427Cobra Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Very intense, if you have HBO I recommend watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBaker5745 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Looks intense, can’t wait to start after the Game of Thrones finale this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdooz Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 That was a great docudrama. Working in the industry, I have a big appreciation for how they conveyed the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I have to say it didn't live up to all the hype imho. Still very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 It was an interesting series. I wonder if hB0 really new what story they were telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EA308 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Greatly entertaining. I enjoyed watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock021 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Good series. There's a Facebook group related to the HBO series. There's some pretty good stuff in that group sometimes. "Chernobyl HBO Fan Group" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) It was well done, there was stark realism. I gather there was some artistic license but still very very good. I was in West Germany when the incident occurred. The German authorities were telling the citizens to keep their kids inside. The US military authorities were telling us not to worry about it. Radiation make child strong like bull, they said. Edited July 11, 2019 by GunBugBit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtuns Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Thought it was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 1:23 AM, Mdooz said: That was a great docudrama. Working in the industry, I have a big appreciation for how they conveyed the events. I'll have to watch it then. I used to be a Navy nuke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdooz Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 15 hours ago, elguapo said: I'll have to watch it then. I used to be a Navy nuke. Oh cool. You probably understand the nuclear aspect more than me. I'm a chem plant operator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Mdooz said: Oh cool. You probably understand the nuclear aspect more than me. I'm a chem plant operator. I took some reading to understand the accident as the Chernobyl reactor operates quite differently to the pressurized water reactors that the Navy and much of the industry use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, elguapo said: I took some reading to understand the accident as the Chernobyl reactor operates quite differently to the pressurized water reactors that the Navy and much of the industry use. A'yup! From what little I was trained on for our nuke plants here in the US.... (I was a journeyman millwright doing the nuke plant refuels and steam turbine retrofits) Chernobyl was supposed to use graphite (rods) to block or shield the the nuclear "fuel's" radiation. Also, as I understand it, the Russians were using Chernobyl and whatever other nuke plants of that design to also produce the weapons grade material for their nuclear missiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 13 hours ago, Mdooz said: Oh cool. You probably understand the nuclear aspect more than me. I'm a chem plant operator. I am in a different industry entirely now. If you haven't seen it already, you might find the movie Deepwater Horizon interesting since you are a chem plant operator. The same sort of leadership/management mentality that led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and Chernobyl incident seems kinda widespread. Sure...sure...the leadership talks a good game about "safety first", but at the end of the day, it is all about production and making their metrics look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdooz Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Chills1994 said: I am in a different industry entirely now. If you haven't seen it already, you might find the movie Deepwater Horizon interesting since you are a chem plant operator. The same sort of leadership/management mentality that led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and Chernobyl incident seems kinda widespread. Sure...sure...the leadership talks a good game about "safety first", but at the end of the day, it is all about production and making their metrics look good. Yes I can absolutely agree with the management mentality. It's like that everywhere. Safety is not first, usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 7 hours ago, Chills1994 said: Chernobyl was supposed to use graphite (rods) to block or shield the the nuclear "fuel's" radiation. Also, as I understand it, the Russians were using Chernobyl and whatever other nuke plants of that design to also produce the weapons grade material for their nuclear missiles. That's not what graphite did in the Chernobyl reactor. It was a moderator and it made the core behave counter intuitively during some regions of control rod insertion. As far as it being used to produce weapon grade material I don't know and won't speculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 15 hours ago, elguapo said: That's not what graphite did in the Chernobyl reactor. It was a moderator and it made the core behave counter intuitively during some regions of control rod insertion. As far as it being used to produce weapon grade material I don't know and won't speculate. my bad... probably got it confused with the boron rods used here in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtuns Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 On netflix there is a Nova documentary building chernobyl's megatomb. was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 10 hours ago, Chills1994 said: my bad... probably got it confused with the boron rods used here in the States. The boron rods are the control rods. Chernobyl had those too. And they aren't shielding either. No offense but working in a nuke plant and understanding reactor physics and reactor control are two completely different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, elguapo said: The boron rods are the control rods. Chernobyl had those too. And they aren't shielding either. No offense but working in a nuke plant and understanding reactor physics and reactor control are two completely different things. Hence my disclaimer and that line of "what little I do know" when I first posted in this thread about the graphite rods. Did I ever say I was an expert? Nope. Did I say I went through the Navy's nuclear (sub) program? Nope. Edited July 14, 2019 by Chills1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elguapo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 The Navy's nuclear program and it's submarine training/force are two completely different and separate things. I never served on a sub. But we do have like a dozen nuclear carriers. You may just want to stop now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I was a health physicist and radiation safety officer for a defense contractor, the county of san diego and the UC system. Prior to that nuclear medicine. I enjoyed the show and it made me pull out some of my old textbooks and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 9:20 PM, elguapo said: The Navy's nuclear program and it's submarine training/force are two completely different and separate things. I never served on a sub. But we do have like a dozen nuclear carriers. You may just want to stop now. You must be real fun at parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Guys, This is a TV show review, not a pissing contest. Next one up gets a time out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarker13 Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thought the show was great. No idea how accurate it was, but the scenes with the Russian officials attempting to avoid taking the blame for anything were just fantastic. And now I find myself wanting one of those shirts with the phrase: "3.6 roentgen. Not great. Not terrible." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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