Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "The China Syndrome" bidoro na 1979 Cannes Film Festival, ebe ọ gbara asọmpi maka Palme d'Or ebe Lemmon natara Onyinye Actor kacha mma. E wepụtara ya n'ụlọ ihe nkiri n'abalị iri na isii nke ọnwa Machị n'afọ 1979, ụbọchị iri na abụọ tupu e wepụta ya n'ụlọ ihe nkiri
Ihe mberede nuklia nke Three Mile Island na Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, nke mere ka ihe nkiri ahụ nwee ihe a na-atụghị anya ya. Ọ ghọrọ ihe ịga nke ọma na azụmahịa. Ndị na-enyocha ihe nkiri ahụ toro ihe nkiri ahụ, ntụziaka, na arụmọrụ (ọkachasị nke Fonda na Lemmon), ebe ọ nwetara $ 51.7 nde na mmefu ego nke $ 5.9 nde. Ihe nkiri ahụ natara nhọpụta anọ na 52nd Academy Awards; Best Actor (maka Lemmon), Best Actress (maka Fonda), Best Original Screenplay, na Best Production Design.