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Is there a tv series that shows what things are like in China or Soviet Russia (one party system, with english subs) (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

It’s was well done but deeply disingenuous about the effects of radiation in places. I loved the show, but for anybody else watching, it’s worth realising that it’s very exaggerated in places.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Off the top of my head, for those that are curious:

    • The show depicts radiation as similar to a contagion. In real life, once you strip and wash someone exposed to radioactive contaminants, they pose no danger to others.
    • The reactor was never in danger of turning into a nuke or rendering huge swathes of Europe uninhabitable. Nuclear explosions only happen under tightly engineered conditions. A big pile of molten reactor slag, while certainly dangerous, can't turn into a bomb.

    However, the utter incompetence of the USSR is very accurate.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The reactor was never in danger of turning into a nuke or rendering huge swathes of Europe uninhabitable. Nuclear explosions only happen under tightly engineered conditions. A big pile of molten reactor slag, while certainly dangerous, can’t turn into a bomb.

    The danger wasn't that it would cause a nuclear explosion, it was that it would melt its way into a large reservoir of water underneath the reactor, instantly turning it all into steam, causing a massive explosion that would fling radioactive material over a much wider area

    I don't know if there was a risk of that happening in reality, but that's how it was portrayed and explained in the show

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