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Through interviews with physicists, engineers and laborers, this video examines the evolution of nuclear power from the nuclear tests of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge during World War II, to the proliferation of nuclear power plants across the United States. Discusses...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Nuclear Waste Documentary Project, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [1996]
Subjects:
Documentary films.
Nuclear industry > History.
Nuclear power plants > Environmental aspects > United States.
Radioactive waste disposal.
Radioactive pollution.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Nuclear physics > History > Tennessee > Oak Ridge.
Nuclear physics > History > New Mexico > Los Alamos County.
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Summary:Through interviews with physicists, engineers and laborers, this video examines the evolution of nuclear power from the nuclear tests of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge during World War II, to the proliferation of nuclear power plants across the United States. Discusses the current problems of managing nuclear waste, and the dangers of potential nuclear accidents.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1995.
"FFH6561."
Videorecording] : history of the nuclear age.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Audience:Physics.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Steve Barger ; editor, Paul Don Vito ; music, Fred Karns.