Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

S01E01 Inferno

Firefighters race to a Ukrainian power plant after a reactor explodes during a routine safety test, unaware they're walking into a lethal cloud of radiation. As survivors describe the nightmare of the first 24 hours of history's worst nuclear accident, Soviet officials scramble to conceal the catastrophe. But the invisible poison drifting from the site is already spreading across the globe, threatening countless lives with its silent, deadly reach.