It’s tragic because Akimov tried to stop the accident from occurring and died believing it was his fault while experiencing one of the most horrifyingly painful ways to die. But Dyatlov who basically forced him to do these things lived on. It breaks my heart

@yatzeegamingop

4 жыл бұрын

He died 5-7 years later from cancer. But hey, he was a cunt.

@wll1500

4 жыл бұрын

Akimov wasn't as innocent in all this as it seems. He, like Dyatlov, stubbornly refused to believe the reactor had exploded (despite clear evidence to the contrary). He then sent men to their deaths for no reason, and then he himself went on a suicidal mission to open water valves, which only served to further flood the basement and pose an imminent threat of an apocalyptic steam explosion had it not been for the life-endangering effort of conscripted miners. Akimov himself died horribly as a result of standing waist-deep in irradiated water for hours, and then remaining in his wet clothes for hours more. He was the one who's skin "slipped off his leg like a sock" when he tried to stand up in hospital.

@ewrewrawdas6305

4 жыл бұрын

@@wll1500 Akimov was "by the book" type, he wanted to stop the experiment, becasuse it was against all security rules. Too bad he had low self esteem, if he would stand up against Djatlov, even for loosing job, we would have no Chernobyl disaster today...And it really doesn't matter what he have done afterwards...

@oliviaocasain9980

4 жыл бұрын

And he got out of prison 7 years early from what was only a 10 year sentence, when he should have been imprisoned for life.

@michavanrusselt4518

4 жыл бұрын

ewrewrawdas It wasn’t just about losing his job, that’s not how things worked in the Soviet Union. You couldn’t just go and find another job if your reputation was ruined because you disobeyed orders. He would have lost everything and he had a family to support.

I guess the reason why this Anatoly Dyatlov character is all over the Internet is because he reminds so many people of THAT kind of boss. Just about every person who has spent a decent amount of time in employment knows what I’m talking about....

@therandomytchannel4318

4 жыл бұрын

@@rbsk999 so what happened, you get shit canned? Lol

@MrMisanthrope84

4 жыл бұрын

He's the usual pass the buck, blame everyone else, toxic as fuck, arrogant, piece of shit hypocrite boss that projects their own insecurities on everyone else and burns through employees.

@chandlerrose4545

4 жыл бұрын

Black Panther They makes you just as bad as them.

@redphillips3924

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrMisanthrope84 Now who does THAT bring to mind?

@navireleiton8296

3 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of me, lol. Not proud.

"You stalled the reactor!" "Don't worry, comrade Dyatlov, we will have it running and producing a five-digit amount of power in no time!"

@devintariel3769

2 жыл бұрын

Safety first

@fedepena6687

2 жыл бұрын

@@devintariel3769 Always

@psychoticmortacarn

Жыл бұрын

UNLIMITED POWER

@Kamina.D.Fierce

4 ай бұрын

You could say they'll pull the brakes and really unleash the beast.

@ahmadsantoso9712

23 күн бұрын

Raise the power.

Dyatlov: "Safety first I've been saying that for 25 yes" 2 seconds later: "Raise the power"

@stellarwind1946

2 жыл бұрын

Reactor explodes Dyatlov: Raise the power

@SwissChocolateh

Жыл бұрын

@@quietplace4303 lmao

@bobbong8483

Ай бұрын

"There are no rules for 50%!!!" - Yeah, that is because it is sooo dumb to do so, they assumed it was a given.

No background music... that's why this entire scene is so suspenseful

@LegendaryRadioJock

3 жыл бұрын

They did the exact same thing with the movie "The China Syndrome". No music whatsoever, beyond Stephen Bishop's song.

@scrubly_jr

2 жыл бұрын

great point. the ever present low pitched drone in the background really raises the tension in this scene too. incredibly well made and well acted series

@randomentertainment8927

2 жыл бұрын

@@scrubly_jr and the more high pitched "screams" that make the reactor seem like some of mythical eldrich horror come to life

paul ritter did an excellent job of depicting anatoly dyatlov.

@therandomytchannel4318

4 жыл бұрын

6 people are incompetent assholes 😁

@VersusARCH

4 жыл бұрын

He made a great dramatic portrayal but too over the top for historical accuracy.

@consonaadversapars

4 жыл бұрын

@@VersusARCH Exactly. We don't know what exactly happened and how everybody reacted in those moments. A great dramatic portrayal from Ritter nonetheless.

@vibovitold

11 ай бұрын

@@VersusARCH yeah, according to most accounts, real-life Dyatlov was harsh, but also fair, and not as terrible nor careless as in the show. but compelling narratives require dynamics, and dynamics is borne out of contrast and extremes, so of course all characters will be sort of "turned up to 11". the show is terrific, but it baffles me how many people assume it's a re-enacted documentary, and seemingly believe every single scene is a faithful account of what actually went down. while pretty close to the truth overall, "Chernobyl" takes lots of liberties.

@PanAm103

4 ай бұрын

@@vibovitold “not great not terrible” 😉

2:48 "there is no rule" Later: "There is no core"

@sayori3939

2 жыл бұрын

No rule no core it's a simple as that

@Jmaxtrian-qy4qs

Жыл бұрын

“We have to lower the control rods.” “I don’t think there are control rods. I don’t think there’s a core.”

@DPWrepublic

6 ай бұрын

"There's no graphite"

@Chico_Sin_Ideas

3 ай бұрын

I was reading this comment when the there is no rule line played

@Korigetsu1991

3 ай бұрын

You're delusional, get yourselves outta here....

