The story of Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Today, on the 33rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, we premiere a new video chronicling the history of the New Safe Confinement, the miracle of modern engineering which encases the nuclear power plant's damaged reactor.
The video features dramatic new footage from inside the reactor's turbine hall and the operation to slide the New Safe Confinement into place.
The structure successfully completed its final commissioning test yesterday.
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I cannot believe the lack of media coverage over such a project.
Stephen Walsh because Everybody’s got to keep up with the Kardashian’s
@@isacchris1 did you know chernobyl is much more toxic then a atomic bomb? its still getting more toxic
@@DingDangg Bloody depressing eh... Sticking head in sand is more comfortable than facing what happened here :(
@@isacchris1 Yes, have has people saying ''just one person died''....
RedGaming Studio gaming is gay.
100 years later: we need to cover the old confinement without exposing workers to radiation. Slide a bigger one on the smaller one.
XD
Thts probably an even easier task now that the new shelter is in place. Simply slide another Layer on top. Eventually there will be a way found to neutralize the radiation.
@@ourawkfist 🙏
that's the basis of every military
They can't stop workers from being exposed now. The whole area is radiated.
Now THAT is the show's epilogue.
gordon freeman
Are you sure about that? In the last episode, it says that this structure is expected to last for only 100 years. Most probably it will still be a pretty radioactive place.
@@giulanoemrani1445 for centuries to come,
I was five years old when this happened. I lived in Poland. I remember drinking Lugol iodine solution. Back days I didn't understand why. All people who worked there to protect the environment are most brave heroes. I honour Them 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Your pancreas I think absorbs iodine and when radioactive fallout is coming down you don’t want your pancreas to absorb any of the radioactive stuff so you take in over amounts to make sure it is full while the radioactive fallout is hot. Could have helped tremendously is you being here now.
@@michaelszczys8316 Thyroid, not pancreas.
@@SzwarcuKX5 okay, one of those glands.
Whichever absorbs iodine you make sure it is chock full before any radioactive iodine comes around if some is on the way from nuclear fallout so it doesn't take in any of the radioactive kind.
Chernobyl was not fallout like ash from a bomb but more like just smoke so I don't really know how similar it worked.
Imagine if all nations were cooperating instead of competing or fighting! What a wonderful world we would have.
Patrick LastName yeah but too many people with too many differences means nobody even listens to each other so it would be very hard for countries to get rid of nukes and resign their miltaries
Satan the devil aint going to let that happeen
If there’s global cooperation by now we would already have a so-called beginning of a Federation-like existence (Star Trek), where money and power no longer drives our lives... where all mankind live together in prosperity and peace... to better ourselves for the right reasons... to make better lives... to explore beyond our world, to explore new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms, to boldly go where no man has gone before...
Not possible unfortunately.
Well, think of Putin and the Chinese and ask yourself if you want to live under those regimes or under the freedom you currently have which is secured by the Military of the US Taxpayer. hmmmmmmmmmm... Trump is right, pay your NATO bills and then we can talk.
This deserves more than 32k views, holy crap this is amazing
I am pretty sure the working team there didnt do that for youtube viewes or likes,how do you think:)?
Now at 503,845 views, not great, not terrible.
It’ll be amazing if it actually last longer than a few decades. This problem will persist for centuries so it would be wise to ensure that the sarcophagus, especially at the cost, can stand the test of time.
@@vassilizaitsev924 To Vassilli Zaitsev, I heard you were a good Russian sniper during WW2 with over 250 German kills to your credit! They even made a movie about you called "Enemy at the Gate"!
@@vassilizaitsev924 i mean views = exposure and this sure deserves exposure
This coming together of nations so solve an unprecedented problem shows the phenomenal achievements that can be made by working together, sharing knowledge and skills. Just standing near the New Safe Confinement is awe-inspiring.
Chris McKinney did you actually went over there?
Pawan Shrivastava Yes, I went there on 9th April 17. I’m hoping to go back this year if I can arrange a trip.
Apparently Russia, the biggest culprit in this disaster is not even one of the 5 biggest donors. According to the information at the end of the video.
Pity we can't say the same about fukashima .
