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Spaltprozesse (1987)

Spaltprozesse poster
Directed by
Bertram Verhaag
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows daily life in a region of Bavaria as residents deal with a nearby nuclear reprocessing plant. It focuses on the people and their experiences in this situation.

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What happens

Spaltprozesse – Wackersdorf 001 (Fission Processes - Wackersdorf 001) is a 1986 documentary film by directors and producers Claus Strigel and Bertram Verhaag, depicting life in the Upper Palatinate region in Bavaria surrounding the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA). Fission Processes (cf nuclear fission) is part of the Nuclear power Trilogy, which also includes Restrisiko (Residual Risk, 1989) and Das achte Gebot (The Eighth Commandment, 1991). A fourth film, Halbwertszeiten (Half-Lives), was made in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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