: Composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir , who used ambient sounds recorded at a decommissioned nuclear power plant.
: Inhabitants of Pripyat gather on a railway bridge to watch the "beautiful" blue beam of light emanating from the reactor, as radioactive "snow" falls on them, oblivious to the danger. "Chernobyl" 1:23:45(2019)
: The explosion was triggered during a low-power safety test. A surge caused by a design flaw in the RBMK reactor’s control rods (graphite tips) led to a massive steam explosion that blew the 1,000-ton lid off the reactor. : Composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir , who used
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 A surge caused by a design flaw in
: Soviet chemist Valery Legasov (played by Jared Harris) records memoirs exposing the truth behind the disaster before taking his own life at exactly 1:23:45 AM, coinciding with the disaster's anniversary.