When you hear this sound — Nuclear Information Centre

When you hear this sound (2022). (Duration 3m 24s)
NIC/NS/001

Although not made explicit, this piece comprises 260 overlayed repetitions of a section from the Sellafield site alarm information hotline, as well as exploring some blurred infrastructural, topological and informational boundaries between the UK’s civil and military nuclear past and present.

The number 260 is important because it marks the limit on the number of active nuclear warheads the UK may maintain at any given time. Although this is significantly lower than the total number held during the Cold War, it represents the first increase to potential warhead numbers for several decades.

Information last updated - Wed 26 Jun 2024

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