Critical Mass

Synopsis

Based on two lectures given in Edinburgh in October 1980 by Dr Helen Caldicott, chairman of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and winner of the 1980 Gandhi Peace Prize. She claims that although war is the greatest threat to life, nuclear power is extremely hazardous to health. She talks about each stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, uranium mining, its enrichment in electricity generating power stations, the extraction of plutonium for the reactors, and finally its use in nuclear warheads. Dr Caldicott discusses in some detail what she sees as the effects of radiation, and the dangers of faulty reactors.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

Year of production

1980

Availability

Sale

Subjects

Technology

Keywords

nuclear power

Production Company

Name

Edinburgh College of Art

Name

Heriot-Watt University Television Centre

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.