THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN ON KZfaq. YOU LEGEND. (And amazing work with those titles, they look really professional the way you cut the words from line to line).
@corneliushollahan63984 жыл бұрын
what happened to top tenz and what do you have to do with that bitcoin guy i need answers
@stevenlouton63814 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects looking to set a trend with it. Just remember, when you see title cards all over KZfaq doing this, we’ll all know where it came from.
@ashkitt77194 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects Yo will there be a TIFO about why there’s all these crypto scams these days?
@kevinfreeman30984 жыл бұрын
@@ashkitt7719 too easy... Money is the answer, you have it, they want it.
@Matt04 жыл бұрын
No more new channels please
@Jop3lius4 жыл бұрын
i have a theory that simon is actually several identical twins that are running each channel to ease the workload. not ruling out clone or freak of nature caused by chernobyl.
@Jop3lius4 жыл бұрын
born year after chernobyl you say?
@sebastiansandhu46954 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Danny is one of the twins/clones
@CaptainMarvelsSon4 жыл бұрын
I love that idea. It would explain the slight personality differences between his channels such as how much more fun/relaxed/silly Business Blaze is.
@jimcappa68154 жыл бұрын
This is Simon 2.0. The original was replaced by our reptilian overlords after he confirmed the existence of the Illuminati on TIFO. Robot Simon is slowly taking over KZfaq 😂
@WildStar20024 жыл бұрын
My working theory is that Simon is CGI. :-)
@Idaho-Cowboy4 жыл бұрын
By the year 2050 half of youtube will be Simon Whistler channels.
@stacyrussell4604 жыл бұрын
I'm not opposed to this
@PRDreams4 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!❤️
@MichaelOKC4 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler channels already are over half of my regular daily KZfaq content, and KZfaq is over 1/2 of all my media content. I will let someone else do the math on that ...
@matthewyabsley4 жыл бұрын
James Simmons - I’m waiting for him to make a Channel called “go whistle”.
@CaptainChard4 жыл бұрын
The year that KZfaq Rewind is made up solely of Simon Whistler in all his forms is the year that it will get more likes than dislikes
@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.4 жыл бұрын
Imagine f*cking up so badly that it takes an entire human lifetime to fix it.
@Theaielman4 жыл бұрын
"The half life of plutonium-239 is 24000 years so i guess you could say it wont be fixed in our life time"
@deltadesign56974 жыл бұрын
An entire lifetime?? What planet are you from?
@Zephym3 жыл бұрын
That's why I'm a Trojan™ Man.
@om617yota83 жыл бұрын
Happens all the time.
@fredlougee28073 жыл бұрын
@@Theaielman Plutonium emits Alpha Radiation as it's primary decay product. The Alpha Particles are too large to large to pass through your skin, so it's only a problem if you eat it. Also, a long half life means that something is very stable. It emits extremely low levels of radiation over an extremely long time period. The tough part of the job in Chernobyl (as if building the containment wasn't enough) will be collecting all the fine particles of Pu-239 inside and isolating them.
@Fede_uyz4 жыл бұрын
The year is 2043, KZfaq has been renamed "YouLikeSimonWhistler" 95% of the content is Simon, the other 5% are youtube rewinds. After having Simon explain some Math you needed for your class, you take a break by watching some "Minecraft 2:the return of the mine" gameplay by simon to later on see some "LIVE PD: With Simon" You then go back to your online class, given by Simon.
@jacobcolombo31583 жыл бұрын
I support this vision of the future.
@GonkDroid09233 жыл бұрын
and Chernobyl is safe to go to!
@anticom60993 жыл бұрын
He’s been an AI the whole time…
@ElenarMT3 жыл бұрын
I concur, and find your views on how the world will turn out a perfect scenario
@waltertx.60202 жыл бұрын
Exactly hahaha
@Arkhavist_S4 жыл бұрын
Simon's going to run out of different angles in that studio for these channels. The 15th channel will be filmed on the roof of the building.
@Souchirouu4 жыл бұрын
I mean, you can get some really cool 360 drone footage that way. Better yet how about this: You go to an open space, roof or otherwise. Use drones for that great 360 degree video capture but combine it with augmented reality where Simon basically does the minority report thing where he pulls up schematics and other info to show the viewer. Then we have a zoom in scene switch where it goes from the schematic to the real thing. Would it be a lot of work, yes. Would it be possible with current day technology, absolutely. In the end it's the viewer, not Simon that has to see the result, he just has to do the right movements to make it work with special effects added later.
@Christopher-N4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Later, Gonzo will focus on Simon's kneecap ( _The Great Muppet Caper_ ).
