Inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone (2014) | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2014, almost 30 years after the nuclear power plant disaster, Bob Simon went to the Chernobyl exclusion zone to report on the cleanup there. Chernobyl has become a focal point of Russia's current invasion of Ukraine.
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They released this video right as the news broke of Russia taking over Chernobyl Smart 😏
🔥🔥 I feel even this is a game of USA and NATO and russia along with ukraine.. u will know the full picture later . In sure somehow it will fulfill the secret purpose of covid thru this war, as they couldn't fulfill it thru covid.. may be this is the start of New world order, all at the cost of innocent human lives
Not smart, its pathetic they would use the the downfall of a country for views on their channel knowing people would be searching these key words.
@@thevoluntaryreportertvr2338 You're an absolute conspiracy theory idiot.
@@thevoluntaryreportertvr2338 that's a large tinfoil hat you're building there bro
@@thevoluntaryreportertvr2338 where did you see that movie that sounds great?.
Tragically, Bob Simon died less than three months after this piece was released, though it happened from an auto accident where he wasn't even driving.
I didn’t know that. How tragic
@@ReviewBoard-uy5nv I didn't know either until I looked him up. What prompted me is that 60 Minutes Australia did a Chernobyl piece as well which they posted on their KZhead channel not long ago - should be easy enough to find - and the reporter who did that one ended up suffering a heart attack only about one month after that piece aired. Now seeing this one and seeing the reporter here also died soon thereafter. I guess what I'm saying is, if I'm ever working for 60 Minutes in some country, please don't give me a Chernobyl assignment. Cursed luck. May those two reporters RIP.
@@alexanderroberts5223 ... 60 minutes Australia is so much better than the original US version of it. Bout watch it exclusively and I'm in the middle of Indiana..
In a NYC Taxi at that…
@@ssherrierable damnnn 😔
Those white dots on the reactor room footage is literal radiation interference
Yeah I heard that too. Simply amazing.
“50,000 people used to live here, now it’s a ghost town”
Sad to see, where our Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian grandfather's died in Chernobyl to protect us their children and grandchildren , and look at us now we are killing each other 😢
Your english is killing me.
@@stevenlevernier7357 go somewhere else then
@@evaonealfreeman4263fuck off foreigner
@@stevenlevernier7357 English teacher??? Do you speak any other language?
Here we are in 2022 and Russian soldiers invading Ukraine dug trenches near Chernobyl. They have acute radiation sickness from being exposed to the contaminated soil and breathing in the dust. Even after all these years mankind has not figured out a way to clean up the disaster, hasn't learned the lesson that meltdown taught us...
Mankind does know how to clean up the disaster, but in Ukraine they do not have the money for that and enough land to settle somewhere else. In Fukushima, they are cleaning the area and filling all the radioactive contaminated soil into bags.
Send putin there and lock him in the reactor
4:54 nostalgia to every one that played modern warfare 1
I remember when this happened. I was 14. It was on the news everyday. It was sad cause there were people sick.
The real sickness is the growing population of dumb people
Interesting timing, I must say.
I couldn’t agree more
He wanted to get the algorithm
They made this in 2014
They reposted it given the current circumstances. It’s from 2014
@@mr.fahrenheit7009 But they released it today, instead of releasing it 8 years ago.
Everything with Chernobyl is interesting and facinating!
Hi Twin. Here is a perspective of Chernobyl from the passenger train in Slavutych, that passes through Belarus. kzhead.info/sun/Y9ONo7uvmINsgXA/bejne.html
To bad we won't be alive to see what it becomes in the future
😊😊😊
Funny how there's people living just fine in"the most radioactive area in the world."
they are not “fine” lol
@@user-xo1zh3sk9x evidence or assumptions
The red forest near the area is unlike anything ever seen before in this world, very beautiful, yet very deadly.
38 years ago today…
50,000 people used to live here… now it’s a ghost town…
The Russians now hold Chernobyl NPP. The most decisive fight is taking place in Hostomel airport. Ukrainian Army is counterattacking the Russians there.
Why Russia wanna b in no man’s land? Isn’t that weird?
Go Ukraine. F**k Russia.
@@j.p.holiday8899Ukraine is going to lose their capital trololo
Ukrainian army is finished sorry to break your bubble
@@whoknowswhocares885 .. I would weep like a lil girl if my skin melted off.. it would be a major boo boo
It's one of my intresting topics,But i am so curious to hear it from your channel
I love how he says "ill" like in a common cold or a little cough mean while they were actually melting and decomposing
Human tissue doesn't melt
@@Og-Judy if you listen to what happened to many, their skin came off. Maybe not melt, but it's just semantics at that point.
That lady in the woods, does she have one arm or two? Why wasn’t that brought up!?
