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I got sick in the Gulf I was diagnosed

with acute aplastic anemia there is no

treatment coming out of there alive if I

have to tear down that door with my bare

hands you are coming out of there alive

Oh

Oh

plan on stopping that cuz you're driving

me nuts

what's the problem it's no problem

getting out malke quittin are you

serious

serious as a heart attack wait sandy

still asking about working here I

thought she gave up on that a long time

ago yes she did

to lead I started talking about having a

family

sandy should be happy you got a job

good pay face it this is the only game

in town those are the jobs oh yeah like

what what are you gonna do you're gonna

reopen the army

besides it's not like we're working in a

new plant we're just handling waste

we're not even fully online and by the

time we are you're gonna be a

grandfather

you can tell that

Oh

our team you okay sorry I'm sorry what

happened come on you all right

I'm hot relax get you cleaned up okay

okay

so their heart

okay

you

my god you need help

not from you some file slang from the

Gulf

nothing to tell you I meant to explain

explain what you mean justify how can

you justify the last eight years of my

life

is there any justification that'll make

it all go away

your weapon go ahead Willie how could

you do this to me

this is major Reese I have a medical

emergency I need an EMT unit in my

office on the devil they're coming fall

I need your authorization on this a

worker died from radiation poisoning

another worker who was involved in the

accident specifically requested my help

he thinks something may not be right

with the investigation oh I'm sorry is

up a lot on my mind

sure go ahead

I was a couple of weeks ago up in

Blackfoot

we spent the weekend before of us were

closed that way did a lot of stuff

together it was nice

now sandy she won't even speak to me cuz

of what you're saying I did and Krista I

don't think my own wife believes me

and I did not miss handle that forklift

the hydraulics went out on me and they

won't let me back in to prove that it

wasn't my fault

local newspaper reported you at a

blood-alcohol level of point O who said

Artie got dosed with a thousand

milligrams I jerked the dosimeter at red

150 I mean you get that much from your

television set plus the fact I was right

next to him and I'm fine so what do you

think killed him I don't know why would

plant management want to put this off on

you oh because the Department of Energy

is funding twin forks on a trial basis

hey jag he's just trying to cover his

ass hey Jake he's the project manager he

reports directly to the do-e so it's

easier to replace one man than a billion

dollar hole on the ground

Marty and I

we're in the Gulf the other

for seventy-third engineers

you know some of the vets we knew got

sick that's why I heard about you

they said you were some kind of science

investigator for the army that you might

be able to help because you're not

afraid to ask the hard question

the s2 told me you were down here he

also told me which files you had asked

for golf was eight years ago trying to

refresh my memory

didn't realize how much I had forgotten

maybe you should just put down your

shovel trying to account for my actions

no one's holding you accountable then

you didn't do anything

I know destroying those bunkers was a

strategic priority and an acceptable

risk

Turner warned us what would happen if we

took that risk no one listened to him I

didn't you a part of a team that assess

the viability of a military operation

it wasn't your responsibility

- don't flatter yourself by thinking it

ever was

be in my office in 10 minutes for

briefing on Kazakhstan

Walsh's medical records updated four

months ago sounds like a full set of

extras yeah it is delia requires we keep

baseline x-rays on all twin forks

employees it's for identification well

then why these workers need more

radiation I don't know Walsh's autopsy

report says that he absorbed 32 severs

but I don't see any clinical evidence to

support that tissue doesn't hold

radioactivity and chromosomal damage

isn't a good indicator maybe you can

