BORAX Part 1

Description

This film describes preliminary experimental work and shows the equipping of a reactor with an electrical generating system. The film also depicts experiments at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho to light and power Arco, Idaho, which was the first U.S. community to be served exclusively by nuclear power. The film was presented by the United States Government and produced with the technical assistance of Argonne National Laboratory and the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities