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seems you may be missing the point

Jun 3, 2019, 12:14 PM [ in reply to I know the state tried to cover it up. That's not my issue. ]

They refused to believe the core could have exploded, b/c their "superior" design wouldn't allow it to explode. Therefore, it is impossible. Similar saying in one of the later episodes where they said the stat'es position is that it is impossible for the USSR to create a nuclear situation for the entire European continent. They're ####### Russians.

If this one exploded due to a design flaw (the show is starting to hint at this), then a) the Russian nuclear program is inferior to the Americans, duh, and b) every other reactor in the USSR is at risk for the same event.

Looking back at this event with the lens of today isn't fair at all. This technology was, and still is quite frankly, completely foreign to over 98% of the population. That is even more severe in the USSR at the time of the explosion. (i.e. all the papers being redacted when trying to research) I highly doubt they had the training to understand the physics and science behind the reactor (i.e. having a ####### conductor be your modulator or whatever it's called).

The radiation in the water isn't nearly as bad as it was in comparison to the guys who went and looked at the core explosion. Water is perfect in this scenario, which is why we ('murica) based our designs on using water as the key modulator as it can act as a coolant as well.

I'm not a nuclear physicist, buddies are, but that phenomenon where the sky is ionized and looks like a giant ####### light saber is the real deal, and exposure to that high of radiation will kill you very quickly.

Additionally, the hot core was all over the place which is what got the fire fighters.

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I've read that it really nails what the Soviet Union felt like to live in during that era both in terms of production design and from a bureaucracy standpoint.

I know of at least 3 areas where the show took theatrical liberties with the real life events, 1.) The female hero nuclear physicist is made up and is an amalgamation of many that had issues with the political maneuvering going on 2.) The explosion that was going to happen if they didn't drain the water tanks was exaggerated, but still a serious issue. 3.)The helicopter that crashes when it flies over the reactor was later on than the show depicts and it crashed because it hit a crane.

Still, the show is incredibly accurate from everything I've read and regarding how it's all depicted, the creator says he actually used the less dramatic accounts that were "much worse" than what the show depicts.

Speaking of, not sure what could be worse than the story with the fireman's wife who loses her baby (after losing her husband) because it absorbed the radiation that would have killed her. Tragic.

Ok. So I binge watched Chernobyl

I know the state tried to cover it up. That's not my issue.

Seems like that was how the Soviet Union worked.

seems you may be missing the point

Well the cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat have been closed

yet its become a tourist destination***

30 minutes at a time***

I kept saying to myself

Me too.

Radiation suits don't do sh!t

hard to get around with a 1 foot thick lead radiation suit***

Ok, so here's your problem.

From what I know, it may be exaggerated a bit for TV.

I was shocked that HBO didnt try to

Russia gave us Trump. No way.***

You don't understand science...

The show is great.

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