Learning on ScreenDismantling the Bomb
- Synopsis
- Examines the process involved in dismantling bombs. It is easy to dismantle bomb cases, but the plutonium pits cannot be simply destroyed. Shows PANTEX in Texas where bombs are dismantled and plutonium pits are stored in racks in 50-year-old bunkers above ground, while scientists and politicians decide what to do with them. In Russia plutonium is available for sale on the open market and seems to have come from civilian reactors. As more plutonium is made each day as a consequence of running a reactor, the programme looks at the history of nuclear weapons and the proposed methods for trying to dispose of plutonium safely.
- Series
- Equinox, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 on 27/11/94.
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Keywords
- nuclear waste; nuclear weapons; plutonium
Credits
- Director
- Richard Melman
- Producer
- Richard Melman
Production Company
- Name
INCA
- Notes
- Use for: Independent Communications Associates
Distributor
- Name
INCA (London) Ltd
- Contact
- William Woollard
- incaltd@dial.pipex.com
- Web
- http://www.inca-productions.com/index.htm External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8748 9600
- Fax
- 020 8748 9607
- Address
- INCA House
67 Castlenau
Barnes
London
SW13 9RT
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