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Close-up view of the reactor #4 area shortly after the explosion at Chernobyl. This would have been a dangerous place to be... Taken from International Nuclear Safety.
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From: aaron.shipley@gmail.com (Thu Feb 24 18:45:22 2005) Radiation exposure from such a close distance must have exceeded 10,000 roentgens per hour. Someone who took this photo probably died shortly afterwards . . . |
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From: anon2 (Mon Mar 21 20:02:36 2005) Many of the helicopter pilots and people taking these pictures have in fact died. |
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From: guest (Thu Apr 28 20:14:24 2005) its true, they made a movie on this accident and many of the film crews died shortly later after making the movie |
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From: guest2 (Thu Apr 28 20:35:03 2005) correct. everyone associated with that movie is dead. |
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From: xl(l3x)lx (Sun May 1 10:41:18 2005) not exactly, they took the helicopter very high, actually they used special zoom cameras and most of the radiation was spread with a storm that happend like 2 days after |
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From: person (Wed May 4 21:16:53 2005) actually, most of the helicopters flew very low. they were trying to dump sand, lead, boron, and other stuff on the reactor as a first line of defence from radiation as well as to help put out the fires. |
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From: lkarlov (Thu May 5 12:00:35 2005) I'm not sure if the pilotes were even told that they could die from exposure... |
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From: i_dropulic@sympatico.ca (Thu May 5 14:45:06 2005) Does anyone know the name of that movie????? |
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From: person (Thu May 5 22:49:49 2005) i dont know what movie your talking about, but there is a famous movie called "the china syndrom". its topic is nuclear power. |
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From: monique@bourbonprincess.com (Sat May 21 16:35:01 2005) The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a few years after. My parents were ignorant to the risk and we were one of the few families that stayed in town. So far', I don't have cancer, but I wouldn't surprised if it does turn-up. |
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From: Jack Frost (Sat May 28 10:09:11 2005) I'm surprised the camera and film functioned properly with that kind of radiation level. |
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From: lkarlov (Tue Jun 7 06:38:23 2005) radiation reduces h(fe) factor in semiconductor transistors, so it could affect precise electronics. but this is probably old mostly mehanical camera... |
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From: Peter Korsten (Fri Jan 20 14:00:21 2006) 'The China Syndrome' actually came out a few days before the Three Miles Island incident. Whilst very serious, the TMI accident was not nearly as serious as the one in Chernobyl. So go figure. |
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From: Patrick N (Tue Mar 7 19:33:03 2006) As a matter of fact, alot of op close proximity pictures taken were indeed destroyed, they turned out totally black, the only way to photgraph or film from close distance was to enclose the casing of the camera's into lead, and therefore blocking some of the radiation, it isn't mentioned how long this would be effective. The picture shown above may be taken from close by, but it can also be a distance shot from a helicopter flown high, impossible to tell, fact was that they knew the radiation was way off the charts, since the first night all the firemen that extingguished the flames basically all died. But to be back on topic, to be that close to the actual reactor core probably nothing could have survived, and that would include a camera's film protected by lead. |
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From: streaky (Wed Mar 29 18:21:04 2006) It's from a distance.. And does that look like hell on earth or what? |
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From: andrei (Wed Apr 26 10:07:55 2006) my grand dad went dere to put out the fire |
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From: Canadianguitarist (Sun Apr 30 23:02:01 2006) I got the April 2006 issue of National Geographic, its got an interesting section on Chernobyl, the sarchophagus has many cracks in it, where water was leaking into it over the years, in 1990 lots of Neutrons were detected in some of the rooms below reactor 4, 3 days later, a technician from the old city of Chernobyl was sent to pour neutron quenching gadolinium nitrate over the toxic sludge, and the possible reaction subsided. In the hottest areas inside, it exceeds 10,000 roetgens an hour, and workers can only risk shifts no longer then 15 minutes at a time, repairing the sarchophagus. Over the last 2 years, 95% of the holes have been patched, but a new permanent enclosure is being built away from the reactor, and then will be slid into place on huge rails, its so high inside, the statue of liberty would just barely touch the roof. Yes, it literally is hell, if anyone ever asked me where hell is on earth, I say "Under reactor 4 of the old Chernobyl Station", that's why I dont like nuclear energy at all, it has its advantages of course, but the potential for corruption, or something bad to happen again, is very high. |
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From: sevi from spain (Wed May 3 04:55:22 2006) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1031293125537621029&q=chernobyl&pl=true in this video shows really closer images taken from an airplane with a camera. but this man it´s died too and tell's that is another victim from chernobyl |
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From: ch]p (Fri May 5 14:41:27 2006) This photo must have been taken during the construction of the sarcophagus. Look at the beams traversing the hole. And note that there is no fire or smoke. |
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From: ashish (Sun May 7 12:37:34 2006) would someone tell me what a sarcophagus is. |
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From: sen (Sun May 7 19:02:19 2006) Just as it sounds, it encasulates the entire site in an effort to contain the radiation and spreading contamination. I am not sure if it is the whole site or just the portions around Reactor 3 & 4, and I don't know what material it is made out of, but I am sure it is made out of some kind of material with decent shielding capability, maybe lead or concrete, something like that. |
