Isabelle Boemeke

But people got really spooked.

And also, I have to say, this accident happened 12 days after a big movie called The China Syndrome came out in the movies.

And this was starring Jane Fonda.

And she was a reporter in the movie who was visiting a nuclear power plant.

And she caught that the nuclear power plant was having issues.

And eventually the nuclear power plant has a partial meltdown.

The accident happened to be very similar to what happened in real life at Trimada Island.

Wow.

And so it just had this outsized impact.

So, you know, you see now the connection.

If you already think that something is dangerous, something scary, the first little thing that happens, you automatically say, see, this is reason why this is scary.

Instead of saying, well, any technology has incidents.

Yeah, it was coming out right after the movie.

So people were already on edge.

It's just like one confirmation point.

See, this is scary.

And then, you know, Chernobyl happens in 86, which is less than 10 years later.

And this is a completely different accident.

This was in the Soviet Union.

And it was a...