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The China Syndrome
Description
A news reporter and her cameraman are unintentional witnesses to a SCRAM incident, an emergency core shutdown procedure at a nuclear power plant in California. Something is terribly wrong at the plant, but its owners are more interested in finances and public relations, and cover the entire matter up.
A news reporter and her cameraman are unintentional witnesses to a SCRAM incident, an emergency core shutdown procedure at a nuclear power plant in California. Something is terribly wrong at the plant, but its owners are more interested in finances and public relations, and cover the entire matter up.
Actors:
Dennis Barker,
Michael Jeffers,
Ron Lombard,
Daniel Lewk,
Tom Eure,
Jack Smith Jr.,
Michael Mann
Dennis Barker
21 June 1929, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK
Michael Jeffers
10 March 1898, Lancashire, England, UK
Ron Lombard
Daniel Lewk
Tom Eure
Jack Smith Jr.
Michael Mann
Country:
United States
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