In the immediate aftermath more than 30 died. A devastating fireball blew off the reactor's heavy steel and concrete lid. At 1:23am the resulting chain reaction created a series of explosions. On April 25/26th 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant located 80 miles north of Kiev in the former USSR (now Ukraine) lost control of one of its 4 reactors. The film takes place at the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, hastily abandoned by panic-stricken humans 20 years ago. The species we see are not cartoon characters, but representatives of a living legacy, involved in a genuine drama still unfolding today. What would happen if the world were suddenly without people – if humans vanished off the face of the earth? How would nature react - and how swiftly? This is science fact, not fiction.
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