Dyatlov calling Akimov an "incompetent asshole" is the worst case of irony out there.

@politicstoday8002

29 күн бұрын

And he did just served 4 years in prison instead of 10 for this mess

@Sleepy12ftPanda

21 күн бұрын

That's usually the case in real life. Idiots thinking everyone else is the moron just because they don't understand.

@NineInchTyrone

13 күн бұрын

Projection

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@politicstoday8002 The show is completely bogus on the control room scene. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was switched, and it had been switched simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance. After the explosion Dyatlov personally inspected the turbine room, and saw the ceiling had collapsed, got out of the building, and realised the reactor exploded and there were fires likely ignited by the graphite. Run to reactor n.3 and ordered it to be shut down, drank iodine tincture to alleviate radiation poisoning, since the iodine pills had already finished, and spent the next hour breathing radioactive isotopes, sending away from the reactor n.4 the most people he could. When he had been released from the hospital, he could barely walk. He had purulent sores on his legs, and never recovered. Those were his conditions when he was jailed, and was released only because they worsened.

RIP Paul Ritter. Absolutely incredible acting.

@raven4k998

13 күн бұрын

wait you stalled the reactor look at it!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Akimov is a true hero and man of integrity. I’m glad his deeds and sacrifice was shown in this mini series.

@albdamned577

Жыл бұрын

he broke every protocol because of pressure from his boss and then died trying to mitigate the disaster (after being told he would be responsible for the event). I am not trying to excuse his supervisors but I am not sure hero is the right word for him.

@Kamina.D.Fierce

4 ай бұрын

Yes and no. He stood up to Dyatlov but he still did the 1 thing he shouldn't have done: raised the power after Dyatlov threatened him.

@lilhuddo609

27 күн бұрын

​@@Kamina.D.Fiercein real life dyatlov was calm the whole time. The control room was calm. Pressing A3-5 was part of the test. Power only increases after pressing it. And dyatlov was the one who knew the reactor exploded. Akimov denied it. That is what happened in reality

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@albdamned577 That's completely bogus. There was no need to lower the power output to exactly 700MW, since the test protocol stated it had to be performed from 700MW to 1000MW. Dyatlov wrote that protocol, not because the power level was important, but because that would have been the power level during the morning shift, when the test should have been performed. There was not any restriction in operating the reactor at low energy level. There was no instruction the reactor had to be shut down in case the power dropped to low level. The reduction to 500MW had been voluntary. It was necessary to perform another routine test on the turbine without having to deal with excess steam. With the power at 500MW. The automatic control unit n.2 failed to activate to stabilize the power, that's why it dropped to 30MW, but that didn't cause any commotion in the control room, since they could rise it again, as they did. To take 40min to raise the power output from 30MW to 200MW was normal. The last reading gave 18 control rods inserted. 3 above the 15 lower limit. That was a normal situation and not a sign of xenon poisoning. That same morning with the reactor at 700MW, the same number of rods were inserted. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was pressed, and it had been pressed simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance.

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@Kamina.D.Fierce To rise again the power after a temporary loss was explicitly permitted by the operative instructions of RBMK reactors. There had not been any discussion on the matter. It was standard procedure.

3:48 I've done the same thing several times to bosses who tell me to do something that's not procedure. It often makes them second guess their actions.

@yourstruly4817

4 жыл бұрын

Raise the power!

@dusanpantic792

3 жыл бұрын

@@yourstruly4817 LOL

@gareginasatryan1579

2 жыл бұрын

that's why everything should be in email chains. not saying people are in bad faith, but lot of times have poor memories.

@psychoticmortacarn

Жыл бұрын

How many karate chops have you received 😂

@AMD1

Жыл бұрын

@@psychoticmortacarn none because I'm union

3:49 I felt sorry for Akimov at this point...he was the most sympathetic of all :(

@reginald1447

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, he was so nice and simpy

@AdvancedGaming4444

2 жыл бұрын

Dyatlov was probably stressed the test wasn’t completed on time you have to understand his anger and in their culture failure was not acceptable

@johnr797

Жыл бұрын

@@AdvancedGaming4444 no it's more than that, he was given all the blame as the Soviets liked to do.

@johnr797

Жыл бұрын

@Quiet Place4 wow, got 'em!

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@AdvancedGaming4444 There had not been any stress. The control room had been calm the entire time. There was no rule against operating the reactor at low power level. The test had been performed (not at the prescribed power level of 700-1000 MW, because Dyatlow wrote that parameter, and selected it not because it was important, but because that was the power level he would have had during the morning switch, when the test should have been performed) and, at the end of the test, The AZ-5 switch had been pressed to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down for regular maintenance.

Who would win? 10 fully trained Soviet nuclear engineers 1 Angry Dyatlov Boi

@michawyszynski6372

4 жыл бұрын

Normally I'd say lol but this was no laughing matter

@russianoldschoo48

4 жыл бұрын

The small guy was only on the job for 4 months before this

@jonathanbain2575

4 жыл бұрын

@@michawyszynski6372 literally recited 'this isn't a laughing matter' in my head too.

@Assassinus2

4 жыл бұрын

In this case, nobody wins. Everyone dies. Trying to wish away physics pretty much never works.

@151bar151

4 жыл бұрын

they were far from fully trained

Dear movie industry types: Please take note of how suspenseful & realistic this scene is with NO ANNOYING MUSIC! There's no need to fill every empty space with loud, obnoxious background music. The quiet is not only more realistic, but it actually makes the movie better!

