The San Onofre Syndrome (2023)

Original title

SOS - The San Onofre Syndrome

Directed by

Mary Beth Brangan, Morgan Peterson, James Heddle

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the challenges of storing radioactive waste at the San Onofre nuclear plant in California. It looks at the site's location near the ocean and raises questions about how the United States handles nuclear materials.

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What happens

SOS - The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power’s Legacy is a documentary film that investigates the management of radioactive waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California. The film highlights the station´s proximity to the ocean, at only 108 feet from the rising sea, and addresses concerns about the oversight of radioactive materials at nuclear facilities in the United States and beyond. It was directed by James Heddle, Mary Beth Brangan, and Morgan Peterson. The film has been featured at several cinema festivals and has earned many accolades. It received the Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2023 Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles, California, as well as the Best Educational Documentary Award at the 2024 International Uranium Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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