Some of the best KZhead Channels covering Chernobyl are Bald and Bankrupt, BioNerd23 and Shiey
for a sec i thought you meant that all the best channels went bald and bankrupt after visiting chernobyl, i thought ''shiey isnt bald is he?'' lol
Bionerd's last upload was 4 years ago
Hi Cyber. Here is a perspective of Chernobyl from the passenger train in Slavutych, that passes through Belarus. kzhead.info/sun/Y9ONo7uvmINsgXA/bejne.html
Amazing time to upload
What a timing
Interesting timing to post this. I wonder what the Russians want with it, especially after detaining the crew keeping it safe.
They don't want the crew running away
Because it’s on a strategic route
BREAKING NEWS CHERNOYNL IS NOW ON FIRE
@@rockstarauthority7354 ..ya not really
Can you please put closed captioning on your videos? 🙁
A trace of leakage can not be observed or noticed
Pectin could of saves lots of them. And the sad thing is many probably had it right in their cabinets.
"an enginnering effort the likes of which the world has never seen"?? What about the Colosseum in Rome, 2,000 years ago? Or the pyramids, 4,000 years ago? Each of these engineering efforts hasn't lasted half the time that the Chernobyl site will remain radioactive. In 600 years, no one recognize the words "cold war" or Soviet versus the West. Take pride fellow citizens of the third millennium. Chernobyl is our gift to the ages.
Try radioactive for the next 20.000 years
It is estimated the contamination will be around for 20,000 years.
@@rustyrelicsfarm2406 24,000. Won't be safe again until the year 25986.
Bob Simon was the best
The arc is already over the old sarcophagus
I played this map in MW2
Scary!
Dam what timing I might add.
I hope somebody was out playing "vinimane! vinimane!" On speakers.
Why aren't they wearing protective gear?
8:40 The closer he gets to Chernobyl the stronger he becomes.
I wonder what will happen with Chernobyl and this project with the war going on? What would happen if Russia annexes this zone?
Dear Lord what happened this week
"Chernobyl is Forever"
Thinking about the hard working and tough folks of ukraine. Russia and soviet union always gave them a difficult time.
Bad timing bruh, they at war lol
It's a multi country effort though
Why they did it. So people looking up the war might see it.
And now Chernobyl is occupied by the Russians
Wondering why Russia got to Chernobyl 1st than Kiev? What r they looking for that only top ex-Soviet official knew?
Wondering? Because Chernobyl can easily be weaponized, and used to contaminate Eastern Europe with radioactive dust. It's not a safe zone by any means. Russia can, at any time, threaten to blow up Chernobyl and cause a nuclear-holocaust scenario.
I'd like to go and see it
30 August 2022 Gorbachev passed away at 91 yrs of age. He was the last leader of the USSR
Never 4get....
HE IS RIGHT IN THE END ---- '' CHERNOBYL IS FOREVER ''
I saw on another recent video, how wildlife is thriving. Also stray dogs, - the descendents of pets, are doing okay.
My question is why are they walking through it, still highly radioactive
Only some parts are highly radioactive, the majority of Chernobyl is still radioactive and not fit for living but it is still safe to visit and walk through for a few hours.
@@derpymcderpello5381I'd still wear a protective suit. That's crazy to be there in regular clothes.
I asked the same question. Seems crazy to just be there in regular clothes.
X-ray tech here….trained in radiation protection…no way would I get anywhere near the exclusion zone. The thyroid attenuates radiation quickly. Not worth the risk.
@@heathertakacs4405 Since you're talking about the thyroid, I assume you're referring to iodine-131. Fair to say that the thyroid does absorb I-131 quickly, but that has a half-life of ~8 days. The disaster happened in 1986, so wouldn't we say the levels of I-131 in the area would have decayed to just about nothing?
And they all get cancer after THIS right ?!! I WOULD MEAN THAT NO LIE HERE !!
You'd have to spend 13 years there for a lethal dose yeah no
Ironic and emotional if you’re watching it like now… March 19, 2022… people died because of the catastrophe in April 1986… and now Ukraine is under siege. Who would have known 😢
If it’s still deadly. How are they working right by it? Just curious.
Nuclear plants have many layers of lead and concrete around them, which blocks radiation. The work site for the arch also had a very tall, very thick concrete wall as a shield to ward away the spills of gamma.
Ah yes, a model of Soviet modernity. So much for that.
Thanks so much for the video and info. I wish All the best, well not so much Putin.
My question is how did that person get that close to the elephants foot and are they dead?
