Evgeny Yashin was a 40-year-old chemist at the Chernobyl plant when the nuclear power reactor accident unfolded in April 1986, resulting in massive evacuations, the deaths of 31 people, and long-term illness for thousands of others.
We have been taken back in time, 12 hours before the disaster at reactor No 4. As Pripyat blissfully goes about its day, a safety test is planned at Chernobyl HQ. Promotions are promised if
We didn't have to wait long for the first bonafide TV sensation of 2023: HBO's Based on the beloved video game, the show follows a cynical man named Joel (Pedro Pascal) who becomes a reluctant
The wild dogs of Chernobyl: the story of the pups born on radioactive wasteland. Nov 16, 2022. 9 mins. author. Kim Cunningham. On April 26, 1986, a routine safety check gone wrong led to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. While the Ukrainian people mourned the loss of human life and the necessary abandonment of their homes, the
Like Chernobyl, the early days of the pandemic were marked with mysterious illnesses that the local government attempted to keep a lid on. “I was interested in the idea that this invisible enemy
Anatoly Dyatlov was the Deputy Chief Engineer in charge of Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4 when it exploded on April 26, 1986. The Soviet justice system subsequently blamed the horrifying incident on him and a few others. According to The Washington Post, however, Dyatlov staunchly disagreed with this accusation. Nonetheless, he was found guilty of
In 1986 a nuclear meltdown at the infamous Chernobyl power plant in present-day Ukraine left miles of land in radioactive ruins. Residents living in areas most contaminated by the disaster were
The show up to this point had already been unflinching with it's depictions of the events of Chernobyl but this episode is the emotional peak of the show thus far. this episode follows 2 separate sides of the story, the recruitment of the miners and the irradiated firemen and power plant workers in Moscow. the miner's story although tragic in it's own right, 100s of men given 6 weeks to mine
The Chernobyl nuclear plant contained four units: units 3 and 4 were joined together in one huge building; units 1 and 2 were separate. In 1970, Chernobyl and the satellite city occupied >3460 acres of pastureland, forest, cultivated land, and gardens planted by the local population. The nuclear plant began operation in 1977.
—Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years later (Infographic) Neutron levels have been steadily rising in room 305/2 for four years, Saveliev said, and could continue rising for several more years
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