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...this campus this morning;, I had the privilege of inspecting the first atomic reactor of its kind established under university auspices . . . The extent of the economic and industrial changes that we can anticipate is indicated by estimates that world sources of uranium potentially available contain as high as 20 times the energy of the known world reserves of coal, petroleum and natural gas combined . . ." Look to the Atom. "Our nation has no desire for a monopoly on the knowledge and practice of these possibilities. We want the world to share-as we always have...
...URANIUM mining and milling have increased about 400% since 1950, with a projected 1,100% increase slated for 1956, says the AEC in its first announcement of production statistics. Ore reserves have already jumped 1,100% since 1950 and are still soaring...
...URANIUM SHORTAGE will slow down peacetime power developments unless new domestic sources are found, says Atlas Corp. President Floyd B. Odium. By 1965 the U.S. will need as much as 5,000,000 tons of uranium ore annually, and the demand will increase rapidly after that. By 1975, predicts Odium, the U.S. will have a generating capacity of nearly 40 million kw. (38% of the current total) of electric power from nuclear fuels alone...
ATOMS -FOR -PEACE program pledged to the world by President Eisenhower is moving faster. Next bilateral agreement for sharing U.S. materials and know-how will be with the Philippine republic (first country: Turkey). Japan's Cabinet has also voted to accept a U.S. offer of enough uranium for a pilot reactor...
...cutting into copper's markets, Con Kelley made a typical move: he decided to spend $45 million on an Anaconda aluminum mill, which will go into production at Columbia Falls, Mont, this summer. His most recent venture: he put Anaconda into developing what may be the largest U.S. uranium deposit in New Mexico (TIME, April...