**The China syndrome **

Craig mason's hbo series on char noble isn't the first time that hollywood has depicted a nuclear disaster. In 19 79, jane fanda starred in a film called the china syndrome which revolved around a melt down at a fictional nuclear power plant in california. Fanda: "I think there's probably quite a few people who watched turnoble and then said, in a visceral way, i don't ever want to go near a nuclear power plant"