Film digitization announcement: Operating Experience, Dresden

A 1964 film about an early BWR

By Nick Touran, Ph.D., P.E., 2024-11-23 , Reading time: 4 minutes

Announcing another digitized film, this time on the operating experience of Dresden, the first commercially financed BWR. This reactor was a very important step in the commercialization of BWRs, as GE put in a lot of their own money to get it built, at considerable risk.

Catalog description: This technical film reports on the routine, day-to-day operation of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station and points up the success of the boiling water nuclear-electric power station. Dresden's four years of operating experience are reviewed, and the power station is examined in terms of dependability, safety, ease of operation, and ease of maintenance

This is film 88206 in our catalog.

This digitization was sponsored by an anonymous donor.