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POWER REACTORS 51 30,000 pounds: reactor, steam generator, waste tank, heat-transfer apparatus, control room, turbo-generator, etc. Details are given on major components and the design and operation of the system by information on: 741 nuclear fuel tubes in 7 fuel bundles, the "flow" of primary water, the secondary water, details on the makeup of the fuel element tubes, criticality testing, nature of the control rods, and tests to determine heat transfer and flow character- istics. The film recounts the airlift of the packages, erection and assembly of the power plant, the work to achieve criticality, and the varied safety controls. PM-3A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT-ANT ARC TIC A (1963). 20 min- utes, color. Produced by the Martin Company for the USAEC. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, at $64.11 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. This is the semitechnical film-story of the 1,500-kilowatt nuclear power station built, under contract to USAEC, for operation by the Navy at McMurdo Station, Antarctic headquarters for the joint Navy- National Science Foundation Antarctic Research Project. PM-3A, the first atomic power station in the bleak Antarctic, supplies electric power and space heating for the isolated station. Use of nuclear power reduces the massive amounts of fuel oil for generating electricity that must be brought 11,000 miles by American tankers. PM-3A was de- signed, fabricated, and tested in 14 months. Details are given on the plant's pressure vessel, coolant, nuclear fuel, control rods, switch- gear, heat-transfer equipment, turbo-generator, and many other major components. We see shots of the erection and testing of the reactor in the States, site preparation by Seabees in the Antarctic, erection and testing of the reactor at McMurdo, safety aspects, and achievement of criticality. POWER REACTOR EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES (A Geneva-1964 film). 30 minutes, color. Produced by USAEC's Argonne National Laboratory. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, in English, French, Spanish, or Russian, at $80.24 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. English version available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. This technical film surveys the current status of power reactor development in the U. S., with particular emphasis placed on the economic aspects and the development of a privately owned nuclear power industry. The film shows how economic factors are related to fuel burnup, power levels, containment and similar design limits, and