THE CHINA SYNDROME, 1979

Director: James Bridges Writers: Mike Gray and T.S. Cook
Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas.
Plot: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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Recommendations: You should also see Fatal Attraction, 1987 and Disclosure, 1994.