Building Chernobyl's megatomb / produced and directed by Martin Gorst ; executive producer Carlo Massarella ; a Nova production by Windfall Films Ltd. (part of the Argonon Group) for WGBH Boston produced in association with the BBC, and France Television, NHK, and N24.
In 1986 a catastrophic blast, 400 times more potent than the Hiroshima bomb, blew the lid off Chernobyl's Reactor No. Four, igniting fires that burned for days and sending a radioactive cloud across Europe. Ill-equipped workers heroically sealed the smoldering reactor in a concrete sarcophagus, but the hastily constructed shelter was only built to last 30 years. Now, 30 countries have come together to pay for a 25,000-ton steel shelter which will entomb the radiation and last for a century.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781531700249
- ISBN: 1531700241
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from title screen. Running time give on container as approximately 60 min. Actual running time is less than 54 min. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Looking for solutions -- Building the tomb -- Dismantling the reactor -- Storing nuclear waste -- Containment for generations. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Edited by Paul Shepard. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator, Eric Meyers. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally broadcast by PBS Apr. 26, 2017. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: TVPG. |
System Details Note: | DVD; wide screen; stereo. |
Language Note: | English, subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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