Nuclear Now
MovieTitle | Nuclear Now |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Sep 9, 2022 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Oliver Stone |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Participant |
Run time | 106 min. |
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests.