Chernobyl - What It's Like Today

This is what a nuclear disaster area looks like. Broadcast locations and times: North America: PBS, July 28 & 29 @ 10pm ET / 9pm Central Europe: ZDF/arte, July 31 @ 10pm Australia: SBS, August 6, 13, 20 @ 8:30pm EST

8 min - Engineering & Megastructures - Veritasium

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