What's most terrifying to me is the idea that groundwater could be radioactively contaminated across 150 miles of territory. It makes Flint Michigan look like a minor inconvenience.
Back in the cold war we saw the Chernobyl as a tiny glance into just how bad it could get. But what I knew about the incident I too was shocked about how many times I exclaimed "That guy is walking dead. All those guys will be dead within weeks or months"! The level of ignorance was worse than I thought.
Not sure how much of the show is dramatized, but I don't remember hearing anything about the scenario presented in episode two, where the molten sand could penetrate into the holding tanks full of water and cause a massive explosion affecting an area with 90 million people. Learning about it now was a real eye opener to just how bad Chernobyl was. I agree with @mustard about the amount of tension - I commented in the other thread about how the pacing is spot on for creating it.
I did remember a documentary that explored the European/Russian Efforts to build a second cover that was rolled into place upon completion. In that show they mentioned the danger of a much worse explosion if the lava melted down . Didn't know about 2-3 Mega ton blast.
Reply by MongoLloyd
on May 26, 2019 at 4:02 PM
What's most terrifying to me is the idea that groundwater could be radioactively contaminated across 150 miles of territory. It makes Flint Michigan look like a minor inconvenience.
Reply by psl
on May 26, 2019 at 9:28 PM
Back in the cold war we saw the Chernobyl as a tiny glance into just how bad it could get. But what I knew about the incident I too was shocked about how many times I exclaimed "That guy is walking dead. All those guys will be dead within weeks or months"! The level of ignorance was worse than I thought.
Reply by revengine
on May 28, 2019 at 11:31 AM
Not sure how much of the show is dramatized, but I don't remember hearing anything about the scenario presented in episode two, where the molten sand could penetrate into the holding tanks full of water and cause a massive explosion affecting an area with 90 million people. Learning about it now was a real eye opener to just how bad Chernobyl was. I agree with @mustard about the amount of tension - I commented in the other thread about how the pacing is spot on for creating it.
Reply by psl
on May 29, 2019 at 12:51 AM
I did remember a documentary that explored the European/Russian Efforts to build a second cover that was rolled into place upon completion. In that show they mentioned the danger of a much worse explosion if the lava melted down . Didn't know about 2-3 Mega ton blast.
Reply by psl
on June 4, 2019 at 2:17 AM
I PVR the last episode #5 and watched it...but it misses the ending!!!!
All I got was Jared Harris, Valery Legasov, chucked in the makeshift cell so KGB chief can interrogate him and then the PVR stops .
What happens next?
Reply by Svumpukkel85
on June 24, 2019 at 6:43 PM
This miniserie was amazing... I am still shocked and shaken by it now 2 days after - Horrific event of history!
Reply by psl
on June 27, 2019 at 1:40 PM
Just saw it...90,000 casualties from Chernobyl!!!!