HBO Chernobyl Mini Series

[zx10guy]

[aerokubectl]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

This is good stuff

[aerokubectl]

[Ivan Ivanov]

A new sarcophagus was put into operation today.

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by Ivan Ivanov

A new sarcophagus was put into operation today.

The original sarcophagus was of box design, wasn't so smart for the snow that can just pile on the roof, but it was the best they could do.

This new design anything on top just slides down the sides.

[Ivan Ivanov]

The old sarcophagus will now be dismantled inside.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Grip Addict

The original sarcophagus was of box design, wasn't so smart for the snow that can just pile on the roof, but it was the best they could do.

This new design anything on top just slides down the sides.

Yes. The team had to make some difficult choices. The radiation was a major factor in how they proceeded. The other issue they had was the instability of the structure they were building the original containment on. Because of this issue, they couldn't build the roof system with the proper materials for fear of the weight causing a total collapse of the building.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Ivan Ivanov

The old sarcophagus will now be dismantled inside.

The new sarcophagus has a crane system built into the roof to facilitate the dismantling process of the old sarcophagus along with eventually getting at the remains of the reactor. The new containment also is sealed against points of the building to maintain humidity in the structure to slow the degradation of the compromised structure.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Ivan Ivanov

The old sarcophagus will now be dismantled inside.

Who gets THAT lucky job?? And do they have to wear the hats????

[Roccaas]

The Chernobyl 2-fer.

“Atomic Accidents” Jim Mahaffey (all his books are very readable)
“Midnight in Chernobyl” Adam Higginbotham

[saeyedoc]

Just finished reading Midnight in Chernobyl, lots of great details that were left out of the series, great read.

[Cale Vong]

This show is simply amazing. We should not forget this story that happened

[Grip Addict]

Originally Posted by Ivan Ivanov

A new sarcophagus was put into operation today.

Taking a close look at that photo there looks to be "catwalk" running across the top of the structure.

I know inside the dome there is the original sarcophagus covering the reactor, but imagine walking across the catwalk and stopping at the exact spot over the reactor under you.

I wonder the radiation level at that spot. Even if covered by two containment structures.

[aerokubectl]

Originally Posted by Cale Vong

This show is simply amazing. We should not forget this story that happened

This show was fiction dude

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by spetsnazos

This show was fiction dude

Dude, or comrade?

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by spetsnazos

This show was fiction dude

Boy, you keep chasing that dragon with fervor don’t you.

[N54Yankee]

Originally Posted by spetsnazos

Great that you found someone who you respect her scientific opinion. Being a Professor of history at the one of the most prestigious universities in the world means she must really know her stuff. MIT isn’t a community college after all.

That being said, this story should really interest you. I’ll cut to the meat of the story, she says that Chernobyl was far worse then what has been reported. She claims that the devastating accident at Chernobyl will have killed approximately 150,000 people in Ukraine alone! Not even taking into account all the other countries that were impacted by the massive fallout. Fascinating stuff your expert is teaching us isn’t it.
https://nypost.com/2019/03/18/cherno...storian-warns/

[aerokubectl]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

Boy, you keep chasing that dragon with fervor don’t you.

Just letting people know they're watching fiction. Care to dispute?

It's called cinematography. It's obvious I'm not a Russian troll, I don't get why you guys are being intellectually dishonest.

[Grip Addict]

60 miles away isn't so bad........I hope.

[Wolf 335]

Edit: didn't realize this was already discussed in detail.

Saw this over the weekend and I would suggest you watch it. Great miniseries!

Followed it up with a bunch of YouTube and documentaries on the subject. Very interesting content.

[The Libertine]

Ah, yes..... wait for the conspiracy theorists to join the fun.

[zx10guy]

I know I'm dredging this thread back to life. I ran into a MIT classroom lecture discussing the meltdown in Chernobyl with a bunch of data and formulas. Found it very interesting.