@jakeg3733

11 күн бұрын

Now that you say that, I'm going to do an edit of this with loud, squealing synth music and dubstep mixed in

@KC-xs6tb

11 күн бұрын

🫵🤓

@matth227

10 күн бұрын

@@jakeg3733lmao

I think a lot of Management types could take a lot out of this. It shows how poor management and cutting corners can have huge and deadly implications. I have worked in construction for many years, and I have seen many supervisors who I can relate Paul Ritter Dyatlov to. Safety and following correct procedures is important in my job, cut a corner and people can die. This scene is very relatable.

@cpthrki5852

4 жыл бұрын

In reality, the situation in the control room was perfectly calm, there was no power surge whatsoever before AZ-5 wass pressed, it was pressed as part of the test procedure (NOT in emergency) and no one actually had a clue the reactor was unstable. watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2FhscavaK3OpKw.html read page 17 of this (or more, you'll learn more) www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.pdf Perhaps if people spent more time doing actual research rather than believing a dramatized TV show, you wouldn't be fed lies. I had the same opinion as you for a long while and it was eye opening to understand the truth.

@MegaFabioRocks

7 ай бұрын

P

@mikeh2006

4 ай бұрын

I'm in contruction too, well the logistical side of it, but im on the ground and not office based. Some bosses think they know it all. They get upset if something is taking longer than they'd like, and start shouting. Or get involved with things that they know very little about and start trying to tell you how to do things. Eugh, yea. Pisses me right off. Get back in your office and shut up.

@Limrasson

Ай бұрын

@@mikeh2006 I've had the fortune of listening to guys who are in mining/construction like drilling and blasting. They did tell some stories indeed and the lesson is clear: The giant drill doesn't care about management.

@jakeg3733

11 күн бұрын

Indeed. I am dealing with this crap right now, but fortunately our middle managers are excellent and are at least trying to mitigate the safety issues instead of sending us out to die every day instead of being yes-men

dude there's like 10 guys here and one Dyatlov just jump him for being such a busta

@drick2004

5 жыл бұрын

Dude was off the chains

@VoltFall

4 жыл бұрын

@apocratos aww C'mon he doesn't deserve that

@Captain_Frank_Abagnale

4 жыл бұрын

He fell down. That’s what the report would say. He fell down and may or may not have hit his head on the desk 2 or 3 times on the way down

2:19 when your parents see your grades 2:22 you

@Grivian

3 жыл бұрын

Parents 3:50

@mpik1283

3 жыл бұрын

You and your friend during next exam 4:08

@SuperMrBentley

3 жыл бұрын

@@mpik1283 lol xD

So this great actor dies at 52...The real Dyatlov poisoned by the reactor makes it to 64. There is no justice.

@AdvancedGaming4444

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody poisoned the reactor it’s called catastrophic incident the worst possible outcome

@lp712

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdvancedGaming4444 He didn’t say anyone poisoned anything… read his comment again…

@NeoGaymer

10 ай бұрын

And you are accusing poor dyatlov based on a fking movie who portrayed him this way so that it would be more attractive to the viewer and you say who deserves what? Do a bit of research on the real dyatlov...

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

the control room scene is completely bogus. There was no need to lower the power output to exactly 700MW, since the test protocol stated it had to be performed from 700MW to 1000MW. Dyatlov wrote that protocol, not because the power level was important, but because that would have been the power level during the morning shift, when the test should have been performed. There was not any restriction in operating the reactor at low energy level. There was no instruction the reactor had to be shut down in case the power dropped to low level. The reduction to 500MW had been voluntary. It was necessary to perform another routine test on the turbine without having to deal with excess steam. With the power at 500MW. The automatic control unit n.2 failed to activate to stabilize the power, that's why it dropped to 30MW, but that didn't cause any commotion in the control room, since they could rise it again, as they did. To take 40min to raise the power output from 30MW to 200MW was normal. The last reading gave 18 control rods inserted. 3 above the 15 lower limit. That was a normal situation and not a sign of xenon poisoning. That same morning with the reactor at 700MW, the same number of rods were inserted. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was switched, and it had been switched simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance. After the explosion Dyatlov personally inspected the turbine room, and saw the ceiling had collapsed, got out of the building, and realised the reactor exploded and there were fires likely ignited by the graphite. Run to reactor n.3 and ordered it to be shut down, drank iodine tincture to alleviate radiation poisoning, since the iodine pills had already finished, and spent the next hour breathing radioactive isotopes to send away from the reactor n.4 the most people he could.

Akimov and Toptunov didnt deserve what they got. They both seemed so kind hearted.

@maarekstele2998

24 күн бұрын

I wish i had friends like akimov

In the control room before the reactor exploded they were trying to follow protocol but the supervisor bypassed multiple automatic safety systems including the automatic scram which is meant to shut down reactor in this case the only scram they had was the manual activation or AZ- 5

@evgenyrus9980

2 жыл бұрын

And AZ-5 did not work, because operators lifted too many control rods earlier. It was explicitly prohibited in the manuals, but Dyatlov ignored the instructions. That was his fatal mistake - he did not know that lifting too many rods would make AZ-5 ineffective. But still, he broke one rule that should not be broken. And tens of thousands people paid for it.

