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And then the laboratorieswould submit those to DOE, the DOE'd submit those tothe National...

And then the laboratories
would submit those to DOE, the DOE'd submit those to
the National Security Council, it got approved, came back, and so you'd see these nicknames
on tests that ranged from everything
from, uh, horses, vegetables, New Mexico counties,
Texas towns

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And then the laboratories would submit those to DOE,
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the DOE'd submit those
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to the National Security Council,
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it got approved, came back,
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and so you'd see these nicknames on tests
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that ranged from everything from, uh, horses, vegetables,
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New Mexico counties, Texas towns.
Duration
19 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:54
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

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Movie Summary

Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living do...
[lan] Out of the 928 tests, here at the Nevada test site, - Downwind 00:11
[lan] Out of the 928 tests, here at the Nevada test site,
Of names, and we have Zuni, Yuma, Erie, Seminole, - Downwind 00:13
Of names, and we have Zuni, Yuma, Erie, Seminole,
They named their weapons tests after, - Downwind 00:12
They named their weapons tests after,
And we began our investigations - Downwind 00:15
And we began our investigations
But it's important-- - Downwind 00:16
But it's important--
[Darwin] If the weather was going to carry the cloud - Downwind 00:11
[Darwin] If the weather was going to carry the cloud
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems, - Downwind 00:15
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems,
[narrator] Through nuclear testing, - Downwind 00:12
[narrator] Through nuclear testing,
Somehow, fallout has, - Downwind 00:07
Somehow, fallout has,
And, um, the perfect example - Downwind 00:19
And, um, the perfect example
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge - Downwind 00:12
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge
And this was where the Department of Energy - Downwind 00:14
And this was where the Department of Energy
The highest, deadliest nuclear waste in the world - Downwind 00:09
The highest, deadliest nuclear waste in the world
And the spent fuel rods - Downwind 00:06
And the spent fuel rods
And it turns out, Yucca Mountain's - Downwind 00:11
And it turns out, Yucca Mountain's
That-- that nuclear remnants - Downwind 00:07
That-- that nuclear remnants
Had gone from the top of Yucca Mountain - Downwind 00:17
Had gone from the top of Yucca Mountain
Fallout was so widespread - Downwind 00:15
Fallout was so widespread
And that's how we know how far it traveled, - Downwind 00:07
And that's how we know how far it traveled,
[narrator] So what does the American government do - Downwind 00:07
[narrator] So what does the American government do