The exciting story of the splitting of the atom, a scientific breakthrough of incalculable importance that ushered in the nuclear age, has a dark side: the many events in which people were exposed to radiation, both intentionally and by accident.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: KAMI Productions, ARTE, RTS
- Keyword: nuclear radiation, atomic bomb test, radium, radioactivity, radiation sickness, atomic energy, state crimes, fukushima disaster (2011), nuclear testing, chernobyl disaster (1986), radioactive waste
- Cast: Emmanuelle Yacoubi, Masami Yoshizawa, Sumio Konno, Oscar Gonzales, Alexander Martin, Daniel Harren