Kyle Hill got a rare glimpse into the "sarcophagus" at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in October of 2021.
It's a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes, a rare tour of the ground zero of one of the worst nuclear disasters in human history, and a terrifying reminder of what is at stake.
The nuclear plant was taken over by Russian forces earlier this year, with employees working at their own risk. Russian troops were reported to have suffered radiation poisoning as they left the scene.
The number 4 reactor, which was at the epicenter of the 1986 disaster, was to be rolled over by the NSC.
Hill said in his video that it was a nuclear tomb to shelter the corpse of Chernobyl for a century.
It isn't for the faint of heart to tour the inside of the NSC, it requires permission from the government. The process involves a lot of equipment.
Visitors are told to leave the area if a certain level of radiation is reached.
The ambient radiation rate in the exclusionary zone is over 100 times higher than the rest.
The NSC is being used by workers to dismantle the reactor piece by piece.
The goal of the Chernobyl Cleanup is to have no more Chernobyl.
It will take decades to clean up the 200 tons of fuel inside the reactor.
Russia's invasion and capture of the site may have set those efforts back a lot. Increased radiation levels were recorded shortly after the capture.
The situation is not back to normal despite the fact that Russian troops have left.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe.
Russia warns that the nuclear plant it captured may leak waste.
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