Nuclear Lands, A History of Plutonium

PRESENTED BY: Mt Baker Meaningful Movies
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6:30 PM, Thursday, June 29, 2017 PST
Location: Mt Baker (click for map)

From the Hanford site in Washington State (home to scientists working on the Manhattan Project in 1943), to La Hague in France (a plutonium reprocessing plant), to Rokkasho in northern Japan (a nuclear plant built atop a seismic fault), this film tracks the origin and uses of plutonium.  Along the way it questions the transference of this material from military use to civilian use.  We hear citizens and politicians share their thoughts, and often their experiences of living near nuclear sites.  “Nuclear Lands” brings into focus the scientific, industrial and geopolitical stakes of plutonium, while recreating a history of the world-changing choice made in the mid-twentieth century, and the secret birth of dangerous industrial environments often sited in arid and desolate locations.

When plutonium was first manufactured at Berkeley in the spring of 1941, there was so little of it that it was not visible to the naked eye.  Now there is so much that we don’t know what to do to get rid of it.  We have created a monster.  (Jeremy Bernstein, Plutonium: A History of the World’s Most Dangerous Element)

Come early for snacks and conversation.  Doors open at 6 pm.  Stay for post-movie update, 

Q &A, and discussion with special guest Tom Carpenter from Hanford Challenge.

All are welcome.  Snacks and Movie are Free.  Donations always gratefully accepted.

 See you at the movies!

 

 

 

Special Guests: Tom Carpenter from Hanford Challenge

Sponsors: Mt. Baker Meaningful Movies, South Seattle Climate Action Network with the support of Mt. Baker Community Club

Facebook Page: https://youtu.be/H-QwpdZagzc

Release Year: 2015

Running Time: 53 minutes

Director: Kenichi Watanabe

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  1. Tom Carpenter
    #1 Tom Carpenter 9 June, 2017, 14:50

    I am looking forward to discussing Hanford’s latest leaks and contamination events, including the collapse of the PUREX tunnel, the contamination of a worker and possible new leak in a nuclear waste tank, and the plutonium contamination spill that happened earlier this week.

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