@HiringHamblin4 жыл бұрын
The shots will only be 90 seconds long
@seymourbutts90853 жыл бұрын
everywhere bricks ....red bricks
@scooby452474 жыл бұрын
The year 5020: they called it a sarcophagus and inside this tomb the occupant must have been very wealthy.. We know that because of the amount of fissionable material he was buried with.. Ancient humans prized this material as an energy source.. powerful but unsafe & unstable..
@LSSYLondon4 жыл бұрын
That's genius! "The multiple bodies must have been from his servants that were loyal and chose to be buried with him."
@scooby452474 жыл бұрын
@@LSSYLondon we believe they would have felt honored as it was surely the reason for their praise that followed..
@jonmeray7134 жыл бұрын
He was vaporized tho
@free_spirit14 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this made me laugh.
@Ye4rZero4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha altho it makes you wonder....
@nicksalvatore57174 жыл бұрын
The only KZfaqr I know who spreads themselves far while remaining quality content. Don’t wear yourself out my friend, thank you for the video.
@MS-pi4um3 жыл бұрын
He’s mentioned before on business blaze that it’s having the writers and editors that make having all these channels possible! I have to wonder how many scripts he reads in a day.
@jamesbond1231 Жыл бұрын
his content is fucking terrible lol
@timferguson159310 ай бұрын
They rename it from KZfaq to Whistler!
@arm2791454 жыл бұрын
“This cleanup will take essentially a full human lifetime.“ Well honestly, that’s a lot better than when I was growing up and people said the Chernobyl would never be completely cleaned up. We’ve gone from this is entirely impossible, to this’ll only take one human lifetime, in less than 30 years. Heck, I bet we get done early, and this whole thing is cleaned up by 2050
@benny_lemon51234 жыл бұрын
That's the core of why you don't give up when confronted with something seemingly impossible. Something or things may change (as many things eventually do), and suddenly unreachable goals are pulled within your grasp 👊
@myfairytalelife34 жыл бұрын
Impossibilities are only impossible if you never believe they are possible to begin with. Many years ago people thought it was impossible to go to space and yet we accomplished that in 1961.
@justanotherasian43954 жыл бұрын
myfairytalelife3 and just 8 years later, we landed on the moon.
@myfairytalelife34 жыл бұрын
@@justanotherasian4395 Yepp. And to think that the first time anything human-made was ever sent to space was only 20 years before we actually landed on the moon. It took us 12 years to go from "first human-made object to make it to space" to "first human to make it to space".
@nlwilson48923 жыл бұрын
They will effectively only be categorizing the different bits of debris and ground in terms of how radioactive they are and storing them accordingly. The radiation doesn't go away (not in human timespans anyway).
@todddougherty94924 жыл бұрын
Starting to believe that Simon does a new channel when he sees a different spot in his office to sit and record.... After decorating. Bigger office= New channels!!😁
@skwervin14 жыл бұрын
Wait until he gets a green screen..
@todddougherty94924 жыл бұрын
Rash Leonard, yep. Back when Simon did his videos from home. Newer subs should find the How It’s Made: TIFO video. Simon built his own set. Pretty cool. Sorry Rash, that was for newer subs.
@WeyleaderMry4 жыл бұрын
I guess I'm that one person who hasn't seen the HBO special.
@Freemarkets12364 жыл бұрын
Weyrleader M'ry please watch it! It’s so good.
@myfairytalelife34 жыл бұрын
I didn't even know there was an HBO special until it was mentioned in this video.
@justanotherasian43954 жыл бұрын
I haven’t watched it yet either
@ryanstover84334 жыл бұрын
@@justanotherasian4395 It's one of those shows you watch once and never want to watch again.
@Theaielman4 жыл бұрын
@@ryanstover8433 but entirely because its so good. Its one of the most bleak, hopeless, and depressing things ever put on television.
@Vorusen4 жыл бұрын
"It 3 roentgen... not great not terrible" "Its not 3 roentgen ... it's 15,000" Yeah so we were in the ballpark ...
@djsonicc4 жыл бұрын
He's delusional, send him to the infirmary
@archlich44893 жыл бұрын
@INERT whup. another one for the Infirmary...
@m1a1abrams33 жыл бұрын
heards its just a chest x-ray. so if ur overdue,
@longnuts19693 жыл бұрын
@@djsonicc lmaooo I love this reference
@FP1943 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the half life is of quotes from the HBO show so I know when I can watch a video on Chernobyl and not have to see them again 🙄
@seanoshea61064 жыл бұрын
"The aftermat". 😂
@papperstejp4 жыл бұрын
Aborted watching the vid. Scrolling down to the comments in hope to see this. Without comments about anything else : )
@Ka0sNinja1174 жыл бұрын
It's Russian ;)
@Happymali104 жыл бұрын
Cropping video is har
@cravenmoordik4 жыл бұрын
I found this scrolling through the comments to see if I wasn't the only one who noticed that.
