Pandora’s Promise is a documentary that I was recently assigned to watch. It was filmed over three years on four different continents. This film is mostly about the Nuclear Power debate. It starts out by talking about the dangers and disasters caused by nuclear energy, then goes in depth about the opposition of those claims.  The argument is that nuclear power, which has been considered not a safe source by environmentalist, is actually a relatively safe and clean energy source. I found the movie very interesting because I had no idea about the benefits that nuclear energy can actually bring to our society. Before seeing the documentary I always believed that is was the most dangerous source of energy because of radiation and the disasters you hear about in the media or learn about in school, however, this film says that this is not the case and it is safe and produces large amounts of energy. The epitome of Pandoras Promise is that everything you though you knew about nuclear energy is probably wrong.

As we progress as a civilization our demand for energy will increase. If this source of energy is not clean we will have to face the reality of a climate catastrophe. The film emphasizes that we need to take action. After watching this film it makes sense to me that nuclear energy does not harm the environment nearly as much as other energy sources, and we should utilize it to make a better environment. The only three nuclear disasters that have happened are Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. The climate catastrophe could be devastating and change life as we know it if we do not take action. Many people think of “radiation” when they hear the term nuclear (as i did before watching this film). But statistically no one has ever died in the United states from a nuclear disaster, however about 15000 people die from the pollution caused by coal. The film promoted nuclear energy as the most efficient power source that can meet the publics energy demand.Overall I enjoyed the film and am interested to see how our future unfolds.

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Safety-of-Nuclear-Power-Reactors/

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/world/cnn-films-pandoras-promise

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pandoras_promise_2013/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-stone/pandoras-promise-documentary_b_2507213.html