#reactor 4

[hands0mejack]

Yesterday was the 38th anniversary of the tragedy at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Due to supervisor negligence during a routine test, Reactor 4 was unable to cool properly. [Too many cooling rods were removed and no one noticed] This resulted in steam explosions and ultimately a full meltdown. Of the 6,000 plant workers: 2 people lost their lives in the initial explosion, 237 were hospitalized (134 exhibited acute ARS and 28 died) and 100,000~ people had to evacuate their homes never to return. It will take years for the radioactive isotopes to decay. Projected cleanup year is 2065.

Before the Ukraine-Russia war, people were able to tour the city, staying well away from the 1,000 sq mi exclusion zone around the plant.

The most fascinating thing (to me) is the Elephants Foot. Its a large mass of radioactive and man-made materials that formed after the meltdown. The material flowed 49 ft to the southeast of the reactor and 20 ft below ground level. It melted through 6.6 ft of reinforced concrete before settling in the back of room 217/2.

Radioactivity near the Elephants Foot was approximately 80 to 100 grays per hour, delivering a 50/50 lethal dose of radiation (4.5 grays) within five minutes. Between May and November 1986, a shelter (the "Sarcophagus") was constructed to help seal the radioactive materials inside Reactor Number 4.

In 1996, Radiation Specialist Artur Korneyev took several photographs of the Elephants Foot. Some call him the most radioactive man in the world. Artur took up close photos of the mass and produced a very famous "selfie" seen below. The grainy effect is due to the high levels of radiation.

His current status is unknown, but in a 2016 interview he said he was working on construction of a $1.5 billion arch that, when finished in 2017, will cap the decaying sarcophagus and prevent airborne isotopes from escaping. In his mid 60s, he was sickly, with cataracts, and had been barred from re-entering the sarcophagus after years of irradiation.

Pictured below:

☆ Artur Korneyev with the Elephants Foot 1996

☆ View of the city of Pripyat with Chernobyl in the background 2009

☆ The "Sarcophagus" + a picture of the destroyed reactor right after the accident

☆ The "Red Forest" around Pripyat 2009

☆ A piglet with Dipygus at the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

☆ Map of radiation levels around Chernobyl in 1996

☆ Radiation exposure to first responders at Chernobyl in comparison to a range of situations

[putting-chell-in-places]

reactor 4

This?

[smashorpass50plus]

Reblog for a bigger sample!

[laguzmage]

It’s Warhawk Wednesday everyone

[sibeal]

if the end times means this kind of stunning lighting, then perhaps... actually, no

[sinlizards]

Hi guys still very much busy so no art but i feel like i have to fufill my duty as Guy Annoying About EE Online but NEW ALBUM AND SINGLE !!!!! IF GOD IS IN THAT MOUNTAIN HE WONT ANSWER ME A SINGLE QUESTION!!

[nucl-eon]

THE RUINS OF REACTOR UNIT 4

Photo Credit: Александр Купный (Alexandr Kupnyi)

[rad-roche]

those days weren't much better, but they're sure easy to paint that way

[thedestinysunknown]

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Compactor Reactor:

"Another level that deserves some love. It may start with a generic trolly section, but the rester of the level is very good. I just wish we had more levels like it in this game."

PS: the gameplay used for this gifset is not mine. The original video belongs to the user: JokerAlex21, on Youtube.

[lunabug2004]

RANT INCOMING: Noooo guys the reactor I was watching said the line! He said "Will deserves better" after he figured out Will's feelings in s4... :(

I honestly dunno if I can keep watching him now. I know that's dramatic but when I tell ya'll Michael Wheeler means the world to me... Michael Wheeler Means The World To Me. I mean it. Wholeheartedly. And I cannot handle when people don't even try to see Mike as more than just Will and El's love interest, which is what it seems his take on Mike is unfortunately.

And I dunno if I can watch someone who's gonna sit there and claim Will deserves better than the one thing he's wanted for who knows how long and the one person who means the world to him, while also claiming Will is one of his favorites... like how does that even make sense?! They got in a couple arguments (in which both had valid points and valid reasons to be upset with one another)... so what?! That automatically makes Mike a bad friend?! It's the most stupid thing ever imo. I could go on forever with this so I'll stop here...

I know this is actually most of the GA's take on it so it shouldn't be surprising but... come on man! I was hoping this reactor would be different cuz I really like him. (Though some red flags did pop up regarding his reactions to Mike in s3...)

[trans-leek-cookie]

also random thing that "Charlie" is generally C in like. Military alphabet - Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo etc so I wonder if that's why it was chosen for the reactor? Bc otherwise it's a weirdly human name (maybe idk abt reactor naming conventions). Anyway I doubt it's That Many but I wonder- if it is military alphabet- if they needed 26 different names

[kurthorton]

im just saying i could do aria justice better than the show ever did and i dont even like aria

[magpies-gold]

For real. He geigers good.

[frankthesnek]

I feel like I'm working my way through doing classic tropes of Stevetony fics like I'm working my way through the menu at a smoothie bar with a frequent customer card.

Write a trope fic and punch my card! How many till I earn a free smoothie? 🤣

[corvuscorona]

dwarf fortress:

filling a well from the ocean but it's taking forever bc my pump operators are so fast that the ocean tiles theyre pumping from dry out in like half a second & the adjacent tiles cant refill them fast enough to keep up

making a second, cooler dining hall so literal children will stop complaining about The Lack Of Dining Tables

ran out of bitcoal. "embarks near volcanoes" hubris strikes. is this where I learn to do magma pump stacks? i need GOLD BARS

throne room is technically good enough for the queen but the floor is still half-naked.. what do I even fill it in with. black bronze? I need GOLD BARS

above-ground farming would be nice but I need the elves' treecutting agreement to reset for the year already or I can't make room!!! hurry up

OH RIGHT I WANTED TO TRY THAT THING WHERE YOU MAKE INFINITE POWER BY dumping a minecart full of water into a water wheel over and over

[doctorwhoisadhd]

love receiving the most my parents sequence of texts ever