Hi, everyone, I’m currently watching the HBO series Chernobyl. The settings and props are very authentic, according to reviews I have read, and all measurements mentioned have been in metric units. This is mostly distances mentioned in metres or kilometres. Radiation units were Roentgens, which was presumably the standard at the time.
At one point, miners digging underneath the reactor to install cooling equipment, mention that the temperature underground is fifty degrees. This would be 50 degrees Celsius which converts to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Was this a point of confusion for viewers in the US? I’m assuming that there isn’t a different version for the US with yards miles, and degrees Fahrenheit. If the version shown in the US is the same as the one shown overseas in this respect, then HBO should be congratulated for producing a major TV series for a mainstream US audience and using only metric units all the way through. Best wishes, Peter Goodyear, Melbourne, Australia e-mail: [email protected]
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