Chernobyl 3828

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a moving, first-person account of the people who dealt with the worst of the Chernobyl cleanup.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TeleconStudio

Topic

chernobyl cleanup

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2014–2019

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From the original HN conversations

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• One of the most impressive documentaries I've ever seen is "Chernobyl 3828"[1]. It is about the 3828 "liquidators" (cleanup crew) - euphemistically called the "bio robots" - that had to clean up the worst section of roof above the reactor. Maximum allowed dose was two …

• > Chernobyl-style "bio-robot" "liquidators" Anybody that isn't familiar with the "liquidators" should watch Chernobyl 3828 , a Ukrainian documentary about the cleanup of the worst part of the roof with comments by the people currently working their two-minute shifts as a "bio-robot". [LINK] [VIDEO]

• I understand and partly agree. The geeky stuff was very limited and the narrative and exposition was somewhat dramatized. I am also not sure if the real characters really acted towards the state in such a brave unassailable way as depicted... Still I think the …