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Eco-fuel

Description: Solid waste treatment facility in East Bridgewater. Front-end loader moves municipal trash. Large and metallic items separated from garbage. Rest is sorted, shredded, moved on conveyor belt to rotating drum for conversion to “eco-fuel.” Oversize pieces successively screened and reduced. Salvaged metal is sold as scrap. Plant operator describes the whole recycling process. Sand and glass removed to go to landfill. Control room with switches, monitors, gauges, failure lights. tape 1 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Eco-fuel

Description: Explanation of “eco-fuel” process from control room of East Bridgewater trash facility. End product in barrel is brown granular powder that does not absorb water. Brockton garbage truck empties load onto receiving area heaped high with raw materials. Eco II tank truck. Interview with Kathy about recycling garbage to generate electricity. Process produces a clean burning, cheaper alternative to imported oil. Remainder is buried as landfill. Local towns use this method to alleviate waste disposal burden. tape 2 of 2
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Permit for Pilgrim II

Description: EPA press conference to announce issuing permit to build Pilgrim II nuclear power plant based on approved environmental impact statement. Second plant will share discharge system with Pilgrim I and barrier will be placed in channel to reduce fish kills from overheated water and nitrogen bubble disease.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/11/1977

SEABROOK

Description: "DO WE NEED SEABROOK?" DOCUMENTARY. CONSTRUCTION FOOTAGE, SITE AERIALS, CONTROL ROOM
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/29/1977

Solar hot water system

Description: Solar collector panels on roof of house in Wellesley for hot water system. Mr. Falconi explains how system works: components, cost and savings, efficiency variables depending on climate conditions. Close-ups of hot water tank, thermostat, copper pipes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/12/1977

“Nuclear Power in New England”

Description: “Nuclear Power in New England.” Yankee Atomic Electric plant in Rowe, Massachusetts. Connecticut Yankee, Millstone I and II. Nuclear engineer Vicki Swisher explains how power is generated. Signs in at security desk, tours control room. Processing of mined rocks and soil to extract, purify, pelletize uranium 235 for conversion to fuel bundles. Refueling of rods in reactor core. Men in yellow protective suits. Pressurized steam lines to turbine turn generator. Cooling towers. Low level radioactive waste being trucked away (to where?) in steel container for disposal. Marine biologist explains aquatic environmental testing for damage to sea life. Health physicist explains air quality monitoring for emissions. Pilgrim Station in Plymouth, Maine Yankee, Vermont Yankee plants. ©1977 Electric Council of New England.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1977