jon doe Not really. Just a hit to your health as this amount of radiation at Once can equil 1-2 lifetimes of radiation for a single person. No worse than working on a nuclear submarine. Course think about all the people who are still there as they could not move away.
Keith Gray yep. Lots of respect to her. She's got the same cool, collected personality as a cosmonaut the whole time. Great documentation. You could not pay me to go someplace with that many Geiger counters/dosimeters chattering away like that. Way to go.
I hate commenting on such an old comment but you realize that there is almost no risk in going there. There are a few exceptions at chernobyl but those areas are off limits to the public and in many cases very tightly controlled even for workers. The average yearly dose to a pack a day smoker is more than what is legally allowed for a radiation worker in the US for occupational dose.
@@josephvanas6352 and I guess I'm replying to your old comment replying to an old comment, but... Yes, this is true, but this woman isn't following the rules... That only applies if you're following the procedures and not going where you're not supposed to go. :p
Damn it’s like you wish you could turn down that high-pitched beeping noise in the background, but then you realize, that’s the sound of their radiation sensors, going off the whole time.
Yeah it's definitely one sound you don't want to mute or turn down because it's there to warn you of deadly doses of radiation , not being able to hear the audio warning is a death sentence for you if you're not paying attention to the isotope meter.
I'd wear a filtration mask going into ANY ex-Soviet power plant. The reason being, you just have no idea what you're be walking into. About 25 years ago I was shown around a (gas-fired thermal) power plant in St Petersburg to find absolutely everything coated in a snow of asbestos. Their method of removing the heavy asbestos cladding around all the turbines and steam pipes was to drag it off in chunks and pile it into wooden carts. The place was a death trap without being a place of nuclear disaster. The situation has not improved much. Asbestos in Russia is simply ignored as a problem. The scale of lung cancer this causes and will continue to cause may be judged from the situation in the UK, where even now 2,500 people die of mesothelioma every year (decades after legislation largely stopped its use). Russian health and safety = oxymoron.
Radiation can penetrate most things, that plastic is going nothing for them, unless their is some kind of like lead outlining or something along those lines
Cristian RM and this part is not under it. It’s the turbine hall which was completely undamaged in the explosion and only had a fire in 1991 that they spoke about. Sarcophagus is constructed over the reactor building 4, not turbine halls.
Thank you for the footage but next time we proper PPE... Holy moly it sounded like 1000+ CPM on someone's meter in this video and then someone sneezes and I'm sure it's not dryer lint they were breathing in to make them sneeze... Be careful people.
All of these fools are literally dead because they picked up and took home a piece of carbon... You were exactly right about the 1000 +, quite a few times I heard a solid tone. People in the comments were literally trying to say that they just got the equivalent of a couple chest x-rays... Dumb AF...
Meanwhile an actual reactor technician would point and say: "If you'll look over yonder, next to the red square thing, we can safely observe the reactors Cherenkov effect!"
oh my god the gatekeeping in this thread this thread what fucking cringe See how these dudes get all mad because of the gap between that one guy's accent and his vocab to elevate himself (likely cuz he's embarrassed by his background)? That's called fundamental attribution error - that how he talks in a segment of a 5 minute video is his entire outlook on life. Like how dare some random guy study a field and try to be smart after growing up in some shitty backwater place. Oh and since he's in a video and is near something super dangerous and is acting kinda casual, there's some hostile attribution bias going on - which is when people think someone's being an asshole when they're being chill because of some external shit. Then you get this one guy who's all No true Scottsman saying what reactor operators or technicians can and can't do based on his exacting specifications what a cope Hoes mad they can't set foot in Chernobyl. No 3.6 Roentgen for you guys lmao
+Ljiljana Krstic Filipovic They've put up a new one, with yellow stripes. Apparently, even now all reactors are shut down, that big chimney is still needed in order for the ventilation systems to work properly.
