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A new aerial view appears.

The camera captured a quiet, desolate town, filled with a dreamlike atmosphere.

The autumn wind blew blew blew.

Wild deer roam among reinforced concrete and grass.

Following the wild deer's gaze, a huge nuclear radiation symbol appeared in the frame.

The sky slowly began to tell its story:
On the banks of the Pripyat River in northern Ukraine once stood a magnificent building symbolizing the technological prowess of the Soviet Union.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

This nuclear power plant was built in the 1970s and has four RBMK-1000 graphite-moderated boiling water reactors.

Each unit could provide 1000 megawatts of electricity, making it one of the largest nuclear energy facilities in the Soviet Union at the time.

It was not only one of the most advanced nuclear power plants in the Soviet Union at the time.

It also carries the important mission of supplying large amounts of electricity to Eastern Europe and promoting industrial development.

However, this seemingly advanced nuclear power plant harbors a fatal flaw.

The RBMK reactor uses a unique method: graphite as a neutron moderator and water as a coolant.

This design contains serious security vulnerabilities.

[In particular, the structural issues with the control rods mean that the reactor could go out of control under certain extreme conditions.]

【时间拨回到1986年4月26日凌晨1点23分，一场史无前例的灾难突然降临。】

[To test whether the inertial rotation of the turbine can maintain the operation of the cooling system during a power failure in the reactor]

[Nuclear power plant workers conducted an illegal experiment that should not have happened.]

During the experiment, the operators violated multiple safety procedures and shut down a series of critical safety protection systems.

[Includes an emergency cooling system and most of the automatic control devices.]

In an effort to restore reactor operation, the engineers violated safety regulations again.

Almost all the control rods were removed, leaving only 6.

This is far below the minimum safety requirement of 30 bars.

Even more fatally, the design flaws of the RBMK reactor itself began to surface.

Its positive cavitation effect causes the reactor power to increase sharply as the coolant vaporizes under certain operating conditions.

As the control rods were pulled out, the chain reaction went out of control, and the core power surged to more than 10 times the design power in a very short time!

The fuel rods began to melt, and the steam pressure rose sharply.

At 1:23:45 AM, a deafening explosion tore apart the top of the reactor.

A 1200-ton concrete shield was overturned, and radioactive material erupted into the night sky like a volcanic eruption.

[Immediately afterwards, a second, more violent explosion completely destroyed the reactor core.]

The reactor core is completely exposed to the air.

Burning graphite blocks and fragments of nuclear fuel were ejected into the air, and deadly radioactive fallout began to spread with the wind.

The scene after the explosion resembled the end of the world.

Amidst the towering flames, burning nuclear fuel and graphite flew everywhere, and large amounts of radioactive material, like demons breaking free of their restraints, gushed out.

The entire area surrounding the nuclear power plant was enveloped in an eerie yet beautiful blue light.

That was the glow produced by the interaction of ionizing radiation with the air, seemingly foreshadowing a terrifying disaster.

Outside the sky.

Qin Dynasty.

Upon seeing the eerie fire burning in the sky, Ying Zheng angrily said:

"Man-made disaster, a purely man-made disaster!"

"I am furious to see such foolish man-made disasters in later generations!"

"Although Tianmu has not yet provided a complete account of the events, including the specific causes and consequences."

"But it is clearly due to the incompetence of the operators."

“A craftsman like this, if he were in my Great Qin, would be torn apart by five horses!”

"I remember Tianmu once mentioned nuclear contamination and radiation. Now that the nuclear power plant has exploded, I'm afraid the aftermath is not optimistic."

"This nuclear power plant accident is expected to affect the entire Pripyat region."

……

The sky continued to fall.

[Following the explosion, a raging fire broke out on the roof of the nuclear power plant.]

Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene.

[As professional firefighters responsible for nuclear power plants, they were trained in Soviet nuclear war military tactics.]

[Of course, they are aware of the dangers of nuclear radiation.]

[He even joked, "The radiation here must be really high; it's a miracle we're still alive before dawn."]

The situation is extremely critical.

Therefore, the firefighters urgently tried to control the fire and eventually extinguished the flames.

The firefighters were aware of the danger.

But they clearly underestimated the extent of the danger posed by the fire.

This is not a drill following a nuclear explosion.

[It is not a nuclear contamination disaster, but an unprecedented one!]

[Due to excessive radiation and lack of protection.]

