Word: reactors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foreign students assembled to hear a little speech by the President. "We want you," said the President, "to study in the friendliest of atmospheres and go back to your country with the certainty that what you are carrying back is not only a new understanding in nuclear science and reactor engineering, but a new understanding of the friendship that all America feels toward each of your countries...
...more material world, for a long time to come, will use atoms mainly to generate electric power. Operation of an atomic reactor at Chalk River in Canada established the essential safety of an atomic power plant. When the reactor, one day, ran out of control it merely grew hot enough to melt tons of metal, without causing a catastrophic explosion...
...hand to dedicate a new $300,000 nuclear reactor for research, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss termed the instrument "truly magnificent and versatile," but warned Penn State to instill in its pupils the will to peace or "there may be no second centennials." To clear up the "endless confusion" caused by its switch from college to university status over a year ago, Penn State officially changed its address from State College. Pa., to University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania's Governor George M. Leader presented his respects: "I look upon the university as one of the main sources...
...pushing the reactor program, Britain has more than domestic power in mind. "We must look forward," says the white paper, "to the time when a valuable export trade can be built up. The experience gained by British industry in designing and building nuclear power stations during the next ten years should lay the foundations for a rapid expansion both at home and overseas . . . We shall then be in a position to fulfill our traditional role as an exporter of skill...
FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR for the Air Force is in operation at Convair's Fort Worth plant. While mum on what the reactor is being developed for, Convair is aiming at something besides an atom-powered bomber. All the Air Force will let Convair say is that its engineers "are working toward the adaption of nuclear energy to the development of other weapons systems...