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Radioactive isotopes serve in many different ways--in preservation of food, in strengthening of plastics, in industry, medicine and agriculture. Here is a fascinating exploration, in layman's language, of what they can do. The film shows the reactors at Canada's Chalk River nuclear laboratories, the composition and function of cobalt 60, and developments in atomic science.

1967, 28 min 15 s

Les Radioéléments à l'oeuvre

Gold Atom - Best Film - Category: atomic
Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio cinematographic Review
March 7 to 22 1970, Rome - Italy

Best Specialized Film
BAFTA / British Academy Film Awards
March 1 1970, London - England

Diploma of Honour
International Exhibition of Scientific Films
July 1 1969, Buenos Aires - Argentina