Plutonium pit production – for the core of nuclear weapons – was an environmental and health disaster at the Rocky Flats plant near Denver, Colorado. Officially closed in 1992, the Rocky Flats Horror Show is a a stark reminder that the threat of nuclear war is real – preparation for full-scale nuclear war is US policy – and a warning to those near the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and Los Alamos in New Mexico that handling molten plutonium can result in plutonium fires, environmental releases and worker exposure.
The book Full Body Burden, by Kristen Iversen, revealed the personal and societal impacts of pit production at Rocky Flats and that plannng for nuclear war continues. The book is now being made into a move, due for release in 2024.
Check out the website of the film: https://fullbodyburdenfilm.com/
“Full Body Burden is Kristen Iversen’s story of growing up in a small Colorado town in the shadow of Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant. It is also a story about the destructive power of secrets — family secrets and government secrets — and the cost of deception. Today, as development pushes against the borders of the former plant site and the United States moves closer to a renewed nuclear arms race, a clear-eyed assessment of our nuclear legacy is increasingly urgent.”
And the trailer: https://vimeo.com/582554197
We would hope that the film can be shown in the Aiken, SC area as people there are asleep about the fact that SRS is being turned into a key site for the new nuclear arms race, which is being promoted by for-profit companies planning the design of the plutonium pit factory at SRS.
Photos: Activists – including the current SRS Watch director – warned in 1992 on a billboard at the entrance to Rocky Flats about the risk of dumping pit production on South Carolina. DOE has been working for 3 decades to bring the pit nightmare to SRS & religious, civic and political leadership is needed to stop this scheme and derail the dangerous talk of nuclear war.