NUCLEAR… NOT SO CLEAR! (BIG SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS)

  • Christophe Muel
  • 2002
  • 52 min

What would happen if tomorrow another Chernobyl occurred? What information would be available if a cloud of radioactive particles passed overhead? To answer this type of question an accident simulation was organized by twenty-seven European countries. The film follows the crisis unit teams of three countries involved in the simulation: Hungary, Austria and France. While scientists work hard to do their jobs and put forward hypotheses on the chain of events, they come up against the same obstruction: information. It gets blocked. Wrong fax number, crashed computer server, illegible text – when the messages reach their destination… The exercise is an overwhelming failure.

Production
  • Ex Nihilo
  • Patrick Sobelman
Coproduction
  • FRANCE 5
  • AUNE PRODUCTIONS
Distribution Doc & Films International
International seller Doc & Films International