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Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

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About Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown is a documentary TV series that premiered on National Geographic on April 19, 2026. It has 1 season and 4 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 4 "Truth", aired on April 20, 2026.

Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

  • Documentary

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Episodes

4 episodes · 1 season

Miniseries

2026 · 4 episodes · Last episode: 6 months ago

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    4. Truth

    Finale

    14 months after the disaster, plant operators face a Soviet show trial. At the reactor, scientists hunt for the deadly remains of the radioactive fuel. As the USSR crumbles, an independent investigation reveals the true cause of the accident, and the full scale of the cover up. 40 years later, the nuclear exclusion zone turns into a war zone.

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    3. Sacrifice

    Workers begin to clean-up the deadly radioactive fallout from the explosion. After troops establish an exclusion zone, Gorbachev orders the construction of a vast concrete sarcophagus to cover the destroyed nuclear reactor. In Vienna the world finally hears the Soviet explanation of what went wrong - but are they telling the truth?

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    2. Cover-Up

    Two days after the explosion, the world wakes up to a terrifying global disaster. At the power plant, helicopter pilots try to put out a fire in the reactor core, braving plumes of highly radioactive smoke. Soviet authorities eventually begin to evacuate 50,000 people from the local area, while still trying to conceal the scale of the accident.

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    1. Inferno

    Survivors recount the terrifying first 24-hours of the worst nuclear accident in history. After a reactor explodes during a safety test at a power plant in Ukraine, firefighters rush to the scene, unaware of the lethal levels of radiation. Soviet authorities try to cover up the disaster as a cloud of radiation begins to circle the world.

Cast & crew

  • Nikolai Steinberg

    Self

  • Petr G. Khmel

    Self

  • Igor Kirschenbaum

    Self

  • Ray Richardson

    Self

  • Hans Blix

    Hans Blix

    Self

  • Ihor Hodosov

    Self

  • Witali Schkljarow

    Self

  • Sergej Beljakow

    Self

  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Margaret Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher

    Self (archive footage)

  • Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Self (archive footage)

  • François Mitterrand

    François Mitterrand

    Self (archive footage)

  • Robert Peter Gale

    Robert Peter Gale

    Self

  • Matthew Chance

    Self

  • Maria Protsenko

    Self

  • Sergej Lobanow

    Self

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown?

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 20, 2026.

When did the latest episode of Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown come out?

The most recent episode of Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown, Season 1 Episode 4 "Truth", aired on April 20, 2026.

How many seasons of Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown are there?

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown has 1 season with 4 episodes in total.

When did Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown first air?

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown first aired on National Geographic on April 19, 2026.

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