Marcel Kolvenbach

Germany, 2013, 90 min, German Documentary The film reveals the hidden agenda of the nuclear industry in Africa and the alarming consequences for people and the environment. In collusion with corrupt governments and questionable business partners energy companies source uranium for their domestic markets. And – faced with an apparent "sales problem" of nuclear technology in the Western world – they also lobby African governments to buy nuclear power plants. Otherwise well informed high-level decision makers in Africa seem oblivious to the risks of nuclear power. They happily welcome the prospect of a seemingly endless, cheap and clean energy source. And their national pride is fuelled by the fact that the radioactive raw material for the new reactors doesn't need to be imported from...