| Fallout | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama |
| Created by | Mark Venner |
| Directed by | David Caffrey |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Frontier Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 23 April – 24 April 2006 |
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Fallout is a RTÉ two-part fictional, doom laden[1] docudrama. It deals with the nuclear fallout following a hypothetical disaster in the Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing Plant in Cumbria on the British coast of the Irish Sea. The docu-drama suggests that, due to a changing wind direction, Ireland would bear the brunt of the British accident. The docu-drama was based on the false premise,[2] that such an accident as depicted in the drama could happen and that parts of Ireland would need to be evacuated following a serious accident at Sellafield.[1] Dr Ann McGarry, chief executive of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, said: "The scenario envisaged in the programme is not realistic and grossly exaggerates the amount of radioactivity that could reach Ireland. The RPII cannot envisage any realistic scenario that would cause the radiation levels in Ireland to reach the concentrations as what was depicted in the drama". Following the dramatized accident, the docu-drama depicts Irish evacuation riots, societal collapse and widespread health impacts.[1]