La Vérité sur le nucléaire - Cancer, Déchets et Contamination - Plutonium - Documentaire monde - AT

It all began at the University of Berkeley in 1940, when Glenn Seaborg discovered plutonium, an artificial material derived from uranium with "diabolical toxicity", the corollary of which, the development of the atomic bomb, would lead, beyond the horror, to a crazy bidding war to produce it. ✋ The stakes of the World? They are here 👉 https://bit.ly/3nbDE0S Subscribe 🙏 A vicious spiral at the crossroads of industrial, strategic and military interests. While man hastily prides himself on being able to control matter, three sites with similarities, namely Hanford in the United States, La Hague in France and Rokkasho in Japan, bear witness to the disaster today. Dead end A pioneer, Hanford, now closed, is condemned to endless decontamination work – which Areva partly ensures – and drains its share of cancers, malformations, along a road nicknamed "the mile of death". The de La Hague plant reprocesses nuclear waste from around the world, storing for millennia tons of uncontrollable plutonium that no one wants anymore. As for the Rokkasho site, which is still not operating in a Japan shaken by Fukushima, it alone embodies the current impasse of the nuclear industry. In this alarming overview, informed by testimonies from experts and victims, Kenichi Watanabe (The World After Fukushima) reveals the geopolitical issues and choices that led to this absurd situation: virulent lobbying by the military-industrial complex, deterrence and national independence dear to de Gaulle, the illusion of progress and competitiveness, and the conversion, initiated by France, from military nuclear power to civil nuclear power, following the oil crisis. A series of technological and political failures, masked by a wall of silence, against which the too rare voices of resistance struggle to be heard. 00:00 - 00:05:59 A Global Nuclear Challenge The challenges of the nuclear industry in three major powers – Japan, the United States, France – and the environmental threats linked to plutonium. 00:06:00 - 00:22:59 Hanford, Rokkasho, La Hague: Radioactive Legacies The history of these nuclear sites, marked by contamination, health impacts and their role in military ambitions. 00:23:00 - 00:38:59 The Two Faces of Nuclear Power How nuclear energy, between civil and military uses, leads to unsustainable human and ecological costs. 00:39:00 Prisoners of the Nuclear Spiral An industry trapped in a cycle of pollution and decontamination, illustrating the economic and ecological impasse of the nuclear system. Terres nucléaires Director: Kenichi Watanabe Producers: ARTE France, Seconde Vague Productions, Kami Productions All rights reserved ARTE