Facts and figure are given about the size and weight of various components in the plant including construction data and safety measures. Beginning in an attic room of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, this film takes the audience on a tour of man's progress and acknowledges that we are the writer of our own dreams, an incomplete experiment. Nuclear power is the news fulfilling his potential. As in the past, today's energy decisions will shape tomorrow's world. Dr. Alvin Weinberg discusses the bridge to tomorrow's energy- coal and nuclear.
Nuclear energy is depicted as an energy source until other sources can be developed.
Audiences will receive a complete overview of the Clinton Power Station from construction to operation. Viewers learn how energy is generated from nuclear power and how the station's electric capacity helps Illinois Power meet the electric needs of it's more than 600,000 customers and create opportunity for economic growth. This film gives a basic explanation of nuclear issues. It emphasizes nuclear power as a viable alternative energy form to fossil fuels and explores some of the reasons why it is being used throughout the world. This National Geographic film describes some of the complex issues surrounding nuclear energy and stresses these issues should be carefully considered.