Still extremely radioactive but there is much better equipment to reduce exposure. When it was first discovered I think it was radioactive to the point that exposure for 3 minutes was a 50/50 chance of death within 30 days. It’s still extremely radioactive but I think with shielding you can be exposed for a short a moment of time without expecting to acute damage. I would expect they are certainly still getting an unhealthy amount of radiation, they are simply limiting it to a very short amount of time
Maybe the photo was taken by robotics, not an actual human.
Over the years, the radiation and heat from it have gone down quite considerably. Now, you can be near it for between 1-2 hours before you get a fatal dose.
I’m amazed it took them THAT long to cover the exposed reactor? Wtf
It’s the secondary covering as far as i understand it.
@@jessice293 right, I should’ve specified. I’m surprised it took that long to cover the first covering
😮 3:05
Welp
Construction was done several years ago
This is obviously from over a decade ago.
Nothing good ever came from splitting the atom, the building block of life. 😞
Sounds like a bad case of Herpies , just never goes away. Prayers for Ukrainian people
Russian artillery: that pile of radioactive debris next to Chernobyl looks dangerous. Would be a shame if we exploded some shells in it and released a radioactive cloud over Europe. *does exactly that*
All I remember about Bob Simon is Jaguars in Africa
Taller than statue of liberty and wider than yankee stadium…anything but the metric system
Uhhh... Do not post old slightly related videos for views because of the War and the fact that people will use key words to search. This is seriously and pathetically unbecoming.
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, or as it's known to Russian soldiers: KIA Campgrounds.
Anyone else recognize most of the stuff in Pryipyat from CoD Modern Warfare?
Reminds me of dayz
Stalker
@@jefferyshowman2272 meh, not enough Pryipyat. Was talking about specific world location in game kinda thing.
@@OpenGL4ever Exactly! Same place, different games! Gotta love that, bro.
🎡 50 thousand people used to live here.. now it's a ghost town 👻
wow
Wow, Russia is trying to take Chernobyl as we speak just as this was uploaded. Ps: I’m curious about how this comment is going to age.
They already did...
More like this was updated because Russia was invading Ukraine. No idea why.
The power is forever. Correct. Just wish this part of history never happened.
Russian media states that it’s a joint security between Ukrainian and Russian soldiers 🤔
2011. A 9.0 earthquake strikes Japan and Godzilla. A tsunami hits the Fuckashitta power plant. People start talking in English ! Pets start making laws. King Kong wants a re-match. And soon - everything gets crazy !
And now all that in Russia’s hands 😶
I'm sure it's safe. 🙈 why take the risk.
spent fuel is still there ukraine just recently got permission to moving it out from chernobyl
5:07 Call of Duty : Modern warfare 4.
the population is not 0
In USA they call a worker at McDonalds a hero for working during Covid .. These people who did the cleanup are Really Heroes. May God Bless Them !!
Who is they? Why are you making up a scenario to get mad at lmaoo
I like it
Full of spoilers for non stalkers. Evgen thinks that place is 'sacred'? Must be monolith...
Electric companies in the U.S. get to abandon responsibilities per Government contracts, the cost to the taxpayers from which (security & containment for generations) should be calculated in with the actual cost of using nuclear energy as a "clean" (invisible) energy source!
IT IS MILLION YEARS FROM NOW AT !! Proof me wrong THANKS a lot !!
IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR COUNTRY....THEN YOU HAVE TO SELL IT.
Now the Russian zone
It’s pointless, why secure something no one wants?
60 minutes but yall do 12 minute videos
Que estarán planeando los rusos para ir hacia Chernobyl
One thing we all have to remember. The Russians - are not in a hurry...
Tell Putin
Hiroshima Nagasaki
Funny timing indeed, I feel like this propaganda. The US may not have a disaster like this, but has come close. Three Mile Island was a close call.
Three Mile Island was nowhere near the severity of Chernobyl. TMI had a containment building around its reactor which would prevent an explosion of fission products into the air if the reactor pressure vessel happened to blow open.
@@derpymcderpello5381 yeah kinda over extravagated it. But still....
They Spied On Trump’s Campaign, Leslie!
Why do the Russians want this so bad 😂 What a project that will be to get anything productive out of it again
well, the power plant is still being used and in operation but i believe they were planning a chemical attack by blowing it up
Warfare today isn't about taking resources, it's about leverage and bragging about said leverage.
i was thinking about that too, why is so important to take it?
It's not about taking the space for development. The site is carefully monitored. If it is managed incorrectly radioactive dust storms could be released and cover all of Europe. It's extremely dangerous.
They can literally hold Europe hostage by threatening to pop the top off the reactor 😐
what a wuss... LOL
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Way to capitalize on the invasion of a country
Insensitive wtf
Western propaganda.
Care to explain how so? You can't just put out a conclusion with no arguments and expect people to go along.