Atomic power in medicine, food preservation, and generation of electric power, future uses, and the dangers of nuclear energy. Calder Hall and Chapel Cross nuclear power stations. Britain’s first nuclear power programme consists of a number of stations. In 1962 the first of these started operating at Berkeley. A simple account of applied nuclear fission in Britain, showing the operation of nuclear power stations and production of radioactive isotopes.
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ACMI Identifier
312357
Language
English
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Nuclear fission
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Radioactive wastes
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Nuclear power plants
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Nuclear power plants - Great Britain
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Atoms
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Nuclear energy
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Nuclear fission
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)