People have been in there after the accident, just like with the foot the radiation levels have decayed enough that its relatively safe as long as you dont go licking everything you see.
@Joseph Seed Oh yeah how? Have you ever been to CHNPP before? I would like to know how if you don't mind. Like the probabilities of me visiting CHNPP are so low that, aliens may come to earth first than me going there, but just curiosity u know, i am deeply fascinated by Chernobyl.
This is one of the most interesting and informative videos I've even seen.....really well done! @4:43, are those round structures with the railing the feed pump motors? I've worked on some pretty big motors but if so, these are huge! Also, @ 4:57, looks like another big pump motor. Maybe 500KW or so? Of course, I could easily be wrong.......lol.
The reactor doesn't look that big. I know it's big and encompasses several stories, but from the lid it doesn't look too enormous. Astounds me just how much steam pressure must have been built up in that thing to blow it off. And then how such a small area could vomit such a huge amount of radioactive nuclei.
They sure didn’t waste any space building these control rooms. Concrete wall right up to the panels. What a dreary place to do your shift day after day and night after night. I can’t get over how huge these reactors “were”.
GM the wall is a recent addition. It was built to support the new shelter object that covers the sarcophagus. The room would have been much bigger back then. Same as control room 3
I think it's because it's leaded glass There is an access to the refueling operator room without having to enter the reactor hall, but there is also a direct access to the reactor hall
What are those grid of steel boxes covering the floor of what looks like a reactor building? In the movie they start moving up and down independently responding to pressure inside. But what is their function and why so many?
They're called channel caps- they're steel and concrete. There were 2044 technological channels in the reactor core, and each channel has its own cap. Those caps cover the channels to protect hardware, servo motors for control rods, and allow workers access to various portions of the 17m (55.8ft) diameter reactor covering by providing a space to walk across. For refueling, workers would remove those caps (it took 2 people to lift one) so that the refueling machine could center over the channel and begin the refueling process. We have no actual evidence that those channel caps ever bounced up and down. The person who is said to have witnessed it (Perevozchenko) was actually in the control room of block 4 at the time of the explosion. It was a myth invented to dramaticize what happened in a book written by Grigori Medvedev, and unfortunately has only been perpetuated by HBO and urban legend.
They are the caps covering the 2044 channels in the reactor core. Some of them had control rods under them, most had fuel. It was impossible for the caps to jump like in the HBO movie however. Under the main cap there was a plug that was threaded into the top of the lid, the refueling machine would lift out the cap, unthread the plug slowly to equalize pressures, and then it would remove the old fuel and put in new fuel.
how did they continue work in the other reactors for years after the accident? weren't 1-3 right next to 4, wasn't the radiation still way to high to work in 1-3? yet it operated for years after 4 blew up
The levels are not that high now - unless you were to enter the ruins of the reactor hall. You do though have to wear two layers, a mask, gloves, shoes and covers when entering unit 4.
Chernobyl NPP has problems with tourists stealing light covers from the Unit 4 Control room. Also employees keeps stealing them. I've heard that people want them as souvenire. Not just that it is radioactive, but also you're stealing property of the NPP. I've heard that somebody almost stole lightcover from Unit 3 CR.
I'm interested in see this someday, but at the same time, I'm freaked out by the idea of being anywhere near dangerous levels of radiation. Just haunting really. 🙊 Does the tour extend to the local town that was permanently evacuated? (Though, i'm unsure if that would be insensitive or not.)
The radiation really isn’t that bad in there now, the levels are fine as long as long as you aren’t in there for too long. Dust is the bigger problem, hence the masks. You can go all over the zone and visit many of the abandoned towns and villages, including the city of Pripyat.
Dublin7572 yes. The first one is control room 3 (next door) then from 1.37 it is the walk into building 4 and then into the actual control room number 4.
There are a couple of videos of the Chernobyl turbine hall and even a video showing the damaged units #7 and 8. They were taken back in 2017 but still in hi def quality and the cameraman explains the parts and functions. There also is a restored video taken back in the 90s if Leningrad Npp where the tour shows the control room, turbine hall and the Rbmk reactor itself in great detail, all in functioning condition 🎉
radioman1996 hi. I’ve been 3 times now. Twice with private-chernobyl.guide/ I couldn’t recommend him high enough. You’ll see so much more than with the bigger tour companies.
Kolvtapp you’ve been able to visit control room 3 and other parts for a few years now but control room 4 and reactor 3 was added as a new route from end of Sept 19. I visited on the 2nd tour and had it to myself, which was lucky. Tours now run Mon, Wed and Fri and are restricted to 15 people. You will still need a guide to get you into the zone and they will drop you there and leave you with a plant employee for the tour.
Kolvtapp you can arrange a tour there through any of the tour companies or private guides that can take you into the zone. I’ve been a few times now and can highly recommend a private guide if you’re interested? You will see far more of the zone with a private guide.
Wolfcat Wildcat a bit of both I think but the room itself it’s pretty contaminated. Floor is all sticky as has something on it to catch the dust. Dust isn’t good. That said, the levels in there aren’t too high.