A turbine failure I guess kills the reactor leaving her charred remains to rot and decompose in her containment the new ventilation stack is to help keep the smell of dead reactor corpse
You couldn't pay me enough to walk in there, even with every piece of protective equipment. This dude is just in here with a helmet like nothing is wrong
@Vitez od Vozdovca Are you okay bro? I have been fascinated by Chernobyl my whole life since I am from East Europe, and I am glad that through this miniseries the world acknowledges what we have been through Stop being a punk
brilliant video, I love seeing all the dismantled part laying about its like the locomotives work shops I work in, but without hot spots, great to see you posting again really enjoy the channel
Bionerd great to see your OK, I was worried about you with you not uploading any new videos! I would like to go visit Chernobyl and the woodpecker next year. I really enjoy your videos and have watched all of them. I hope you are well, much love and respect for your dedication to making great videos! Tom from North Yorkshire, UK
@@ripudamankatoch4647 Because Americans (a lot of Americans at least) pronounce turbine as "turban". Like the guy talking in this video. A turban is what a sikh would wear on his head. (And there are lots of turbans in India.) To those who speak the Queen's English, pronouncing turbine as "turban" grates on the ears like finger nails on a chalk board. It's pronounced Tur-BINE, not turban.
Thank you. I was curious what happened to that tower when the safe confinement dome went overhead, but couldn't find anything about it with searches online. Now I know, you rock!
Damn those meters are going off like crazy! I get they're not touching anything(except for that one time) but isn't the dust in the air they're breathing or coming in contact with harmful too?
Yeah, in fact the dust can be much more dangerous than gamma radiation. Once it gets inside of your body, it will stay there for a very long time, and will poison you from the inside. I really don't know why they are not wearing raspirator or something.
The dust could contain radioactive particles that once inhaled, would emit radiation continuously inside the body. The type of radiation emitted by the particles would be one major factor in how damaging that would be to the lungs. Gamma radiation escapes the body and very little is absorbed, but all alpha and beta emissions would be contained and absorbed by the body. Much worse in the long term. Obviously inhaling radioactive particles is bad and all steps should be taken to avoid unnecessary exposure. Radiation exposure is cumulative across your entire lifespan.
I am so glad to see new videos of Chernobyl with Bionerd. I wished I could have seen the iconic building of Reactor #4 before it was hidden under its new shelter. Thanks for all the educational and fun videos Bionerd. Any chance you will be keeping up with your research in Chernobyl in the future after the dismantling of Reactor #4 and further decontamination clean-up?
The worst nuclear disaster in history, man. The heart still aches for the victims of the most infamous catastrophe in peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the mind still electrified by all that has happened there. I will go before my time is up.
Beau Remington I agree, for the ACTUAL victims though. The people that stayed behind or went back deserve NOTHING in life. They made their bed by being the inbred vermin they are to stay there and be low lifes and murderers for having children in a contamination zone SO do NOT call the people that stayed or went back victims, they are a waste of life and vermin on the ground. PRAYERS FOR THE ACTUAL VICTIMS.
rjy8960 Sorry you feel that way dear mate. Am i Christian? No. Am i void of thinking that the people FORCED "for a temporary" time are not victims? No. Clearly you just wanted to jump on someone before you read the post. I AM russian and YOU obviously are a sad individual who wants to do nothing but start an aefument because the THRUTH hurts and is scary and makes you feel vulnerable. I am sorry that you took what i said the wrong way. As far as my THRUTHFUL comment about the VERMIN, yes, that is what they are. YES, i live in a flooding and tornado are, i have been forced with not being able to grab a single thing BUT the clothes on your back. Again, apologies you can't deal with the thruth about this terrible day. THE VICTIMS are those that were Hereos that fought to protect this area and those that were forced away from home and had to leave their whole life behind. The people that stayed or went back? Nothing but ignorant and wastes of human air. That is irrefutable. END OF CONVERSATION.
Your view and mine are totally opposed. You seem to be so full of bile regarding people returning to their homes and I can understand it. You claim to be Russian but seem to have a loathing for people who want their homes back. Sorry, that doesn't work or sit well with me. Whatever - Have a happy life.
