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Thorium, the Far Side of Nuclear Power(fr)
Ever heard of the Thorium molten salt reactor? That's hardly surprising, as for 70 years, it has been inexplicably kept under wraps by the nuclear industry, despite the fact it could revolutionise energy production. It offers the promise of nuclear energy without waste and without danger. The "green atom": fact or fiction? Research that was dropped without explanation in 1973, has now become a topic of lively discussion...
Nuclear Power - End of an Era?(de)
Nuclear has always been a controversial energy source. While Germany is phasing out its nuclear power plants, France is building a new generation of nuclear reactors to keep the lights on. A look at the nuclear debate over the last few decades and what the future holds for atomic energy.
Inside Zaporizhzhia - A Nuclear Power Plant in the Midst of War(de)
A close-up of the dizzying escalation of nuclear risk since the largest power station on the European continent fell into the hands of Russia at the start of the war.
The Will: If Only There Were No Nuclear Power Plant(ja)
A 3 hour and 45 minute long documentary that chronicles the situation in Fukushima Prefecture, which was hit by the nuclear accident, over 800 days immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake. On March 12, 2011, the day after the earthquake, photojournalists Naomi Toyoda and Masaya Noda went to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site to report on the disaster, and until April 2013, they recorded the days they spent with the people there. continued.
Nuclear Power Plant Krsko Catastrophe Survival Manual(hr)
A wise-ass Croat reporter goes to Krško, the site of the only nuclear plant built in Former Yugoslavia. It turns out that her reporting trip coincides with the plant disaster that has apocalyptic consequences.
Nuclear Power Demonstration(en)
An account of the building and bringing into operation of Canada's pioneer nuclear power plant - the Nuclear Power Demonstration Station (NPD), built in northern Ontario as a prototype for larger plants. The film explains the principle of nuclear fission. Produced by Crawley Films Ltd. for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Ontario Hydro and Canadian General Electric Company Limited.
Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?(en)
Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant and the release of radiation there, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover whether nuclear power is safe. He begins in Japan, where he meets some of the tens of thousands of people who have been evacuated from the exclusion zone. He travels to an abandoned village just outside the zone to witness a nuclear clean-up operation. Jim draws on the latest scientific findings from Japan and from the previous explosion at Chernobyl to understand how dangerous the release of radiation is likely to be and what that means for our trust in nuclear power.
Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power(en)
Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
Lubricants for Nuclear Power Stations(en)
A documentary looking at the construction of the sphere to contain a nuclear reactor. The research programme carried out at the Thornton Research Centre to develop a lubricant to resist radiation.
Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station(en)
The success of this first full-scale nuclear power station on the shores of Lake Huron has shown the way for the economic large-scale production of electricity from uranium. This film describes the plant at Douglas Point, Ontario, and the process by which the uranium atom is split, employing heavy water with a special property, deuterium, giving the name CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) to the Canadian system of atomic energy production. Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd. for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Nuclear Power Reactor - Pickering(en)
East of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario, is the Pickering Generating Station, one of the world's largest nuclear power stations. Here it is used to explain how a nuclear power station works, showing the fuel bundles, calandria, fuelling machines, boilers, control room, turbine-generator and spent fuel bay. Part of the multimedia kit The Energy Crisis?. Produced by the NFB for Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station: Design and Construction(en)
A comprehensive treatment of technical and engineering aspects of Canada's first large nuclear electric power plant at Douglas Point, Ontario. The film shows the design, machining and assembly of component parts, and the special properties of the materials that went into the construction, as well as some of the exhaustive tests that were made before the station went "on power." Produced for the NFB by Crawley Films Ltd. for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Beijing Electron Positron Collider / Yangtze Ethylene Project / Qinshan Nuclear Power Station / Guangzhou Peugeot: A New Generation of Motor Vehicles in China(en)
Short film made by Chinese documentary filmmaker Fu Hongxing for the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio of the People's Republic of China. Held as a print at the University of South Carolina. English-language narration.
Flere Atomkraftvaerker(da)
A documentary about nuclear power plants in Europe. The film follows the cycle of the uranium fuel and tries to give a full picture of the consequences of atomic power and daily life in a number of areas, so that it is not just a technical problem, but also a human one.
We Are the Guinea Pigs(en)
Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.