Chernobyl - Season 1 Episode 2

Season 1 Episode 2

Please Remain Calm

1h 6m ·★ 8.7 ·United Kingdom · EN· HBO

With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.

NEXTEp 3: Open Wide, O Earth›

Episodes

S01E016 May 191h 1m

1:23:45

April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

S01E0213 May 191h 6m

Please Remain Calm

S01E0320 May 191h 4m

Open Wide, O Earth

Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.

S01E0427 May 191h 7m

The Happiness of All Mankind

Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.