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Documentary
Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
Cast: Adam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena Kalmbach
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About Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
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4.3
First Aired
Apr 19, 2026
Status
Ended
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CNN Original Series
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English
Keywords
technologyradiationcold warinvestigationcrisisminiserieseducationalenvironmentcontaminationpripyatcatastrophepower plantchernobyl disaster (1986)ukrainehazardsciencechornobyl, ukrainesovietsuspensefulintenseinformativeconsequencereconstruction