@w.d.gaster3100

2 жыл бұрын

@@evgenyrus9980 And during the lowering of the rod in AZ - five they got jammed due to high pressure in a reactor core and the graphite tips got stuck in endlessly accelerating the reaction for 5 ms reactor four was producing more power in the entire Soviet electrical grid

@CuckooPint

Жыл бұрын

@@evgenyrus9980 Dyatlov got charged with gross violation of safety regulation.

@jakeg3733

11 күн бұрын

@@evgenyrus9980 How the hell would someone _not_ know that? I'm serious; I'm not a nuclear physicist or technician, and I know that because at a very basic level the principle is simple

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@evgenyrus9980 That's completely bogus and, in all likelihood, xenon poisoning, that anyone in the control room knew perfectly, didn't have any role in the disaster. There was no need to lower the power output to exactly 700MW, since the test protocol stated it had to be performed from 700MW to 1000MW. Dyatlov wrote that protocol, not because the power level was important, but because that would have been the power level during the morning shift, when the test should have been performed. There was not any restriction in operating the reactor at low energy level. There was no instruction the reactor had to be shut down in case the power dropped to low level. The reduction to 500MW had been voluntary. It was necessary to perform another routine test on the turbine without having to deal with excess steam. With the power at 500MW. The automatic control unit n.2 failed to activate to stabilize the power, that's why it dropped to 30MW, but that didn't cause any commotion in the control room, since they could rise it again, as they did. To take 40min to raise the power output from 30MW to 200MW was normal. The last reading gave 18 control rods inserted. 3 above the 15 lower limit. That was a normal situation and not a sign of xenon poisoning. That same morning with the reactor at 700MW, the same number of rods were inserted. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was switched, and it had been switched simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance. After the explosion Dyatlov personally inspected the turbine room, and saw the ceiling had collapsed, got out of the building, and realised the reactor exploded and there were fires likely ignited by the graphite. Run to reactor n.3 and ordered it to be shut down, drank iodine tincture to alleviate radiation poisoning, since the iodine pills had already finished, and spent the next hour trying to send away from the reactor n.4 the most people he could.

Dyatlov has been doing his job for 25 years, yet he never manged to learn about Reactor poisons.

@smaug9833

10 ай бұрын

Oh he knew about the poisoning, he just had too much faith in Soviet made fail-safes

@NyanCatHerder

4 ай бұрын

Dyatlov almost certainly knew about reactor poisoning. The problem is that an automatic system that *should* have prevented it wasn't activated due to an imbalance in its ionization sensors. This is left out of the miniseries (probably because it makes things harder to keep track of for viewers), but was important in the actual disaster. The system worked by automatically removing control rods to stabilize the reaction. When control rods are removed, more neutrons are available, which "burn off" the xenon produced by the decay of iodine fission products (which are reactor poisons because of their high neutron absorption). With the ionization detector in one part of the system still showing adequate radioactivity, it didn't trip. The real Dyatlov actually blamed what happened next solely on the flawed system, although other reports blame one of operators for attempting to reduce the power further to trip the automatic system. Either way, removing far more control rods manually was the only way to keep enough thermal neutrons in the reactor to avoid it being poisoned until the radioactive xenon could decay naturally. This should have never been done, but Dyatlov was under pressure to conduct the test that night, and would have likely been disciplined severely for allowing the reactor to go down for several hours. This doesn't excuse his decision, but it's why he made it. Like the show highlights, Dyatlov believed that the reactor's failsafe would keep things from getting too out of hand. If they had to, they could activate the SCRAM sequence and shut the reactor down manually. Unfortunately, the neutron-moderating graphite displacers on the control rods (which take energy from neutrons to make them usable to sustain fission) would enter the reactor before the neutron absorbing boron, a fact that the technicians were unaware of. This, combined with the slow speed of the rods entering the core, caused the reaction to intensify and heat up, which boiled off lightly neutron absorbant water, which intensified the reaction and eventually caused a steam explosion. Again, none of this should have ever been done, but Dyatlov wasn't as ignorant as he's depicted here. He was also less aggressive, and actually defended the reputation of the people working under him during his trial. Given that he'd gotten them killed, that's not much, but it does highlight the fact that he was just a deeply flawed human being rather than a complete monster. The design of the reactor, and the decision to hide its flaws, made what should have been an impossible scenario far too likely. There were thousands of men like Dyatlov who were trying to hold onto their livelihood in an unforgiving system, and any one of them trying to run this already dangerous test could have made disaster inevitable.

@fredrikengstrom2107

Ай бұрын

The point was that he did know about it, but he also believed that the "panic button" would solve everything. Dyatlov wanted his promotion so he didnt care about the risks cause the "panic button" was always available. He didnt know the button worked as a nuclear bomb trigger under the wrong circumstances.

@therandomytchannel4318

Ай бұрын

If this is how it all went down in 86 no wonder it blew up, too bad Akimov was forced to follow his orders , RIP everyone, I think Stoyarchuk is still alive

@jakeg3733

11 күн бұрын

@@NyanCatHerder He was much more of a neutral person in real life. He also admitted very quickly that there was graphite outside the core, scattered around the exterior building after he conducted a survey himself, so the entire "you didn't see graphite!" meme is bogus. His aggressive leadership style was unfortunately the kind expected by the Soviet apparatus. I don't think he was any worse than your typical middle manager at heart. Plus, the RBMKs were total clusterfucks. If it hadn't been him on duty that night, it WOULD have been someone else. This kind of design-by-committee rarely works out well

This is scarily similiar to what sometimes keep going on in certain places, following the old russian saying "i'm the boss - you are a fool, you are the boss - i am the fool".