The fact that this effort had to be made and that it is only the first step in protecting the world for the next 250,000 years from death and destruction is an indictment on nuclear energy
Media didn't tell us about this..
Didn't coverage it..sad..
Great news..
Oh shit. India has a lot of Nuclear Plants
"There was a several second pause,and then he said, look out the window."
💔
I rate this documentary 3.6 - not great, not terrible
I had my best man recheck the rating with the meter that goes to 10... It maxed out.
LOOOL
hahaha
You DIDN'T SEE THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE!
@Luca Viner that man is delusional.
Did anyone find dyatlov in one of the restrooms
😂
Well they trapped him in there nice and tight after that
@Judy G. you take things WAY too serious 😒
@Judy G. aww u on ur period there judy I find it funny that he died 😂😂😂
@@damnedman0455 Dyatlov lived until 1995, not the same guy.
6:40 you can see gama particles hitting the image sensor of the camera.
Plaatse keep us updated on the dismantling of the reactor from the inside of the new confinement.
It's an immense job and achievement in the making such should be celebrated by sharing the progress and hard work of everybody involved.
Dude the dismantling of it all will probably never happen its impossible . Too many deaths
@@algisavaitelisa5072 Bullshit
there was a live web cam feed awhile ago showing remote cranes dismantling the bits inside...
@@JulesD92 They are not going to be dismantling the reactor, too much radiation to make it a safe bet. They are talking about dismantling the old sarcophagus, which is the structure around the reactor. 😒
But they are planning to remove the old reactor fuel.
1:40 he said "around half past one" and the clock tells the same, that's because the reactor obviously exploded and there was a blackout, electricity being cut out, and so the clock stopped. so weird to even think about
The sheer genius of this construction is incredible. My sincere respect and admiration for all who designed, constructed and financed this amazing structure.
Makes me wish I'd been an engineer.
Honestly, I don't think it's that "crazy" ... Old one's falling apart, can't remove it, build new one over it... I mean yeah, it is an achievement but... Well, it's just a hangar
@@still34u "its just a hangar" smh
Slavo Majovský
Your a true moron
First 3 words of this sounds like jeremy clarkson
@@willbegone_ This arch - "How hard can it be?"
Everyone who worked on this project are heroes through and through. I wish there was a way I could thank them each individually, but damn, thank you ladies and gentleman, you've really accomplished something great here
I'm sure you could go by each and everyone personal and thank 'm in your way.
How many of them are still alive after working around the radiation?
It makes me want to cry!
6:03 The static in these two clips is gamma radiation from the molten remains of the reactor's core.
You can see it at 14.08 (top right corner)
It is just me or someone else see nothing at 14:08?
You can see radiation in the entire video
@@huyphamuc6372 Ummm thats a cable
@@kentoncarter1103 And no you cant
RIP all those gave their lives.
and are still dying because of this "accident."
Jack Fanning the accident was inevitable, was just a matter of time
@@calvin5541 It is inevitable that accidents will happen and massive health and economic consequences will occur if we use nuclear energy.
Jack Fanning coal kills more people every day than nuclear has killed ever. Chernobyl only killed 100 ish people. Get over it
@@joshdoeseverything4575 You don't know how many people radiation kills because of the latency period. Isn't that convenient for the power companies that are ripping us off and destroying the atmosphere.
Most of the bus drivers to evacuate Pripyat initially were from Kiev and did not exactly die of old age. Party officials and their families were evacuated from Kiev even as the May Day parade went ahead for the rest of the people to keep up appearances.
That was the communists for you. They would have been tried and executed in the west for their actions.
I am without words to express my complete gratitude and satisfaction to the donors and more so the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for taking on such a herculean task and to see it through to the end. That's serving humanity. I wish I was part of that legendary team. Salute to the men and women who braved high levels of radiation to make this plan a reality. Why the haters??? Thumbs up Team New Safe Confinement from Guyana.
Many thanks for your kind words Sheikh.
@@Ebrdhqanytime... I like to be part of progress and the upliftment of humanity. Keep up the good work.
@@EbrdhqThe music sounds like Godzilla
RUclips algoritm: *time to watch this*
Yup.
