Adi Roche: Chernobyl series will detail 'one of the greatest cover-ups in history'

“Chernobyl” dramatises the 1986 nuclear accident which released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

Adi Roche: Chernobyl series will detail 'one of the greatest cover-ups in history'
Tue, 07 May, 2019 - 09:47
Olivia Kelleher

The CEO of Chernobyl Children International (CCI) Adi Roche says that a new series on the nuclear disaster which premieres this evening will give viewers the true story of "one of the greatest cover-ups in history."

“Chernobyl” dramatises the 1986 nuclear accident which released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

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