Episodes
Inferno
April 14, 2026
An explosion at a power plant in Chernobyl triggers the worst nuclear disaster in history. Survivors recount the horrific first three days of the catastrophe. After a reactor explodes, firefighters rush to the scene, unaware of the deadly radiation levels. The Soviet authorities attempt to cover up the disaster...
Radiation
April 14, 2026
The Soviet authorities struggle to build a sarcophagus around the destroyed reactor. After troops establish an exclusion zone, Mikhail Gorbachev orders the construction of a massive concrete sarcophagus. At the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, the world finally learns the explanation for the disaster – but are those responsible telling the truth?
Guilt
April 14, 2026
The cause of the disaster and the extent of the cover-up were only revealed much later. Fourteen months after the catastrophe, the plant's operators stood trial in a Soviet court. Only after the collapse of the USSR did an independent investigation reveal the true cause of the accident. Forty years later, the nuclear exclusion zone transformed into a war zone—a situation that fueled new fears.
