In 1959, Nat Collier moves with her husband, Paul, and atheir two young daughters to idaho Falls, a remote military town. an Army Specialist, Paul is stationed there to help oversee one of the country's first nuclear reactors. Then, on his rounds, Paul discovers that the reactor is compromised, placing his family and the entire community in danger. Worse, his superiors set out to cover up the problem rather than fix it. Paul can't bring himself to tell Nat the truth,but his lies only widen a growing gulf between them.
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