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First Private Atom Power Plant Opens

  • 1957
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This 1-minute short film shows the opening of the Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant in Alameda County, California. This plant was a boiling water reactor and the first privately owned nuclear power plant in the United States. The film ends abruptly and it is unclear if there is additional missing footage. This version is taken from a DVD copy and not from the original film.

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  • 53S
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Universal newsreel. “First Private Atom Power Plant Opens.” Dvds, 1957. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/omzfrn7.

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