Half Lives
Sara is trying to reach a society 10,000 years in the future. Hannah is just trying to get through the week. New drama about the legacy of nuclear power, by Natasha Kaeda.
Sara is trying to reach a society 10,000 years in the future.
Hannah is just trying to get through the week.
Hannah works as operations manager at a nuclear processing plant that’s about to be decommissioned. Its nuclear waste will be packed into canisters and buried deep underground.
But the waste will remain deadly for thousands of years.
Sara is a linguist, sent to shadow Hannah, to develop a way of warning future generations about the dangers of the waste that lies buried.
The challenge: today’s languages are unlikely to survive the vast timeframes needed.
As Hannah and Sara bring their very different perspectives to a tense working environment, tempers flare and connections are made.
Natasha Kaeda’s drama asks, how do we care for future generations?
Cast
Hannah…. Lois Meleri Jones
Sara… Indra Ové
The Myth… Kezrena James
Tegwyn… Wyn Bowen Harries
Eric…. Dion Lloyd
John…. Rhys Ap William
Production co-ordinators… Eleri McAuliffe and Lindsay Rees
Sound designer… Catherine Robinson
Director and Producer… Fay Lomas
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