''Journey to the Safest Place on Earth'' is a 2013
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
written and directed by
Edgar Hagen. It discusses the huge quantity of
radioactive waste
Radioactive waste is a type of hazardous waste that contains radioactive material. It is a result of many activities, including nuclear medicine, nuclear research, nuclear power generation, nuclear decommissioning, rare-earth mining, and nuclear ...
and spent
fuel rod
Nuclear fuel refers to any substance, typically fissile material, which is used by nuclear power stations or other nuclear devices to generate energy.
Oxide fuel
For fission reactors, the fuel (typically based on uranium) is usually based o ...
s being stored at various locations on the planet.
Charles McCombie is a Swiss-based nuclear physicist with 35 years of experience in this field, and he accompanies Hagen on a worldwide search for the best location. One disposal site in Texas is adjacent to a location where oil drilling is in progress. A
proposed disposal site in Nevada is adjacent to the young volcano
Yucca Mountain.
See also
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High-level radioactive waste management
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List of films about nuclear issues
References
External links
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2013 films
2013 in the environment
Documentary films about nuclear technology
Swiss documentary films
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