The Chain Reaction (1980)

Directors

Ian Barry

Cast

Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mel Gibson, Richard Moir, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns

The story

An earthquake in rural Australia causes a dangerous leak at WALDO (Western Atomic Longterm Dumping Organisation), a nuclear waste storage facility. Heinrich Schmidt an engineer badly contaminated in the accident, knows that the leak will poison the groundwater for hundreds of miles around and wants to warn the public. His boss, however, is only interested in protecting himself and believes that the accident should be covered up, when in fact the contamination risks thousands of lives.

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