Nuclear Energy Videos - The Documentary Network Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://documentary.net/wp-content/themes/documentary/img/documentary-logo.png Documentary Network - Watch free documentaries and films 337 17 Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Fukushima Fallout https://documentary.net/video/fukushima-fallout/ https://documentary.net/video/fukushima-fallout/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:43:39 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=5430

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami destroying whole Japanese towns and villages. It also hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaging four reactors and leaking radiation. As the toxic fallout affects health, safety and morale, Japan faces its biggest-ever backlash towards nuclear power. Anti-nuclear activism in Japan has been on the rise with a call for a change in energy policies. And from being the world's third-highest user of nuclear energy, the country now has only five of its 54 reactors working. But have Japan's energy policies changed? From parliamentary plans to sell nuclear plants abroad, to lengthening the time-span of its oldest reactors by 20 years, 101 East explores Japan's contradictory energy strategies.]]>

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami destroying whole Japanese towns and villages. It also hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaging four reactors and leaking radiation. As the toxic fallout affects health, safety and morale, Japan faces its biggest-ever backlash towards nuclear power. Anti-nuclear activism in Japan has been on the rise with a call for a change in energy policies. And from being the world's third-highest user of nuclear energy, the country now has only five of its 54 reactors working. But have Japan's energy policies changed? From parliamentary plans to sell nuclear plants abroad, to lengthening the time-span of its oldest reactors by 20 years, 101 East explores Japan's contradictory energy strategies.]]> https://documentary.net/video/fukushima-fallout/feed/ 1 Danger Zone: Ageing Nuclear Reactors https://documentary.net/video/danger-zone-ageing-nuclear-reactors/ https://documentary.net/video/danger-zone-ageing-nuclear-reactors/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:23:19 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=5213

In March 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. As tens of thousands of people were evacuated from nearby towns and villages, the world waited anxiously to see whether the radioactive fallout would spread across the country, or even be carried overseas. Unsurprisingly, in the wake of this incident, the nuclear operations of other countries have come under considerable scrutiny. One such country is the US where more than 100 similar reactors - some of them in earthquake zones or close to major cities - are now reaching the end of their working lives. Their owners want to keep them running, but others - from environmentalists to mainstream politicians - are deeply concerned.]]>

In March 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. As tens of thousands of people were evacuated from nearby towns and villages, the world waited anxiously to see whether the radioactive fallout would spread across the country, or even be carried overseas. Unsurprisingly, in the wake of this incident, the nuclear operations of other countries have come under considerable scrutiny. One such country is the US where more than 100 similar reactors - some of them in earthquake zones or close to major cities - are now reaching the end of their working lives. Their owners want to keep them running, but others - from environmentalists to mainstream politicians - are deeply concerned.]]> https://documentary.net/video/danger-zone-ageing-nuclear-reactors/feed/ 0 The Thorium Dream – An alternative Nuclear Fuel https://documentary.net/video/the-thorium-dream-an-alternative-nuclear-fuel/ https://documentary.net/video/the-thorium-dream-an-alternative-nuclear-fuel/#respond Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:20:09 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=3905

There are many lingering questions about thorium, including sourcing the fuel, regulations, industrial inertia and persistent fears about radiation. While the disaster at Fukushima raised the specter of atomic destruction and pushed countries like Germany and Switzerland to announce an end to their nuclear programs, it’s also proved to be another teachable moment about how and why technologies come to be, and how to improve them. There’s much to take for granted in the evolution of technology, or at least in the way that technology appears to us today – refined, perfected, ever cutting-edge. In the case of energy, where innovation has never been more sorely wanted, what we take for granted are a set of circumstances that are both entrenched and terrible. Coal and oil and natural gas seem like the only sure-fire ways of providing base-load energy, if your only criteria is cheap electricity. Globally, if they don’t look paltry, our energy and resource supplies are becoming increasingly costly to extract and use. Demand has never been higher; ditto levels of CO2 and other terrible greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Nuclear energy is powerful, but it’s even worse than the others, given persistent waste storage issues (these really need to end) and the threat of proliferation. A film by Alex Pasternack]]>

There are many lingering questions about thorium, including sourcing the fuel, regulations, industrial inertia and persistent fears about radiation. While the disaster at Fukushima raised the specter of atomic destruction and pushed countries like Germany and Switzerland to announce an end to their nuclear programs, it’s also proved to be another teachable moment about how and why technologies come to be, and how to improve them. There’s much to take for granted in the evolution of technology, or at least in the way that technology appears to us today – refined, perfected, ever cutting-edge. In the case of energy, where innovation has never been more sorely wanted, what we take for granted are a set of circumstances that are both entrenched and terrible. Coal and oil and natural gas seem like the only sure-fire ways of providing base-load energy, if your only criteria is cheap electricity. Globally, if they don’t look paltry, our energy and resource supplies are becoming increasingly costly to extract and use. Demand has never been higher; ditto levels of CO2 and other terrible greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Nuclear energy is powerful, but it’s even worse than the others, given persistent waste storage issues (these really need to end) and the threat of proliferation. A film by Alex Pasternack]]> https://documentary.net/video/the-thorium-dream-an-alternative-nuclear-fuel/feed/ 0 Radioactivists – Protest and Discourse in Japan since Fukushima https://documentary.net/video/radioactivists-protest-and-discourse-in-japan-since-fukushima/ https://documentary.net/video/radioactivists-protest-and-discourse-in-japan-since-fukushima/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:40:15 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=1934

The film explores the Japanese protest culture under the effects of Fukushima and to illuminate the backgrounds of the current movements, protests and critical voices, which keep getting louder, not only in Japan. First look at an upcoming documentary by German filmmakers Julia Leser and Clarissa Seidel. They accompanied the rallies and demonstrations within end-April to mid-May 2011 and talked to all those critical voices about the current situation: scientists, journalists, activists and bloggers.
We, Clarissa Seidel and Julia Leser, were both in Japan on the day of the giant earthquake, followed by the Fukushima accidents. We were shocked about the way the media both in Japan and Germany reported about those events.But, the first anti-nuke protests in Tokyo surprised us in a very positive way.
If you like the project you can support the team.]]>

The film explores the Japanese protest culture under the effects of Fukushima and to illuminate the backgrounds of the current movements, protests and critical voices, which keep getting louder, not only in Japan. First look at an upcoming documentary by German filmmakers Julia Leser and Clarissa Seidel. They accompanied the rallies and demonstrations within end-April to mid-May 2011 and talked to all those critical voices about the current situation: scientists, journalists, activists and bloggers.
We, Clarissa Seidel and Julia Leser, were both in Japan on the day of the giant earthquake, followed by the Fukushima accidents. We were shocked about the way the media both in Japan and Germany reported about those events.But, the first anti-nuke protests in Tokyo surprised us in a very positive way.
If you like the project you can support the team.]]> https://documentary.net/video/radioactivists-protest-and-discourse-in-japan-since-fukushima/feed/ 0