Chernobyl's Forgotten Unit Three Accident: The Untold Story

Every reactor at Chernobyl suffered some sort of unique accident. Unit One had its partial meltdown in 1982. Unit Two had the turbine fire and subsequent explosion in 1991, and the crown jewel of them all, the reactor explosion inside Unit Four in 1986. You may have notice I’ve neglected Unit Three here, and that’s because it’s the subject of today’s video.

This accident is so misunderstood, that the Wikipedia page only refers to it as the 1984 Reactor Three and Four accident, and while it is true it impacted Reactor Four, the effects there were minor and caught in time. For Unit Three, the consequences were almost catastrophic, and had lasting impacts on the building to this day. This is the story of that accident.


Timestamps:
00:00: Introduction.
01:02: A Man Named Yuri.
01:32: Heavy Objects.
02:37: Reporting.
03:55 Can They Fix It?
05:12: What's going on?
07:18: They Can't Fix It.
07:48: They Fix It.
08:43: The Untold Stories.
10:01: Sources.