Nuclear power Plant for Bodega Bay

About This Item

KPIX-TV news report from May 7th 1963 at Bodega Bay (Sonoma County, CA) featuring the start of construction by PG&E on the proposed site of a new nuclear power plant. Includes views of the construction site and an interview with PG&E's public relations spokesman Hal Stroube, who claims neglible amounts of radiation would be released into the environment by the plant. It should be noted that after a series of local protests, PG&E was forced to abandon it's plans in 1964 and the plant was never built.

Type of material
newsfilm
Duration
2:24
16mm b&w, silent & magnetic sound film
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Date aired
5/6/1963
Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Identifier
KPIX 18779
Views
4679

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