Nuclear Reaction

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Title

Nuclear Reaction

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NZ On Screen

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This 1995 documentary comprehensively plots New Zealand's progress from enthusiastic supporter of the atomic bomb in the 1940s to becoming proudly nuclear free by the late 1980s. The birthplace of "father of the atom" Ernest Rutherford willingly participated in British tests at Christmas Island in the 1950s (and looked eagerly for uranium in the Buller Gorge). But as testing increased in the Pacific, Prime Ministers Holyoake, Kirk and Lange voiced opposition. Moruroa, nuclear ship visit prote...

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Video

Date created

1995

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-nuclear-reaction-1995

Related subjects

south pacific / pacific / uranium / anzus / nuclear testing / greenpeace / rainbow warrior / hmnzs pukaki / protest / christmas island / nuclear / nz on air / new zealand on air

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