@cravenmoordik4 жыл бұрын
@Gareth Johnstone That's great and all, but what happened to my Before Mat
@MMalarky4 жыл бұрын
I heard Simon doesn't eat food he sustains himself by reading and eating scripts
@fademusic19804 жыл бұрын
Simon has been stockpiling for the coronavirus then over on businessblaze cause he has a huge pile
@madeleinemumby44514 жыл бұрын
I think he's sustained on sarcasm and wit
@Christopher-N4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a set of _Muppet Show_ puns from Season 1 (guest star, Charles Aznavour).
@noodengr3three8253 жыл бұрын
I think Simon had those socks on when he visited they are still glowing
@johnrichards2443 жыл бұрын
And his hair fell out. Erection zone?
@alexsis17784 жыл бұрын
So that "innovative" procedure of using jacks to build the structure up is actually what they do to build grain silos. They build the roof, then jack it up til they can fit a ring of the siding. Bolt it on and then jack it up and repeat. Keeps you from needing something as hard to move as a crane. Obviously applying it to such a massive structure is different, but its very much not a new way to build.
@Clarkyboy19794 жыл бұрын
Really interesting, the story of Chernobyl has been done to death but the new sarcophagus is often barely mentioned, it's an incredible feat of engineering.
@DragonisPrime4 жыл бұрын
Hey, Simon! I'm here from Business Blaze. Simon recommended you highly.
@hazeldecker6224 жыл бұрын
I'm mad about how long this channel existed before I found it.
@heckinmemes64304 жыл бұрын
"So, how do we.." "Big Hat!"
@TimSedai4 жыл бұрын
Nice vid. The man made islands in the South China Sea and off Dubai's coast would be a cool topic for this channel
@GTLees4 жыл бұрын
Notre Dame Island (Montreal) has an interesting story as well.
@tiedyedowl83674 жыл бұрын
There’s an amazing book that tells the history of how Chernobyl came to exist, what went wrong, the aftermath, the coverups, etc, called “Midnight At Chernobyl”. I’ve seen countless documentaries and read several books about the disaster but none were as well researched or well written as this one. If anyone wants to know more about it I highly recommend it.
@chrisburn71784 жыл бұрын
Thanks that's a good tip! There's another great one by Serhii Plokhy called "Chernobyl: History of a disaster" which is in a similar vein, but goes really far back into the Soviet ministries and culture that preceded the accident. It's translated from (I think) Ukrainian so there's a couple of errors probably from that, that I noticed but it's scarily addictive.
@wackityshack4 жыл бұрын
Also the babushkas of chernobyl, old women living among the ruins.
@obstoutdoors65582 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite books. It was the first book that ever made me say out loud “Holy shit.”
@theknobgoblin73922 жыл бұрын
funny bc he got a bunch of the early info wrong or left out entire parts
@thatguy47794 жыл бұрын
Everytime I hear " Hello my name is Simon" I wait for it to be followed by " and I like to do drawrings ".
@jbtechcon74344 жыл бұрын
2:03 Misspelled "aftermath"
@dontcallmebaby69273 жыл бұрын
Should have been: AFTERMAT HS
@winniethepooh38003 жыл бұрын
I knew something was off, Mainly the powersuply
@todddougherty94924 жыл бұрын
If history has taught me anything it’s that if you want a structure to last then have Egyptians build it. Duh
@jonnunn41964 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Pyramids would just get reburied but otherwise intact without human intervention. But Mount Rushmore would remain visible and recognizable as human faces longer without maintenance. But the Voyager spacecraft and the other probes that have reached escape velocity relative to the sun should remain intact for the foreseeable future but without power any of them would likely get mistaken for a rogue small asteroid if any enter another solar system.
@XtreeM_FaiL4 жыл бұрын
A pile of rocks last a long time, but I would not call it an engineering marvel.
@arealassassin4 жыл бұрын
@@XtreeM_FaiL Really? Then why can't it be replicated?
@XtreeM_FaiL4 жыл бұрын
arealassassin Who has said that it can't?
@CazzyVR4 жыл бұрын
@@XtreeM_FaiL He does realize that especially with Modern Building Methods we can easily Replicate a Pyramid, right?
