Journey to the Safest Place on Earth

Over 350000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site at nuclear power complexes and at intermediate storage sites all over the world More than 10000 additional tons join them every year It is the most dangerous waste man has ever produced Waste that requires storage in a safe final repository for hundreds of thousands of years Out of reach of humanity and other living creatures The question is where Together with SwissBritish nuclear physicist Charles McCombie who has been searching for a safe final storage site for highly radioactive nuclear waste for thirtyfive years director Edgar Hagen investigates the limitations and contradictions involved in this project of global significance Supporters and opponents of nuclear energy struggle for solutions whilst dogmatic worldviews are assailed by doubt