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I love how every channel that has a tour video basically has this same Babaoushka tour guide. I love her, she's awesome, and I hope she is safe.
Her name is Julia and she did both the tours of the power plant I’ve done. Lovely lady. I believe she is safe and well 👍
@@sas0875 thank you so much STRT. :) Julia is a hero. She reminds me so much of my Baba.
You shouldn't call women under 65 that way, it's rude
These poor employees there who are exposed to so much radiation.
Martin Brenmann there are regulations of how much a worker can absorb in a year safely. They all wear dosimeters
@@MrShaunh99 Yes, like in a laboratory.
“Not great. Not terrible.” All joking aside it’s very nice getting a guided video tour with history.
Lmao control room 4 almost looks like it's in storage.
The other ones are far more spaced out.
Anneke de Bruyn they had to build a new wall through one half of it. It helps support the new shelter object over the sarcophagus.
Most of the walls have had thick concrete put in both in support of the Sarcophagus, and as further protection against radiation.
Is Dyatlov still in the toilet?
Ricky Singh yes
Squeezing out a tsar 💩
Dyatlov Pass incident
His ghost haunts the toilet. If you flush the toilet while recording an EVP, you might hear his voice saying: "Not great, not terrible".
Terrible HBO references spreading everywhere like a radiation.
@ 5:08 Was that Dyatlov ?
Everybody's gangsta until they take a little trip inside the central hall of Unit 4😉😉
3.6 rog not great not terrible
People have been in there after the accident, just like with the foot the radiation levels have decayed enough that its relatively safe as long as you dont go licking everything you see.
@Joseph Seed Oh yeah how? Have you ever been to CHNPP before? I would like to know how if you don't mind. Like the probabilities of me visiting CHNPP are so low that, aliens may come to earth first than me going there, but just curiosity u know, i am deeply fascinated by Chernobyl.
@Joseph Seed Yes have u read the building's schematics or u have you really visited the place?
This is one of the most interesting and informative videos I've even seen.....really well done!
@4:43, are those round structures with the railing the feed pump motors? I've worked on some pretty big motors but if so, these are huge!
Also, @ 4:57, looks like another big pump motor. Maybe 500KW or so?
Of course, I could easily be wrong.......lol.
This is main circulatory pumps. And at 4:57 probably the feed water pump.
7:34 being in that room but its reactor 4 at the time of the explosion
Imagine you see the rods jumping😳
@@BassRab yea
@@BassRab You can't.
@@BassRabdidn't happen
0:45 A3-5
Is it allowed for tourists to go inside control room no 4?
abhijit Kumar since end of Sept, yes you can 👍
@@sas0875 you have to thank HBO for that
Want to go? Yeah you can
In 7:57 on the other side of that wall lies the remians of reactor 4
At the other side of that wall is chemistry block, that splits unit 4 and unit 3.
The reactor doesn't look that big. I know it's big and encompasses several stories, but from the lid it doesn't look too enormous. Astounds me just how much steam pressure must have been built up in that thing to blow it off. And then how such a small area could vomit such a huge amount of radioactive nuclei.
They say, unit 3 is an exact duplicate to unit 4.
Yes, it's basically a mirrored copy.
They sure didn’t waste any space building these control rooms. Concrete wall right up to the panels. What a dreary place to do your shift day after day and night after night. I can’t get over how huge these reactors “were”.
GM the wall is a recent addition. It was built to support the new shelter object that covers the sarcophagus. The room would have been much bigger back then. Same as control room 3
@@sas0875 Ohhhh.... Thank you. That makes sense now. (I just couldn't see how working right against that wall would seem very good)
Why are windows of both refuelling chambers green? Is it possible to go into refuelling chamber on the other side of reactor hall?
I think it's because it's leaded glass
There is an access to the refueling operator room without having to enter the reactor hall, but there is also a direct access to the reactor hall
thunderbolt siren
What’s that dial and that button do? No not that one ! Yes that one.
What are those grid of steel boxes covering the floor of what looks like a reactor building? In the movie they start moving up and down independently responding to pressure inside. But what is their function and why so many?
They're called channel caps- they're steel and concrete. There were 2044 technological channels in the reactor core, and each channel has its own cap. Those caps cover the channels to protect hardware, servo motors for control rods, and allow workers access to various portions of the 17m (55.8ft) diameter reactor covering by providing a space to walk across. For refueling, workers would remove those caps (it took 2 people to lift one) so that the refueling machine could center over the channel and begin the refueling process. We have no actual evidence that those channel caps ever bounced up and down. The person who is said to have witnessed it (Perevozchenko) was actually in the control room of block 4 at the time of the explosion. It was a myth invented to dramaticize what happened in a book written by Grigori Medvedev, and unfortunately has only been perpetuated by HBO and urban legend.
They are the caps covering the 2044 channels in the reactor core. Some of them had control rods under them, most had fuel. It was impossible for the caps to jump like in the HBO movie however. Under the main cap there was a plug that was threaded into the top of the lid, the refueling machine would lift out the cap, unthread the plug slowly to equalize pressures, and then it would remove the old fuel and put in new fuel.
@@Cailyn_Amanda Wow. Incredible sane and competent answer. After HBO series I never thought I would see one.
