English subtitles for clip: File:1957-07-04 Fort Belvoir Army Package Power Reactor.ogv

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At Fort Belvoir, Virgina, a corps of engineers shows off

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its Package Power Reactor to military attachés of the

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Washington diplomatic corps.

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It's the first step in a program to develop an atomic

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power plant that can be transported by air to remote

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locations. The new reactor can put out nearly

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2,000 kilowatts continuously for over a year,

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on a single fuel charge. A major advance in military

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logistics promises similar strides

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in peaceful atomic power development.