

“People who know the meaning of "The China Syndrome" are scared... Soon you will know.”
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,900,000
Revenue
$51,718,367

Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.

Bill Gibson
The China Syndrome 1979 TV trailer #2
Teaser
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.