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22 NUCLEAR REACTORS AND POWER ATOMIC POWER AND THE UNITED STATES (1959). 25 minutes, black and white. Produced by the U. S. Information Agency. Available for loan (free) from the USAEC headquarters and field libraries. This is a nontechnical film for intermediate through college-level audiences. It summarizes activities of both the government and private industry in the program for the development of economic production of electric power with atomic energy. It compares conventional and nuclear approaches, and by animation and live action explains six important nuclear power projects. It outlines industry's contributions and the sharing of technical know-how overseas through the Atoms for Peace Program. ATOMIC POWER PRODUCTION (Magic of the Atom Series) . . . See page 56 ATOMIC VENTURE (1961). 23V 2 minutes, color. Produced by, and for sale by, the General Electric Company, at $142.96 per print including shipping case. This semitechnical film, which is a sequel to the 1958 film "Dresden Nuclear Power Station," covers the design and development of a large dual-cycle boiling-water reactor—the 180,000-kw Dresden Nuclear Power Station—built by General Electric Company (GE) for the Com- monwealth Edison Company, Chicago, and the Nuclear Power Group, Inc., and the history of the project from its beginning in 1955 to its completion in 1959. The film shows major stages of development, in- cluding clearance of the site 47 miles southwest of Chicago; ground- breaking; construction of foundations, sphere, and other buildings; manufacture of the containment vessel and fuel; shipment and arrival of major components; installation of the reactor core, reactor vessel, and turbine-generator; testing of completed installations; and the station's "going critical." The film also includes scenes relating to development work for Dresden carried out at GE's Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory near Pleasanton, Calif. ATOMS FOR PEACE See page 36 ATOMS FOR SPACE Seepage 2 BORAX: CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A BOILING WATER REACTOR (1955). 14 minutes, black and white. Produced by, and for sale by, Lookout Mountain Air Force Sta- tion, USAF, at approximately $18.00 per print, including ship- ping case. This nontechnical film for intermediate- through college-level audi- ences, shows the equipping of a reactor with an electrical generating