Radioactive Art

Radioactive waste can remain dangerous for 100,000 years. The nuclear industry uses artists for creative solutions. From 2017.

Nations with nuclear power are building underground storage facilities to permanently house it, but how might they mark these sites for future generations?

The nuclear industry is turning to artists for creative solutions. How might artists create a warning that will still be understood and heeded so far into the future?

Meet the artists whose work deals with issues around nuclear legacy, with a visit to the nuclear agency in France that’s sought their input.

Presented by Gordon Young.

Featuring:

* Jean-Noël Dumont - Memory Division at ANDRA, the French nuclear agency
* Stéfane Perraud - Visual Artist and creator of the 'Blue Zone'
* Aram Kebabdjian - Writer and creator of the 'Blue Zone'
* Mari Keto - Art jeweller and creator of 'Inheritance'
* Erich Berger - Artist and creator of 'Inheritance'
* Richard Edmondson - Operations Manager at Sellafield Ltd
* Tim Hunkin - Cartoonist and Engineer, owner of Novelty Automation in London
* Ele Carpenter - Nuclear Culture Project Curator (Arts Catalyst funded) and curator of the 'Perpetual Uncertainty' exhibition at the Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden

Producer: Beatrice Pickup

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.