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- There is consensus that a total of approximately 30 people died from immediate blast trauma and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in the seconds to months after the disaster, respectively, with 60 in total in the decades since, inclusive of later radiation induced cancer. However, there is considerable debate concerning the accurate number of projected deaths that have yet to occur due to the disaster's long-term health effects; long-term death estimates range from up to 4,000 (per the 2005 and...
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Covered up by a secretive Soviet Union at the time, the true number of deaths and illnesses caused by the nuclear accident are only now becoming clear. Springtime was always the busiest time of...
It’s become part of the unofficial lore of Chernobyl that the three intrepid ‘divers’ sacrificed their lives to save millions, succumbing to ARS in the immediate aftermath of their mission. The reality is much more positive than the myth, with all three men escaping such a grisly fate.
Apr 26, 2018 · Less than two weeks after the infamous reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, officials decided to risk the lives of three men to potentially save millions of lives.
- Henry Blodget
May 23, 2019 · Powered by Reelgood. Time and time again, HBO’s Chernobyl revels in civilian sacrifice, telling the sobering stories of everyday men and women who knowingly exposed themselves to radiation in...
- Kayla Cobb
May 5, 2019 · Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov, and Boris Baranov volunteered for a task that could very well have meant the end of their lives. Without their courageous act, millions more would have died because of Chernobyl, not just in the immediate vicinity, but throughout Europe.
Oleksiy Ananenko, one of the three divers who went to empty a water tank under the burning Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986, reveals how HBO’s new show didn’t get a few things right.
These were not just any divers; they were the 3 men who saved Chernobyl from an even greater disaster. As history watched with bated breath, the question lingered – what happened to the Chernobyl divers? Did they emerge as mere footnotes in the vast chapters of the Chernobyl saga, or did their bravery illuminate the darkest hours of this tragedy?
