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“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

“Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens”

Description: Film transfer of “Testimony: Justice vs. J.P. Stevens” (©1977) from The National Citizens Committee for Justice for J.P. Stevens Workers. Pounding sound of mechanical looms. Stevens Tower in New York City. Interview with textile workers who voice complaints about employee treatment, poor conditions, lack of training, safety violations, low wages, climate of intimidation, hostility to the union. Mills in the Carolinas. Workers leave factory, seen through chain link fence. Workers vote to organize with Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 1977