I have been watching your fantastic videos for a long time and thanks for your latest Chernobyl updates. I remembered when the disaster first occured but little news was available until the advent of youtube. Its fascinating to look at the toxic paradise of Prypiat and the exclusion zone which is now a magnificent habitat for wildlife, hope it stays untouched for years to come. Great videos!
1:21 miss Currie 2016 is now more like Kanye 2016 LOL awesome! Great cinematography and editing once again too. Love the seamlessness of the informative cut shots
deine videos sind einfach klasse . . . endlich geht es mal weiter nach so langer zeit ;-) das ihr in diesen bereich herein gekommen seit . . . unglaublich ;-)
Holmesy87 I know that Americans pronounces things differently than the British, but my god! Nothing is more annoying than miss pronouncing the words aluminium and turbine.
Cosmic D. British (Britain) is made up of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales who all pronounce things differently to us English who speak English,. It gets a bit boring when Americans try telling us English how to speak English.
Lol. Well put. I'll bet it was because it was a "nuculer" power plant. I can accept middle eastern headwear could generate power, at least it's a word.
So one person tries the counter on a spot, then another person tries their counter on the same spot expecting a different result... Radiation be like "Two for one, oh yeah"
And this is the part where the roof collapsed and there was a huge fire... nice to know they got a grip on safety after the worst nuclear disaster ever.
lauriL90 I’m not saying I’m smarter then them I’m just saying they should’ve worn masks as a safety precaution as dust that might have built up over the tech might be irradiated
There are weak activity spots, but there are, and alot of dust all around. After all it is a semiabandoned workshop. Why not use at least some ffp2 mask or even better some respirator not to inhale it?
Dear bionerd23, I've been very interested of lately in the chelyabinsk area in the eastern ural. I've watched all documentaries about that place and watched all roads accessing city 40 and all cooling ponds from google earth. Also its fun to go on small roads with google maps streetview and watch the huge factories in the area. City 40 also has allot of high pressure steam pipes going to lots of different factories. My question to you is: Do you have any interest in city 40 (chelyabinsk) and will you ever visit this place? or make a video about it. For example the accident that caused the EURT (eastern ural radio active trace) has never been explained for silly youtube viewers in a way that sheds light into the procedures that caused it. It would be super awesome if you would shed some light on this. As for me now Chernobyls cleanup has been dealt with for somewhat Chelyabinsk seems like the most interesting radio active area that there still is. I lived close to hanford site for a year and ever since i've been really impressed by this nuclear desolate spaces that remind us of coldwar and the beginning of nuclear science. I know that there is no public acces and that most russian nuclear material still is processed at chelyabinsk but its so interesting. Its where Chernobyl came from you know! its just as insane but just less exploded as chernobyl. Also I like the mysteries behind it. Strange underground city stories although I doubt they have anything to do with truth very interesting!
hell yeah, i'd love to ride my bike across the concrete parts of lake karachay. but as you say, getting access is not always as easy. guess i am too much of a mad scientist even by russia's standards. ;)
haha awesome! Lake karachay! haha well! check google maps you can get so close! there is a few spots where you can really look the distance into the exclusion zone! would be cool to hike or take a vacation there! Lake karachay i bet you already researched everything about that place. Chelyabinsk - 40 and 65 are about as significant to nuclear research as the Alamo and Hanford they should have problems like sellafields radioactive baths full zirconium alloy reactor fillings and baths full of strontium slowly heating up the radioactive molasses
SpenserRoger tnx! I'm so curious whether the POW working conditions in Chelyabinsk were true the internet is a crazy place full of fictionous stories but Chelyabinsk is just so incredibly illusive still.
If I was a cameraman and they told me my next assignment was to go film Chernobyl or even Fukushima for a month I would turn in my f-you letter the next day and look for a new job.
I only like CoP more just because it's easily the most finished and optimized of the games. But they're all amazing, even for as bad as Clear Sky is, I still love it.
@@brandoncallahan9289 I have completely finished CoP many times, it seems a bit to easy compared to the other two. Seriously it seems like I'm almost on godmode. Is it like that for everyone?
