Chernobyl on HBO

[Anonymous]

Holy f#ck

Terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Terrifying

[Anonymous]

Agreed. Jeebus. Have you listened to the podcast they’re doing too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. Jeebus. Have you listened to the podcast they’re doing too?

No. What's it called? I will take a listen today on my evening commute.

[Anonymous]

I don't know too much about the disaster, so I was really surprised about how it all played out in the first episode (assuming it's a relatively accurate representation of events). I guess I imagined people in a panic, running around in protective suits, immediate evacuation, etc. Was not expecting people just looking at each other, clueless or in denial, and slowly walking around in flimsy white clothes while it gets worse and worse. That moment when the guy was ordered to go look down into the reactor from the roof was chilling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know too much about the disaster, so I was really surprised about how it all played out in the first episode (assuming it's a relatively accurate representation of events). I guess I imagined people in a panic, running around in protective suits, immediate evacuation, etc. Was not expecting people just looking at each other, clueless or in denial, and slowly walking around in flimsy white clothes while it gets worse and worse. That moment when the guy was ordered to go look down into the reactor from the roof was chilling.

I was living in the former USSR at the time, a couple hours' drive from Chernobyl (I was a school-aged child). They didn't evacuate the town for over a day, and didn't tell people in nearby cities for days - we were all out and about in the nice spring weather.

[Anonymous]

As horrible as this incident is, I hope rehashing it in this miniseries is not bad PR for nuclear power. A lot went wrong in this situation, and a lot has changed since then.

[Anonymous]

The series has been criticized for over dramatization. Only 28 died and 134 were hospitalized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The series has been criticized for over dramatization. Only 28 died and 134 were hospitalized.

That’s impossible. They are not counting the numerous “early” deaths of first responders and thyroid cancers.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/chernobyl-disaster-first-responders-true-story-deaths-radiation-1415722%3famp=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As horrible as this incident is, I hope rehashing it in this miniseries is not bad PR for nuclear power. A lot went wrong in this situation, and a lot has changed since then.

Yes, like in Japan.

Look, I have high hopes that nuclear power will be used more in the future if and when it's 100% safe and we know what to do with the waste. We don't know what to do with the waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The series has been criticized for over dramatization. Only 28 died and 134 were hospitalized.

That’s impossible. They are not counting the numerous “early” deaths of first responders and thyroid cancers.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/chernobyl-disaster-first-responders-true-story-deaths-radiation-1415722%3famp=1

Not impossible. 134 hospitalizations and 28 deaths. I was surprised too because I lived through it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

[Anonymous]

I've re-read a lot about Chernobyl after watching the series; I've always been fascinated by it.

The man ordered to look into the reactor from the roof was Sitnokov, and he got a fatal dose of radiation from that action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know too much about the disaster, so I was really surprised about how it all played out in the first episode (assuming it's a relatively accurate representation of events). I guess I imagined people in a panic, running around in protective suits, immediate evacuation, etc. Was not expecting people just looking at each other, clueless or in denial, and slowly walking around in flimsy white clothes while it gets worse and worse. That moment when the guy was ordered to go look down into the reactor from the roof was chilling.

I was living in the former USSR at the time, a couple hours' drive from Chernobyl (I was a school-aged child). They didn't evacuate the town for over a day, and didn't tell people in nearby cities for days - we were all out and about in the nice spring weather.

Second that. They also proceeded with all the May 1st celebrations and festivities - lots of people, including many children, spent lots of time outdoors; that wouldn’t happen on most other weeks. In the 1990s, there was a documented increase in thyroid cancer among children in the areas affected by the disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The series has been criticized for over dramatization. Only 28 died and 134 were hospitalized.

That’s impossible. They are not counting the numerous “early” deaths of first responders and thyroid cancers.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/chernobyl-disaster-first-responders-true-story-deaths-radiation-1415722%3famp=1

Not impossible. 134 hospitalizations and 28 deaths. I was surprised too because I lived through it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

There were a massive number of birth defects and underweight babies in Eastern and Central Europe after Chernobyl. Nearly half a million children in Ukraine alone:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/17/clinic-ukraine-chernobyl-30th-anniversary-health-impact/82892592/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've re-read a lot about Chernobyl after watching the series; I've always been fascinated by it.

The man ordered to look into the reactor from the roof was Sitnokov, and he got a fatal dose of radiation from that action.

His name was Anatoly Sitnikov.