Chernobyl -sky Atlantic

I have lived through both the Cuban Missile Crisis and Chernobyl. Although I (like most people in the UK) was probably irradiated to some degree as a consequence of Chernobyl the Missile Crisis was much more frightening
 


Lord Potts said:
I have lived through both the Cuban Missile Crisis and Chernobyl. Although I (like most people in the UK) was probably irradiated to some degree as a consequence of Chernobyl the Missile Crisis was much more frightening
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I remember as kids when it rained we'd be catching it on our tongues saying it was stinging and that it's acid rain.
 
Wullhawar said:
Really good first episode, shame they could not have cast actors with Russian accents. "Eeh by gum Yuri, top come off t'reactor, best put kettle on and we'll have a look" killed some of the authenticity.
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Not watched it yet but I think just the opposite. If a programme or film isn't in the original language I think it sounds stupid having people talking English with a foreign accent.

If you meant that it should be in Russian then I agree.
 
There’s a few cultures that I’ve always believed are slightly more naive than ours, and the Soviets are one of those. That statement includes no disparage.

Seeing this (and other documentaries), it’s worrying how little the people understood of the process they were dealing with.

It’s ignorance, but not of their own making.

Poor bastards.
 
Kevj said:
There’s a few cultures that I’ve always believed are slightly more naive than ours, and the Soviets are one of those. That statement includes no disparage.

Seeing this (and other documentaries), it’s worrying how little the people understood of the process they were dealing with.

It’s ignorance, but not of their own making.

Poor bastards.
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They had work, good homes in a nice place. The children were going to school and had a sense of community away from the communist regime. I could imagine it was almost utopian.
 
Botchie said:
They had work, good homes in a nice place. The children were going to school and had a sense of community away from the communist regime. I could imagine it was almost utopian.
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Yes. But with a significant amount of important information being withheld from them. Then that shit happened.

Some of the engineers who were on shift knew what this entailed.
Other folk watching on the bridge or sleeping in their beds had not a single clue.

All dead now or had a life riddled with health problems.
 
A lot of foreign cultures are susceptible to these kinds of disasters.

Often the workers know it's all going wrong but to question the boss is not far off life threatening.

We have our own issues mind. Laziness being one of them.
 
Jesus that was f***ing heavy....
Usually watch brooklyn 99 before bed, that was ‘different’ needless to say the Mrs didn’t enjoy :lol:
 
Ambivalent Squirrel said:
Think that’s scary?

According to the same wiki article, there are STILL ten RBMK reactors of the same type still in operation today :eek::eek::eek:
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Aye? Tbh it might be safer to keep them intact and operating rather than take the risk of decommissioning them? I'm obviously no expert like.

Another thing I found quite interesting was how wildlife is thriving in the area. It has apparently even seen the return of wolf packs as the food sources there are so good. That's despite there being a complete cull of all animals to stop the spread of radiation.
 
Botchie said:
It has apparently even seen the return of wolf packs as the food sources there are so good. That's despite there being a complete cull of all animals to stop the spread of radiation.
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there's the next marvel superhero's franchise right there... mutant wolves!
 

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