Thomas Johnson

France | 2006 | 94’ | Documentary Director: Thomas Johnson | Producer: Hind Saïh Original Language: Russian | Subtitled Language English / French Synopsis: On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.  Awards Banff World Television Awards - Best History & Biography Program,...
France | 2009 | 87’| Documentary Director: Thomas Johnson | Producer: Hind Saïh. Original Language: English & French | English & French version. Synopsis: Since the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters, we know that the risk zero, does not exist. No country is safe of a nuclear accident. However, the number of nuclear powers plants is growing and the nuclear race is well underway. To manage a nuclear accident is now, facing the development of this energy in the world, a major concern of all governments, in particular of France, one of the most nuclearized countries of the planet. What measures should be taken in the event of another disaster? How would they be organized against a nuclear crisis on a health care, military, technological, economic,...