Бездуховная Европа помогает
but this video is not old jackass... stop using this dead meme already
Over used comment that we see on every home page video
It's ALWAYS time to watch this! Over and over again, because we have to remember what happened.
Fantastic job to the engineers and workers, and a big nod to the people and governments who had the responsibility to do this and mitigate a real and present danger.
Fascinating and I'm sure it will be a study of success in finance, engineering, and science for decades to come.
Finance hehe
@@meh2063 It's always the toughest bit: how do you pay for it?
It is not mitigated, just a 100 year bandaid on a sore that will fester for 250,000 years.
Jack Fanning
Thank you captain troll now please move along
@@FP194 When, not if, nuclear power catastrophes destroy this world where should I move? Any suggestions?
This is amazing! There are still so many people willing to help clean up the mess from 33 years ago.
My brain can't even comprehend that it's only been 34 years... when I first learned about it it seemed like it happened way long ago. Crazy.
16:25 VALERY LEGASOV IS LOOKING NOW AT US AND IS PROUD😭😭😭😭😭😭
Who's she?
@@AFA111 HE is the saver of europe ! It reduce the radiations to minimum by using best measurments
@@adrian1622 💯
May he rest in peace, one hero among so many regarding the disaster.
@@AFA111 So you have no knowledge about chernobyl at ALL?
even now, these men and women keeping tabs on the state of the reactor building are still heroes in my mind. I know the radiation is minimal in most of the area, but I wouldn't go anywhere near this place. Good job!
Shit... I get nightmares just seeing it on film. Absolutely haunting place. Even with no rads, I'd stay away. It's like visiting an old battle field from like ww1. You just get shivers in your bones
I was born in 1982 April 18. I count my blessing every day but living with my thing thinking what year will i get cancer ? I had to leave Russia. I am glad for Canada by taking us in to gives us a better life. Thank you Canada so much. Many people died there were not so lucky may the Rest In Peace.
You are welcome my friend
VALERY LEGASOV and team, thank you for building urgent awareness around this issue in its infancy so that we have Europe today.
A true hero of the Soviet Union
imagine how fascinated Boris would have been by this "sarcophagus".
thank you so much for your dedication! the entire world appreciates your effort and courage.
Indeed, well said
The most scary thing I noticed in this video!
Is when the video have those lights spots and it becomes blurry, that’s because of radiation affecting the actual film roll!
That’s scary as hell
I noticed that too. You can really tell on the older films.
film? this is 2019, idiot
@@vincesnetterton5868 The original footage from the time of the disaster around the 4 min mark Looks like YOU are the idiot.
vince snetterton are you stupid?
@@vincesnetterton5868spastic
You can see the radiation affecting almost every clip starting from 7:05, the little white dots. Terrifying.
Inspiring that they did this. Depressing that this had to be done in the first place and will again in 100 years.
20:00 His leg is already coroding.
How did you know?
LMFAOOOO
I was only 10 years old when the disaster happens and now I think I will witness again something that is unthinkable 30 yrs ago.
Hats off to Novarka in the brilliant design as well anyone working on the old design and cleanup and whoever works there now, you saved so many people in what you did and continue to do. R.I.P to the fallen
There was that much radiation that there was white flashes on the film when people was boarding the buses and people still took part in the may day celebrations when radiation was so high
This was truly one of the engineering marvels of the 21st century, one which benefits all mankind in a general sense, and indeed it got virtually little press; seems only those of us alive who can remember this disaster, and those directly affected can appreciate the enormous undertaking, effort, planning, building and funding this structure.
Makes you think and imagine just how lovely it would be to have this happen in the U. S.
They keep building potential nightmares like this all over while worrying about a little CO2 in the air.
@@michaelszczys8316brother « a little co2 in the air » might be the worst issue of mankind, and « potential nightmares » are the safest way to prevent that
Company I work for made some things that are in that ' dome '.
A great feat of engineering and the time it has been achieved in is beyond anyone expectation great work everyone involved
Drill a hole in the roof and start pumping in concrete. Once the building is full of concrete, pump more on top. Eventually they will have a giant concrete Pyramid with the reactor underneath.
