Chernobyl
- Alan
-
Topic Author
- Offline
- First Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 2106
- Likes received: 2077
07 Jun 2025 20:04 - 07 Jun 2025 20:05 #1
by Alan
Chernobyl was created by Alan
Brilliant series well worth watching.
Not just available on Sky Atlantic
One of HBO'S finest.
Not just available on Sky Atlantic
One of HBO'S finest.
Last edit: 07 Jun 2025 20:05 by Alan.
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Dancingbear
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Dancingbear
- Offline
- Star Player
Less
More
- Posts: 11009
- Likes received: 5858
07 Jun 2025 20:08 #2
by Dancingbear
There's only one way of life and that's your own!!!
Replied by Dancingbear on topic Chernobyl
Very good programme. Totally agree Alan.
There's only one way of life and that's your own!!!
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Alan
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Waltero
- Away
- First Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1710
- Likes received: 736
07 Jun 2025 20:20 #3
by Waltero
Replied by Waltero on topic Chernobyl
There are guided tours to the complex
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- CCU
-
- Away
- Moderator
-
Less
More
- Posts: 12076
- Likes received: 4373
07 Jun 2025 20:38 #4
by CCU
Did one a few years back, fascinating...
(I'll fire some pics up in a few days, phones getting fixed at mo!)
Win or Lose, Up The Blues!
Replied by CCU on topic Chernobyl
Waltero wrote: There are guided tours to the complex
Did one a few years back, fascinating...
(I'll fire some pics up in a few days, phones getting fixed at mo!)
Win or Lose, Up The Blues!
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- PaddockRanger
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1306
- Likes received: 212
07 Jun 2025 20:51 #5
by PaddockRanger
Replied by PaddockRanger on topic Chernobyl
Why must Russian men wear reinforced under pants?
In case your knob (Chernobyl) fall out
In case your knob (Chernobyl) fall out
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Markovitch
-
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 4785
- Likes received: 1073
08 Jun 2025 11:49 #6
by Markovitch
Replied by Markovitch on topic Chernobyl
My knob might fall out if I find chernobyl had moved to my country
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Urban Designer
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 3197
- Likes received: 409
09 Jun 2025 15:16 #7
by Urban Designer
Replied by Urban Designer on topic Chernobyl
Best thing I've seen on TV for a long time.
The Battle of Chernobyl is also good on youtube. Funnily enough it then went onto a lecture by some us tutor who just repeated everything word for word making out it was his own research.
The Battle of Chernobyl is also good on youtube. Funnily enough it then went onto a lecture by some us tutor who just repeated everything word for word making out it was his own research.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- CCU
-
- Away
- Moderator
-
Less
More
- Posts: 12076
- Likes received: 4373
09 Jun 2025 16:16 - 09 Jun 2025 16:19 #8
by CCU
Last edit: 09 Jun 2025 16:19 by CCU.
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Markovitch, Alan, flumeblue, Dancingbear, Urban Designer and 1 other people also said thanks.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- cufcmike
- Offline
- Moderator
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1110
- Likes received: 482
09 Jun 2025 18:31 #9
by cufcmike
Replied by cufcmike on topic Chernobyl
I was going to watch it but heard of the scene with the dogs and opted against it. I can deal with people dying in tv/films no bother, but not dogs. Not even ashamed to admit that.
The following user(s) Liked this post:: PaddockRanger
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Markovitch
-
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 4785
- Likes received: 1073
09 Jun 2025 18:35 #10
by Markovitch
Replied by Markovitch on topic Chernobyl
In the evening all the cars and buses in the auto park glow bright blue. Low level radiation they have found makes people horny so the population is rocketing. The most dangerous is forest fires, the level of radiation can rise 400 times in 30 minutes
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Alan
-
Topic Author
- Offline
- First Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 2106
- Likes received: 2077
09 Jun 2025 18:54 - 09 Jun 2025 22:26 #11
by Alan
Replied by Alan on topic Chernobyl
Great shots CCU looks very eiree i assume that new build is an over building for the destroyed reactor ?
How close are you to this ?
Is Radiation and contamination still a problem i only ask as when i worked at Sellafield we did work on building ajoined to Pile 1 (the building that caught fire) there were areas still cordened off aroudnd the build ing due to high levels of radiation .
That was a bit unnerving when health physics did their daily checks and you could hear the monitoring equiment going from a crackling sound to a continous squeal in the space of a few meters .
That incident was 1958 i think .
How close are you to this ?
Is Radiation and contamination still a problem i only ask as when i worked at Sellafield we did work on building ajoined to Pile 1 (the building that caught fire) there were areas still cordened off aroudnd the build ing due to high levels of radiation .
That was a bit unnerving when health physics did their daily checks and you could hear the monitoring equiment going from a crackling sound to a continous squeal in the space of a few meters .
That incident was 1958 i think .