tell me what this indicates three years

ago Walsh had a mechanical heart valve

put in to correct the congenital defect

it's in his records but not in his chest

the artificial valve isn't present in

his post-mortem x-ray

what are you supposed to what I'm sure

dr. Bennett can explain when he gets

back like to examine the body it could

be tough to arrange they buried him this

morning

mrs. Walsh yes my name's Paul Turner I'm

a doctor with the army I'm sorry for

your loss

did you through with reginal no but I

did serve in the Gulf I don't mean to be

insensitive but I'm not sure asking this

tomorrow would make it any easier asking

me what I'd like permission to examine

your husband's body

originals buried we buried him this

morning

I know there's some question as to the

cause of his death

Reginald died because milk was drunk not

according to Malcolm I spoke with him

this morning he said that the accident

wasn't his fault

I'm not interested in anything Malcolm

Bain has to say is everything all right

out here sandy spelled Turner he's with

the army he talked to Malcolm no one

wants to dig up Reginald grave Artie and

Malcolm both work for me I'm Brian hey

Jack project manager for twin forks

that's right and I'm happy to answer

your questions but why don't we do it

out here why don't you go back in I'll

handle this

I've been to twin forks 11 years now

since first shovel bit dirt 11 years and

this is the first fatality for serious

accident we've ever had so you can

believe we were pretty damn careful when

we were looking into all this that's not

the impression I got from Malcolm bein

it was Malcolm Baines negligence that

killed sandy Walsh's husband now he's

trying to save his pension that still

doesn't explain why he didn't get sick

after being exposed to the same levels

of radiation as Reginald wolf am I

missing something here the possibility

that Reginald Walsh didn't die from

radiation poisoning what did he die from

I'm not sure yet

all right you want to waste your time

trying to legitimize Malcolm Baynes

cockamamie excuses I won't stop you

now you wouldn't mind if I had a look

around twin forks now he wasn't

following me out there now let's let's

Andy Walsh grieve in peace all right

you didn't tell me this trips been

sealed a month ahead of schedule did it

have anything to do with the accident we

filled it ahead of schedule look I don't

know what you're expecting to find

there's nothing wrong with that machine

and checked out 100% our mechanics were

thorough

not thorough enough you think you're

good hey my old lefty switch lifts on me

crazy you're a liar

right look look I've cooperated with

every one of your requests but my

reserve of good pillows runner up real

fast

no you're helping no old your life still

it may be broken so you call for a

stretcher please I'm still thanks oh

that's all right

what happened

it's gonna be okay you got lucky this

time excuse me

I think you know what killed Reginald

Walsh was killed by radiation he's dire

because his heart found rusted apart

inside his chest what I think you know

what happened to the scaffolding and the

hydraulics on Malcolm's forklift those

completely unfounded accusations

something here is oxidizing metal and an

extremely accelerated rate and until I

find out what these workers need to be

evacuated in quarantine quarantine I

can't authorize that can and I will with

or without your help this is this is

completely absurd see what the do he has

to say

watches films let's line up to the

showers in this order to frame

this is a

once we reach the holding area please

proceed

same

major reason handy how are you you tell

me Brian if there is a problem we are

gonna deal with it 100% I know you will

look I don't know what you've been told

but excuse me Paul

this is and evil are from the deal we

he's the government's point person on

twin forks this is Malcolm Bay hey how

you doing

major Reese tells me that your

implication and Reginald Walsh's death

may have been premature yeah I promise

you I will follow up on the matter but

we'll address it once the current

situation is resolved and not before dr.

