"chernobyl" 1:23:45(2019) -

: The narrative then shifts back to the night of the accident. Inside the Control Room of Unit 4, a safety test goes horribly wrong.

: While instruments on-site initially capped at 3.6 R/h, the actual radiation at the core was estimated at roughly 20,000 roentgens per hour , delivering a lethal dose in minutes. Production Credits Creator/Writer : Craig Mazin Director : Johan Renck "Chernobyl" 1:23:45(2019)

The premiere episode of the HBO/Sky miniseries "Chernobyl," titled "1:23:45," originally aired on May 6, 2019. The title refers to the exact moment on April 26, 1986 , when Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in the Ukrainian SSR, marking the beginning of the world's worst man-made nuclear catastrophe . Plot Overview : The narrative then shifts back to the