"Radioisotopes: Safe Servants of Industry" (1963)

ANS sponsored the digitization of this 1963 DOE film, Radioisotopes: Safe Servants of Industry. With emphasis on safety, the film surveys the widespread uses of radioisotopes in industry. Animated explanations of the principles involved in radioisotope gauging instruments, tracing and radiography are given. Applications of these principles are shown in various processes in the food industry, automotive research, road construction, heavy industry, oil refining and shipping, and system troubleshooting.

The original version of this film exists in the National Archives Catalog, Record Group 434: General Records of the Department of Energy. The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Moving Images Relating to Energy, between 1977–1985.

Digitization credit: Nick Touran
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