Behind the disaster lies an untold story. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, a new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of the nuclear power plant disaster and its aftermath, premieres tonight at 9PM on HBO Max. | HBO Documentary Films

In the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, heavy machinery was brought in to remove radioactive debris from Reactor No. 4. Among these machines was a massive mechanical claw used to scoop up contaminated graphite and other reactor materials. Dubbed simply “The Claw,” this piece of equipment became heavily irradiated during cleanup operations. To this day, it remains in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, still emitting hundreds of microsieverts per hour — enough radiation to equal a ches

Desde o desastre nuclear de abril de 1986, a chamada “The Claw” — uma garra metálica usada para remover os destroços radioativos do Reator 4 de Chernobyl — permanece abandonada na Zona de Exclusão, próxima à cidade-fantasma de Pripyat, na Ucrânia. Com o passar dos anos, o objeto se transformou em um dos símbolos mais perturbadores do acidente, não apenas por sua aparência sinistra, mas também pela intensa carga de radiação que ainda carrega. Logo após a explosão, a garra foi empregada para retir