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NUC001
BOUND BY THE WIND
Video
Since 1945, more than 1,900 nuclear weapons have been detonated worldwide in tests
above and below ground. This video presents the dramatic, international impact of
nuclear testing on the people who live downwind from the U.S., Soviet and French test
sites and have suffered high rates of cancer.
NUC003
DARK CIRCLE
Video
This video reveals the full scope and human impact of the Atomic Age, from the dropping
of the first nuclear bombs on Japan to the present day perils of the hydrogen bomb
factories and nuclear power.
NUC005
DENSOMETER END USER RADIATION SAFETY
Video
Everything we do involves risk; one source of risk is radiation. This program
begins with a general tutorial on radiation, its nature, hazards and precautions,
including minimizing exposure by reducing time, increasing distance, and utilizing
shielding. It then de-scribes the major components of a densometer, a device used to
measure the density of a fluid in a flow line. Finally, it summarizes important NRC
and DOT regulations about densometer licensing and labeling. 15 minutes.
NUC007
ECLIPSE OF THE MAN-MADE SUN
Video
This is a powerful, unusually-styled examination of the imagery and language used in
discussing nuclear weapons and power over the last 45 years.
NUC009
ENERGY FROM NUCLEAR FUSION
Video
Gregory Moses and Leon Shohet, two researchers at the University of Wisconsin, report
on the latest progress in finding ways to get useful energy from nuclear fusion, rather
than fission.
NUC011
THE EXPANDING NUCLEAR CLUB
Video
Investigates which nations are potential new members of this exclusive
“club,” and the frightening consequences for the world. Existing controls
appear to be inadequate to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Nations may be
contributing to the nuclear danger by exporting nuclear plants and materials. The
program explores additional political steps that could be taken to prevent more nations
from obtaining nuclear weapons.
NUC013
FIRE FROM THE SUN: THE SEARCH FOR FUSION ENERGY
Video
The need for alternate sources of energy has reached a new level of importance.
This video outlines the global search for nuclear fusion. After explaining the
science of nuclear fusion, the program combines history and images from popular culture
with interviews of leading scientists to tell the dramatic story of the forty-year effort
to master this potential for energy. 27 minutes.
NUC015
IS RADIATION DANGEROUS?
Video
This program aims at dispelling the general public’s irrational fears concerning
radiation. It deals with the different forms of ionic radiation (ultraviolet rays,
magnetic radiation, radon, x-rays, and radioactive radiation) by way of a continuous
discussion between a scientist and a critical member of the general public. 30
minutes. Dutch with English subtitles.
NUC017
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE NEXT DOOR
Video
Reports on the controversy surrounding the use and disposal of radioactive materials
and the health effects on workers and nearby residents. 52 minutes.
NUC019
NUCLEAR POWER
Video
This popular program will help bring perspective to an emotionally charged
subject. Includes new video footage from Los Alamos, Three Mile Island, Oak Ridge,
and other centers of nuclear research and development. It can provide a base in
science and history for discussion of current nuclear issues. 37 minutes. With
book.
NUC021
POLIGON (TESTING GROUNDS)
Video
Before Chernobyl there was Semipalatinsk — a Soviet nuclear test site that
contaminated thousands of local residents. This is the first film to reveal the
history of Soviet nuclear testing and to expose its many victims. Previously secret
footage of Soviet atomic tests and speeches by Soviet leaders are mixed with horrific
testimony from residents living near the test side, who vividly display their tragic
health problems. Interviews with the creators of the Soviet atomic and hydrogen
bombs illuminate the rationale behind the testing program, a logic with striking parallels
to the rhetoric of the American nuclear establishment. Included is the last
interview ever given by Andrei Sakharov, just hours before his death. Finally, the
film portrays the rise of an extraordinary protest movement in Kazakhstan, which forced
the closure of the test site in 1991.
NUC023
RADIATION
Video
This Video will help explain what radiation is, how it was discovered, and what
it can do. Part 1 includes how radiation was discovered: students will learn
how scientists like Newton, Young, Maxwell, Becquerel, and Curie discovered the basic
facts about radiation. Part 2 tells students about radiation today. They will
learn the difference between radiation that is ionizing and that is not, and also between
electromagnetic and nuclear radiation. Other concepts covered include
electromagnetic spectrum, light as particle and as wave, wavelength, frequency, x-rays,
alpha and beta particles, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, fission, fusion, rems, ozone,
cosmic rays. 36 minutes. With book.
NUC025
THE RISKS OF NUCLEAR POWER
A Video Interview with Bernard
Cohen
Video
A physicist and expert on radiation from the University of Pittsburgh presents the case
for nuclear power and answers critics who claim the risks are too great. 33 minutes.
NUC027
SING A SONG OF SEABROOK: OPPOSITION TO A NUCLEAR PLANT
Video
For nearly two decades, opponents besieged New Hampshire’s Seabrook Nuclear Plant
on legal and environmental grounds. This video details the citizen action struggle
ignited by the construction of the plant on the state’s fragile seacoast. It
looks at the effects of the Clamshell Alliance, a protest group that inspired thousands of
people into civil disobedience to battle the plant. It also includes a plant
spokesman to voice Seabrook’s position. This program covers pressing current
issues such as nuclear plant safety, waste disposal, and energy sources for the
future. 25 minutes.
NUC029
THE TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Video
This documentary appears to be the sole source of much strange, dangerous and vital
information about the 20,000 annual nuclear shipments by sea. Beginning with a tip
about an accident aboard what appeared to be an ordinary freighter that turned out to be
carrying nuclear materials, the program’s makers documented a vast web of
international nuclear shipments, deliberately mislabeled by shippers and knowingly covered
up by government regulatory agencies in France and the United States, and unearthed the
strange coincidence of a vessel used for nuclear transport which routinely over a period
of years retuned from the Soviet Union and consistently set sail for Houston five days
later. 40 minutes.
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