Tito wanted the bomb. Yugoslavia almost got it. Then everything went radioactive.
52 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestAn intriguing history of Yugoslav nuclear program that proposed to build an atomic bomb and 16 nuclear facilities on Yugoslav soil. Only one project came to fruition, the nuclear power plant in Krsko, Slovenia.
Direction
Merlić's archival excavation feels like political archaeology
Editing
Juxtaposing propaganda footage with declassified dread
Production
Rare access to Yugoslav nuclear facilities and witnesses
Creator
Dubravko Merlić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yugoslavia was the only non-Soviet bloc country to build its own research reactor without Soviet assistance — a fact that made both Moscow and Washington deeply uncomfortable.
The series premiered as Slovenia debated extending Krsko's lifespan, making this less historical curiosity and live political intervention — audiences literally watched their possible futures being excavated from their past.
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