Unlocking the Airwaves - Atoms for power: The romance of uranium

Atoms for power The romance of uranium

Series: Atoms for power
Air Date: 1957-02-15
Duration: 00:29:30
Episode Description: Dr. Homi Bhabha, President, Geneva Conference on Atomic Power; Dr. A.H. Lange, Canada; Frank W. Stead, U.S. Geological Survey; Sir John Cockcroft, Great Britain; Gordon Dean, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Series Description: This 15-part series discusses the feasibility of atomic power as an alternate energy source to replace depleted fossil fuels.
Subject(s): Ecology & the Environment
NAEB Region III
NAEB Regions III & IV: The Upper Midwest
Nuclear energy
Renewable energy sources
Science & Technology
Creator(s): WBAA (Radio station : West Lafayette, Ind.) (Producer)
Purdue University (Producer)
McMahon, Bob (Producer)
McMahon, Bob (Writer)
Contributors: National Educational Television and Radio Center (Funder)
Bhabha, Homi Jehangir, 1909-1966 (Guest)
Lange, A.H. (Guest)
Stead, Frank W. (Frank Walter), 1912-1981 (Guest)
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967 (Guest)
Tandam, Donald J. (Advisor)
Richter, Walt (Narrator)
Floria, Dick (Speaker)
Genre(s): Science
Educational
Geographic Region(s): regions
Time Period: 1951-1960

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