houtaku
131799
3364
50
#Chernobyl #sickburn #ussr
Jun 17, 2019 2:05 PM
houtaku
131799
3364
50
#Chernobyl #sickburn #ussr
HickoryDickoryDuck
Electrical engineering 101: No matter what, don't let the black magic smoke ecaspe outside the box.
DrFeynman
Like your mom's vibrator?
36roentgen
Not great not terrible
UncleBiscuits
UncleBiscuits
jmulderr
Not just true of smoke machines, but heaters too!
AntRam95
Except for a smoke machine
aquamaniam
Considering it was 1986, nah I'd say you're not too soon
Kilsim1v
It takesalot of work to makea torque wrench smoke .... personal experience
Corona688
10,000 volts will do it pretty quick.
PassionateIndifference
I wouldn't say I enjoyed this show but it had me talking out loud and screaming at the TV, which is a whole different type of great.
zeroisnothing
Fuck...I really need to watch this
Jakethesnake357
Yes, yes you do
Urgalicity
As a mechanical designer, this makes my ears smoke.
FunctioningWorkaholic
Except for a smoke machine.
technitium
Such a good show. Very well done
MiracleWhoop
"We did everything right."
MrFlibbleIsVeryCross
Why should you never buy Russian underwear? CHERNOBYL FALLOUT
fiachefarouche
itisafunnystoryifyouignorethetragicelementsandthesenseofdoom
As in "Your knob will..."
Longbowgun
Both of them.
TootersMcgooters
prepareforassholecomment
CasualFascist
This fuckin guy. Lol
Wesugi
Leonon
Your nuclear reactor isn't outputting as much as you want. Do you (a)Shut it down to check the problem (b)Drive it like you stole it
caunphety
Probably just needs more water
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
Even... my smoke machine?
Problemwoodchuck
No, the smoke machine only produces hideous levels of radiation
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
Not possible. My readers only say 3.6. Check again.
jenesasquatch
“Anyone else suddenly feel sterile?
pimientofrito
I feel the cancer kicking in
SnarfyMcSnarferson
Why do my organs feel sunburnt
ArcticEnigma
Didn't you wear your lead ball guard???
jenesasquatch
BadgerMushroomSnake
Paige no!
Irishda
The actual smoke at Chernobyl was invisible. They added the black smoke for a better visual
ShaunDreclin
Yeah I heard the guys who made their way through the pipe maze didn't have crank flashlights either, but hard to make good tv with darkness
malikcarr
There's a reason they only asked a small group of plant workers familiar with the plumbing to go down there - when the batteries were->
malikcarr
destroyed they could feel their way along the pipes and would know which ones to follow based on diameter.
houtaku
Yeah, that’s the same reason I picked a shot from the show.
waltjrimmer
I don't know how to turn my inclined plane into a smoke machine, but damn it all I'm gonna try!
houtaku
Friction.
natabus
Electricity is a myth. Technology runs on Trained Smoke. If you let the smoke escape, the item no longer works.
natabus
Sometimes you can send it to the factory where they refill it with new smoke, using tiny smoke whips to corral the smoke in.
DoctorHypodermius
https://imgur.com/PA9Xnej
stressfracturesintitanium
bottle42
Such a sad loss.
DiracsDelta
Wesugi
ActionJohnnie
Where’s the chill?
johnzaku
Anybody know the original source? I know it has nothing to do with Chernobyl but I’m extremely curious
DiracsDelta
No idea. I stole it :)
johnzaku
Yeah... me too
KasperTheCarGuy
Chernobyl HBO mini series
johnzaku
Lol sorry, I meant of the anime this screenshot from. It’s so perfect.
Jomahz
Chernobyl, HBO mini series
strawmanAlert
What you see here is Soviet machine designed to cut apple in 4 piece
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
Which is why you have 3 piece
MrDeadsr
Is that also why it makes so much noise?
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
Do not be in shock. Noise informs comrade machine operating correctly.
MrDeadsr
And the smoke?
CossackHD
There is no smoke without fire and the fire is red, color of communism!
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
Is working signal.
amp99
Pretty good meme. Not great, not terrible.
blueipDriver
imtheimgur
Meh
AdamGenesis
I've seen worse.
imtheimgur
I give it a 3.6
2coolforschool
5/7?
BananaBard
Out of 15000
uffda0
kakivara
The helicopter actually hit cables, it didn't spontaneously crash from radiation.
somnif
Yeah it is a little unclear, but matches reality well: https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/596474/view/chernobyl-helicopter-crash-1986
kakivara
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/596474/view/chernobyl-helicopter-crash-1986
giganticroboticpenguin
Yes, make your own post, page says no payment required.
