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Close-up view of the reactor #4 area shortly after the explosion at Chernobyl. This would have been a dangerous place to be... Taken from International Nuclear Safety.

Date: 27/08/04
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Posted by Pearlene Bailon (guest) on Thu 12 Jun 2014 22:10:07 PDT

sebastian sebadc11@hotmail.com

the pic was taken airborn.compare the position of the lid with the earlier pic.there is no upper structure to take it from.no roof.chears from argentina! and r.i.p to all braves

Posted by Guest on Fri 19 Feb 2010 06:23:14 PST

Tezza

Yeah i died shortly after taking a picture of that

Posted by Guest on Sun 24 Feb 2008 19:39:16 PST

jandrsn

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I was a US navy nuclear worker a while back, and we had a full book on both chernobyl and the 3 mile island accidents available to us during prototype training in South carolina.

Zero radiation from 3 mile island was released into the...

I was a US navy nuclear worker a while back, and we had a full book on both chernobyl and the 3 mile island accidents available to us during prototype training in South carolina.

Zero radiation from 3 mile island was released into the enviroment, there was zero increase in dosimeter readings of plant workers on shift at the time. Yes, a core meltdown isn't a good thing, and far from it. However, the big difference between the two accidents was the reactor design and containment structures.

At 3 mile island, every possible thing that the operators did on shift that day was opposite to what the reactors designers intended for that situation of no water in the reactor vessel, and the design still managed to not reach critical mass.

At Chernoybl, however, the design was flawed from the start, the operators had little to no experience with nuclear theory or operations, and a containment structure was considered 'too expensive' to build.

2 examples of accidents at power plants, 2 very different results. Nuclear power isn't unsafe when executed properly with constant training, equipment checks, proper oversight from 3rd party regulators, etc...

Posted by Guest on Sat 02 Feb 2008 13:04:12 PST

Dr Lance

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"monique@bourbonprincess.com" wrote:
"The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a ...

"monique@bourbonprincess.com" wrote:
"The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a few years after. My parents were ignorant to the risk and we were one of the few families that stayed in town. So far', I don't have cancer, but I wouldn't surprised if it does turn-up."

although you posted over two years ago, this site may be used by some people as an historical record, so i feel i must correct you as nothing in your post contains factual information.

The MOVIE 'The China Syndrome' was put out on general release about one week BEFORE Three Mile island incident. I sincerly doubt that your 'pets' died of caner due to TMI, as you infer. no deaths have been directly attributed to the TMI incident. How do you know it was cancer that killed your pets, did you have some kind of postmortom done?

there is a vast difference between the disaster in the ukraine in 86 as is being discussed here and the incident in pennsylvania in 79.

If anyone's interested then they should look up SL-1, which was a military reactor in the US.

Posted by Guest on Fri 17 Aug 2007 14:04:38 PDT

$H@KTI

Rebel Shuttle some of the twisted rods are indeed coming from the reactor becausse they where there 2 hold the graphite in place!!!Buttt most of them are steampipes and reinforcing steel from concrete wall and roof section that came down with the blast!!!

Posted by Guest on Sat 05 May 2007 07:57:17 PDT

Rebel Shuttle

Are all the twisted rods in the center of the image the reactor fuel rods?

Posted by Guest on Tue 27 Mar 2007 18:17:10 PDT

$H@KTI

Looking at this picture,you jus,t think it,s a building collaps!!!But you can,t see the real killer the radiation on his highest level!!!

Posted by Guest on Fri 09 Mar 2007 15:07:43 PST

Zappa

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I've heard a lot of mention of the aerial photographs and the hazards, but not much mention of some footage I once saw of regular citizens on the bridge and the top of the hotel in Pripyat. They were photographing the fire which was visible through the...

I've heard a lot of mention of the aerial photographs and the hazards, but not much mention of some footage I once saw of regular citizens on the bridge and the top of the hotel in Pripyat. They were photographing the fire which was visible through the hole in the side of the building. It was a pure-white glowing fire (perhaps the graphite burning). They were likely getting gamma and xrays focused through their corneas, directed straight into their brains, amplified by the camera's view-finder lens. Ouch!

