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If you like this kind of thing, check out bionerd23 - she does some really cool exploration videos of the wider Chernobyl/Pripyat site(s):

https://www.youtube.com/user/bionerd23




My favorite is when they find an actual fragment of the reactor fuel in nature, and the way she handles it with her bare hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejZyDvtX85Y

And the recent video where she walks around inside the actual plant. Especially at 13:00 - that red door has an eerie feel to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRHnApxVFQU


I'll admit when she started digging in (with her bare hands) getting excited about 3 milliseverts/hour I had to jump over to http://xkcd.com/radiation/ to find out how worrisome it was.

I was also a little concerned that she had a runny nose, and kept rubbing her nose with that hand...

But apparently, 2 milliseverts (her exposure in an hour) is about what you would get from a CT scan. US Radiation Workers are allowed up to 50 milliseverts.

Though, at the end, when she has it fully uncovered, and is measuring 17 milliseverts/hour, and expositing on how beautiful it is...




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