@forestdenizen6497

4 жыл бұрын

No one cares about office or retail drama where the worst consequences as are paper cuts and crying teenage girls.

@PolishKnightUSA

4 жыл бұрын

@@forestdenizen6497 Read this: qz.com/1776080/how-the-mcdonnell-douglas-boeing-merger-led-to-the-737-max-crisis/ This is quite common in the states now. There are guys like this making decisions about how your personal financial data is handled and how your car's steering and brakes are programmed. All on the cheap and fast to look good for their bosses and performance reports. I've seen it. Sleep tight. Are you going to fly on the 737 max after that gets greased through review and back into the sky?

Most sensible thing said: I won't raise the power, it isn't safe

@ahmadsantoso9712

23 күн бұрын

Raise the power.

@raido3664

16 күн бұрын

@@ahmadsantoso9712 *slaps the papers* "r a i s e t h e p o w e r"

@jakeg3733

11 күн бұрын

Yeah, but we're talking about the country that used to just dump unbelievably radioactive waste into a river that had large populations along it's shores. No containment, zero fucks given. In 1992 just standing near the endpoint of that river would kill you. Russia does not have a good safety record

Dyatlov is so irresponsible, he went out for a cigarette while the experiment was in commission. Even when he was in the room he wasn't paying attention, he just sat on his ass reading whatever he was reading.

@crownvicnl

3 жыл бұрын

HBO is feeding you lies, HBO essentially switched the roles, Legasov being shown as a saint who tries to get the truth out (while he was a typical partyman in real life :)). Dyatlov fought to get the truth out, even from the inside of a prison cell. He deserves his own series and the poor guy can't even defend himself because he passed away. Mazin is not a historian, he's a fiction writer. There's an interview with Lyudmila in Ukranian and she moved from Kiev to live with her mother because the media wouldn't leave her alone. The fictional HBO series made her beg to people to stop contacting her. It's sad. HBO is based on the infamous Chernobyl Notebook by Medvedev)) Essentially, they didn't blame the reactor designers and the moron who decided that the rods should have a couple meters of graphite. So the next people on their checklist were the power plant personnel. I'm getting quite used to being called an idiot/ asshole/ moron by members of the holy Legasov cult who's career consists of binge-watching a fictional series based on Medvedev's bullshit. I've been researching Chernobyl for years and other people as well who have way more knowledge, and the series is a bunch of misinformation and fiction. They villanized Dyatlov, the true hero who fought to get the truth out to the point that people are slandering him en masse.

@JReed1985

3 жыл бұрын

@@crownvicnl if you say so. So many historical films or TV series if I must say so are not 100% accurate, they are slightly altered to try and captivate an audience. Believe me I can think of other historical films with inconsistencies and inaccuracies.

@breakdancerQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@crownvicnl Agreed, a lot or pretty much all series/movies based on real events, really make a person look way worse in than in real life to add more drama. I understand they need to make a story, but doing it at the cost of completely ruining someone's reputation is just not right... After the event he indeed genuinely tried to help the cause..

@safe-keeper1042

2 жыл бұрын

"Nuclear reactors for dummies"

@JReed1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@safe-keeper1042 lol good one 😂

Knowing that Paul Ritter was in Friday night dinner you can’t take him seriously😂🤣

@93undefined105

4 жыл бұрын

Ralph Tomkinson femalesss lol

@Darksoul-cs2ob

4 жыл бұрын

I'm just waiting for him to say "lovely bit of squirrel" or make some stupid joke and then laugh really loud

@daviddyer1919

4 жыл бұрын

when the reactor fails. SHIT ON IT.

@romainsavioz5466

7 күн бұрын

Shit on the bloody thing ​@@daviddyer1919

Akimov was a guy who was a such a nice man Rest In Peace akimov :(

@raven4k998

13 күн бұрын

the rules don't say from 50% there are no rules🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

RIP Paul Ritter. Sheer brilliance In his acting. Can watch him act all day.

@raven4k998

13 күн бұрын

raise the Power famous last words

What still amazes me when the reactor exploded and thousands of people are being exposed to unimaginable levels of radiation. When they evacuated the city they said to the people there was a unsatsafactory incident at cherynobol. Clearly the understament of a lifetime

@raven4k998

13 күн бұрын

I know I know but 25 years and he still thinks he knows everything about the reactor and yet he does not and mange's to spilt the reactor open the set on that guy is insane when you think about it💀💀

When gordon ramsay would be a power plant chief

@safe-keeper1042

2 жыл бұрын

"30 megawatts? It's stone cold! You fucking donkey!" Except Ramsey would be furious with breaching safety protocols.

@Freedomlander_101

2 жыл бұрын

*TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF AND G E T O U T*

@jamesxiaolong2199

Ай бұрын

Gordon Ramsay wouldn’t have done this

One of the best scenes, addictive!

@raven4k998

11 күн бұрын

and this is proof why you can't sell nuclear power cars if these guys could blow a nuclear powered reactor imagine everyone having a nuclear powered car there would be plenty of morons out there blowing there cars up🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jesus Christ the acting is so good.

@raven4k998

11 күн бұрын

this shows why you don't give people nuclear powered cars because the radioactive problems would wipe out humanity and every other life form on the planet🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Everybody gangsta till Dyatlov arrives

@MrMisanthrope84

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody alive until Dyatlov kills them all with his incompetence.

