Chernobyl: The New Evidence

12A2022•47m•6.2/10

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On April 26, 1986 Reactor 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, releasing clouds of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. With access to hundreds of declassified KGB documents, Chernobyl: The New Evidence reveals the serious concerns of the KGB, the sacrifices the Soviet leadership were willing to make to keep the story quiet and the bravery that saved the world from an even more deadly disaster.

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Blink Films

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Status

Ended

First Aired

February 22, 2022

Last Aired

February 23, 2022

Networks

Channel 4

Created By

Andy Webb

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Situation Critical

Air date: 2022-02-22

Newly declassified evidence from KGB archives reveals that the KGB had concerns about the safety of the Chernobyl nuclear plant even as it was being built

Fallout

Air date: 2022-02-23

Including first-hand accounts from survivors, including Oleksiy Ananenko, who braved radioactive waters to prevent a second explosion, and Maryna Sivets, whose unborn child's life was put at risk