Nuclear Breakthrough Will Cut Costs

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1878
Date Released
31 May 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nuclear Breakthrough Will Cut Costs. DESCRIPTION: A new reactor has been devised which will help cut the cost of electricity. It’s known as AGR - Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. Which means the final elements will be cooled by gas. This gas which absorbs the heat from the nuclear fuel, will be used to make steam to produce electricity. SHOTLIST: GV gas container. Tracking shot of gas duct. MS man operating elevator. MS men stacking nuclear elements. MS elements in chamber. MS men loading elements onto chute. MLS men working in reactor chamber. MS reactor chamber. GV coalfield. MS miner drilling into coalface. CU coal sorting machine. MS same. MS miner shovelling coal onto conveyor. CU automatic shoveller. MS coal moving in wagons. MS nuclear control room. GV gas container.
Keywords
Nuclear energy
Locations
Cumberland; Windscale
Footage sources
Ace Films
Card file number
89763A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Nuclear Breakthrough Will Cut Costs', British Movietone News Issue No. 1878, 31 May 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26008 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)