NOVA
Suicide Mission to Chernobyl
TV-PG
S18 • E14 Oct 21, 1991 55m7.9
The sarcophagus is the giant structure that contains the nuclear reactor that melted down at Chernobyl in 1986. Now, scientists and researchers are attempting to open the sarcophagus to see just how bad the damage really is. This is considered a suicide mission because the reactor is still unstable and could explode at any time.
