Let There Be LightMila Aung-Thwin, Van Royko

Is nuclear fusion 'The Holy Grail' in the search for safe, clean and eternal energy? The ultimate solution for everything ... but also untraceable? A story about how dedicated scientists want to recreate a star on earth. Is it our best shot at finding truly green inexhaustible energy or a bad guess?

'Fusion is the energy of the future, and always will be.' In the South of France, people are currently working hard at building ITER, the largest nuclear fusion power plant ever built. The ambitious project is a big gamble on the part of the countries that are funding and supporting it. Will this be the energy of the future or is it the biggest political and scientific gamble ever? Nuclear fusion - not nuclear fission - is seen by some as the ideal solution to the imminent energy shortage. Mila Aung-Thwin tells the haunting story - with clear and knowledgeable explanations of the scientists involved - about the ultimate quest for safe, clean and eternal energy: from the initial idea of Russian Oleg Lavrientiev, to the development of the largest core fusion center in France. But even outside of this center, the dream is being worked on: there are scientists working hard to uncover the secrets of nuclear fusion, for a fraction of the price, out of their own garage.



Science Fysica Ecology Animated documentary Visions of the future

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Directed by Mila Aung-Thwin, Van Royko
Canada
2017 80 min.
English
Subtitles: English

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ScienceDocs

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Director

Mila Aung-Thwin, Van Royko

Producer

Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin

Cinematography

Van Royko

Editing

Mila Aung-Thwin, Gilda Pourjabar

Music

Mila Aung-Thwin, Emory Murchison, Kyle Stanfield, Cory Rizos, Trevor Anderson

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