Dokumentation über die Planung und den Widerstand gegen die atomare Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage in Wackersdorf (Oberpfalz). Der Widerstand der Bevölkerung aus der Region und vieler Aktivisten verhinderte letzendlich den Bau dieses Projekts. Während der Demonstrationen herrschten teilweise bürgerkriegsähnliche Zustände im Umkreis ds Bauplatzes.
The NUCLEAR SPLIT of the title has become a feature of life in the Upper Palatinate, a region in West Germany bordering on Czechoslovakia. Since the location of the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant was finally determined on 4 February 1985, many people have changed their accustomed patterns of life. In its continuing line of development and its thematic diversity this film provides a profound insight into the process of landscape and ecologic destruction; and it describes the intentions behind the construction of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in terms of atomic policies. Once loyal citizens have been turned into hesitant radicals. Women civil servants, housewifes and mothers all reveal their awareness of a political and social responsibility that extends far beyond any initial expression of indignation.
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