MAN AND THE ATOM

Duration: 9 min

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Atomic Energy Commission

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Surveys the role of the Atomic Energy Commission in Nation's Atomic Energy program. Reviews the atom's place in national defense, and shows the mining of uranium and processing into fissionable materials. Materials. Reviews some aspects of the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives, surveys radioisotopes and their many applications, discusses the SNAP program, explores some aspects of high energy physics, and concludes with statements by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg concerning the future of the Nation's Atomic Energy program.