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To Use a Mountain

Physics, geology, and democracy collide across the expansive American interior, in a series of vignettes from six candidate sites for a sacrificial nuclear dumping ground.

Seconds of exposure, generations of debate, the history of nations, and epochs of geologic change – all overlap in the landscapes that define the American nuclear legacy and the quest to isolate 77,000 tons of nuclear waste for 10,000 years. TO USE A MOUNTAIN presents vignettes of ruin and salvation in six candidate communities for the nation’s sacrificial nuclear dumping ground.

Film Topics Include:

  • Casey Carter

    Director

  • Colleen Cassingham

    Producer

  • Jonna McKone

    Producer