Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb
Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It films close up with the team of international engineers as they race to build the new structure before Chernobyl's original concrete sarcophagus - the hastily built structure that covers the reactor - collapses.
Built to last just 30 years, the temporary sarcophagus is now crumbling, putting the world at risk of another release of radioactive dust. Radiation levels make it impossible for workers to build the new shelter directly over the old reactor, so engineers are erecting the new megastructure - taller than the tower of Big Ben and three times heavier than the Eiffel Tower - to one side and will then face the challenge of sliding the largest object ever moved on land into place over the old reactor.
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Music Played
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Sarah Class
Shores of Respite
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Production Company | Windfall Films Ltd |
| Director | Martin Gorst |
| Producer | Martin Gorst |
| Executive Producer | Carlo Massarella |
Broadcasts
- Wed 21 Dec 201621:00
- Thu 22 Dec 201602:35
- Sat 14 Jan 201720:00
- Mon 17 Apr 201720:00
- Thu 7 Dec 201721:00
- Fri 8 Dec 201702:00
- Wed 19 Dec 201820:00
- Thu 20 Dec 201801:00
- Sun 16 Jun 201920:00
- Thu 20 Feb 202021:00
- Fri 21 Feb 202003:00
- Tue 27 Apr 202122:40
- Wed 28 Apr 202102:40
- Wednesday21:00
- Thursday01:15
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