Dounreay Becomes Critical

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1592
Date Released
7 Dec 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dounreay Becomes Critical. DESCRIPTION: Great news from the North of Scotland. Inside the huge sphere at Dounreay, the Fast Reactor, a wholly British achievement, has become critical. This is the atomic way of saying it’s started work! SHOTLIST: LS reactor sphere. MS same. GV interior of reactor. CU cores for reactor. CU core. GV reactor. MS same. CU peg board. GV control room. CU control board (2). CU operator. GV control room. LS reactor sphere.
Keywords
Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Nuclear energy
Locations
Scotland
Footage sources
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority [UKAEA]
Card file number
78779
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Dounreay Becomes Critical', British Movietone News Issue No. 1592, 7 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23356 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)