2 To 3 Minutes In Hell: Cleaning Chernobyl

By on April 7, 2011 in News 8

A gripping, short documentary video of the horrifying challenge confronting the Soviet Union’s “biorobots” — soldiers, scientists, and civilians who were tasked with the emergency cleanup following the explosions at Chernobyl. Radio-controlled robotic machines were used at first, but their circuitry quickly broke down from the radiation, leaving humans with shovels as the only option.

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  • Acrexxnor

    So insane

  • Acrexxnor

    So insane

  • Mamagriff50

    Where are these men today? Are they sick or even alive? My heart goes out to them and there families.:[

  • Mamagriff50

    Where are these men today? Are they sick or even alive? My heart goes out to them and there families.:[

  • DRLECHCTER

    Anne Coulter says radiation is good for you and that the only people that died in Chernobyl were killed by the initial blast. She should probably go to japan and help out.

  • DRLECHCTER

    Anne Coulter says radiation is good for you and that the only people that died in Chernobyl were killed by the initial blast. She should probably go to japan and help out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580380351 Potter Dee

    Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ob7fVTXdtk&feature=related

    Interviews continue and they describe the effects of the work on them. They’re really tactile, horrid stuff. Retrospective analysis wraps up this terrible tale of woe on a down note.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580380351 Potter Dee

    Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ob7fVTXdtk&feature=related

    Interviews continue and they describe the effects of the work on them. They’re really tactile, horrid stuff. Retrospective analysis wraps up this terrible tale of woe on a down note.