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Those first satellites, which orbit high above the normal Van Allen radiation belt, says Dr. James J. Coon of the AEC's Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, have detected peculiar cone-shaped clouds of negatively charged particles, presumably electrons, that trail the earth to an unknown distance, circling at the same speed with which the earth turns, so that they always remain on the side away from the sun. No one knows where they come from or why they follow the earth. Instruments on the newer satellites are designed to find out more about them...
Both the Pentagon and the AEC are sure that no nuclear test has been exploded in space since the first detector satellites were tossed into orbit. Their instruments would have detected even a small (20 kilotons) explosion 100 million miles away and distinguished its effects from all kinds of natural radiation. This is believed to be a modest estimate of their capabilities. "How much better we can do now," said an AEC official, "we're not telling...
...minute formal meeting yesterday morning, the Committee heard Mrs. Bunting praised by Sen. Leverett Saltonstall '14 (R-Mass.), Glen T. Seaborg, chairman of the AEC, and Sen. John R. Pastore (D.R.I.), chairman of the Joint Committee...
Last Monday, she had lunch in Washington with the other Commission members and attended her first briefing session. Although she has served on many governmental committees, the AEC appointment is her first full-time government position. She did, however, do research for the AEC at Yale from...
...newly appointed AEC member does not plan to move to Washington with her family. "I'll just find a nice, inexpensive flat and camp out for a year," she said