@VersusARCH

4 жыл бұрын

Dyatlov gangsta until he blows up the reactor and Legasov explains him what he did.

@Ezio999Auditore

21 күн бұрын

Everybody gangsta until the real history comes out. Show is good dramatization, but 0 truth.

"Safety first! I've been saying that for 25 years!" So tonight let's throw that out the window just so we can finish this test no matter what happens!

- Raise the power. - We have to evacuate Chernobyl. - Not great, not terrible.

XENON PIT, ABORT THE TEST, WAIT 24 HOURS.

@therandomytchannel4318

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Everything would have been fine and dandy but noooo! Comrade dyatlov wanted his way lol

@jdspreest

4 жыл бұрын

That’s because if you will recall, a job promotion was in order. If the test was a success, he’d stand to move up.

@tamaravonnesilv2542

4 жыл бұрын

jdspreest shit! Imagine dyatlov even higher in the chain of command! Sends chills down my spine

@cpthrki5852

4 жыл бұрын

In reality, the situation in the control room was perfectly calm, there was no power surge whatsoever before AZ-5 wass pressed, it was pressed as part of the test procedure (NOT in emergency) and no one actually had a clue the reactor was unstable. watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2FhscavaK3OpKw.html read page 17 of this (or more, you'll learn more) www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.pdf Perhaps if people spent more time doing actual research rather than believing a dramatized TV show, you wouldn't be fed lies. I had the same opinion as you for a long while and it was eye opening to understand the truth.

@cadianveterankramerica6552

3 жыл бұрын

@@cpthrki5852 you realize that the report in Vienna was a propaganda report right? The Soviet Union practically refused to say how bad it really was for years

There are theories that Akimov and Tuptonov fucked up some of the procedures that went into this test. Considering their lack of experience doing tests of this nature, the fact that this reactor had failed this kind of test three times prior AND Dyatlov being a fucktard, I'd say that their responsibility of the ultimate outcome of this night was... negligible at worst, but most likely just non-existent.

@CuckooPint

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they did, because Akimov had been working there for a while, BUT, Toptunov had only been working there for a few months, don't think he messed it up though.

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@CuckooPint Toptunov had been senior engineer for two months, but he was not a newbie. He wrote a thesis on RMBK reactors, for that he had been first sent to oversee the construction of reactor N.4 and then made so to become part of the control team. He was one of the few people in Soviet Union that knew control rods insertion could lead to an initial power rise in RBMK reactors (that effect had been noticed and written in several reports, but due to the low rise, it was considered more a curiosity than a danger, since the findings of the Leningrad incident had been kept secret). There is a scarce probability that the drop in power to 30MW had been his fault (while lowering to 500MW had been intentional), but more likely it had been a fault of the Automatic Control Unit N.2 (that's also Dyatlov's thesis). As for the protocol, the reactor had to be shut down at the start of the test, Toptunov waited 40 sec for Akimov's confirmation to press the AZ-5 button, maybe that delay had been decisive, because it gave to the steam more time to form, but none could know then, and none considered important to shut down the reactor exactly at the start of the test. BTW, Toptunov knew about the test and, had the test been performed that morning, as scheduled, he would have been in the same position. He was there for the morning shift, then left to rest during the evening shift, and came back for the night shift. He even invited a friend (another engineer at the plant) to assist to the shutting down of a RBMK reactor (the test itself was not considered that important), but he declined.

Safety first - Dyatlov

3:50 I want to do this every time I get homework or a test.

@raven4k998

13 күн бұрын

25 years of working with reactors and he still manages to split the reactor open🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

RAISE THE POWER!!! Such powerfull words.

As much as it was the USSR's fault about the RBMK being unsafe, it was ultimately Dyatlov who didn't follow the rules. The rule makers might have known that it is unsafe but the didn't write what consequences not following them will have. Had they followed the rule and kept the reactor off for 24 hours as recovery, it wouldn't explode at all.

@safe-keeper1042

2 жыл бұрын

It was both, strictly speaking. Had the reactor been built more safely, the disaster wouldn't have happened. Had Dyatlov followed the rules, the disaster wouldn't have happened. It's a chicken-or-the-egg kind of thing. But yes, of course none of the other RMBK reactors suffered meltdowns, so.

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

That's completely bogus and, in all likelihood, xenon poisoning, that anyone in the control room knew perfectly, didn't have any role in the disaster. There was no need to lower the power output to exactly 700MW, since the test protocol stated it had to be performed from 700MW to 1000MW. Dyatlov wrote that protocol, not because the power level was important, but because that would have been the power level during the morning shift, when the test should have been performed. There was not any restriction in operating the reactor at low energy level. There was no instruction the reactor had to be shut down in case the power dropped to low level. The reduction to 500MW had been voluntary. It was necessary to perform another routine test on the turbine without having to deal with excess steam. With the power at 500MW. The automatic control unit n.2 failed to activate to stabilize the power, that's why it dropped to 30MW, but that didn't cause any commotion in the control room, since they could rise it again, as they did. To take 40min to raise the power output from 30MW to 200MW was normal. The last reading gave 18 control rods inserted. 3 above the 15 lower limit. That was a normal situation and not a sign of xenon poisoning. That same morning with the reactor at 700MW, the same number of rods were inserted. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was switched, and it had been switched simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance. After the explosion Dyatlov personally inspected the turbine room, and saw the ceiling had collapsed, got out of the building, and realised the reactor exploded and there were fires likely ignited by the graphite. Run to reactor n.3 and ordered it to be shut down, drank iodine tincture to alleviate radiation poisoning, since the iodine pills had already finished, and spent the next hour sending away from the reactor n.4 the most people he could.

