Chernobyl
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- fyoucher10
Heh, just started watching last night, VERY good show.
- Fax_Benson0
watched the first 2 episodes at the weekend.
Once you get over the fact that they're speaking in quite clipped, middle-class English accents, the acting, sets, wardrobe, cinematography etc are spot-on. Genuinely felt like you were witnessing a terrible event in 80s Ukraine. And the sound was great. Like being trapped inside a foghorn.
Hope it keeps up - have read a couple of reviews that says it unravels a bit.
- Bennn2
1. Plutonium (Pu)
All the elements with an atomic number of 84 and above are radioactive. The simplest explanation for this is they are too big and unstable and breakdown giving off lethal radioactive particles as they do.
The biggest and baddest of all the naturally occurring elements is plutonium with an atomic number of 94. Unlike other naturally occurring radionuclides Pu gives off alpha, beta and gamma radiation. As well as being highly radioactive this element is also toxic like other heavy metals are.
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Inhalation is the most harmful route for plutonium exposure and one estimate suggests 500g of plutonium dust released into the air would be sufficient to kill nearly 2 million people.If this is the case it is slightly alarming that there are several tons of the stuff in the biospheres thanks to weapons testing in the 1950s and 60s!
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#In addition to these toxic qualities plutonium is also the material of choice for nuclear weapons. Consider the one kilogram of pure plutonium – this contains sufficient energy to power a major city for several hours. It is also sufficient to make a 10 kiloton explosion, i.e. the same as 10,000 tons of conventional explosives. This is about half the size of the Hiroshima bomb.
- section_0140
Almost want to keep my HBO subscription for this.
- CALLES0
love it
- sarahfailin0
The way the second episode ends was terrifying I thought. Those poor, dumb bastards!
- Ramanisky22
This exchange O_O
Shcherbina: “What does the Radiation do to them precisely?”
Legasov: “Ionizing radiation tears the cellular structure apart. The skin blisters, turns red, then black. This is followed by a latency period. The immediate effects subside & the patient appears to be recovering...Healthy even. But they aren’t. This usually only lasts a day or 2...”
Shcherbina: “Continue.”
Legasov: “Then the cellular damage begins to manifest. The bone marrow dies, the immune system fails, the organs & soft tissue begin to decompose.
The arteries & veins spill open like sieves, to the point where you can’t even administer morphine for the pain, which is...unimaginable. And then 3 days to 3 weeks, you are dead. That is what will happen to those boys.”
- tank023
That music