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National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

SL-1 Film photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2103
Abstract SL-1 is a 1983 documentary film by Utah filmmakers Diane Orr and C. Larry Roberts investigating the January 3, 1961 meltdown of a nuclear reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. This collection contains black-and-white photographs of the event collected by Orr and Roberts during the course of their research for the film.
Dates: 1961-1984

SL-1 Film records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2895
Abstract The film SL-1 is a chilling re-enactment of the first fatal nuclear accident in the United States by Diane Orr and C Larry Robert, indie filmmakers from Salt Lake City. This collection includes flyers, newspaper/magazine clippings, and correspondence, tell of the making of the film, the chronology of events, biographies of the filmakers, as well as reviews of the documentary.
Dates: 1961-1984