Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Cutar China" an bayyana shi a matsayin "wasan kwaikwayo na 1979 game da haɗarin makamashin nukiliya" wanda ke da ƙarin tasiri lokacin da ainihin hatsarin rayuwa a tashar nukiliya ta Three Mile Island
ya faru makonni da yawa bayan da aka fara fim din. Jane Fonda tana wasa da mai ba da rahoto na TV wanda ya shaida kusan narkewa (ciwon China na taken) a cikin tashar nukiliya ta gida, wanda wani injiniya mai saurin tunani, wanda Jack Lemmon ya buga ya hana shi. Labarin ya nuna cewa haɗamar kamfanoni da kuma rage kashe kuɗi "sun kai ga kurakurai masu haɗari a ginin ma'aikatar".