Inside Chernobyl Sarcophagus

Synopsis
Chernobyl Unit Four exploded in April 1986. The ruins of the reactor, which will remaing radioactive for more than 100,000 years, lie buried in the ‘sarcophagus’. Shows the inside of the sarcophagus, where a team of Soviet scientists is working in areas of radiation that would be considered lethal by the West, trying to trace the 135 tonnes of uranium and plutonium which melted in the explosion, and to discover whether a second accident could happen at Chernobyl.
Series
Horizon, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production
1991
Availability
Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes
Broadcast on BBC2 on 22 Apr 1991.
Subjects
Physics; Technology
Keywords
Chernobyl; nuclear hazards; nuclear power industries; nuclear radiation; nuclear reactors; radioactivity

Credits

Producer
Edward Briffa
Contributor
Jana Bennett

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact
Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email
BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web
https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address
BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes
The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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