Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown S01E02 - Cover-Up

Episode Overview

Forty-eight hours after the blast, the planet confronts a nightmare unfolding across borders. Helicopter crews battle towering flames inside the reactor core, risking lethal exposure to radioactive clouds. Soviet officials finally order the evacuation of fifty thousand nearby residents, yet continue to downplay the true extent of the catastrophe.

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