Environmental Film Festival: 'Vision: The PORTSfuture Projects'
The third film being hosted by the Wilson Center as part of this year's Environmental Film Festival is 'Vision: The PORTSfuture Projects,' on the decontamination and rehabilitation of one of the United States' first uranium enrichment facilities.
Overview
The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) in southern Ohio was the last of three plants built to enrich military-grade uranium in the United States. Since the end of the Cold War, the plant has been decommissioned, and in 2006, it began the process of decontamination. This film, Vision: The PORTSfuture Projects, documents the efforts of PORTSfuture, a community outreach program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and supported by a local citizens’ advisory board, to engage local citizens in decontamination, decommissioning, and remediation decisions that will affect the future uses of the site.
Speakers
Hosted By
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Cold War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Read more
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