Tirion Programme, The

Synopsis: As the British govenment prepares to start work on building the UK’s first pressurised water nuclear reactor - the type that failed in the Three Mile Island accident in the United States - the experts are still unsure of its safety. Shows how scientists disagree fundamentally over the dangers posed by this kind of reactor and reveals for the first time the results of a computer program known as Tirion. Using Tirion, atomic energy scientists can now predict how many people would die if there were a nuclear reactor accident in Britain. The computer counts the number of adults and children who would be killed - either from an immediate radiation or from long-term illnesses caused by the radiation after a major accident.
Series: World in Action, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1980
Availability: Hire
Uses: 1st- and 2nd-year geography and environmental science courses on risk and hazard; also provides a good background to the Sizewell inquiry.*
Subjects: Engineering
Keywords: computer applications; nuclear hazards; nuclear power industries

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