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26 NUCLEAR REACTORS AND POWER 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, turbogenerator, 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 AND PROMISE (1959). 29 minutes, color. Produced by the USAEC. For sale by Consolidated Film In- dustries, at $99.97 per print, including shipping case. This is a semitechnical film for high-school- and college-level audi- ences. It describes the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Penn- sylvania, built to advance power reactor technology and demonstrate the practicability of operating a central station atomic power plant in a utility network. Included is an explanation of the production and con- trol of heat and radioactivity produced by nuclear fission; manufacture of fuel elements; major components such as pumps, heat exchangers, and the pressure vessel; construction of the station; installation of components; and the erection and installation of the reactor core. POWER UNLIMITED (Magic of the Atom Series) ... See page 57 PRINCIPLES OF THERMAL, FAST AND BREEDER REACTORS . . See page 9 SNAPSHOT See page 7 THE STORY OF CAMP CENTURY: CITY UNDER THE ICE (1961). 32 minutes, color. Produced by the U. S. Army Pictorial Center. Not for sale. This film concerns the construction by Army Engineers of Camp Century, a nuclear-powered U. S. Army Arctic research laboratory buried below the Greenland ice cap. Although the film tells the entire story of the planning and construction of Camp Century, it contains a significant section devoted to the nuclear power plant for electricity and space heating. The film shows the selection of the isolated camp site, 150 miles from Thule; delivery of supplies and equipment by motorized bobsleds; digging and construction of 23 tunnels in the ice (trenches covered with steel arches and snow); construction of founda- tions for prefabricated buildings; erection of prefabricated buildings;