ATOMKRAFT Research 2

In Tuesday’s news the Indian nuclear authority plays down the risk of contamination of it’s workers, or future workers.  India is (or perhaps was) keen to fire up the mighty turbines of Nuclear Power, and had been approached by the Chinese who offered their reactors.  The Indian government politely rejected the offer on the grounds they wanted their own technology and presumably their own profits. Nigeria had a similar offer from the Russians this week and have all but accepted.
Here’s a description of a scene:
The following takes place over the period of one hundred years.  Twelve people are resent on stage.  Half are professional nuclear workers and half are professional theatre workers.  Due to the deep level of research and extremely long rehearsal period, both parties can be said to be proficient in both professions.
(Do not forget at any point forget they are in a theatre.  You will not be transported.  You will not be moved.  There are no love stories nor battles of will nor the revelation of certain salacious secrets.  There will be zero surprise, zero thrill, and no music.  There will be no interval.  There may be no end, but there will be a beginning and that happens now.)
Lights up on the twelve people standing in a line.  They are in pairs.  One pair has a phone each, another a big red button, another mops, the next a large metal wheel to turn, and the final pair have a 10-year-old.
A voice, off and loud:  Good evening.  Boom.
The phone pair pick up the receivers and dial frantically
The buttons are pressed
The mops are abandoned and the moppers rush off
The wheels are turned frantically
The eyes of the children are covered
Blackout.

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