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# The China Syndrome

1979Rated PG122 minDramaThriller

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While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize 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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**Length:** 122 min - long for under-sevens

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