Many firefighters collapsed from acute radiation sickness within just a few hours. Two had already died at the fire scene before dawn.

The other firefighters also faced skin ulcers and internal organ failure due to massive radiation exposure, and would die in extreme pain.

Meanwhile, the reactor core was still burning.

[A massive amount of radioactive material was released, including iodine-131, cesium-137, and strontium-90.]

These deadly particles were carried by the wind, polluting large areas of land in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.

It is estimated that the total amount of radioactive material released in the accident was more than 400 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Radioactive fallout not only covered Soviet territory but also drifted across Europe—abnormal radiation levels were detected in Sweden, Germany, the UK, and even North America.

If the Soviet government does not take timely measures...

Radioactive fallout could cover the entire Northern Hemisphere, causing widespread cancer outbreaks, genetic mutations, and ecological disasters.

European agriculture will suffer a devastating blow, and food and water contamination could trigger global panic.

Even more frightening is that the long-term effects of nuclear radiation will last for hundreds, even millions of years.

Most critically, the melted reactor core continues to release heat.

If left unchecked, it could melt through the foundation and enter the groundwater system.

This will further pollute the entire Dnieper River basin, threatening the drinking water safety of millions of people!

The situation must be brought under control!

However, at this time, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant area was covered with a massive amount of radioactive fallout.

The instruments showed that the radiation near the reactor was 3.6 roentgens, roughly equivalent to 400 chest X-rays.

But that's the instrument's maximum display capacity.

The radiation near the reactor actually reached 20000 roentgens!

Chernobyl has become a death trap.

As the video unfolded, a barrage of comments flooded in.

3.6 Roentgens? Radiation: The Limits of the Instruments, Not My Limits!

Are those people in the footage who inhaled radioactive dust all dead?

The on-site radiation is reportedly more than 20000 roentgens.

What does 2 roentgens mean? How dangerous is it?

"It's nothing, just the direct disintegration of human cells."

How terrifying!

The firefighters' uniforms, still in use in an abandoned factory within the outer perimeter of the containment zone, still emit radiation levels that are fatal upon contact.

It is said that on the day of the explosion, some children piled up the radioactive dust on the ground to play with.

There were still staff members on site who went to see the reactor after the explosion; they were among only two people in the world who dared to look directly at the reactor core with the naked eye.

Were these firefighters not tricked into going there, or were they completely unaware of the dangers of nuclear power plants?

Soviet firefighters were part of the military and primarily recruited from retired soldiers. Did you really think the Soviet giants didn't receive radiation warfare training?

Here's a joke: The firefighters near the nuclear power plant were unaware of the radiation dangers.

"Are you kidding me? Do you think they're the Fukushima 50, the most beloved suicide bombers among Bilibili users?"

Don't try to defend your father! I've watched American TV shows; they're very realistic. I believe in American beliefs.

"I've got it in this lifetime."

The Soviet Union certainly had many flaws, but this American TV series simply didn't portray them well enough.

Even American-made dark fantasy dramas are 100 times better than real Japan.

"Japan handled the nuclear power plant accident very well; no one died, and the wastewater was treated to be harmless. You alarm clock people should learn from them!"

I slowly typed out a question mark.

Yes! Latest tests show that Japan's seawater is very clean!

The international community generally believes that Japan handled the nuclear accident very well; you pinkos shouldn't go against the international community's lead!

"Recently, the 'international community' has consistently vetoed the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire; it seems the international community is always going against the grain."

As you can see, the video content is very exciting, and the discussion in the bullet screen comment section is even more intense.

Most netizens don't seem to care about the cause and effect of the matter.

Instead, they only focus on the issue of stance.

Outside the sky.

The Chongzhen Emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty witnessed the catastrophic consequences of a nuclear power plant accident as described in the sky.

I was deeply moved.

Emperor Chongzhen said, "At first I thought this was just an accident similar to the Wanggongchang explosion."

"Perhaps it's just on a larger scale."

"However, no one expected that the impact of the nuclear power plant accident could even spread to half of the globe?"

"Isn't this going too far?"

"Are nuclear power plants inherently such dangerous things?"

"But if nuclear power plants are so dangerous, why did they continue to be used in later generations?"

"Moreover, faced with such a horrific accident, it is completely impossible to carry out effective disaster relief."

"So how did the Soviet Union handle it afterwards?"

"I'm afraid we can only leave it to nature and rely on time to gradually alleviate the situation." (End of Chapter)