Turner has requested that we remove all

non-essential personnel

I've ordered everyone out with five of

us and two men in control

mr. hey jet conspired to cover up the

death of a worker you shouldn't be here

mister hey Jack knows this repository

like no one else so like it or not we

need him

I've seen microbes influence oxidation

in certain metals but never anything

this accelerated maybe a mutated strain

possibly due to the high levels of

radiation where did it come from

I'm expecting research from the US

Geological Survey vut probably know

could be a homegrown and if it gets out

might be a good time to corner the

market on aluminum so far though microbe

seems to be contained here Griff a3

where the initial incident occurred nine

days ago mr. KJ cut all metallic vectors

between the drift and other parts of the

facility now on communication line it

might help if you get him a more recent

print Ryan this was six months old must

pulled the wrong one

maybe you should find the right one

right

why is the date relevant because of all

the excavation and construction that

goes on co e requires quarterly updates

here you go it was a one sealed Brian

ah a one we sealed that about a month

ago when I worked that job so did RT but

a one is still empty why would you seal

it he said there was some kind of fire

but we never saw any evidence of that

now hold on because there was no fire

was there you sealed a one for the same

reason you're sealing a three now to try

and isolate the micro you knew about

this month ago

Brian we had it contained we

the controller did pick up a fire in a

one that it was a false alarm

the sensors shorted out from the rust

rust everywhere why didn't you contact

us because that's all we thought it was

some kind of rust I thought if we sealed

the drift we could contain it and it

didn't work we've to find out why

we have to open drift hey one

seeing a preview of what happens this

bug gets out which is powerlines

aircraft the whole infrastructure hi God

Brian what did you think you were doing

I was doing my job handling the

situation you buried the situation this

is a nuclear waste repository you run

things by the book the book what does

the book say happens we don't get this

repository online or what we're supposed

to do with the 25 tons of radioactive

waste you send me every year and don't

tell me you cared about how I did it as

long as it was dumb mister hey Jack hey

Jack here sir this is Keith in a control

room I'm getting above normal radiation

levels in 85 is up 20 milligrams in the

last hour nothing to be concerned about

yet but I thought you'd want to know I'm

on it

I'll meet you in my office I'm coming

with you I need your help this is my

facility I will handle it no I've seen

how he handles things mouthful accompany

you Andy I do not need his help

it's the way I want it Brian

are you coming

as a radio in my office we'll stay in

contact

spent fuel rods plutonium-239 so how

does waste there is

baseline levels here 100 milliwatts per

hour or 135

that was a holding steady don't know

any evidence of the microbe yeah

something else later leaching maybe

levels are far outside the margins what

was that

one of the canisters felt it's

disintegrating

what the hell is happening down there

looks like the rusty right through the

cradle is the canister intact not for

long

the rest of these canisters are pretty

far gone

get back up you're both of you

don't think of the cannister casings

have three inches we don't have much

time my morning a5 will be flooded with

high-level waste but the trip will

contain it the accumulating wastes

generate heat probably enough to melt

through the drift out of the aquifer I

don't have to boil the groundwater

which will send out radioactive flow

into the atmosphere fallout from which

will kill thousands of people and your

10 times his money

he'll just have to evacuate whatever

part of the population is threatened

evacuate from where we don't know which

way the wind will blow the radioactive

cloud we can't evacuate the entire

Pacific Northwest

by the time the deal we response team

gets here will be too late

plus it's unclear would they even be

able to do I agree with Turner our only

option is to kill the micro yes sir we

try cross-referencing universe Ian's

government databases on antibiotics no

no listen to me

forget jurisdiction these army people

may be our last best chance to

neutralize the situation

okay what's this

did you find something

Castelar it's an environmental impact

study on twin forks man it's

commissioned by the do e 12 years ago

geologists who wrote it identified a

dormant bacteria within the rock matrix

an iron oxidizing bacteria which he said

was harmless as long as it remained in

the anaerobic environment of the rock he

was afraid that introducing water and

air by excavating the site would kick

the microbe into a higher metabolic

state dozens of studies were conducted

dr. Turner this was the only high

studies wouldn't have taken before you

listened to what you didn't want to hear

it was an acceptable risk besides I'm

not the one who took it it was the

committee's decision to go forward with

the project you were on the committee

yours respective dismisses is there any

new information in this report

anything at all that might help us stop

the microbe from eating through those

canisters

what do you figure stopped it a name one

if this microbe is as a question as you

say it is then this place should be a

pile of dust

but there was still iron work left

standing in a one

he's right something killed the micro or

at least suspended its growth something

unique to drift a one

what kind of fire suppression systems

are used in the drift

Halon gas did the false alarm in a one

trigger the vents yes why Halon works by

stripping oxygen molecules out of the

air the anaerobic environment in a one

may have caused the microbe to go

dormant well if fear is easy enough to

test

open the Bell

you

Keith this is a check fire the heat

lines in a five

what is happening systems are responding

don't override the command

Micra may have already infested the

remote trigger I hate to eat more bad

news on your plate but we're up to 500

milligrams in 85 and the temperatures

