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- The title refers to the exact moment (1:23:40 a.m.) the emergency shutdown of the reactor was initiated, ultimately causing its explosion seconds later at about 1:23:45 a.m., or 12345.
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The episode's title refers to the exact time of the clock when the reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded, at 1:23:45 AM on April 26, 1986. It also depicts the exact time of when Legasov committed suicide in order to coincide with the second anniversary of the Chernobyl explosion.
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It was the time of the reactor explosion. Just in case there's any confusion, nothing in particular happened at 01:23:45 in the real event. 01:23:40 was the time the AZ-5 scram button was pressed which ultimately caused the explosion some 30 seconds later. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chernobyl_disaster#/Accident.
Jun 4, 2019 · And here's what each episode title of HBO's Chernobyl means: Chernobyl episode 1, "1:23:45" - This was the time on the clock when reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. It was at 1:23:45 in the morning of April 26, 1986.
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- Senior Editor-Movies & TV
May 7, 2019 · The series, at least based on its premiere episode “1:23:45”, is more of an autopsy than a work of narrative; a dour trudge through the irradiated wreckage of a human-scale accident that metastasized, cancer-like, into an almost continental calamity.
May 7, 2019 · An ominous orange glow in the distance signals the reactor core blowing and is followed by a shockwave of roaring danger as the men and women in the City of Pripyat brace themselves. Meanwhile, the men at the nuclear plant struggle to work out what’s happened whilst vomiting blood.
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Following the accident, Soviet authorities failed to warn neighboring countries of the disaster. Two days later, a dramatic increase in radiation levels at a nuclear power plant in Sweden caused immediate alarm, and investigation led the Swedes to suspect it came from the western Soviet Union.
May 7, 2019 · In the series premiere, titled "1:23:45," Renck keeps the panic intimate - never showing you more than a few characters inside the plant at a time.
