Dounreay Becomes Critical

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1592

Date Released

7 Dec 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Republic’s Birthday
2. 2Dounreay Becomes Critical
3. 3Skating Championship
4. 4Japanese Protest
5. 5The Tragedy of the Dam

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:

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