pushing 102 thank you 'the canisters are

getting thin

we have five hours until the waste and a

five reaches critical mass again the hey

line be activated manually

it's unwieldy but each of the dress has

three Kalon vents that can be open

independently from the source wait you

said Halen removes oxygen from the air

wouldn't that suffocate anyone breathing

the gas those radiation suits are

equipped with 15 minutes of air that's

still not enough time for one person to

trip all three bins and get out safely

she's right

that's a 20-foot climb up to those vents

inside a bubble suit and I can't endorse

a fool's errand like that but what if

there were three fools I mean one guy

opens each van if we tripped the Manson

rapid succession that should give us

enough time us as in you

last time I checked humor getting

nuclear waste facilities wasn't in your

job description

no Artie he hated wearing these things a

couple of times he had to wear one bust

his hump to get his job done before

anyone else just said he could be the

first one to take it off I don't think

it was the suit that bothered him so

much is the reason behind wearing it he

was worried about the radiation yeah

sending him one to have kids I think he

was scared they wouldn't come out right

they still doesn't have to worry about

that anymore you know plutonium was

named after the Roman god of the Dead

yes sometimes science gets things right

the Halen junction boxes are red very

easy to spot the marked FF VX all you

have to do is open the door and turn the

lever open in the vents easy part to get

now part that's tough you know once that

Halon gas starts to flow you're not

gonna be able to see your hand in front

of your face that drifts the last place

on earth you're gonna want to be feeling

your way around

that's my vents furthest from the

entrance I'll trip mine first then dr.

Turner and then hey check

once the Halon starts flowing you don't

want to climb down your ladder and head

to the exit in a calm orderly fashion

hey Brian no shoving

no no no listen we have to start taking

control of the story so I want you to

slip this to the press hey Jack knew

about the microbe but withheld that

information from us you can also tell

them we plan to prosecute them to the

full extent of the law

this is your stop

see on the outside

I'm out what's going on a little

obstacle blocking the ladder one of the

barrels is right at the bottom here you

make it

this is hey Jack I'm at the junction box

if anyone cares

doctors open I'm on my way up okay

I'm at the junction box me too whatever

you're ready

we got plenty left really good nothing

ventured nothing gained

let's do it on my count five three we

got

Hey

come on the ground

now come with your 20

hey Jake here what's happening smoke

hasn't shown yet well going after it

now

Paul what's happening now I can't see

you where are you I'm at the end of the

drift I need some help

alright I'm coming I'm on my way

Hey where are you I'm dragging him

towards the exit I need some help

Hey

we have a problem here the hate on Tripp

the fire door we have 20 seconds before

it closes on start the override receipt

you get engineering on Klein didn't you

hear him the door is closing

help me get him out

thank you

we're shuttin we've got a little more

than five minutes of air left

you

the fire suppression system tripped the

door normal override procedures aren't

functioning we're working as fast as we

can major but we're looking at at least

15 minutes to bypass lose men don't have

15 minutes we'll burn a hole to feed an

oxygen line in there how long's that

gonna take three to five minute come on

let's get this that's not gonna do it

with mops only got about two minutes of

air left what about you

a little less than that

hey chance there's a back door to this

place

look I know that this is asking me

impossible but try and cut the chatter

conserve your air

when I told you to keep quiet

Halon neutralize the micro

that is good news now please shut up

until we get through this you don't we

will yeah I guess you don't I want you

to tell Sydney don't stop with the final

speeches you can say anything you want

to when you walk out of there

we're not walking out with yes you are

you're coming out of there alive if I

have to tear down that door with my bare

hands you are coming out of there online

oh I push that o2 line did you hear that

Paul Oh Paul answer me

small answer me

was talking about making final speeches

Paul you've got to stay awake we're

getting the oxygen line to you soon you

gotta try and stay awake Paul

Wow

being taken to st. Mary's you'll be

treated for a minor head injury he

suffered in trip a five

now we've asked law enforcement to

investigate his claims of their

operation and men do E's quick response

to this matter reconfirms harm it meant

to this facility and to the crucial part

it plays in the safe and effective

disposal of the nation's radioactive

waste now I only have a few minutes but

I will take a few questions he's not

closing the facility not yet

why not what's he waiting for the

recommendation of a task force one that

he would like you to head up a similar

team of geologists microbiologist not so

the task force can present their

findings the law has agreed to suspend

all waste shipments to twin forks

it's just stalling limit because he

doesn't have anywhere else to store the

waste this task force it's just a way to

tie my hands with red tape until the

heat dies down

whatever they bury here won't stay

buried for long nothing ever does

I'm putting this on paper because I want

to get the words right words I should

have said a long time ago Paul in the

Gulf I agreed with your threat

assessment I agreed that bombing those

bunkers was an unacceptable risk but I

didn't say anything I allowed myself to

believe that the rest of the team was

right and I was wrong

I'm still trying to understand why I

didn't have the strength to listen to

myself I listen to you cuz now I can't

stop thinking that maybe if I would have

said something you wouldn't have gotten

sick

I can't ask you to forgive what I can't

forgiving myself I just wanted you to

have the truth and I know that I'm sorry

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