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10. Greg Mazin who created the show "Chernobyl" sis an amazing job. It felt like you were
Thu May 6, 2021, 09:16 AM
May 2021

there. Interesting story about Mazin, he is known as kind of a “pilot” guru who can watch the pilot of a show and tell if it will be successful. Benioff and Weiss who were friendly with Mazin asked him to critique the pilot to Game of Thrones. He told Benioff and Weiss that it entire episode was unwatchable and needed to be redone.It was pretty good advice as GOT is one of my top shows of all time. Chernobyl, the mini series, is well worth watching. After watching it I did some follow up on the “internets” and was surprised to see that while a few of the first responders died, some literally melted from radiation exposure, quite a few of the characters involved lived and some are still living. However, the human toll it took on the surrounding area was horrible with spiking cancer rates, birth defects, and suicides as a huge mass of populated land had to be permanently relocated. Now people go there as a tourist attraction( stupid yes) and it’s like time stopped. Everything was left in its place when they bused the population out. It’s like a time capsule peering into life during the Soviet Union in the 80’s.

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It sounds like they've still got some time in hand . . . . hatrack May 2021 #1
the HBO "Chernobyl" mini-series was awesome and dealt with some of that LymphocyteLover May 2021 #2
Greg Mazin who created the show "Chernobyl" sis an amazing job. It felt like you were Pepsidog May 2021 #10
Some more info on the Elephant's Foot Best_man23 May 2021 #3
Disagree. Nuclear is a necessary evil if we want to "go green" and cut carbon emissions dsp3000 May 2021 #4
It's not an "evil" at all. It's our last best hope. NNadir May 2021 #7
Modern nuclear technology is leaps ahead of old designs oldsoftie May 2021 #5
Issues with both of those plants were well known JT45242 May 2021 #11
It may work a little like Oklo did 1.8 billion years ago... NNadir May 2021 #6
what is Oklo? LymphocyteLover May 2021 #14
The half-life of uranium-235 is much shorter than that of U-238. As a result... NNadir May 2021 #15
Thanks for the info! LymphocyteLover May 2021 #17
Embers that'll grow cold in how many million years? ... marble falls May 2021 #8
Oh please... NNadir May 2021 #9
Is nuclear power necessary? No. scipan May 2021 #12
Something else interesting from the article: scipan May 2021 #13
Of course, rather than read pop articles, one could read tons of... NNadir May 2021 #18
Bullshit. NNadir May 2021 #16
They're playing fast and loose with "nuclear reactions" FBaggins May 2021 #19
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