I wonder how many times this lady has given this tour. How much radiation has she picked up?
why you don't go with some hardbass?
how did they continue work in the other reactors for years after the accident? weren't 1-3 right next to 4, wasn't the radiation still way to high to work in 1-3? yet it operated for years after 4 blew up
As far as i know 1-3 were far enough from 4 to not be affected by the explosion.
Why they don’t wear protective suits for radiation?
The levels are not that high now - unless you were to enter the ruins of the reactor hall. You do though have to wear two layers, a mask, gloves, shoes and covers when entering unit 4.
Stuart Seggie I didn’t know that
@@Dimosthenis-qx5nm still a lot lot higher than normal levels of course and the dust is not good, hence the masks.
@@sas0875 are you allowed to go into unit 4 or at least the reactor hall of unit 4?
@@ran7820 Reactor Hall 100% destroyed
Once nsc starts work on dismantling old reactor, will tourists still be allowed?
How much radiation get in mSv control room 4 when stay for 5 minutes?
Did they strip buttons and electronics too in ctrl room no4
Austin Jenkins I believe they were all stolen over the years by workers? So I was told.
@@sas0875 Yeah, I've heard the АЗ-5 button was stolen by a liquidator, I'm assuming some parts were used for spares as well.
Chernobyl NPP has problems with tourists stealing light covers from the Unit 4 Control room. Also employees keeps stealing them. I've heard that people want them as souvenire. Not just that it is radioactive, but also you're stealing property of the NPP. I've heard that somebody almost stole lightcover from Unit 3 CR.
@@sas0875, no, it was taken by КГБ (soviet CIA) to conducting an investigation.
Interesting
I'm interested in see this someday, but at the same time, I'm freaked out by the idea of being anywhere near dangerous levels of radiation. Just haunting really. 🙊
Does the tour extend to the local town that was permanently evacuated? (Though, i'm unsure if that would be insensitive or not.)
The radiation really isn’t that bad in there now, the levels are fine as long as long as you aren’t in there for too long. Dust is the bigger problem, hence the masks. You can go all over the zone and visit many of the abandoned towns and villages, including the city of Pripyat.
Great video. The tour guide just walked passed the memorial to a fellow employee who is entombed in the wreckage.
MrDoggydog68 thats just a section captured on video. We stopped there for at least 5 mins to hear his story.
Khodemchuk's memorial.
The hands you see are actually his wife's hand prints
Is this the original location of Control Room 4 ?
Dublin7572 yes. The first one is control room 3 (next door) then from 1.37 it is the walk into building 4 and then into the actual control room number 4.
@@sas0875 I really hated that powersurge and I'm like really scared of them even that horrid noise i heard
Videos always show feed pumps and hallways and such but never the steam turbines room.
There are a couple of videos of the Chernobyl turbine hall and even a video showing the damaged units #7 and 8. They were taken back in 2017 but still in hi def quality and the cameraman explains the parts and functions. There also is a restored video taken back in the 90s if Leningrad Npp where the tour shows the control room, turbine hall and the Rbmk reactor itself in great detail, all in functioning condition 🎉
Where did you book the journey? Can you prefer any agency?
radioman1996 hi. I’ve been 3 times now. Twice with private-chernobyl.guide/ I couldn’t recommend him high enough. You’ll see so much more than with the bigger tour companies.
@@sas0875 reactor three decided to go big boom
How did you get access to go there?
Kolvtapp you’ve been able to visit control room 3 and other parts for a few years now but control room 4 and reactor 3 was added as a new route from end of Sept 19. I visited on the 2nd tour and had it to myself, which was lucky. Tours now run Mon, Wed and Fri and are restricted to 15 people. You will still need a guide to get you into the zone and they will drop you there and leave you with a plant employee for the tour.
@@sas0875 is it via this site? www.chernobylwel.com/tour/9/chernobyl-power-plant-and-pripyat-tour-2-days
?
The tour on your video looks really cool.
Kolvtapp you can arrange a tour there through any of the tour companies or private guides that can take you into the zone. I’ve been a few times now and can highly recommend a private guide if you’re interested? You will see far more of the zone with a private guide.
@@sas0875 Alright thanks for the tip.
Planning to go in the upcoming spring/summer.
Has the wall facing the commands been constructed after the disaster? I'm asking cause I thought the room was more circular and bigger.
Yes. This wall was built as part of the support for the new shelter object 👍
@@sas0875 OK, thanks for answering.
Was that uncovered button AZ-5
Yes and at 3.59 you can see where the original one was in control room number 4
Ok thanks
By the way it’s awesome that you got to go to such a recent yet historical place
Austin Jenkins when you walk in the first thing I noticed was the floor - it’s all sticky. To trap dust.
Is control room #4 setting off the alarm or is that leaking radiation into the control room ?
Wolfcat Wildcat a bit of both I think but the room itself it’s pretty contaminated. Floor is all sticky as has something on it to catch the dust. Dust isn’t good. That said, the levels in there aren’t too high.
0:47 nobody knew....
can you turn on the broken reaktor hehe just kidding
It's always on!