Energy crisis : the nuclear alternative

Duration: 1 film reel (approximately 44 min.) : sound color

Year Published: 1973

Creator: American Broadcasting Company United States 1973

Color: Color

Copyright: Registered 19Apr73 · MP29445 (Jul-Dec 1976) Copyright holder: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc

Description: Television special about nuclear power as an energy source, discussing its pros and cons. Explains how a nuclear reactor works, using the Dresden Station in Morris, Illinois. Explains the principle danger in nuclear fission--a nuclear meltdown--and how plants are designed to prevent it. Interviews members of the National Interveners, a consortium of environmental groups that seeks legal restrictions and safety reform for nuclear power plants. Outlines the group's objections to current nuclear power plants, with rebuttals from the commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission. Includes interviews with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a group that lobbies for safety in nuclear power plants. Discusses the proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would use diluted amounts of plutonium instead of uranium. Discusses other possible energy sources: nuclear fusion, petroleum, solar power, geothermal energy, and magneto hydrodynamics. Concludes with a discussion of President Nixon's proposed energy research budget, which critics claim is insufficient to develop high quality nuclear power plants

Complete Record: Energy crisis : the nuclear alternative Authors:Richard Gerdau, Jack Shepherd, Francesco George, Frank Reynolds, Ernest Pendrell Summary:Television special about nuclear power as an energy source, discussing its pros and cons. Explains how a nuclear reactor works, using the Dresden Station in Morris, Illinois. Explains the principle danger in nuclear fission--a nuclear meltdown--and how plants are designed to prevent it. Interviews members of the National Interveners, a consortium of environmental groups that seeks legal restrictions and safety reform for nuclear power plants. Outlines the group's objections to current nuclear power plants, with rebuttals from the commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission. Includes interviews with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a group that lobbies for safety in nuclear power plants. Discusses the proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would use diluted amounts of plutonium instead of uranium. Discusses other possible energy sources: nuclear fusion, petroleum, solar power, geothermal energy, and magneto hydrodynamics. Concludes with a discussion of President Nixon's proposed energy research budget, which critics claim is insufficient to develop high quality nuclear power plants Show more Film, English, 1973 Publisher: American Broadcasting Company, United States, 1973 Genre: Television special Physical Description: 1 film reel (approximately 44 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 829392587 Subjects: Business and Professional People for the Public Interest Énergie nucléaire Énergies renouvelables Illinois Morris Liquid metal fast breeder reactors Morris (Ill.) Nuclear energy Renewable energy sources Surgénérateurs à combustible métallique liquide Television special U.S. Atomic Energy Commission nuclear power Show more Show less information, Energy crisis : the nuclear alternative Authors:Richard Gerdau, Jack Shepherd, Francesco George, Frank Reynolds, Ernest Pendrell Summary:Television special about nuclear power as an energy source, discussing its pros and cons. Explains how a nuclear reactor works, using the Dresden Station in Morris, Illinois. Explains the principle danger in nuclear fission--a nuclear meltdown--and how plants are designed to prevent it. Interviews members of the National Interveners, a consortium of environmental groups that seeks legal restrictions and safety reform for nuclear power plants. Outlines the group's objections to current nuclear power plants, with rebuttals from the commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission. Includes interviews with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a group that lobbies for safety in nuclear power plants. Discusses the proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would use diluted amounts of plutonium instead of uranium. Discusses other possible energy sources: nuclear fusion, petroleum, solar power, geothermal energy, and magneto hydrodynamics. Concludes with a discussion of President Nixon's proposed energy research budget, which critics claim is insufficient to develop high quality nuclear power plants Show more Film, English, 1973 Publisher: American Broadcasting Company, United States, 1973 Genre: Television special Physical Description: 1 film reel (approximately 44 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 829392587 Subjects: Business and Professional People for the Public Interest Énergie nucléaire Énergies renouvelables Illinois Morris Liquid metal fast breeder reactors Morris (Ill.) Nuclear energy Renewable energy sources Surgénérateurs à combustible métallique liquide Television special U.S. Atomic Energy Commission nuclear power Show more Show less information, Energy crisis : the nuclear alternative Authors:Richard Gerdau, Jack Shepherd, Francesco George, Frank Reynolds, Ernest Pendrell Summary:Television special about nuclear power as an energy source, discussing its pros and cons. Explains how a nuclear reactor works, using the Dresden Station in Morris, Illinois. Explains the principle danger in nuclear fission--a nuclear meltdown--and how plants are designed to prevent it. Interviews members of the National Interveners, a consortium of environmental groups that seeks legal restrictions and safety reform for nuclear power plants. Outlines the group's objections to current nuclear power plants, with rebuttals from the commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission. Includes interviews with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a group that lobbies for safety in nuclear power plants. Discusses the proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would use diluted amounts of plutonium instead of uranium. Discusses other possible energy sources: nuclear fusion, petroleum, solar power, geothermal energy, and magneto hydrodynamics. Concludes with a discussion of President Nixon's proposed energy research budget, which critics claim is insufficient to develop high quality nuclear power plants Show more Film, English, 1973 Publisher: American Broadcasting Company, United States, 1973 Genre: Television special Physical Description: 1 film reel (approximately 44 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 829392587 Subjects: Business and Professional People for the Public Interest Énergie nucléaire Énergies renouvelables Illinois Morris Liquid metal fast breeder reactors Morris (Ill.) Nuclear energy Renewable energy sources Surgénérateurs à combustible métallique liquide Television special U.S. Atomic Energy Commission nuclear power Show more Show less information, Energy crisis : the nuclear alternative Authors:Richard Gerdau, Jack Shepherd, Francesco George, Frank Reynolds, Ernest Pendrell Summary:Television special about nuclear power as an energy source, discussing its pros and cons. Explains how a nuclear reactor works, using the Dresden Station in Morris, Illinois. Explains the principle danger in nuclear fission--a nuclear meltdown--and how plants are designed to prevent it. Interviews members of the National Interveners, a consortium of environmental groups that seeks legal restrictions and safety reform for nuclear power plants. Outlines the group's objections to current nuclear power plants, with rebuttals from the commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission. Includes interviews with the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a group that lobbies for safety in nuclear power plants. Discusses the proposed liquid metal fast breeder reactor, which would use diluted amounts of plutonium instead of uranium. Discusses other possible energy sources: nuclear fusion, petroleum, solar power, geothermal energy, and magneto hydrodynamics. Concludes with a discussion of President Nixon's proposed energy research budget, which critics claim is insufficient to develop high quality nuclear power plants Show more Film, English, 1973 Publisher: American Broadcasting Company, United States, 1973 Genre: Television special Physical Description: 1 film reel (approximately 44 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 829392587 Subjects: Business and Professional People for the Public Interest Énergie nucléaire Énergies renouvelables Illinois Morris Liquid metal fast breeder reactors Morris (Ill.) Nuclear energy Renewable energy sources Surgénérateurs à combustible métallique liquide Television special U.S. Atomic Energy Commission nuclear power Show more Show less informationNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.