PU-239

Drama about a technician who goes to extreme lengths to support his family after being exposed to a lethal dose of radiation in post-perestroika Russia. Adapted from a Ken Kalfus short story., This drama revolves around Timofey, a family man, and technician in Russia. One day, he gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation at the nuclear facility where he works. Unaware of the level of exposure, Timofey is wrongly blamed for the accident and is forced to take unpaid leave. The techinician struggles to make ends meet for his family while fighting the sickness of radiation., A worker at a Russian nuclear plant steals a small amount of weapons grade plutonium and tries to sell it on the Moscow black market.