35 years and still radiation is so high that there are white dots in the footage.

[sharatchandra]

Thanks to all the liquidators who sacrifice their life to protect the world.

[ajaugatarip]

I’ve been hooked on chernobyl videos since the show on HBO came out. First time seeing the inside of the reactor. It would be nice to actually be able to take a look in the control room of reactor #4

[Spartan]

You notice those momentary "spots" that show up near the end of the video, the ones that make it look like its an old VHS film? That is neutron radiation hitting the lens, you are literally seeing the radiation in a sense, it takes a LOT of neutrons to hit the lens for it to be captured like that. That means that area is still incredibly lethal, probably lethal if you were to stay in there just a few hours.

[Shonty_on_gfuel]

2:32 look at the gamma particles hitting the camera its highly radioactive

[anuelaaa]

It’s crazy that we know how lethal it is and our curiosity gets the best of us. Me knowing that it can kill me I still want to visit.

[KermaHillway]

Fun fact, if you notice that the camera quality is decreasing and start to see white specs on the screen it's because of the radiation. Those white specs are the radiation.

Best example: 2:32

[joostinatortje]

When they enter the highly radioactive room at 2:35, you see the white dots appear on the recording, almost like static.
I think this might be caused by gamma radiation emiting from this room but I am not sure.

Can someone do an estimation on how high the radiation level in that room is current day?

Also, I can't seem to figure out how close this turbine 7 is to the reactor core itself. Is someone able to provide a decent map that shows this?

[tomasmalin]

You can actually see the radiation, that's crazy.

[stefdevisser]

If you look closely, you can actually see tiny white spots appearing because of the radiation at 2:34

[arianaajbeaverhausen]

Didn't expect a virtual stroll through (probably) the most dangerous building in the world but here we are... I feel my skin peeling off just watching this! 😄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤🇺🇦

[mjuneoginn]

Even if the Accident occurred more than Four Decades already, you can still see radiation through those same green flickering light specks; all recorded on advanced camera equipment- unlike in the Original Video Tape Film Version- where Chernobyl Radiation is at its highest release…

[Xehemoth]

I was not even a full year old when this happened. Its insane to me to think that the danger and radiation is still very present in Chernobyl even after all this time.

[_tarnished_]

I would love to visit but the thought of that much radiation is terrifying

[FingerinUrDaughter]

imagine going to chernobyl and taking less than 2 minutes of footage of the plant.

[smudgecat]

I would really like to visit the ruins, check out the most interesting places such as the turbine hall, other reactor halls, the roof and reactor 4 hall aswell, though health risks are a little discouraging.

[GenericOceanLinerHistorian]

Everybody gangsta till you touch the elephant’s foot

[norbertpolyak]

You can see the radioactive particles popping up on the screen as they enter the turbine hall

[GrigoriyGich]

These ruins now are right between the Ukrainian capital and the Russian troops' buildup in Belorussia.

[madzen]

I can remember it vaguely, and the way the curtain was slowly lifted about the disaster in the West, is what was most strange. That and the thing with cows and other livestock no longer being sent out to graze.