MEDICAL RESEARCH REACTOR

Duration: 22 min

Year Published: 1958

Creator: Atomic Energy Commission

Color: Color

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Demonstrates the need for reactors in medical research and defines the design criteria. Shows the reactor and its components during construction and assembly. Uses animation to show the operation of the reactor and shutters controlling its neutron beam. Includes a neutron-capture therapy experiment sequence at the Brookhaven Graphite Reactor which can be compared with the patient treatment facility at the New Medical Reactor.