The long trailer for the movie references The China Syndrome (1979) as the film that predicted Chernobyl.
Puts together Jason Robards from The Day After (1983) and Karen Meagher from Threads (1984) - two very similar TV movies depicting a nuclear holocaust (the first upon Kansas, USA and the latter on the city of Sheffield, UK).
Trevor Cooper and Chris Walker were dubbed.
Two of the main actors who had co-starred in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) eight years earlier, Ian McDiarmid (who played Emperor Palpatine) and Sebastian Shaw (who played Anakin Skywalker after Darth Vader takes his mask off), both appear in this film.