To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO

Why did it explode?

Why did it explode? I've worked the numbersover and over, presuming the worst...

Chernobyl • S01E03 • 2019

Why did it explode? I've worked the numbersover and over, presuming the worst possibleconditions in an RBMK reactor. And I always getthe same answer. Which is? It's not possible. And yet

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.038

Why did it explode

00:00:04.088 --> 00:00:07.009

I've worked the numbers over and over

00:00:07.017 --> 00:00:11.001

presuming the worst possible conditions in an RBMK reactor

00:00:12.008 --> 00:00:15.038

And I always get the same answer

00:00:15.046 --> 00:00:16.096

Which is

00:00:18.003 --> 00:00:20.055

It's not possible

00:00:20.063 --> 00:00:22.013

And yet

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.041

لكنني أرى أنك تسألين نفسك نفس السؤال بالفعل

00:00:08.041 --> 00:00:10.079

لماذا أنفجر

00:00:12.029 --> 00:00:14.005

لقد حللت الأرقام مرارا و تكرارا

00:00:14.058 --> 00:00:18.045

و أفترض دائما أسوء حالة ممكنة في مفاعل أر بي أم كي

00:00:20.021 --> 00:00:22.079

و أحصل على نفس الإجابة دائما

00:00:22.087 --> 00:00:24.037

و ما هي

Available in 2 languages

Duration

24 seconds

Views

16

Timestamp in Movie

00:17:56

Uploaded

Feb 16, 2026

Season

1

Episode

3

Genres

drama, history, thriller

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.