Wtf thats hella smart 😂
And no way to address the the contamination of the ground from spreading, Donald trump syndrome
A wonderful lesson here. That one country does not have all the solutions, but if many countries band together, a solution can be found.
Congrats to the entire team!!! Incredible work of engineering. Unity at it's best!
God bless everyone who dadicated themselves to solve this massive problem someone elses made.
This will look like such a VHS player when they study/replace this in 100yrs. Engineers will just be shaking their heads at what they did here
Thank you to everyone who supports the project
that means you do care for others
So this is designed for 100 years according to those that designed it. Yet estimates range that reactor 4 will be like this for 1,000 to 20,000 years.
They are building floating ones all over the world rn
It will stay, it would be stupid trying to build something that last longer than 100 years with how fast technology is changing right now. I mean compare this massive thing with a structure from 100 years ago.
I would say in 100 years the materials used to re-contain will be far more efficient and superior and then it will be a 1000yr facility.. In the end, keeping this stuff above ground and not burying it so water can be contaminated is the way to go, Perhaps they could disassemble and move into an underground salt mine.. They cant even burn the forests because the ASH is contaminated when the trees burn.
@@ourawkfist it's called lead.
This type of project restores my hope in humankind
One of the best megastructure world can ever see,made for human safety, all the person's working without selfishness just for humanity with their lives on their hands.
1:52 to 2:20 The first half of those moments are troubling but not entirely alarming I guess, but I'm sure this man has that gut feeling that something wasn't right when dialing for unit 2... and damn man oh man just hearing that man talk about that exchange ESPECIALLY "..... look out the window" literally put that chill down my spine. One of those situations where you ask about something knowing a bad answer is about to be given and you start prepping for it until that answer is given and then have no idea what to do or say next.
Chernoby is the perfect example where a lack of checks and balances of authority results in disaster
Truly amazing. Hats off to everyone that worked on this project. They are heroes to my eyes. Does anyone know what is the material used under the roof cladding that looks like foil? Thanks
The roof composition is following: 1. Corrugated steel sheet. 2. First insulation layer (DACHROCK plates). 3. EPDM membrane 4. Second insulation layer (DACHROCK plates) 5. Third insulation layer (soft Rockwool) 6. Stainless steel panels, thickness 0,6mm.
Glad to have been able to help through sending ideas overseas. Great work.
Thanks EBRD
Thank you to all who lost their lives in the efforts to contain this disaster. And thank you to the hard work to all who made it possible to contain the building successfully. I may be from Canada but we all live on the same planet. Responding to such tragedy in a timely fashion was at the utmost importance not only for chernobyl but the intire world . This sets the bar high with expectations to clean up after such a nuclear disaster . We use it we need to be responsible for it . As we can see no mater what there will be lasting effects from 1986 for hudreds of years to come . I'm in great confadince after watching this that their are brilliant minds in this world and and hoping that they come together and make plans to ensure the safety of the only planet we have to live on . It is possible 😊
What would Valery Legasov say if he were alive today? He was proud of the people who put a lot of effort into the project.
People working their are very brave proud of them 💪🏻💪🏻✌️✌️
I love how the government changes words around so it does not sound as bad as it really was. On my base we were not allowed to say explosion, we had to say pressure excursion. So when Bob the robot exploded, he really just pressure excrusioned. still the same thing, yet one sounds less dangerous, than the other
It is extremely humbling to see the work of so many people under such adverse conditions to do something so essential. I only hope future generations will appreciate the sacrifices made to do this project and will be willing to rebuild and maintain this structure as necessary for their own generation and beyond.
A real shame that nothing about the original sarcophagus was covered in the HBO miniseries. The new shield is featured for a brief moment.
They were able to pull that off and I can barely build an IKEA dresser and move it!
Same here. It took me about two days to try and get an IKEA desk set up and even then it's shaky. Some of the screws are clearly in the wrong places but to dismantle the thing and start all over again is too much to bear.
Very proud. Not sure why the last few minutes made me cry. Maybe the collaboration of so many in one common goal. Rare.
It wasn't simply a steam explosion though... for a split second, the reactor probably had runaway chain reaction (a bomb) but we'll never truly know. The energy spike was large enough for that to be a serious possibility.