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From: Kasag (Sat May 20 23:52:51 2006) the sarcophagus is made out of concrete ..it was constructed hastily and was expected to have a life of 50 years ..that was downgraded to 20 years..its saging and falling apart ..and its just around the old building 4 ..a new building is suposed to be constructed..but so far the people in charge have been stealing money from the fund..and the project has been put on hold ..people also need to know..the fuel in the other 4 reactors is still present ..it hasent been desposed of as of yet |
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From: MountainLion (Wed May 31 16:40:33 2006) Picture the moment as a reality with yourself controling and beeing responsible in this test. Then a build-up of energy.. uncontrolable ... no escape... realisation... Shock and hell on earth is real. ...reality as pain and unthinkable guilt. .. Peace |
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From: Alan (Tue Jun 6 01:48:57 2006) " ... it exceeds 10,000 roetgens an hour, and workers can only risk shifts no longer then 15 minutes at a time ... " At 10,000 roetgens per hour, workers would be fried in a matter of minutes or less. Nobody would even be standing after 15 minutes of exposure time. 500 roetgens per hour is enough to kill a human. Even 100 roetgens per hour over several hours will mostlikely bring about death. Once you start getting into the thousands of roetgens per hour, people start to fry pretty much right away. |
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From: brunomogo (Sun Jun 11 14:09:17 2006) ¿Cuales fueron las magnitudes reales del accidente? Es una gran dsicución, y creo que nadie tendrá una respuesta precisa. Sinceramente, creo que no debemos exagerar los alcances de este accidente, pero tampoco hacerlo parecer màs pequeño de ño que fue. |
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From: onlooker (Wed Oct 18 17:55:23 2006) "The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. " The film was publicly released a few weeks before the t.m.i. accident. |
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From: Train Announcer @ Kings Cross (Mon Nov 20 03:29:56 2006) The film about Chernobyl was a documentary called 'The Battle for Chernobyl' which was recently aired on UKTV docuentary Channel, its very god and VERY scary. Worth a watch! |
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From: The Bull (Thu Nov 23 00:33:16 2006) Some poor bugger has probably died for this photo... All for just a photo... Makes you think doesn't it... |
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From: Daniel (Tue Jan 9 18:13:50 2007) Yeah that was definately taken while the sarcophagus was constructed, still a seriously high amount of radiation, poor bastards. |
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From: Zappa (Mon Mar 5 17:13:09 2007) I've heard a lot of mention of the aerial photographs and the hazards, but not much mention of some footage I once saw of regular citizens on the bridge and the top of the hotel in Pripyat. They were photographing the fire which was visible through the hole in the side of the building. It was a pure-white glowing fire (perhaps the graphite burning). They were likely getting gamma and xrays focused through their corneas, directed straight into their brains, amplified by the camera's view-finder lens. Ouch! |
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From: $H@KTI (Fri Mar 9 15:07:43 2007) Looking at this picture,you jus,t think it,s a building collaps!!!But you can,t see the real killer the radiation on his highest level!!! |
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From: Rebel Shuttle (Tue Mar 27 18:17:10 2007) Are all the twisted rods in the center of the image the reactor fuel rods? |
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From: $H@KTI (Sat May 5 07:57:17 2007) Rebel Shuttle some of the twisted rods are indeed coming from the reactor becausse they where there 2 hold the graphite in place!!!Buttt most of them are steampipes and reinforcing steel from concrete wall and roof section that came down with the blast!!! |
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From: Dr Lance (Fri Aug 17 14:04:38 2007) "monique@bourbonprincess.com" wrote: "The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a few years after. My parents were ignorant to the risk and we were one of the few families that stayed in town. So far', I don't have cancer, but I wouldn't surprised if it does turn-up." although you posted over two years ago, this site may be used by some people as an historical record, so i feel i must correct you as nothing in your post contains factual information. The MOVIE 'The China Syndrome' was put out on general release about one week BEFORE Three Mile island incident. I sincerly doubt that your 'pets' died of caner due to TMI, as you infer. no deaths have been directly attributed to the TMI incident. How do you know it was cancer that killed your pets, did you have some kind of postmortom done? there is a vast difference between the disaster in the ukraine in 86 as is being discussed here and the incident in pennsylvania in 79. If anyone's interested then they should look up SL-1, which was a military reactor in the US. |
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From: jandrsn (Sat Feb 2 13:04:12 2008) I was a US navy nuclear worker a while back, and we had a full book on both chernobyl and the 3 mile island accidents available to us during prototype training in South carolina. Zero radiation from 3 mile island was released into the enviroment, there was zero increase in dosimeter readings of plant workers on shift at the time. Yes, a core meltdown isn't a good thing, and far from it. However, the big difference between the two accidents was the reactor design and containment structures. At 3 mile island, every possible thing that the operators did on shift that day was opposite to what the reactors designers intended for that situation of no water in the reactor vessel, and the design still managed to not reach critical mass. At Chernoybl, however, the design was flawed from the start, the operators had little to no experience with nuclear theory or operations, and a containment structure was considered 'too expensive' to build. 2 examples of accidents at power plants, 2 very different results. Nuclear power isn't unsafe when executed properly with constant training, equipment checks, proper oversight from 3rd party regulators, etc... |
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From: Tezza (Sun Feb 24 19:39:16 2008) Yeah i died shortly after taking a picture of that |
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From: sebastian sebadc11@hotmail.com (Fri Feb 19 06:23:14 2010) the pic was taken airborn.compare the position of the lid with the earlier pic.there is no upper structure to take it from.no roof.chears from argentina! and r.i.p to all braves |
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