Chernobyl 3828
What it is
A Ukrainian documentary about the liquidators who cleaned radioactive debris off the Chernobyl reactor roof in two-minute shifts. It presents their firsthand accounts and footage of the work.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a moving, first-person account of the people who dealt with the worst of the Chernobyl cleanup.
- 2 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2014, last 2019
What HN commenters said
“Chernobyl 3828 is about the people”
Documentary about the people who cleaned the Chernobyl roof.
pdkl95, 2016-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Most Radioactive Material Was a Selfie”
“There are some great documents on youtube from these different points of view”
Personal-viewpoint account of cleanup from Starodumov and Bordakov
effie, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “HBO's Chernobyl may yet become the highest rated TV Show ever”
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Topics: chernobyl, liquidators, nuclear disaster, reactor roof, soviet history
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