Longbowgun
This needs more upvotes.. post worthy.
fax22
It hit cables in the show as well
kakivara
I didn't notice that, seemed like it was "you're too close, don't go above it!" and it just disintegrates.
MisterPrimeMinister
The cables aren't very visible in the HBO show but you can see the block and hook fall.
DavidBrooker
Also, it crashed during construction of the containment building, not during the placement of boron and sand.
DavidBrooker
(the external containment building now known as the "sarcophagus")
kakivara
Really? It's dropping something from the bucket.
DavidBrooker
Yes. It crashed in October, 1986. Firefighting efforts (including dousing the reactor with boron) concluded in May/June 1986. 1/2
DavidBrooker
It was likely carrying concrete for the sarcophagus construction. 2/2
ARestlessRogue
prepareforassholecomment
wooliebooger
ArcticEnigma
This has to be the meme of 2019
MrDeadsr
Thats the part i still can not believe.
blitzskrieg
Not great, not terrible.
plactoid
A chest x-ray
TheGhostofElizabethShue
THATSsoMeta
Just right
Wesugi
houtaku
Nice!
Wesugi
made that myself :3
RedDwarfIV
Needs Akimov's moustache
FinalFantasyTactics
DavidBrooker
Open disdain for the civilian control of the military. Wonder why he got sacked, huh?
UncleBiscuits
helloquepasa
My friend doesn‘t get it. :/
BingleyBingleyBeep
It's a reference to the ridiculously low radiation reading in the Chernobyl control room, when it should have shown about 15000.
DavidBrooker
I'm unsure about the word 'should'. Radiation detectors in nuclear power plants are sensitive enough to go off when an employee is on 1/2
DavidBrooker
some cancer medications. They need to be very sensitive, which necessarily reduces range. But reporting was negligent. 2/2
DavidBrooker
ie: they're meant to detect routine things like small coolant leaks, which makes them useless for major material release
RedDwarfIV
Wasn't as high as 15,000 in the control room. That was the reading from near the reactor.
MisterSmithster
This was a great show. I just want more. HBO should do a Fukushima one as well, that was a fuck up due to pride as well.
shadowex3
Fukushima happened because of an earthquake that MOVED THE ENTIRE FUCKING EARTH and a world record tsunami at the same time.
MisterSmithster
I'm aware of what caused it. Government Officials refused to listens to experts warnings though until it was too late.
CaptTelnet
.
OlTsv
And Hiroshima...
SnickerMyKnickers
I had the same thought. They did so great with Chernobyl I want to see them do this again. A show, that is. Not another nuclear disaster
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
All the actors will be Vietnamese but still with British accents.
MisterSmithster
I liked the don't put on an accent because the cast looked like the staff. A shit accent would of fucked it and what teach everyone russian?
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
It's not a real problem I'm just poking fun. But they're actors, they could learn an accent ♂️
Maboroshi1994
Not as much as chernobyl. Especially since fukushimas problems started because of a natural disaster rather than being manmade
MisterSmithster
They kept how bad it was from the prime minister as they didn't want to seem like they had failed.
Hammerwell
But it got catastrophic because they weren't up to date with equipment and training to safe money.
Hammerwell
save
MacRockatansky
Was it? I don't know much about that one.
Uhxohr
Well, 3 of the 6 reactors melted (melt?) down + 3 hydrogen explosions
Corona688
How was it a fuck up due to pride though?
Panzerkeks85
Once it blew up TEPCO tried their best to downplay the problem. Sounds familiar?
DryHuskOfAMan
Best i can reckon it's prideful to build nuclear reactors in a nation with extreme crustal instability, maybe?
Corona688
Fukishyma was an ancient design with no 'off' switch. Seriously awful.
MacRockatansky
Yeah but where does the pride and fucking up come in? Nature seems like the main culprit on that one.
Uhxohr
Underestimating the sea level rise that would be caused by a tsunami, and ignoring multiple warnings. It could have been avoided.
Uhxohr
Building emergency generators on areas where they were they could be flooded. The single most important flaw of fukushima plant imo
Uhxohr
+ same problem with power line washed away by the wave
Uhxohr
Building a nuclear reactor on an area renowned for its many earthquakes and tsunamis and not making sure the safety is absolutely top notch?
shadowex3
The entire fucking planet got moved on its axis and most of the reactors survived fine.
GrandProtectorDark
Insufficient floodbarriers because "we don't need them"
shadowex3
Do you get that the earthquake and tsunami were literally unprecedented in human history?