If i was in charge at Chernobyl it would still be operable today because I wouldn’t even have known how to turn it on

Option D, Say you need to go to the restroom and quickly catch a bus out of town.

Average options in this video:
A. Risky Manuever
B. Riskier Manuever
C. Shut down reactor

(the answer is not c)

This channel is an island of brilliance in the vast ocean of YouTube misinformation and sensationalist bullshit. You even add so much info/context to videos like this one that were already solid. Thank you for being so incredible at what you do!

This was:
A. Not great, not terrible
B. Criticality acclaimed
C. Positive feedback done right

What a great episode.

A choose your own adventure where you aren't free to choose anything except the worst option. Interesting idea.

choose your poison:

Xe-135

Being put on the fast train going east to Siberia was, in retrospect, the best course of action for T. Folse.

as an aerospace engineer, i take a lot of what you say about leaving massive margins of safety to heart in my work, because failure in an airborne vehicle spells death for its passengers. i think talking about these disasters does a lot for spreading awareness of how important safety is, and how “working loads” and “failure loads” need to be incredibly far apart, because even the best operator can’t save a bad design from failing

the most complicated method for boiling water

Knowing this safety culture, I'm sure there were a 100 near-misses for every Chernobyl

As someone who grew up in Siberia and whose father didn't get to work in Chernobyl only because he was not sufficiently connected (some of his classmates did instead) may I say - there are quite a few much worse outcomes than getting put on the first Siberia-bound train...

"You are in charge at Chernobyl"

Where are my keys, I'm out...

Comrade Folse would have indeed prevented the Chernobyl disaster.

Comrade Folse is going to Siberia for caring about his safety and the safety of his fellow man.

well in the end they got their power back up again. it was really up then

'Chronic unease'. The mindset of a vigilant operator.

0:48 oh thanks for clarifying i thought you worked at Chernobyl

This video from the Chernobyl guy is great because it shows that the most critical failure at Chernobyl was not of any reactor system, but in a lack of information available to operators and a lack of safety culture in the Soviet nuclear power industry.

A. Procced watching the video
B. Close the video
what should I choose?