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...equally dogged argument that Western inspection teams would in fact be "NATO spies." Thus there appeared to be little likelihood of early agreement on the U.S. proposals that both sides should 1) halt the buildup of nuclear delivery systems, notably missiles, submarines and bombers; 2) discontinue production of plutonium for warheads and systematically shut down weapons reactors; and 3) establish observation posts to reduce the risk of attack by surprise or accident...
...Atomic Energy Commission also gets hit. Said the President in his speech: "We are cutting back on our production of enriched uranium by 25%, shutting down four plutonium piles." It is widely agreed that the U.S. has enough enriched uranium to suit any foreseeable purpose. Still, one argument against such a cutback was that it would mean job losses in places where plants were closed. The President answered that one by telling aides, "We're not going to produce atom bombs as a WPA project...
...World War II, these collegians have bounced between affluence and atomic-war fears. Spoiled as children ("They even have fancy balls in the ninth grade," notes a Colorado faculty man), they have been force-fed in high school, pushed to get into Harvard, treated as a national resource like plutonium. The result is a Who-am-I? dilemma known as "the identity crisis...
...uranium, by which vast amounts of power would be generated." He was present at the University of Chicago's secrecy-shrouded squash court under the Stagg Field stands when the first nuclear reactor went critical on Dec. 2, 1942. He was responsible for the design of the great plutonium reactors at Hanford, Wash...
...systems, lowering still further the competitive cost point that atomic fuel must reach. Power men are convinced that atomics will surmount this competition when the second generation of reactors arrives. Last week the AEC announced that its Idaho Falls testing station has generated electricity for the first time from plutonium, which actually re-creates itself as it produces power. That breakthrough will speed the arrival of advanced "breeder" reactors that will come close to satisfying man's quest for eternal energy...