All eyes are on Climate Change and our carbon footprint. With the added electricity grid tax of AI, data center energy consumption in the US will double or even triple by 2026, to match that of Japan. The Nuclear Industry’s flame is being stoked once again, however old questions such as nuclear storage, safety, and cleanup are still unanswered. Is the next wave of nuclear power going to be different? This film, with funding, will answer these questions and provide, hopefully, a sense of relief with solutions for the future.

In a three-part series, by sewing personal stories together with science, case studies, historical events, and facts, we will bring the film up to current day nuclear industry techniques and how they may differ from previous. We will interview industry representatives, conduct scientific tests, interview epidemiologists and those that have been involved in the nuclear industry for several decades. We will address the historical casualties in the nuclear industry that remain unaddressed and provide an analysis of the current state of nuclear waste management and its environmental impacts. We will present compelling evidence to urge for increased public awareness which will comprise of proprietary soil tests that detect levels of nuclear isotopes and their origin. We will reveal the locations and impacts of nuclear waste storage. Our film will analyze nuclear energy as a safe, viable solution to the energy crisis without cleanup intervention.

BACKSTORY AND PERTINENT FACTS: Plutonium, is a radioactive byproduct of Uranium that causes DNA damage and many forms of cancer. Uranium, also radioactive, presents a hazard when mined. Plutonium is produced in nuclear reactors through a nuclear reaction where Uranium atoms capture neutrons, transforming into Plutonium.

To this day the Shoshone tribe lives near Yucca Mountain, a proposed nuclear waste repository. To this day, the shuttered location of the 1979 nuclear meltdown, Three Mile Island has not been cleaned up. Bill Gates has plans to reopen this location and has already broken ground for the TerraPower nuclear power plant in Wyoming. Mothers for Nuclear feel strongly about building as many nuclear facilities as possible. No discussions of cleanup have occurred. Numbers of radioactive nuclides are still exceedingly high in unrestricted areas where children play near Los Alamos due to testing remains. Just this spring, 80 picocuries per liter of plutonium were found in the water near Los Alamos proving how long-lasting and permeating radioactive nuclides are. That water is consumed by families. “Living near a site like this requires permanent environmental monitoring.” -Dr. Michael Ketterer PhD Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Northern Arizona University. The same monitoring should be happening at Three Mile Island.

We cannot move forward without recognizing the need for clean-up. In July of 2024 Biden signed into law the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, bipartisan legislation to provide a major boost to the future of nuclear energy in America. Funding for cleanup was not included. Previous radioactive remains are not even being acknowledged.

The average person needs a comprehensive, visual film that connects A to Z within the nuclear industry both past and present. We need to hear from all sides and what motivates each. If this is our way to becoming carbon neutral yesterday, we need to be paying attention.

With your funding and the help of specialists like Dr. Michael Ketterer PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his spectrometry process, we hope to answer and document: what remains in the soil, what is being done about cleanup for closed nuclear plants, and is nuclear viable for the future?

This has become my life’s work, but I cannot get to all of these destinations without funding. A documentary film is made at the financial and emotional expense of the filmmaker. This takes years of researching, building relationships and trust with potential participants to build an honest result. It is time and energy out in the field filming. It is money spent on professional gear, editing programs, rights to music, promotion, and distribution. It is thousands of hours of editing in the shape of blood, sweat and tears. It is a public service at the sacrifice of those who are passionate in getting the message out into the world. Please help us better the world and educate a world that needs answers.

With gratitude, Tisa Zito