CRBRP: Breeder Equipment Delivered
1981? film, with transcript
Catalog description: Short newscast of a water tank being delivered for Clinch River
This is film 6279972 in our catalog.
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| 00:00 | if the clinch river breeder reactor is dead the people who are manufacturing the parts for |
| 00:06 | it are unaware of its demise a 40 ton water storage tank arrived in Oak Ridge from Massachusetts today |
| 00:13 | it will be used to provide water for the breeders cooling system and the man who supervised its |
| 00:19 | manufacture and shipment says the journey to Oak Ridge wasn't easy well we did have some |
| 00:24 | difficulties with a bridge between Amsterdam and Rome, New York. The bridge |
| 00:30 | was narrow and we had some trouble getting it across, but we managed all right." Spokesmen for the breeder project say the manufacture of hardware for the |
| 00:37 | plant is going well. All major equipment is now under contract. Its production |
| 00:42 | involves over 5,000 people in 23 states. But President Carter has ordered a stop |
| 00:48 | to the licensing of the breeder and continues his opposition to the project. |
| 00:52 | Well the licensing process is a very long process and although the licensing |
| 00:57 | has been halted at the request of the Department of Energy, the other work that |
| 01:02 | the project has been authorized to do by the Congress is continuing very well. |
| 01:07 | What do you think it will do for the morale of the people at the CRBR office? |
| 01:12 | Well it's been a tremendous boost obviously to have a big piece of |
| 01:15 | equipment like this come down so we can see that the work that we're doing has |
| 01:19 | some results. Meanwhile the breeder site sits empty and quiet waiting for the |
| 01:24 | reactor it has been chosen to house. This water storage tank will rest here on the |
| 01:30 | trash for about two weeks until it's unloaded and kept across the driveway. |
| 01:33 | It's ironic that it's actually within sight of the place where the Clinch |
| 01:37 | River breeder reactor will be built, but it cannot be moved there until the |
| 01:41 | federal government decides to let the licensing process continue and |
| 01:44 | and construction begin. Valerie Hyman in Oak Ridge |
| 01:48 | for Action 10 News. |