All reactors are critical during operation, that's how they produce energy.
You meant supercritical. And yes, it did. That's what generated the heat that created the steam explosion.
I only learned about the arch in 2020, I didn’t know it existed. It’s going to be a huge slow clean up job in history. It be nice to think Chernobyl could get back on its feet again.
ended up costing more than they would ever make from the electricity production
You must have an IQ of 200 to realize that. Pure genuis!
@@robertpesche7812 u ok bruh?
This was a great service to humanity - both the original rescue then this project.
This is what we can achieve when we cooperate, we need this more than ever before in 2020.
Notice how all the clocks shown in the video stopped at 1.20
I have no reason other than morbid curiosity, but after seeing parts of the ruined building 4 I want a photo/video of the reactor. I know there's no way due to human safety/funding issues with building a robot but just to see that black hole of an object would be surreal.
Don't forget the technical challenge, it's harder than just sending a robot in there. It's probably still extremely hot. The radiation-emitting from the fuel causes all sorts of issues to electronic systems. In that short video of some of the melted fuel, you saw a lot of burst of static, that's due to gamma radiation hitting the photo-optic sensor overloading those pixels (Light is a form of radiation, and that gamma radiation is just really hot) which the computer registers as white. Even if you get an old film camera a lot of types of radiation has penetrating power. Same reason why you don't take film through an x-ray machine at an airport just scaled way up.
Not to mention controlling any robot, they have sent them in before but the radiation can cause electrical surges in the wiring messing up data sent remotely through wire or wireless and on the circuit board itself. It's pretty difficult designing a board where random electrical pulses can happen anywhere on the board. You'll have to try and shield it from radiation and that means adding layers of Lead which makes the robot a lot heavier so designing something that can carry enough protection and move around is a super difficult challenge. Those white suits are only good for indirect exposure and keeping particles of radioactive dust off you. If the Geiger counter starts going off you need to run.
The black mess at the center of any shot of the ruins *IS* the reactor, unless you mean you want to dig through the radioactive rhubarb crumble. There are a few videos from within the sarcophagus and reactor, where do you think the "elephant's foot" is located? It's in the control rod assembly room directly below the reactor on one of the two formerly-flooded basement levels that divers had to un-fuck a few days after the accident.
Rob Fraser I’m talking about the top of the reactor and the lid.
kickassnetwork Do you know how it would compare to the elephant’s foot? It seems like they’ve been able to take pictures of that.
@@kickassnetwork Turns out somebody already did. I don't know how they could have survived. ruclips.net/video/NkwEfbIBnDU/видео.html
I saw the New Safe Confinement in person last year and took a reading on the dosimetre. It's immediately apparent how much radiation it blocks compared to the leaky old sarcophagus. Excellent bit of adhoc engineering.
What a fantastic project. Take a bow EBRD
A bit too late for me to have noticed the scale of this project. This is incredible, really should acknowledge and appreciate the funders and the men & women behind this Mega project.
This film crew risked their lives by filming the molten reactor core.
The clips of the molten core are decades old, this crew didn't film them.
Amazing work. Amazing also what happens when countries come together.
makes a change not to fight but to fix a problem
Listen to the HBO podcast, after the night of the accident the 3 other reactors were still running to provide energy for Kiev and the industry. In 2000 they shut the last one down, all these years people had to work there and faced health problems. RT talked about the TV show a few days ago quote: "may have cost 4.000 lives".
The reactors were shut down from 1986 to 1988, you couldn't operate reactors 1 through 3 right next door to an ongoing radioactive fire while the site was strewn with lumps of radioactive space cake. They had to clean the site up before they could restart the other 3 reactors and it took 2 years.
Look at their clothes and stuff, they nailed on TV series
the things we achieve if we work together
A nuclear catastrophe like none ever seen before.
Indeed let alone working together to solve such a problem related to a disaster as large and as radioactive as Chernobyl.
Anyone else here after the HBO series?
It shows how excellent a tv series is! It not only entertains like heck, but makes one genuinely curious about the subject of the show. We're here because we want more!
