What episode of River Monsters is Chernobyl?

Atomic Assassin
Atomic Assassin. Jeremy Wade’s hunt for a monster leads him to Chernobyl. Jeremy Wade’s hunt for a monster leads him to Chernobyl.

What episode was Jeremy Wade in Chernobyl?

In the River Monsters episode Atomic Assassin, Jeremy Wade is allowed access to the exclusion zone, and finishes the episode by catching a wels catfish in Reactor Number 4’s cooling pond.

What did Jeremy Wade catch at Chernobyl?

The Chernobyl fish caught by Wade, we’re told, were “16 times more radioactive than normal” – and although that sounds pretty alarming, detectable does not always mean dangerous, as we’ve explained before.

Can you fish at Chernobyl?

Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster ever, is one of the most unusual places in the world to fish. The trip was the perfect opportunity to test our latest sonar, the CHIRP and land one of the mutated fish that are said to abound in these waters.

How is Chernobyl today?

Chernobyl today is indeed a place long since abandoned, yet it is still full of relics of its tragic past. Pripyat, the town forged next to the nuclear plant, was meant to be a model nuclear city, a testament to Soviet strength and ingenuity.

Why are the catfish in the contaminated cooling pond so large?

It may sound pretty crazy and dangerous, but don’t worry, these 50 to 70 kilos weighing catfish are huge not because of the radiation, but because there are no more predators that can hunt them down, so they grow up to unnatural sizes.