Chernobyl Dome: It Failed So Badly, They Pretended It Never Happened | Chornobyl Uncharted Ep 16

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In the chaotic days following the Chernobyl disaster, desperate Soviet officials ordered projects that bordered on the absurd. One such project was "Project Dome" — also known as "Slavsky’s Cap" — an attempt to cover Reactor 4 with a massive, helicopter-deployed cap in order to contain radioactive leaks. In this episode of Chornobyl Uncharted, we reveal the bizarre story behind this ill-fated experiment. Learn how Antonov’s design bureau was tasked with creating a structure that could withstand extreme temperatures in a matter of days, and hear firsthand accounts from task force members like Valery Legasov, Leonid Bolshov, and Anatoly Shevchenko. Their testimonies expose how the project went so disastrously wrong that Soviet authorities tried to erase it from history. 00:00 – Intro 00:22 – At first glance, it seemed like a good idea 01:26 – How the 'dome' was created 03:43 – Scientists fighting against the project 05:36 – “…We will seal this reactor by may 9 so that it doesn't stink…” 06:37 – “But we told them it won’t work!” 07:39 – Why it failed? 08:47 – How propaganda covered it up 09:45 – Outro Dive into a rabbit hole of Chernobyl: https://patreon.com/thechernobylfamily Buy Fuzik (the Cat) a treat: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chernobylfamily Our posters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113145981