It's crazy to think that one dude's decisions had a massive impact on tens of millions of people's lives. And the lives of the the next few generations who live within 1000 miles of the site. And he wasn't a president or a general, just a regular dude.

@danielmoorefield4891

2 жыл бұрын

They refused to believe the science.

-Do you taste metal? -Yes what is this? -I dont know...

ALWAYS get things in writing. Anything that goes against protocol should be written down for accountability.

That heavy sound in the background gives me goosebumps

3:14 One of my favorite moments from the entire series is, “That’s how long I’ve done this job, 25 years, is that longer than you, Akimov?” “Ye-“ “Is it much longer” 😭

2:08 anyone who watches Friday night dinner will instantly recognise that voice

@neptuneuwu

4 жыл бұрын

Steele Comrade I was expecting him to say shit on it

@somanytakennames

4 жыл бұрын

"Don't tell your Mother Russia about the exploding reactor core!"

@steelcomrade6871

4 жыл бұрын

@@somanytakennames ok I wont

@joefoster551

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking Amateurs how the fuck did u get this job!

My teacher: talks about algebra Me: 2:52

Poor reactor had more than 200 graphite tipped rods inserted at once, it got turned on so hard it exploded!

RIP Paul Ritter :( You will be Anatoly Dyatlov for ever

" YOU FUCKING AMATEURS STALLED THE REACTOR!" gets me everytime 😂 awesome acting from Paul Ritter (rest in peace) great series overall 4.5/5 watched it like three times. Allthough they made Dyatlov look much worse than he was in reality based on the real interviews i watched dyatlov talking about the accident and basically told everyone to go home but toptunov and akimov wanted to stay at the plant to minimize the damages

When you’re carrying the entire table in math class and they still can’t figure out the basic trig we learned 2 months ago

The utter arrogance of a man in the face of such extreme power is shocking. This is no toy and demands to be handled as safely as possible with NO compromises.

I've watched this series 5 or 6 times. I lost count. I think it's the best TV series ever made.

Dyatlov:"return to LAC" Power goes down Always Dyatlov:"What did you do?!"

Dyatlov didn't know AZ5 had a flaw. That's why he thought it was safe to proceed with the test

Respect to the people who are working this job

This was, and still is, such a good drama.

This is really creepy. Today I had thought of Chernobyl after so many months, literally, and in a few hours KZread recommended me this video. Something is going on. Not the first time this is happening. It is occurring frequently now. 😥

i work in restaurant by foodruner, and this is the hell exactly what's going on there

We all apologize for this "unsatisfactory outcome."

2:22 You can see,that he even simualted the sweating

Djatlov:,,I was on the Toilet!"

Now whenever I feel mad at something that doesn't work I go "Fucking amateurs! How the fuck did you get this job?!"

3:49 HAYAAAAAAH

@Itsover799

3 жыл бұрын

Comrade Dytalov, i am sorry, but i think you should show just a little bit more patience to your subordinates, i am not trying to insult you

@Itsover799

Жыл бұрын

@Quiet Place4 your mom is so fat, that she has a cargo elevator in her house

Dyatlov: You stalled the reactor. Wait one….

Is this the russian version of hells kitchen?

@Mike-vo2rp

2 жыл бұрын

yes but none of them are full trained

@safe-keeper1042

2 жыл бұрын

They are even wearing chef hats.

Never give chefs control over a nuclear power plant, its clearly way above their paygrade.

>Barges into room >"You stalled my reactor, get it back to 700!" >refuses to elaborate >core leaves reactor

Worlds angriest boss ends up causing the worst man made disaster in human history which would leave an entire city abandoned.

It's weird how he's so motivated to steer this ship into an iceberg like it's intentional. It's like he wants things to go wrong.

Dyatlov's behavor is the entire reason why the soviet union was even born in the first place

@Felamine

9 ай бұрын

Yes, he's very reminiscent of factory owners during the Romanov era.

Dynamite performance. Rip paul ritter.

"You amateurs are CHOCKING MY REACTAHHHHH !!! Get it back up !!"

3:50 *SLAM!!!* raise the power.

Hello bambinos

Dyatlov was doing it because he wanted a promotion. That's what it felt in the movie. In the USSR regimen you would be stuck at your job till you did something worth getting promoted for, unlike other normal places, where if you didn't like something, you can leave.

never fix something not broken

Shit went higher than Rick James in the 80s

I'm watching this for the millionth time and it suddenly hit me how much Dyatlov sounds like Matt Berry

Paul Ritter did an amazing job in portraying Djatlov as the ultimate asshole. RIP.

The working environment that these plant operators had to endure was more toxic than the work environment of the liquidators after the reactor explosion

It's interesting to see how Akimov had refused to believe the reactor core exploded. But, from what I've heard about him in real life he was actually a pretty good guy, I've also heard he was often pushed around by his superiors...which means he was most likely treated like this often. I still don't think Akimov was a bad man or at fault for the disaster. That's my personal view though.

@Kamina.D.Fierce

4 ай бұрын

Course not. He was being ordered, gaslit, and threatened by Dyatlov.