Posted by Guest on Mon 05 Mar 2007 17:13:09 PST

Daniel

Yeah that was definately taken while the sarcophagus was constructed, still a seriously high amount of radiation, poor bastards.

Posted by Guest on Tue 09 Jan 2007 18:13:50 PST

The Bull

Some poor bugger has probably died for this photo... All for just a photo... Makes you think doesn't it...

Posted by Guest on Thu 23 Nov 2006 00:33:16 PST

Train Announcer @ Kings Cross

The film about Chernobyl was a documentary called 'The Battle for Chernobyl' which was recently aired on UKTV docuentary Channel, its very god and VERY scary. Worth a watch!

Posted by Guest on Mon 20 Nov 2006 03:29:56 PST

onlooker

"The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. "

The film was publicly released a few weeks before the t.m.i. accident.

Posted by Guest on Wed 18 Oct 2006 17:55:23 PDT

brunomogo

¿Cuales fueron las magnitudes reales del accidente? Es una gran dsicución, y creo que nadie tendrá una respuesta precisa. Sinceramente, creo que no debemos exagerar los alcances de este accidente, pero tampoco hacerlo parecer màs pequeño de ño que fue.

Posted by Guest on Sun 11 Jun 2006 14:09:17 PDT

Alan

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" ... it exceeds 10,000 roetgens an hour, and workers can only risk shifts no longer then 15 minutes at a time ... "

At 10,000 roetgens per hour, workers would be fried in a matter of minutes or less. Nobody would even be standing after 15...

" ... it exceeds 10,000 roetgens an hour, and workers can only risk shifts no longer then 15 minutes at a time ... "

At 10,000 roetgens per hour, workers would be fried in a matter of minutes or less. Nobody would even be standing after 15 minutes of exposure time.

500 roetgens per hour is enough to kill a human. Even 100 roetgens per hour over several hours will mostlikely bring about death. Once you start getting into the thousands of roetgens per hour, people start to fry pretty much right away.

Posted by Guest on Tue 06 Jun 2006 01:48:57 PDT

MountainLion

Picture the moment as a reality with yourself controling and beeing responsible in this test. Then a build-up of energy.. uncontrolable ... no escape... realisation... Shock and hell on earth is real. ...reality as pain and unthinkable guilt. .. Peace

Posted by Guest on Wed 31 May 2006 16:40:33 PDT

Kasag

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the sarcophagus is made out of concrete ..it was constructed hastily and was expected to have a life of 50 years ..that was downgraded to 20 years..its saging and falling apart ..and its just around the old building 4 ..a new building is suposed to be...

the sarcophagus is made out of concrete ..it was constructed hastily and was expected to have a life of 50 years ..that was downgraded to 20 years..its saging and falling apart ..and its just around the old building 4 ..a new building is suposed to be constructed..but so far the people in charge have been stealing money from the fund..and the project has been put on hold ..people also need to know..the fuel in the other 4 reactors is still present ..it hasent been desposed of as of yet

Posted by Guest on Sat 20 May 2006 23:52:51 PDT

sen

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Just as it sounds, it encasulates the entire site in an effort to contain the radiation and spreading contamination. I am not sure if it is the whole site or just the portions around Reactor 3 & 4, and I don't know what material it is made out of, but I...

Just as it sounds, it encasulates the entire site in an effort to contain the radiation and spreading contamination. I am not sure if it is the whole site or just the portions around Reactor 3 & 4, and I don't know what material it is made out of, but I am sure it is made out of some kind of material with decent shielding capability, maybe lead or concrete, something like that.

Posted by Guest on Sun 07 May 2006 19:02:19 PDT

ashish

would someone tell me what a sarcophagus is.

Posted by Guest on Sun 07 May 2006 12:37:34 PDT

ch]p

This photo must have been taken during the construction of the sarcophagus. Look at the beams traversing the hole. And note that there is no fire or smoke.

