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Chernobyl 3828

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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

  1. “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”

  2. “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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