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Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy

It took the governmentabout a month to decide what to do with thedamaged reactor

It took the government
about a month to decide what to do with the
damaged reactor

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It took the government about a month to decide
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what to do with the damaged reactor.
Duration
6 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:53
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

In Ukraine, on the 26th of April 1986, a catastrophe shook the whole of Europe, and the world experienced a fatal day that became engraved in its history - A major nuclear accident at Chernobyl turned an entire city into a post-ap...
On May 20th, 1986, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
On May 20th, 1986,
It was going to be hidden and sealed. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:04
It was going to be hidden and sealed.
An enormous reinforced concrete and metal structure - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
An enormous reinforced concrete and metal structure
The sarcophagus intended to act as a shield - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
The sarcophagus intended to act as a shield
The giant structures' construction took seven months. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
The giant structures' construction took seven months.
This was an enormous challenge - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:09
This was an enormous challenge
In 1988, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:08
In 1988,
The Chernobyl power plant - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
The Chernobyl power plant
However, the sarcophagus condition was deteriorating. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
However, the sarcophagus condition was deteriorating.
It began crumbling down - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:06
It began crumbling down
The magma at the reactors core was still a threat. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
The magma at the reactors core was still a threat.
The government had to come up with a replacement. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:04
The government had to come up with a replacement.
What remains of the reactor is now inside - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:10
What remains of the reactor is now inside
The new safe confinement began being built in 2010 - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:08
The new safe confinement began being built in 2010
At that point it became the largest land-based object - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:08
At that point it became the largest land-based object
The area is safer, but still highly radioactive - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:10
The area is safer, but still highly radioactive
Both Chernobyl and Fukushima - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:10
Both Chernobyl and Fukushima
In part, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
In part,
And because the Soviet plant's reactor - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:10
And because the Soviet plant's reactor
The disaster sparked criticism of the Soviet government. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
The disaster sparked criticism of the Soviet government.