Last edit: 09 Jun 2025 22:26 by Alan.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Sellafield_Toothy
- Offline
- Ball Boy
-
Less
More
- Posts: 15
- Likes received: 23
09 Jun 2025 18:57 #12
by Sellafield_Toothy
Replied by Sellafield_Toothy on topic Chernobyl
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Alan
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Alan
-
Topic Author
- Offline
- First Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 2106
- Likes received: 2077
09 Jun 2025 19:01 #13
by Alan
Best Alimak in the uk in that shot stunning views over Irish Sea .
A geat vantage point .
Replied by Alan on topic Chernobyl
Sellafield_Toothy wrote:
Best Alimak in the uk in that shot stunning views over Irish Sea .
A geat vantage point .
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Markovitch
-
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 4785
- Likes received: 1073
09 Jun 2025 19:07 #14
by Markovitch
Replied by Markovitch on topic Chernobyl
It's in the dust on the ground, that's why forest fires are so dangerous. Chernobyl was only the fourth most dangerous on the list when it went up. The one they built underneath ekaterinburg leaked so badly the dosometers they handed off were turned off because they made so much noise no one could work
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Dancingbear
- Offline
- Star Player
Less
More
- Posts: 11009
- Likes received: 5858
09 Jun 2025 19:07 #15
by Dancingbear
There's only one way of life and that's your own!!!
Replied by Dancingbear on topic Chernobyl
There’s a programme on bbciplayer about them putting that cover in place Alan. Deffo worth a watch if your interested in that sort of stuff and assuming it’s still on there.
There's only one way of life and that's your own!!!
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Alan
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- CCU
-
- Away
- Moderator
-
Less
More
- Posts: 12076
- Likes received: 4373
09 Jun 2025 19:47 #16
by CCU
Yeah they were well on with covering the reactor when we went, it’s all complete now. We were in a car park which was only a couple of hundred yards from it.
The guide had a measuring unit, when we stopped at the nursery in the pics, it went off the scale when he moved from the road to the undergrowth.
There’s stuff lying about which hasn’t moved since the evacuation, we saw washing fluttering in the wind on a balcony on some flats, plenty of old adverts around Pripyat. The football ground has a forest where the pitch was now!
We were told the amount of radiation we’d pick up doing the tour was no different to being on a transatlantic flight. They do make you go through a scanner at the end of the tour, but it’s more for show I thought.
Was deffo worth doing, and can see a surge in popularity now following the TV Show - If anyone does do it, it’s likely cheaper to sort yourself than using some of the trips I’ve seen advertised in the last couple of weeks!
Win or Lose, Up The Blues!
Replied by CCU on topic Chernobyl
Alan wrote: Great shots CCU looks very eiree i assume that new build is an over building for the destroyed reactor ?
How close are you to this ?
Is Radiation and contamination still a problem i only ask as when i worked at Sellafield we did work on building ajoined to Pile 1 (the building that caught fire) there were areas still cordened off aroudnd the build ing due to high levels of radiation .
That was a bit unerving when health physics did thier daily checks and you could hear the monitoring equiment going from a crackling sound to a continous squeal in the space of a few meters .
That incident was 1958 i think .
Yeah they were well on with covering the reactor when we went, it’s all complete now. We were in a car park which was only a couple of hundred yards from it.
The guide had a measuring unit, when we stopped at the nursery in the pics, it went off the scale when he moved from the road to the undergrowth.
There’s stuff lying about which hasn’t moved since the evacuation, we saw washing fluttering in the wind on a balcony on some flats, plenty of old adverts around Pripyat. The football ground has a forest where the pitch was now!
We were told the amount of radiation we’d pick up doing the tour was no different to being on a transatlantic flight. They do make you go through a scanner at the end of the tour, but it’s more for show I thought.
Was deffo worth doing, and can see a surge in popularity now following the TV Show - If anyone does do it, it’s likely cheaper to sort yourself than using some of the trips I’ve seen advertised in the last couple of weeks!
Win or Lose, Up The Blues!
The following user(s) Liked this post:: Alan, Dancingbear
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Urban Designer
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 3197
- Likes received: 409
09 Jun 2025 20:07 - 09 Jun 2025 20:08 #17
by Urban Designer
Replied by Urban Designer on topic Chernobyl
The original cover to the reactor had a 30 year life - the latest state of the art one is expected to last 100 years.
The half life is about 250,000 years I think!
Another good documentary on youtube about Windscale fire of 58:
The half life is about 250,000 years I think!
Another good documentary on youtube about Windscale fire of 58:
Last edit: 09 Jun 2025 20:08 by Urban Designer.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- munchymagic
- Offline
- Star Player
Less
More
- Posts: 7790
- Likes received: 2937
09 Jun 2025 21:54 #18
by munchymagic
Replied by munchymagic on topic Chernobyl
Sir Richard Burton thought as much of Windscale as Silentone does to rail workers.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Flatcap
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1406
- Likes received: 360
09 Jun 2025 23:23 #19
by Flatcap
Replied by Flatcap on topic Chernobyl
Allegedly Chernobyl allowed Sellafield to bury a few skeletons.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- PaddockRanger
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1306
- Likes received: 212
09 Jun 2025 23:40 #20
by PaddockRanger
Totally agree. Although playing a part they are trained to do, it feels like an innocent life has been taken for no reason. Also, films that capture a dogs life are 1s i avoid. Marley and Me is heartbreaking because it depicts life for dog owners.
