Atomic Deserts: A Survey of the World's Radioactive No-Go Zones

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In March 1979, the area around Three Mile Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was contaminated with radioactivity. Technicians released irradiated gas and water into the environment in order to prevent a full reactor meltdown. The clean-up operation of the surrounding area lasted 12 years and cost around €1 billion.

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• Part 1: A Survey of the World's Radioactive No-Go Zones
• Part 2: A New Age Dawns
• Part 3: 'Now I Am Become Death'
• Part 4: Uninhabitable to This Day
• Part 5: The Radioactive Dilemma
• Part 6: Unrelenting Bombardment
• Part 7: A Deadly Legacy
• Part 8: A Nuclear No Man's Land
• Part 9: Unfathomable Destruction
• Part 10: Long-Term Effects
• Part 11: The Irradiated Buddha
• Part 12: Underground Time Bomb
• Part 13: The First Big Accident
• Part 14: The Desert Rats
• Part 15: An Ill-Advised Test
• Part 16: Mushroom Clouds in the South Pacific
• Part 17: Dangerous Negligence
• Part 18: Hydrogen Drama in Spain
• Part 19: Harrisburg Horror
• Part 20: The Unknown Catastrophe