Terwijl ze bezig is een serie reportages te maken over alternatieve energiebronnen, is de verslaggeefster Kimberly Wells toevallig getuige van een bijna-ongeluk in een kerncentrale. Wells is vastbesloten om het incident in de openbaarheid te brengen.
Nee, helaas is The China Syndrome nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | James Bridges | Director |
| Writing | Mike Gray | Screenplay |
| Writing | T.S. Cook | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Bridges | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Douglas | Producer |
| Production | Bruce Gilbert | Executive Producer |
| Camera | James Crabe | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Rawlins | Editor |
| Production | Sally Dennison | Casting |
| Art | George Jenkins | Production Design |
| Art | Arthur Jeph Parker | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donfeld | Costume Design |
| Production | James Nelson | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Richard Edlund | Visual Effects Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadine M. Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kaye Pownall | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Don Schoenfeld | Makeup Artist |
| Production | James Nelson | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | James A. Dennett | Production Manager |
| Directing | Kim Kurumada | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Barrie M. Osborne | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joel Chernoff | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Terry E. Lewis | Property Master |
| Art | William Maldonado | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Rudy Reachi | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | R. Chris Westlund | Leadman |
| Art | S. Bruce Wineinger | Construction Foreman |
| Art | William Ladd Skinner | Set Designer |
| Sound | Fred J. Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gene Corso | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Marvin E. Lewis | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Mary McGlone | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Lorane Mitchell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Crew | Robert W. Harris | Cableman |
| Crew | Bruce Mattox | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Yuricich | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Bryce Guy Williams | Stunt Double |
| Lighting | James O. Blair | Gaffer |
| Camera | Robert Duggan | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Robert Isenberg | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tom Prophet Jr. | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Daryl Smith | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Peter Sorel | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Mike Sweeten | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Reynaldo Villalobos | Additional Camera |
| Camera | John Szajner | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Stanzi Stokes | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eddie Marks | Costumer |
| Editing | Francesca Emerson | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Douglas E. Stoll | Location Manager |
| Sound | Michael Boddicker | Musician |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Dan Wallin | Scoring Mixer |
| Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Edward Baken | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Craig Pinkard | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Marty P. Ewing | Production Assistant |
| Production | Ronnie Kramer | Production Secretary |
| Production | Bruce Nahin | Production Assistant |
| Production | Eileen Peterson | Publicist |
