Incident at Browns Ferry

"All the elements of an apocalyptic thriller...one of the most important public services on television this year, and it is terrifying." —Boston Globe

The Browns Ferry fire led to a near meltdown in what was then the world's largest nuclear power plant. After the fire was extinguished in this huge technically sophisticated facility, potentially dangerous air leaks were checked with a chicken feather.Japan's nuclear power crises,

Chernobyl and Three Mile Island shocked the world about nuclear power's dangers. If you had seen "Incident at Browns Ferry" you would not have been surprised. The Browns Ferry documentary won a duPont Columbia Broadcast Journalism award (TV"s Pulitzer Prize) despite the nuclear power industry's effort to stop its national telecast in the PBS Nova series.