Media item

Visit to the reactor centre in Petten

Week number: 61-03

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:59
Publication date:
20 December 1960
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
BG_6608

Int. and ext. of the Dutch reactor centre, which is arising in the dunes near Petten, contains a.o. an already operating small reactor, which is meant for scientific research and training the operational personnel. They do a.o. research on the usefulness of materials to protect building of nuclear reactors. Also the construction op the core of the reactor is shown, as well as the nuclear fuel elements, after which the reactor is switched on with an operating panel.