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A discussion of the cost of nuclear electricity production and how its original intent to reduce oil dependency was replaced by reducing the coal industry. The treatment of radio-active waste is co...vered, and the possibility of accidents is mentioned.
A discussion of the cost of nuclear electricity production and how its original intent to reduce oil dependency was replaced by reducing the coal industry. The treatment of radio-active waste is co...vered, and the possibility of accidents is mentioned.
| Module code and title: | S100, S100 Science foundation course |
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| Item code: | S100; 33 |
| Recording date: | 08-07-1971 |
| First transmission date: | 14-10-1971 |
| Published: | 1971 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:05 |
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| Producer: | John Groom |
| Contributor: | F Barnaby; D Butt; G Gale; E Schumacher |
| Publisher: | Open University |
| Keyword(s): | nuclear electricity; energy consumption; Plutonium; Krypton-85; nuclear power; fossil fuels; radioactivity; Magnox reactors; coal; oil; nuclear waste; fast breeder reactors; pollution; fuel re-processing plants; Windscale; radioactive waste |
| Production number: | FM148 |
| Available to public: | no |
