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And this was wherethe Department of Energy wanted to try to seeif it was suitable for a...

And this was where
the Department of Energy wanted to try to see
if it was suitable for a repository
to store nuclear waste

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And this was where the Department of Energy
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wanted to try to see if it was suitable
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for a repository to store nuclear waste.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:26
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

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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...
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
[Kevin Kamps] RECA is short - Downwind 00:13
[Kevin Kamps] RECA is short
Unfortunately, its scope is way too limited, - Downwind 00:07
Unfortunately, its scope is way too limited,
It's other diseases, it's genetic damage, - Downwind 00:06
It's other diseases, it's genetic damage,
The amount of money being offered - Downwind 00:10
The amount of money being offered
I mean, $50,000 doesn't buy much in the way of chemotherapy, - Downwind 00:22
I mean, $50,000 doesn't buy much in the way of chemothe...
But the United States government almost never admits guilt, - Downwind 00:10
But the United States government almost never admits guilt,
I mean, it took many decades, - Downwind 00:08
I mean, it took many decades,
And like I said, there was a lot of people - Downwind 00:15
And like I said, there was a lot of people
I'm shocked that the government admitted to it, - Downwind 00:08
I'm shocked that the government admitted to it,
There is no amount of money - Downwind 00:07
There is no amount of money
Someone in-- that suffers from this, - Downwind 00:09
Someone in-- that suffers from this,
$50,000 is-- is-- - Downwind 00:06
$50,000 is-- is--