Chernobyl: Secrets, Lies, and the Untold Stories (2022)

Chernobyl: Secrets, Lies, and the Untold Stories plot

Since its opening in 1977, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located in the sparsely populated northern part of the then Soviet Republic of Ukraine, has been shrouded in secrecy. And there were also security concerns from the start, now according to hundreds of classified reports recently unearthed from KGB archives. Chernobyl was poorly designed, poorly built, and poorly run. The nuclear power plant was a time bomb that could explode at any moment. On April 26, 1986, reactor number four exploded, setting off a fatal chain reaction. Deadly radioactive substances were released, which soon spread over the immediate vicinity and from there, with the wind, set course towards the west, the rest of Europe. Not that this seemed the first priority of the Soviet leaders. They mainly concentrated on eliminating the publicity 'fallout' of the disaster, rather than on the dangers for people and the planet. Based on recently released documents, documentary maker Andy Webb, together with employees, local residents, soldiers, doctors and scientists, reconstructs the lead-up to and consequences of the largest nuclear disaster in history, which took place in the middle of the Cold War and still casts a shadow over Chernobyl and surroundings.

Seasons

• 3,17 (15)
  Chernobyl: Secrets, Lies, and the Untold Stories - Season 1 (2022)