China syndrome

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Lemmon starred in films from the 1940s to the 1990s with standout roles in “Some Like It Hot,” “The Apartment,” “The China Syndrome” and “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

From Los Angeles Times

The nuclear meltdown depicted in the 1978 thriller The China Syndrome, starring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas, drew on flaws in operations at the Dresden generating station in Illinois in the early 70s, but also had the good fortune to be released in cinemas just days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.

From The Guardian

At our very first meeting, Todd and I shared how much we loved the great whistleblower films of the ‘70s and ‘80s — “All the President’s Men,” “The China Syndrome,” “Silkwood.”

From Los Angeles Times

This was the so-called China Syndrome, a fanciful way of saying that the molten material would pass through the earth all the way to China.

From Washington Times

Coincidentally, just 12 days before, a movie studio released a thriller titled “The China Syndrome,” featuring a fictitious accident at a California nuclear power plant.

From Washington Times