Tour guide: ok so this is a pump Dosimeter:YOU ARE DYING THIS VERY SECOND EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY Tour guide: That wall is green Lady: how interesting Dosimeter:DO YOU NOT HEAR ME??? YOU JUST TOOK 30 YEARS OFF YOUR LIFESPAN!!!
Okay so, can this be a Cod: zombies map? I would love to run around that turbine room and the golden hall that she mentioned in the beginning while radioactive zombies are chasing me. Then of course, I turn around with my "gammanizer", (made up wonder weapon that shoots a gamma ray of ionizing radiation directed towards my target).
I wonder whether Chernobyl will begin to fade from public memory now that the enclosure is in place. I do hope that Chernobyl is preserved along with Pripyat as it has been and still is such an important part of human history. A national park with a museum-like setup might be ideal, maybe?
GFBDev Nuclear is a great source of energy, Uranium is in abundance, has a enormous energy density, and it is emits no carbon emissions. Yes accidents do happen but look at how much damage fossil fuels are doing. With better technology and more safeguards nuclear power plants have unlimited possibilities.
Two minutes maximum is all you should take in the turbine Hall with a minimum of 2 months of a return. There isn't too much to see in there apart from a lot of wreckage..
Im feeling so sad at the moment to hear that the iconic chimeny has been dismantled and stored away. would have loved to see it in its original space on the roof. I plan on going to chernobyl in 2017 but I guess now that the new sarcophagus is finished and the chimney has been dismantled the sight will be nowhere as impressive as it would have been before but still it will be an experience I will never forget I think! Thank you for your interesting videos!
Thanks for the reply Lodomir but am no sure they cleaned up the dust enough for anyone to be wandering about mask free! That sound at 4.08 is clearly a sneeze and somehow the narrators “bless you” may not help much!
You guys should be wearing radiation suits with all the still free-roaming radioactive isotopes.. :S Great video of the turbine hall and getting further insight when the turbine was shut down to test the emergancy backup diesel generators. Please do more videos on Chernobyl. ☢
I love how even above the solid noise from the geiger counter you just hear that bang then an "Oww" and the reply "that's why we wear hard hats" brought a humerus part to this video. Yes it's full of ionising radiation but someone accidentally lightly hitting their head their no matter where it is, is always funny :'D
That was costly someone turning the wrong switch :-( Did the other reactor meltdown as well due to the loss of cooling, or just severely damaged I don't remember hearing about it at the time, or was it just too expensive for new pumps and a generator?
Coolkeys2009 reactor 4 was damaged. Surprisingly reactor 3 kept working years after the meltdown, even though there were extremely high levels of radiation.
The other reactors were undamaged by the meltdown of unit 4, and continued to operate for quite a few years after. Unit 3 (the reactor that shared this turbine hall) operated up till the turbine fire in 1991.
Pripyat? nah. i heard of plans to set up solar panels inside the exclusion zone, though, because it's a huge area of "unused land". that's true, i guess - however, it's pretty much a national park with precious wild life by now, so it'd be sad to destroy it by any means, even though there are no plans to tear down the buildings of Pripyat afaik.
bionerd23 I see, well i hope they leave it like it is because it would be a shame for it to be destroyed, it just feels wrong. Anyways thanks for answering and take care!
bionerd23 how radioactive are, by average, the buildings in the town? I guess they wouldn't make for a treat even in case some of them collapse and create a cloud of dust from the debris, right?
0m36s You say this plant provided over the course of its lifetime 300 billion kilowatt-hours or 1.08 quintillion joules of energy were delivered. So that means we can back calculate/estimate the amount of nuclear material - the energy in it.
ive been told its about the equivalent of a chest x-ray so.. btw. theyre not exposed to much radiaton as the radioactive parts are the things around them and fheir shoes otherwise youd see static on the cam
I'm loving all these new videos and finding out where they stored the old ventilation chimney. Do you know about how long something like that will take to decontaminate? That's not a thousands of years job like other things would be is it? If not perhaps they'll let you have a look at the pieces someday.
