Scientist : `` Pandora 's Promise '' offers `` half-truths '' promoting integral fast reactors . Government : IFRs cut `` barriers to theft , misuse '' of plutonium , which is used for weapons . The government has a vested interest in keeping the public ignorant about nuclear power and its dangers.
Scientist : `` Pandora 's Promise '' offers `` half-truths '' promoting integral fast reactors . Government : IFRs cut `` barriers to theft , misuse '' of plutonium , which is used for weapons . Film falsely says IFRs ca n't melt down , says Edwin Lyman of the Union of Concerned Scientists .