@earnestbrown65244 жыл бұрын
NOVA did a program on this a few years ago that was petty good called "Chernobyl's Mega Tomb."
@matthewpeck40164 жыл бұрын
For a channel focused on megaprojects, you surely come across contributions from Mammoet frequently. You mentioned the once-used jacks, and in my view they're yet another example of the incredibly reliable and deterministic engineering that company seems to produce with ease. As an amateur fan of massive lifting equipment, I'd enjoy seeing your take on that company.
@piderman8713 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the ingenious system to move the whole thing in place.
@jackifspades19733 жыл бұрын
“The Aftermat” Great job Simon
@alexbenavidez45004 жыл бұрын
I see you showing off those cheeky green socks, Simon.
@Elysia_Fields4 жыл бұрын
I really liked them! I love fun socks.
@Harshhaze4 жыл бұрын
Fellow Stalkers: I'll see you in The Zone
@mmWz-fz8to4 жыл бұрын
Cheers comrade
@ryanvandoren15194 жыл бұрын
Dont let the door hit you.
@jamesjameson37714 жыл бұрын
I said come in! Don't stand there!
@OslikusPrime4 жыл бұрын
@DATING HARLEY QUINN I've read the book, and it is excelent. I've played the game and I love it. But I can't say the same about movie. It is a garbage to me.
@RollinTwentySix3 жыл бұрын
GET OUT OF HERE, STALKER
@jeremyrockatansky Жыл бұрын
Just finished the Chernobyl special on HBO, had to rewatch this! Great job Simon.
@marcjohnson88472 жыл бұрын
Thanks for not having a built in advertisement.. saved me the effort of skipping it.
@familywilliams40584 жыл бұрын
The caption at 2:03 reads "the aftermat" instead of "the aftermath" was that intentional? Also, I love this new channel.
@Lulph4 жыл бұрын
Dude, I'm so glad you saw this as well. I was wondering if I was the only one seeing this 'spelling bee'... The rest is flawless, obviously, since this Is. Simon. Whistler's. Work. The Man. The Legend. The entire YT content provider.
@torqued6664 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 A font issue is different than a typo. [rolleyes]
@MajorOutage4 жыл бұрын
The Aftermat h
@drewthornton71154 жыл бұрын
Simon needs to work on the type spacing; I found it annoying that words are split.
@Limescale124 жыл бұрын
I thought it was some loose play on slavic language
@JordanYoung.4.21.924 жыл бұрын
I’m literally watching the scene where they drop the yellow robot on the roof! Love this show! Great video, Simon!
@iamR-cy5jb4 жыл бұрын
This is my Favorite Simon channel, seems like he just got half in the bag before he starts. I didn't know he was so funny. 😂🤣
@n3izhyped6224 жыл бұрын
I like to watch educational videos before I go to sleep and this series has very good line up, I find them too be very fascinating, anyways im going to sleep , awesome series man loving the info
@MS-pi4um3 жыл бұрын
Me too! I also find the educational videos presented by brits or Irish folks help lull me to sleep easier.
@eveyoung36564 жыл бұрын
How many different sets does Simon have in his basement? The lack of new rooms might be the only thing that stops him from creating new channels.
@CrisMind4 жыл бұрын
He'll just change his pose or shirt for them 😂
@simonkimberly69564 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects next channel is in front of Danny’s cell.
@animerlon4 жыл бұрын
@@simonkimberly6956 lol, like it.
@animerlon4 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 What you need is a hexagonal room with lights & camera set up on a platform that you can turn to each wall. No need to move filming equipment. It could be your very own megaproject!
@sarahschmitt20914 жыл бұрын
@@simonkimberly6956 He's not in a cell, he's chained to the boiler.
@Babarudra4 жыл бұрын
Death, fear, disaster... the realization that Simon was born in 1987. A friend of mine in high school gave birth in 1987, I'm old enough to be Simon's father!!!
@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM4 жыл бұрын
Insert Star wars meme here.
@ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын
2:05 - Chapter 1 - The aftermath 6:00 - Chapter 2 - The design 10:05 - Chapter 3 - Preparation 13:20 - Chapter 4 - Construction begins 18:55 - Chapter 5 - Looking to the future
@Colin_Drawz Жыл бұрын
*Aftermat
@JimmyJamesJ4 жыл бұрын
The Chernobyl accident was far from the world's first nuclear melt down. The first major core damage accident was the NRX in 1952 and there were about a dozen others between 1952 and 1986.
@BandidoDescalzo4 жыл бұрын
2.1 billion honestly doesn’t seem that much for this kind of thing. Governments will easily spend that much on a road or other projects. I think you are over stating how expensive it was.
