# Atomic Venture 1961

The story of the Dresden Nuclear Power Station, the first full-scale privately financed nuclear power station. Boiling water reactor (BWR) technology. Dual-cycle reactor. Site preparation and excavation. Foundation construction. Containment sphere construction. Vallecitos Lab develops design data. San Jose manufacturing plant prepares first fuel load. Pressure vessel design and manufacture. Control rods. Turbine/generator. Fuel loading. Criticality achieved. First power 4-15-60. Full power 180MW on 6-29-60.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1961
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/atomic-venture-1961)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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