Bibliograph

Nova, 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 ; executive producer, Carlo Massarella ; produced and directed by Martin Gorst

Type

Label

Nova, 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 ; executive producer, Carlo Massarella ; produced and directed by Martin Gorst

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: TVPG

Main title

Nova

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

984130428

Responsibility statement

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 ; executive producer, Carlo Massarella ; produced and directed by Martin Gorst

Runtime

Summary

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

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Building Chernobyl's mega tomb

Contributor