All eyes are on Climate Change and our carbon footprint. With AI's added electricity grid tax, data center energy consumption in the US will double or even triple by 2026. The Nuclear Industry’s flame is being stoked once again, however old questions such as nuclear storage, safety, and cleanup still linger. Is the next wave of nuclear power going to be different? With funding, this film will answer these questions and hopefully provide 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 hear from very passionate people regarding finding energy solutions. Our film will analyze nuclear energy as a safe, viable solution to the energy crisis.

BACKSTORY AND PERTINENT FACTS: Mothers for Nuclear, in an effort to fight Climate Change, work to find nuclear storage solutions and make progress within the nuclear industry. To this day the Shoshone tribe lives near Yucca Mountain, a proposed nuclear waste repository and ground zero for nuclear testing. As of Oct 31st 2025, The Nevada National Security Site is re-starting its nuclear testing in the name of National Security. Plutonium, is a radioactive byproduct of Uranium that causes DNA damage and many forms of cancer. Plutonium is produced in nuclear reactors through a nuclear reaction where Uranium atoms capture neutrons, transforming into Plutonium. The Crane Clean Energy Center (formerly Three Mile Island, home of the national meltdown) is set to reopen tower I for Microsoft’s AI data. TMI 2, The shuttered location of the 1979 nuclear meltdown, continues to store nuclear waste. Bill Gates has broken ground for the TerraPower nuclear power plant in Wyoming. We cannot move forward without recognizing the need for clean-up and storage. 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 have not been 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, 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, Nuclear Engineer Nick Touran, Scientist Aaron Datesman, and Heather Hoff of Mothers for Nuclear, we hope to answer and document: what remains in the soil, what is being done about cleanup and storage, 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, insurance, 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