COASTA LOECSTA Tell that to the people of Ukraine then
@COASTA LOECSTA Fuck you communist slime. It took capitalisim to fix your almost planet killing mess.
@@yasimm I agree
Marq LOECSTA do you are have the stupid
Goodness. What a feat! Great job by everyone. No accidents the whole time either. Phenomenal. Bravo!!!
15:20 Irina Velichko - great english! And a very nice girl with smart thinking!
I think you meant "woman".
@@tamfuwing1 ok, so:
First - I know what I have written :)
Second - I would bet on it, that She would not mind me referring to Her as "girl", as She looks very young.
Cheers!
@@KamilMB Do you refer to the men who work with her as "boys"? She is an adult, not a girl. End of ...
@@tamfuwing1 ok mr white knight
This should really raise awareness for Fukushima
Fukushima is well under controll, there is nothing that alarming about it.
@@ratreptile Oh yeah? I hope that was a sarcastic comment. Otherwise... What have they done. How is it fixed now? Any (robot) they send there just burns.
@@now_im_here3661 Lots of the ocean life has died off, and it is NOT safe to eat anything from the Pacific. So whoever thinks that Fukushima is contained is either delusional or a moron or both. So I concur with you 100%! Just the reports on rense.com is more than terrifying.
@@ratreptile You are wrong, plain and simple!
There's a lot of ignorance in this comment thread, Fukushima isn't even on the same scale as what happened at Chernobyl.
Do you guys get a kick out of being outraged and making something sound worse than it is so that you can be even more outraged about it?
True genius make difficult projects look easy.
Truly remarkable, this is a massive accomplishment for the entire world! It disgusts me however that this did not make worldwide news....this is important, this is something the people of the world needed to hear about. These men are the true heroes of our generation.
This should be taught in Disaster management 🙏
Teamwork makes the dream work, with this the world can be a better place :] Thankful for everyone who has been & will be taking a part of this case
Incredible..... the things we could accomplish if we were all 1 nation.
Much respect for those engineers and construction workers, but much more respect for all firefighters and those who helped in the very beginning when the accident happend. R.I.P for all who lost their life’s
Respect and much love from Bosnia 🇧🇦
Life's
Lives
Tell me comrade, how does an RBMK reactor explode?
amazing, noble, selfless people, pure love
RIP to all the people that did from this disaster. Thank you to Igor Kostin 1936-2015 for covering this disaster from the very start and Valery Legasov 1936-1988 for telling the world what really happened.
You got the story wrong, Legasov did not tell the world what happened, he lied about it. HBO Is not a documentary.
Thanks To EBRD for their contribution
Damn that thing will be a time capsule in the long future
Amazing work
To everyone who helped make this happen thank you
What an achievement, great documentary. AS a sideline, what the music playing, it's beautiful :)
they reckon some parts deep down in the reactor, you can get advanced levels of radiation poisoning in a few minutes.
Dan A yup, the elephant’s foot. Thankfully there is a mold eating it
I'd want more than a dust mask
I hope everyone was paid enough to cover the costs of their cancer treatments. Absolute heroes.
After the collapse of the UDSSR a few years later I assume they were on there own and died in pain.
It is fascinating that a disaster like Chernobyl can actually be the source of reasons for optimism about the future. For example, people often talk about a manned mission to Mars. One major problem is that the surface of Mars is a very hostile radiological environment. It turns out disaster sites like Chernobyl and Fukushima are excellent laboratories for developing technologies for working in very hostile radiological environments. These places may ultimately force people to develop valuable technologies that would not be created otherwise.
I felt bad for the people who were lied to about leaving for 3 days
8:36 Theres a chance there is a body under all of that.
the body obviously decayed, and even bones would probably not exist anymore due to radiation breaking down cells
@@SweatyFeetGirl "chance"
@@Meme-zo3nj there are no chances against chemistry and biology XD
In 2008, when I studied Nuclear Physics and I read about this disaster, the first question came into my mind, "Why this gigantic vessel is not yet shielded ?".
Extraordinary feat of engineering, and courage. But least we never forget the sacrifice of the people of this country in 1986 and all those who gave their lives in the biggest disaster in human history.