Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Production
Drone shots of the sarcophagus are genuinely breathtaking
Practical Effects
Real workers in radiation suits, zero CGI nonsense
Director
Martin Gorst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The New Safe Confinement is the largest movable land-based structure ever built—designed to last 100 years while the waste beneath remains dangerous for 20,000.
The original Soviet 'sarcophagus' was thrown together in months by soldiers and miners who knew they were receiving lethal doses; many died within years.
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Why do you have the full episode of "Poisoned Water", but not the full episode of this?
@InconsistentManner 3
The Chernobyl reactor’s design was dangerous from the onset, primarily for not including a containment vessel, and it had a series of design flaws built. The engineers were aware of this flaw but with the pressures to build more and more nuclear plants for a power hungry Soviet Union, no one wanted to delay or interfere with production. The deadly flaw surfaced and caused the accident after parameters of a shutdown test were inexplicably ignored and changed. The rest is history...
@amramjose 2
How big is that compared to AT&T Stadium in Dallas? Could AT&T fit inside?
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