@JahMagne2234 жыл бұрын
Yeah but u gotta account for inflation too. Were dealing with 80's money here theres a slight difference compared to modern money
@BBCharger5spd4 жыл бұрын
@@JahMagne223 That also accounts for why long term projects usually greatly exceed the budgetary expectations. Regardless, 2.1B really is a reasonable cost considering - I mean that's like R&D on a new jet these days.
@steves_thoughts4 жыл бұрын
18:23 Those socks, though...
@cwn414 жыл бұрын
Steve Burke I was hoping someone else saw them!
@christopherscaletta4 жыл бұрын
Xenon buildup stopped power buildup by absorbing neutrons, they pulled out all control rods putting the accelerator graphite blocks up, when the xenon was exhausted the water began to boil creating extreme steam pressure and power generation. Once they noticed they pressed the AZ button which shoved the boron control rods down, but when the graphite moved downwards, it displaced the water, the heat exploded several fuel rods, and locked the graphite in place, pressure rose until the maximum pressure of the reactor was breached' throwing the lid upwards like a frisbee.
@micheleiuliano69864 жыл бұрын
Really a great explanation and of what really have been the construction of CPPNSC. I had the great honor to be part of the design and construction team for this MegaProject and it's a pleasure to hear such a good short documentary. All the best Michele
@Jen-js4tz4 жыл бұрын
Normal people picking vacation: Jamaica, Hawaii, Iceland Simon: Chernobyl
@staberas4 жыл бұрын
he is a true STALKER
@texasforever78874 жыл бұрын
Beaches are boring,, Chernobyl sounds fun.
@Ferroes4 жыл бұрын
Normal people making a hobby project: DIY furniture, learning to code, developing a new skill Simon Whistlers making a hobby project: How to Reinstating the Soviet Union, Making your own tank with a cheap tractor, creating a country and forcing the UN to recognize it
@CrisMind4 жыл бұрын
Chernobyl would be awesome to visit. I'm jealous. Granted I'm also a former nuclear engineer...
@ashkitt77194 жыл бұрын
Chernobyl has cute puppers
@paulamostard4564 жыл бұрын
This channel feels like a attack on graphic designers.
@MarloSoBalJr4 жыл бұрын
When they screw up it's warranted.
@mushroomsamba824 жыл бұрын
graphic design is my passion
@Videomoth4 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects production quality Presenter: 9/10 Research: 8/10 Writing: 7/10 Video editing: 6/10 Titles: 1/10 Sometimes its the small details that bring production quality down. This channel is still really interesting and Simon is pretty much the best presenter on YT right now.
@joelex7966 Жыл бұрын
Wrong, the world's largest moving object is my mother-in-law
@blockmaster44174 жыл бұрын
I think the New River Gorge Bridge in WV would be a cool video to do on this channel. I grew up learning about it and would love to see a video on it
@jeremy81894 жыл бұрын
You could start a KZfaq channel about different cheeses and I'd subscribe. Your cadence in speaking is almost musical and works to make things sound fascinating 😄👍
@skwervin14 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him read the phone book.
@oamanda4 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh some ASMR PLEASE SIMON!!
@fullyarmedbattletoaster85964 жыл бұрын
I got here so early the powerplant was still running
@miketorguson2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing such interesting content to the masses!! You’re killing it Simon!!
@MudRogue3 жыл бұрын
Simon you 'glow' with enthusiasm after visiting Chernobyl.
@Johnny_Shields4 жыл бұрын
“The first thing to understand about the HBO mini-series “Chernobyl,” wrote a reporter for The New York Times, “is that a lot of it is made up. But here’s the second, and more important, thing: It doesn’t really matter.”
@mooniejohnson4 жыл бұрын
Considering the interviews and research that went into "Chernobyl," and my distrust of opinion pieces from the NYT... I tend to go by the research, the book "Voices of Chernobyl," the tapes Legasov left, and the testimonies of scientists who came forth after the collapse of the USSR.
@Johnny_Shields4 жыл бұрын
@@mooniejohnson Instead, go and watch some actual doctors and physicists and engineers discuss the movie. (It's not a documentary). One of the most hilarious wrong things is that nuke sickness is not contagious and the baby did NOT die. No research went into that movie. None.
@wackityshack4 жыл бұрын
Yea notably the woman didn't exist..because of course. And yes if you are literally a walking glowing rod level danger, you woulld already be dead.
@mrdumbfellow9274 жыл бұрын
@@Johnny_Shields yeah it isnt "contagious" in the definition of the word, but a human can become so irradiated that they are in fact dangerous to others near them. If you are in their presence long enough it will sicken you.