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@Kamina.D.Fierce The show is completely bogus on that part and, in all likelihood, xenon poisoning, that anyone in the control room knew perfectly, didn't have any role in the disaster. There was no need to lower the power output to exactly 700MW, since the test protocol stated it had to be performed from 700MW to 1000MW. Dyatlov wrote that protocol, not because the power level was important, but because that would have been the power level during the morning shift, when the test should have been performed. There was not any restriction in operating the reactor at low energy level. There was no instruction the reactor had to be shut down in case the power dropped to low level. The reduction to 500MW had been voluntary. It was necessary to perform another routine test on the turbine without having to deal with excess steam. With the power at 500MW. The automatic control unit n.2 failed to activate to stabilize the power, that's why it dropped to 30MW, but that didn't cause any commotion in the control room, since they could rise it again, as they did. To take 40min to raise the power output from 30MW to 200MW was normal. The last reading gave 18 control rods inserted. 3 above the 15 lower limit. That was a normal situation and not a sign of xenon poisoning. That same morning, with the reactor at 700MW, the same number of rods were inserted. There had not ben ANY discussion in the control room. All was deemed to be normal until the AZ-5 button was switched, and it had been switched simply to shut down the reactor, because it had to be shut down at the end of the turbine test for routine maintenance. After the explosion Dyatlov personally inspected the turbine room, and saw the ceiling had collapsed, got out of the building, and realised the reactor exploded and there were fires likely ignited by the graphite. Run to reactor n.3 and ordered it to be shut down, drank iodine tincture to alleviate radiation poisoning, since the iodine pills had already finished, and spent the next hour sending away from the reactor n.4 the most people he could.

@Kamina.D.Fierce

6 күн бұрын

@neutronalchemist3241 You sure spouted a lot in an effort to cover for them. Of course the show exaggerated and wasn't to the letter of what happened. There's only so much general audiences can expect to be able to follow. I don't blame Akimov or even Dyatlov for what happened. It was a plethora of bad factors adding up at the worst time leading to the worst outcome. Having said that 2 things: 1- If anything is ever described as "cannot explode, cannot be sunk, indestructible, etc. Etc." You already set yourself up for inevitable failure. The fact that nobody there could comprehend the scenario...? Yeah. That just makes them look idiotic. Not for not knowing, for not being able to fathom that the reactor COULD explode. 2- While I know the portrayal of Akimov and especially Dyatlov were both caricatures, I look to one question when I think about Dyatlov's IRL counterpart: Is it true he lied under oath in court when asked about being present for raising the power? Yes or no?

@neutronalchemist3241

6 күн бұрын

@@Kamina.D.Fierce 1) Nothing had been described as "cannot explode". The operators of any kind of machinery are reasonably sure it will not explode as long as the correct procedures are followed. 2) None ever doubted he was present for raising the power. He stated he came back to the control room after the reactor had stalled and Akimov had already started to rise the power and, had Akimov not done it, he would have given the order to do so. So he was present when the power rose, for his own testimony. Others recalled he was present also when the reactor stalled, but but they don't recall who gave the order to rise the power, nor that there had been any discussion on the matter. Fact is that to rise power after temporary loss of power was explicitly permitted in the operative instructions of RBMK reactors. Only if the reactor had been shut down, it had to stay like that for at least 24 h.

I agreed with Chief Engineer Dyatlov, in regard of rising power!! :-D

HR departments all over the world are now teaching the "Dyatlov Management Method". There will be a mandatory training session on Sunday @ 6 AM.

This whole scene was some of the most intense shit ever

I had such goosebumps in this scene...now imagine the feeling of the guys who were working in this night shift 😅

You stalled the reactor... How the heck did you get this job!

Poor book didn’t deserve to be slapped

Everyone has had a boss like this.

This series is soo good.

That's the problem. They have a bunch of bakers working the nuclear power plant.

"Choking MY reactor" is so weird to hear and no one would say that in Slavic speaking countries...The writers tried to convey how much he cares about the reactor by having him say "my reactor" but in this case, the reactor would have been personified so it would have been more accurate if he said: "You're Choking HIM" or "Give HIM/HER water."

@jeffreyskoritowski4114

4 жыл бұрын

They were writing for a Western audience so it makes sense that they did this.

@kostan55

2 жыл бұрын

Its not just slavic, its generally east european. also as the above guy said, it might seem weird to westerners

@CuckooPint

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyskoritowski4114 An American person here, tf you mean by "Western audience"?

I have worked in several fields. In my experience, I have become cautious of people that have said, "I have been doing this for 20+ years", because 7/10 times what comes right after is a big cock up.

Thank you.

Talks about safety, then his ego gets the better of him & it leads to a disaster.

If I found a genie, I'd ask him to go back in time to prevent a catastrophe. Or find out the truth about what started it all.

Dyatlov is definitely a character not easy to work with. And his attitude on duty wasn't right, you can't just treat such a safety test running by a group of unexperienced workers as a sort of joke. And yeah, always follow the safety protocol!!!

@CuckooPint

Жыл бұрын

The interesting thing is that in real life, Dyatlov most likely treated Akimov like this in real life because Dyatlov, in real life, apparently was actually an asshole, and Akimov was actually well-liked by his co-workers, but he was treated poorly by his bosses/superiors.

shit on it!! martin you blew the bleeding reactor! shalom

This is where Martin made the crumble crumble

With hind sight/spite. "Raise the power." "Okay....SCRAM. Now evacuate. Or stay comrade, I quit."