/r/chernobyl
A subreddit to discuss the Chernobyl Disaster that happened on the night of April 26, 1986, and the Exclusion Zone that isolates the city of Pripyat from the rest of the world.
A subreddit dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster: "The Chernobyl disaster (Ukrainian: Чорнобильська катастрофа, Chornobylska Katastrofa – Chornobyl Catastrophe) was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then officially Ukrainian SSR), which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities of the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire released large quantities of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere, which spread over much of Western USSR and Europe. It is widely considered to have been the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, and is one of only two classified as a level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale (the other being the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011). The battle to contain the contamination and avert a greater catastrophe ultimately involved over 500,000 workers and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles."
Subjects considered on topic for this subbreddit include the disaster itself, liquidation efforts, the Exclusion Zone (including the Jupiter factor and Duga radar), the sarcophagus, New Safe Confinement, as well as the pre-disaster history of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant and the city of Pripyat.
Posts about other RBMK reactors or other nuclear disasters (like the Fukushima evacuation zone) are allowed if they relate to Chernobyl and should be tagged with [Peripheral Interest]
Posts to discuss the HBO Chernobyl miniseries are on topic only if they are relating the show to real world events in some way, and should be tagged with [HBO Miniseries]
Self promotion of art, drawings, graphics design or models (both computer and physical) are permitted if they are about Chernobyl and should be tagged with [User Creation]
Topics which advocate for, promote, encourage, or seek advice on illegal activity are strictly prohibited. This includes how-to posts about trespassing in the Zone as well as photos and videos which are explicitly from illegal trespassing.
Discussions about the Current Ukraine/Russia Conflict
Posts and Comments are prohibited if they take sides in the current tensions between Ukraine and Russia, or push any side's justification for war or advocate support for any party in the geopolitical situation. Posts and comments about how the conflict impacts the Zone and what effect a war might have are permitted as they are about the future of the Zone.
This subreddit is about Chernobyl, so as long as the post is about that, it is permissible. But there are plenty of places to discuss the geopolitics of Ukraine/Russia/EU/NATO/etc, so we will be removing comments and posts which make any statement about who might be write or wrong.
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My drawing of Vladimir Pravik
13:26 UTC
What-if
So to any of the smart folks in here. I have a question that I haven't seen asked anywhere yet. As we all know the New Safe Confinement was finished in 2016. My question is: What would have happened if the original "coffin" would have lost its structural integrity and fallen on the plant before the new confinement was placed over it?
01:55 UTC
КНИГА ПАМ'ЯТІ
How true is the information in this site? http://memory.chornobylmuseum.kiev.ua/ It's featured in the Chernobyl Museum website. Also, what doeat the radiation symbol? There are people with much less recieved dose than others and they have the symbol.. The help section doesn't work sadly and there is not English version, at least I didn't found one..
12:18 UTC
Does anybody have the original photo that was used in this album cover?
09:43 UTC
about suicide was legasov....
Legasov committed suicide on April 26 or 27? and how was it? because it's not very clear to me
19:28 UTC
Blown-up railway bridge over the Pripyat River, September 1941
14:50 UTC
What were for theese chimneys on unit 1 and 2?
08:57 UTC
Control room before and after
https://youtu.be/u77mP_XLkPI?si=EmRZXshg4OB6EkcK this video link shows the control room before the disaster and the controls. There’s no audio just a person speaking because the audio locked up for a long time then, when they took it out and turned it on, it sounded like white noise.
08:26 UTC
MG 34 pintle mount on an assault boat in the Pripyat river in October 1941
20:51 UTC
Are there any games on Chernobyl? (Specifically Operating the reactor?)
Are there any games on Chernobyl? (Specifically Operating the reactor?) I have been looking for some for a while now, but I cant find any.
19:37 UTC
Liquidators and the Afghan War deal
Hello! i have a question i hope you all can answer: How true (and if it was true, how respected) was the deal that instead of serving a season in the Afghan war you could serve as a liquidator, so you get free afterwards. Thanks in advance!
03:37 UTC
Thoughts about paper saying the AZ-5 button was not the cause of the accident, and was first pressed after the explosion?
Read this paper:
http://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/NSRG/reports/kr79/kr79pdf/Gorbachev.pdf
What are your thoughts on this paper, is this legit? It is interesting that this paper supports Insag-1 conclusion more than Insag-7's conclusion.
I am wondering whats up and down here? :)
20:56 UTC
Abandoned police department in Pripyat. April 2019. By Dax Ward Photography
07:46 UTC
Was there a Mercedes Benz outside of unit 4?
I remember seeing some pictures of a car out side of reactor 4 a few days after the incident. I didn't look like a fire truck nor bulldozer. I try to find some photos
03:25 UTC
Permission for Toptunov to begin his duties as a SIUR under supervision in 1985
Rough translation:
Order №324.
After the successful passing of exams, [I order to] allow (/permit) SIUR of the 4th block, comrade Toptunov L.F. to conduct the responsible doubling over the course of 24 shifts. The doubling [is] in rotation team (shift) №5. [I order to make] Neretin Yu.A. responsible for [carrying out] the doubling. ZGIS-II A.S. Dyatlov (ЗГИС-ІІ Дятлов А.С.)
Please correct me if I’m wrong but my understanding is that this is more or less a written permission for Toptunov to begin working under the supervision of one Neretin Yu.A. as a SIUR, right? Is that what the doubling means?
According to people on VK in the post I originally got this from, the signatures on the right include: НСБ Акимов А.Ф. (NSB Akimov A. F.), СИУР Неретин Ю.А. (SIUR Neretin Yu.A.), Топтунов Л.Ф. (Toptunov L.F.), НСРЦ Перевозченко В.И. (NSRC Perevozchenko V.I.). I’m not risking saying the order they’re in, you guys can give it a shot.
16:18 UTC
What cranes were used for the construction of Unit 5 and 6
I don't know what they are
22:36 UTC
These are pieces of the Elephant's Foot, collected and photographed in 1990 by Boris Burakov, who is still alive and is the current director of the Khlopin Radium Institute in St. Petersburg
22:21 UTC
Ladoga Tank
It's been popping up in the news this week of a special Ladoga tank destroyed in Ukraine. All the outlets mention there were 4 or 5 built and at least 1 was used in the Cleanup of Chernobyl in 1986. Anyone ever heard of these or any more info about their use in the cleanup in general?
19:09 UTC
Currently reading this, I'm really liking it, but what are your opinions?
17:12 UTC
What if Chernobyl was hit by a missile?
What would happen if a missile hit Chernobyl today, would there be a steep increase in radiation from the debris of the destroyed reactor/safe confinement and the buried radiation from 1986 to make another disastrous radioactive incident.?
I thought of this because I was thinking about the situation at the moment involving Ukraine and Russia etc
12:09 UTC