@Johnny_Shields4 жыл бұрын
@@mrdumbfellow927 If they are that irradiated, they died long ago and are now a rotting corpse. The radioactive particles are absorbed by the body destroying it from the inside. Don't pretend to know jack if you don't.
@mrflamewars4 жыл бұрын
HBO's Chernobyl is like Grave of the Fireflies - it is something that's really good, but you never, ever want to see again after you have seen it.
@wilting_alocasia4 жыл бұрын
YES
@Theaielman4 жыл бұрын
Right along with White Light/Black Rain.
@seymourbutts90853 жыл бұрын
When you put it that way it reminds of the movie Threads.
@maxdatway49212 жыл бұрын
this format is soooo good, i watched already a few videos and i'm always hooked for the next one
@WilbanksUSMC4 жыл бұрын
Who would've thought a "shed" would be the solution to containing the Chernobyl. This is why we have Simon.
@jenniferbaldini35273 жыл бұрын
Jordan Wilbanks, thank god Home Depot had one in stock! 😉
@theindiedetective4 жыл бұрын
It would be really neat to have a running ranking of the cost of reviewed projects. Sort of the way Top Gear kept a ranking of lap speed for each car they reviewed.
@n3izhyped6224 жыл бұрын
Three gorge danms the most expensive man made structure on earth 33 billion euros
@wolf37944 жыл бұрын
At some point, could you do a tour of your studio? Also, you need to meet Danny and co-host an episode of business blaze with him!
@derekpierce22804 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you've made this channel. I've enjoyed your other content for years, and I for one am excited to see what you choose to cover
@JimboSlice9714 жыл бұрын
Was at Chernobyl in June 2019, great experience, so much more commercialized than you would think. Dozens of tour busses, souvenirs. Still, can’t wait to go back.
@MinistryOfMagic_DoM4 жыл бұрын
Can we take a moment to appreciate Simon's socks?
@mustwereallydothis4 жыл бұрын
I first heard the news about this during a newscast the day the news finally leaked out of the USSR. I was upstairs and the tv was downstairs. I called down and asked my husband and the friend he was visiting with if I had heard right. The answer I got, "Its nothing. Just some meltdown or something in Russia." 🥴😳🥺
@LERobbo2 жыл бұрын
I love how you present these videos. It's very accessible, touch of sarcasm here and there, pro quality editing. Subscribed!
@Sotha424 жыл бұрын
"Limit that your body can healthily take" There's no such limit. Every bit of radiation increases your risk of of cancer etc. The limits are just risks we deem to be accepatble.
@ravencloud74 жыл бұрын
I was that one person who hasn't seen the HBO thing
@gkarenko95934 жыл бұрын
I'm tired of responding to these already...
@mevalburg35464 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen it, that makes two people
@Galaar4 жыл бұрын
*Random fact video about Chernobyl popped up in my feed* "Oh, Simon has a new channel."
@terenceriley13754 жыл бұрын
I've seen almost every Russian/Soviet nuclear disaster video on the net, but you, Simon are a top 5 presenter in detail, timeline, backstory, future efforts, and all-around GOOD GUY to watch. I sub to all of your older and newer channels. You are closing in on being named KZfaq's Number ONE Best Presenter/Entertainer! Keep it up, and God Bless!
@victoriajeanleslie31163 жыл бұрын
heard about the arch years ago but haven't kept up to date on its progress. Very cool. Necessity has been the mother of invention for the Chernobyl clean-up
@TwoWholeWorms4 жыл бұрын
CONSTRUCT ION BEGIN S
@AlandelaTorre3 жыл бұрын
Came here to upvote this
@Ksweetpea3 жыл бұрын
THE AFTERMAT
@zuzanav.18193 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTE LY
@revenevan113 жыл бұрын
Thank god I'm not the only one who noticed all these 🤣 Simon is a busy guy!
@davudlastname25454 жыл бұрын
When you see all of Simon's channels "Your clones are very impressive, you must be very proud"
@marcom91034 жыл бұрын
May I add some suggestions as mega-projects... >Cross Rail, London >RER, Paris >Wembley Stadium, London >Channel Tunnel, Folkestone/Calais >M25, London >Docklands, London (including DLR) >Big Dig, Boston >Istanbul New Airport >HS1/HS2, UK >M30 Madrid Inner Beltway 'big dig' >Heathrow Third Runway & Boris Island, London >Lower Thames Crossing, Kent/Essex, UK >A14 Midlands Expressway, UK >Madrid Banjas Airport Terminal 4 >Mont Blanc Tunnel to name a few 👍😁
@JD-wi5zd3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving all the numbers of casualties of the disaster. People are starting to minimize them to create a more positive image of the nuclear industry but many of us alive today are still affected by the damage caused.
