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Good evening, I'm Michael Usher. Here's what's coming
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The Chernobyl Disaster

Good evening, I'm MichaelUsher. Here's what's coming (PHONE RINGING) After a nine-hour...

Good evening, I'm Michael
Usher. Here's what's coming (PHONE RINGING) After a nine-hour delay, the control room is finally given
the go-ahead to carry out the test

Full Transcript

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Good evening, I'm Michael Usher. Here's what's coming
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(PHONE RINGING)
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After a nine-hour delay,
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the control room is finally given the go-ahead to carry out the test.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:16
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Remarkable Entertainment

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Movie Summary

The Chernobyl Disaster, narrated by Ben Fogle, is a dramatic and detailed 3-part documentary series that reveals the events that led to the 1986 nuclear accident.
S01 • E01 So, it was the night shift - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
So, it was the night shift
S01 • E01 Ordinarily, the control room was a quiet place, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:05
Ordinarily, the control room was a quiet place,
S01 • E01 Because the turbine test was taking place, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:04
Because the turbine test was taking place,
S01 • E01 One of the operators working the night shift - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
One of the operators working the night shift
S01 • E01 Leonid Toptunov - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:10
Leonid Toptunov
S01 • E01 He was a young and very clearly, talented engineer. - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
He was a young and very clearly, talented engineer.
S01 • E01 One of Toptunov's main jobs that night - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:04
One of Toptunov's main jobs that night
S01 • E01 So, having been left in this low power state all day, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:07
So, having been left in this low power state all day,
S01 • E01 The build-up of Xenon gas inside the reactor - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
The build-up of Xenon gas inside the reactor
S01 • E01 Because the operators were relatively untrained - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:09
Because the operators were relatively untrained
S01 • E01 Operators know that if all goes wrong, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
Operators know that if all goes wrong,
S01 • E01 Inside the control room, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
Inside the control room,
S01 • E01 The power dropped really unexpectedly, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:06
The power dropped really unexpectedly,
S01 • E01 If the operators knew enough about the issues and problems, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:09
If the operators knew enough about the issues and problems,
S01 • E01 Toptunov takes steps to raise the reactor's power level. - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:05
Toptunov takes steps to raise the reactor's power level...
S01 • E01 But rather than bursting back into life, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:08
But rather than bursting back into life,
S01 • E01 (ALARM SOUND) - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:09
(ALARM SOUND)
S01 • E01 Toptunov can't increase the power to the level needed for the test. - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:05
Toptunov can't increase the power to the level needed f...
S01 • E01 People who were round him tried to help him. - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:04
People who were round him tried to help him.
S01 • E01 Dyatlov, it seems, - The Chernobyl Disaster 00:04
Dyatlov, it seems,