Replied by PaddockRanger on topic Chernobyl
cufcmike wrote: I was going to watch it but heard of the scene with the dogs and opted against it. I can deal with people dying in tv/films no bother, but not dogs. Not even ashamed to admit that.
Totally agree. Although playing a part they are trained to do, it feels like an innocent life has been taken for no reason. Also, films that capture a dogs life are 1s i avoid. Marley and Me is heartbreaking because it depicts life for dog owners.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- High Street
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1332
- Likes received: 606
10 Jun 2025 07:56 #21
by High Street
Replied by High Street on topic Chernobyl
Windscale fire was 1957.
Another good watch was ‘Inside Sellafield’ with Jim El-Ali. Occasionally pops up in BBC4.
Another good watch was ‘Inside Sellafield’ with Jim El-Ali. Occasionally pops up in BBC4.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Flatcap
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1406
- Likes received: 360
10 Jun 2025 18:37 #22
by Flatcap
Replied by Flatcap on topic Chernobyl
So it's been downgraded to a fire now, has it?
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- ExiledJock
-
- Offline
- Reserve Squad
-
Less
More
- Posts: 562
- Likes received: 172
10 Jun 2025 18:38 #23
by ExiledJock
Replied by ExiledJock on topic Chernobyl
My father-in-law worked in nuclear. He says we have no idea how close we've come to major incidents. He's seen plenty people risk their lives to rescue a situation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Taffy-P
- Offline
- Youth Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 359
- Likes received: 159
10 Jun 2025 18:53 #24
by Taffy-P
Replied by Taffy-P on topic Chernobyl
I’m sure that place gave me Thyroid cancer I ask the doctor He said don’t rule it out as we were expecting a spike in Thyroid cancers
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Flatcap
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1406
- Likes received: 360
10 Jun 2025 19:05 #25
by Flatcap
Replied by Flatcap on topic Chernobyl
Radio active Iodine is one of the main culprits which cause Thyroid problems. A lot of it was released into the atmosphere during the Sellafield 'fire'.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Taffy-P
- Offline
- Youth Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 359
- Likes received: 159
10 Jun 2025 19:47 #26
by Taffy-P
Replied by Taffy-P on topic Chernobyl
Very true I was working at Keswick on a very wet day just after the disaster It was only about 10 years ago that some farms I know of one at Lowswater that still couldn’t sell their sheep into the food chain because of radiationFlatcap wrote: Radio active Iodine is one of the main culprits which cause Thyroid problems. A lot of it was released into the atmosphere during the Sellafield 'fire'.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- melbourneblues
-
- Offline
- Bench Warmer
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1294
- Likes received: 1760
11 Jun 2025 12:14 #27
by melbourneblues
Mullen is a virgin.
Replied by melbourneblues on topic Chernobyl
I thought those pictures were of West Cumbria.
Mullen is a virgin.
The following user(s) Liked this post:: CCU
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- ParcelPete
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 3242
- Likes received: 2392
11 Jun 2025 13:39 #28
by ParcelPete
Replied by ParcelPete on topic Chernobyl
I can see the likeness to Frizington to be fair.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- pacirv
-
- Offline
- First Team Player
-
Less
More
- Posts: 1745
- Likes received: 504
12 Jun 2025 09:14 #29
by pacirv
Replied by pacirv on topic Chernobyl
It still beggars belief that we want to build new nuclear plants when we still can’t deal with waste in a safe way. I accept for a lot of people it’s about jobs, but the possibility of accidents or attacks should rule out continuing down this route.
This incident and the Japanese one should have acted as a warning. Although as a species we continue to ignore all warnings about all sorts as long as the rich continue to make bigger and bigger profits at the expense of the rest of us. Rant over.
This incident and the Japanese one should have acted as a warning. Although as a species we continue to ignore all warnings about all sorts as long as the rich continue to make bigger and bigger profits at the expense of the rest of us. Rant over.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Markovitch
-
- Offline
- Playmaker
-
Less
More
- Posts: 4785
- Likes received: 1073
12 Jun 2025 11:01 #30
by Markovitch
Replied by Markovitch on topic Chernobyl
HInckley Point not only gives us radio active waste it will also give us the most expensive electricity in the world. We need it for Trident apparently.
The government has agreed a minimum price of £92.50 per megawatt hour (MWh) for electricity produced by Hinkley Point, the first new-build nuclear power plant in the UK since 1995. Under this agreement, if the usual wholesale price is lower, the consumer pays the difference in price. The current wholesale electricity price is around £42 per MWh, so the electricity consumer would pay EDF an extra £50 per MWh.
The government has agreed a minimum price of £92.50 per megawatt hour (MWh) for electricity produced by Hinkley Point, the first new-build nuclear power plant in the UK since 1995. Under this agreement, if the usual wholesale price is lower, the consumer pays the difference in price. The current wholesale electricity price is around £42 per MWh, so the electricity consumer would pay EDF an extra £50 per MWh.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Time to create page: 0.292 seconds