@TheMajicHobo774 жыл бұрын
The Aftermat, eh?
@grumpysenpai1994 жыл бұрын
Little did you know, Chernobyl had a second use as a dryer for door mats with the extra heat from the reactor
@otakuman7064 жыл бұрын
Was wondering how many would mention this.
@TheAechBomb4 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 absolute ly
@jayakadark34 жыл бұрын
I'm just here for the Aftermat response.
@bneskylights11524 жыл бұрын
Yay. I'm the 1 person that hasnt seen the HBO thing. I know the story though so yeah.
@ardilla824 жыл бұрын
I guess that makes two of us?
@beagleissleeping53594 жыл бұрын
FOUR!😁
@drone_video98494 жыл бұрын
I went there in Oct 2019, before seeing the HBO show, watched that on the plan on the way back home... I was lucky to have gone with a friend who lived in Poland when this happened. He talked about how it changed his day at school and other little bits of info like when the Soviets started playing classical music on the radio you knew something bad had happened.
@jwjones19794 жыл бұрын
Two. Me.
@gkarenko95934 жыл бұрын
I am still the other one.
@galvatron08103 жыл бұрын
I can imagine one day an even larger sarcophagus going over the top
@robertphillips62964 жыл бұрын
That and the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown are Horrendous. The 3 Mile Island incident is very mild compared to those two.
@goliathcleric4 жыл бұрын
Simon, I don't think you have enough KZfaq channels. I mean, only 8? (It is 8 right, in all seriousness I have lost count)
@Aura969684 жыл бұрын
It's 10 or more I guess
@samanthar12144 жыл бұрын
According to Simon's list, it's 8. I thought it was 9 but I think he dropped one channel, History Highlights, or something like that.
@TechnoLawyer4 жыл бұрын
ERECTION ZONE /My inner Beavis emerges
@TechnoLawyer4 жыл бұрын
@Biliary ClintonCut it out, buttmunch.
@Stopthisrightnow5604 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. 🤣🤣
@turlacon54 жыл бұрын
I am Cornholeo!!!
@brandenhall40634 жыл бұрын
Are you threatening me
@eckligt4 жыл бұрын
8:37 "The largest movable object in the world". I think the Troll A platform in the North Sea would beg to differ, weighing almost 20 times as much. The platform is planned to be floated back to shore at the end of its working life. It truly deserves its own video on this channel, and be sure to mention Katie Melua in it.
@LordofFullmetal4 жыл бұрын
Largest =/= heaviest.
@karanvora26743 жыл бұрын
@@LordofFullmetal that oil rig is about 150 metres tall
@NeroThacher4 жыл бұрын
1:45 Yay! I'm finally in the 1%
@EverydayCorndog4 жыл бұрын
I really like the different camera angles. I feel like it adds a bit of variety to the view of Simon's head. Maybe try it out on business blaze or geographics too!
@islandbry4 жыл бұрын
2:00 The "Aftermat"? What's an aftermat? Love your channels Simon.
@jameshughes72584 жыл бұрын
I thought he was making a Russian joke haha
@rubenbraekman45154 жыл бұрын
You could make an entire horror movie out of the miners efforts
@phprofYT2 жыл бұрын
Meltdown? Hell. There was a massive steam explosion as well.
@redfreckle20444 жыл бұрын
Was the subject title text being way too big to fit on a single line an intentional decision? I thought it was a funny gag at first but after seeing it several times it seems more like an editing mistake.
@cameron8584 жыл бұрын
Hard to re ad
@Xanthelei4 жыл бұрын
I think it's an editing mistake, based on the first title card having a spelling error too (aftermat instead of aftermath). Which is kinda odd for a Simon channel, usually the edits are on point.
@skwervin14 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 Bad Simon!
@jooleebilly4 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects Points for fessing up you absolute legend.
@Xanthelei4 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 Eh, it happens. Learning experience!
@dantheman29074 жыл бұрын
Hey, Simon, Simon sent me.
@heatherbailie1293 жыл бұрын
My younger sister HATES that I remember her birthday because it's the same day as Chernobyl.
@izzojoseph24 жыл бұрын
Simon, I’ve watched almost from the beginning. You get classier as you learn how to present. Add to that, the various styles you present your material. Seriously, well done. I’ve said it before your an inspiration. When I’m tired, I think, “Damn, Simon would do it.” Sometimes it Wes or Gary V (other sources of inspiration) but point still stands. I’ve been putting 14 hour days to get my side gig done on top of my actual job I’m fighting to quit. Great job huge inspiration.
