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.
Production
Drone shots of the sarcophagus are genuinely breathtaking
Practical Effects
Real workers in radiation suits, zero CGI nonsense
Director
Martin Gorst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The New Safe Confinement is the largest movable land-based structure ever built—designed to last 100 years while the waste beneath remains dangerous for 20,000.
The original Soviet 'sarcophagus' was thrown together in months by soldiers and miners who knew they were receiving lethal doses; many died within years.
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