Posted by Guest on Fri 05 May 2006 14:41:27 PDT

sevi from spain

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1031293125537621029&q=chernobyl&pl=true
in this video shows really closer images taken from an airplane with a camera.
but this man it´s died too and tell's that is another victim from chernobyl

Posted by Guest on Wed 03 May 2006 04:55:22 PDT

Canadianguitarist

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I got the April 2006 issue of National Geographic, its got an interesting section on Chernobyl, the sarchophagus has many cracks in it, where water was leaking into it over the years, in 1990 lots of Neutrons were detected in some of the rooms below...

I got the April 2006 issue of National Geographic, its got an interesting section on Chernobyl, the sarchophagus has many cracks in it, where water was leaking into it over the years, in 1990 lots of Neutrons were detected in some of the rooms below reactor 4, 3 days later, a technician from the old city of Chernobyl was sent to pour neutron quenching gadolinium nitrate over the toxic sludge, and the possible reaction subsided. In the hottest areas inside, it exceeds 10,000 roetgens an hour, and workers can only risk shifts no longer then 15 minutes at a time, repairing the sarchophagus. Over the last 2 years, 95% of the holes have been patched, but a new permanent enclosure is being built away from the reactor, and then will be slid into place on huge rails, its so high inside, the statue of liberty would just barely touch the roof. Yes, it literally is hell, if anyone ever asked me where hell is on earth, I say "Under reactor 4 of the old Chernobyl Station", that's why I dont like nuclear energy at all, it has its advantages of course, but the potential for corruption, or something bad to happen again, is very high.

Posted by Guest on Sun 30 Apr 2006 23:02:01 PDT

andrei

my grand dad went dere to put out the fire

Posted by Guest on Wed 26 Apr 2006 10:07:55 PDT

streaky

It's from a distance.. And does that look like hell on earth or what?

Posted by Guest on Wed 29 Mar 2006 18:21:04 PST

Patrick N

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As a matter of fact, alot of op close proximity pictures taken were indeed destroyed, they turned out totally black, the only way to photgraph or film from close distance was to enclose the casing of the camera's into lead, and therefore blocking some...

As a matter of fact, alot of op close proximity pictures taken were indeed destroyed, they turned out totally black, the only way to photgraph or film from close distance was to enclose the casing of the camera's into lead, and therefore blocking some of the radiation, it isn't mentioned how long this would be effective. The picture shown above may be taken from close by, but it can also be a distance shot from a helicopter flown high, impossible to tell, fact was that they knew the radiation was way off the charts, since the first night all the firemen that extingguished the flames basically all died.
But to be back on topic, to be that close to the actual reactor core probably nothing could have survived, and that would include a camera's film protected by lead.

Posted by Guest on Tue 07 Mar 2006 19:33:03 PST

Peter Korsten

'The China Syndrome' actually came out a few days before the Three Miles Island incident. Whilst very serious, the TMI accident was not nearly as serious as the one in Chernobyl. So go figure.

Posted by Guest on Fri 20 Jan 2006 14:00:21 PST

lkarlov

radiation reduces h(fe) factor in semiconductor transistors, so it could affect precise electronics.
but this is probably old mostly mehanical camera...

Posted by Guest on Tue 07 Jun 2005 06:38:23 PDT

Jack Frost

I'm surprised the camera and film functioned properly with that kind of radiation level.

Posted by Guest on Sat 28 May 2005 10:09:11 PDT

monique@bourbonprincess.com

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The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a few years after. My parents were ignorant to...

The film China Syndrom is very good, but that was loosely based ont he t.m.i. accident. I grew up less than 30 minutes from T.M.I. and was in 3rd grade when the accident happened. All my pets died of cancer a few years after. My parents were ignorant to the risk and we were one of the few families that stayed in town. So far', I don't have cancer, but I wouldn't surprised if it does turn-up.

Posted by Guest on Sat 21 May 2005 16:35:01 PDT

person

i dont know what movie your talking about, but there is a famous movie called "the china syndrom". its topic is nuclear power.

Posted by Guest on Thu 05 May 2005 22:49:49 PDT

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