Journey to Hanford where the “nuclear” was put into nuclear weapons.

“In it’s top secret war time effort, the federal government chose a site along the Columbia River to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. This site known as Hanford is now the greatest storehouse of toxic waste in the Western Hemisphere.” Russell Jim, Yakama Indian Nation.

Bombs Away, Millions A Day, shows the final irony of our country’s production of weapons of mass destruction. Journey with an artist, two doctors and a grandmother to Eastern Washington , Hanford, where the “nuclear” was put into nuclear weapons. Now hidden from public view by post-9/11 “security” Hanford remains a costly mystery to most Americans.

The 8 minute film includes poignant animation by local award winning animator, Mike Baran. Bombs Away, Millions A Day premiered at the Hazel Wolf Environmental film festival and was screened at the Seattle Environmental Film Festival and the Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Festival.

We bombard our audience with the results of producing weapons of mass destruction using archival, animated and pre-9/11 filmed images. We made this film to answer the what and why of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The film was originally shot and edited in 2000 and 2001 before access and filming was severely limited due to post 9/11 security. It was updated and re-edited in 2005 to include the latest in the battle for Hanford decontamination. Bombs Away, Millions A Day reveals that the cost of weapons of mass destruction is passed on to generation after generation. It takes monumental time and effort to stop the waste from contaminating future generations. But working together with active and successful groups such as the Yakama Indian Nation, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Heart of America (to name only a few) we have made a difference.