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简介:LyingontheremotenorthwestcoastofEnglandisoneofthemostcontroversialplacesinBritain:thenuclearfacilityknownasSellafield.Inthisone-offdocumentary,BBCFourhavebeengivenunprecedentedaccesstosomeofthecountry’smostsecretbuildings,revealingtheextraordinaryexperiments,thejaw-droppingtechnology,andthecostlysciencebehindBritain’sattemptstoharnessthepoweroftheatom. NuclearphysicistJimAl-KhaliliuncoversthestoryofSellafield:fromtheheadlongrushtodevelopnuclearweaponsandnuclearpowertoterrifyingaccidents,liketheWindscalefireandleaksofradioactivematerialintothesea;frompublicoppositiontothelatestreprocessingtechniques. Jimexaminesthewayswasteandspendfuelrodshavebeenstoredhereoverthelast70yearsandthelatestattemptstotryandcleansomeofitup,fromstorageinvastopenairpondstoencasingpiecesofoldreactorsinconcreteblocks.Jimlooksatthelatesteffortsandconsiderswhether,65yearsonweareanyclosertoasolutiontotheproblemofnuclearwaste. Andthroughouttheprogramme,Jimwillconducthisownexperiments,demonstratingthescientificdiscoveriesthatlieattheheartofBritain’sjourneyintothenuclearage.…