@MrCarl954 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t the accident in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania a meltdown? That was earlier than Chernobyl.
@Mourtzouphlos2404 жыл бұрын
That doesn't show Communism as evil so *SHHH*
@Lysergic524 жыл бұрын
1959 SRE partial melt down incident, Santa Susana CA. Just outside of LA.
@mykellable4 жыл бұрын
It was only a partial meltdown, or a "Level 5" event. Chernobyl was a "Level 7" and is the only "Level 7" event so far. The level system is the Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. 0-7, 7 being most severe. Chernobyl effected far more people & we are still trying to contain it even after 34 years.
@MrCarl954 жыл бұрын
Cody Meade how about Fukushima where more reactors exploded? 🤔
@garret19304 жыл бұрын
@@MrCarl95 not a level 7, they went through partial meltdown.
@majik8.0flores834 жыл бұрын
🤣😂Great intellectualism and humor buddy-love your show, Ive watched so many and they’re all on-point! Thank you for sharing your research, knowledge, and hilarious Bitish humor🤣😂
@chrisbusenkell4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that the most contaminated place on Earth is still the basement of the Pripyat hospital. In a basement room there, Emergency Room personnel deposited the clothing worn by firefighters responding to the call from Chernobyl. Chernobyl was evacuated soon thereafter and the clothing, covered with "fresh" highly radioactive isotopes, is still cranking out the radiation.
@meatbyproducts2 жыл бұрын
Went there in October 2021. The project was fully complete and was manned by about 2500 workers decommissioning the 3 other reactors. The exclusion zone is safe UT you can't dig because the amount of material buried around the area, mostly in the red forrest.
@AL41404 жыл бұрын
Chernobyl wasn’t the first, Three Mile Island was a decade before.
@chrisburn71784 жыл бұрын
And there are other accidents such as the SL-1 meltdown and explosion, which killed people, even if only the workers on-site.
@PrograError4 жыл бұрын
three mile is only level 5, this is a level 7, a full meltdown en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nuclear_Event_Scale
@mooniejohnson4 жыл бұрын
Three Mile Island, and I'm definitely not denying the severity of it, was only a leak... Chernobyl was an explosion of a reactor core that ended up killing hundreds of thousands because of incompetence.
@chrisburn71784 жыл бұрын
@@mooniejohnson Oh yes they're definitely incomparable, but he did describe Chernobyl as "the world's first nuclear meltdown" and that is definitely disputable if not refutable. Completely melted reactor material reached the containment vessel at TMI, and it was only due to the superior safety of the design that it didn't escape.
@AL41404 жыл бұрын
Floss Man it wasn’t a “leak” it’s was a partial meltdown. The difference between the two was other than one being a full meltdown, TMI was built with containment. Chernobyl didn’t have any secondary containment, it only had the actual structure. If TMI was built as cheap as Chernobyl it would have been way worse but the majority was contained.
@Azivegu4 жыл бұрын
Let's just build a pyramid, from stone, like the egyptions. That's been going strong for some 4000 years, might just do the job.
@kercchan33074 жыл бұрын
I'd say clean up what you can with robots and dump in non reinforced concrete loaded up with lead and let that cure.
@patricks_music3 жыл бұрын
Tfw you cut corners to eliminate cost on a reactor but end up spending billions on recovery efforts
@OilBaron1004 жыл бұрын
Love the new channel, Simon.
@youdotoo34 жыл бұрын
I'm just waiting to hear RAID SHADOW LEGENDS.
@YuureiInu4 жыл бұрын
Soviet technology was so bad that US is still using their rocket engines.
@gkarenko95934 жыл бұрын
And hiring them as Space Ubers.
@YuureiInu4 жыл бұрын
@@gkarenko9593 Gig economy
@eugens5194 жыл бұрын
All the best for military, all the worst for people. Soviet "recipe" was that simple.
@darkdiddler14394 жыл бұрын
Found the Slav
@afrog26664 жыл бұрын
@@gkarenko9593 lol, space uber..
@tensevo3 жыл бұрын
It's remarkable that they did not have the planning or resources to build a containment building before the disaster.... ...but they found the time and resources to build it, after the disaster, when it took needless lives lost to assemble it.
@christopherchilders1049 Жыл бұрын
Why am I binge watching a middle aged bad man? Because you have interesting info, given in a clear and understandable way Plus I feel as you are a trust worthy and telling these stories historically correct instead of telling a story to meet your narrative like most media does!