The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 2, 1954, Page 5

NDUSTRY PUSHES TO BREAK 3OV’T ATOM POWER MONOPOLY By STERLING F. GREEN (ASHINGTON A powerful lige of industry interest in atom is ‘spurring a drive in Con- iss to break the government’s opoly before the legislative ends. es of the Atomic Energy sion testifying before the “House Atomic Energy Com- tt week in closed session Proposals to facilitate develop- of peacetime power from the can tell the legislators that: Sixty-five companies are now in- own dollars, in part- AEC, in research and velopment on reactors to pro- electric power. vate firms are putting five “dollars this year into the ‘nonexistent industry, on faith it the investment will pay off 10 or 20 years from now. Single utility, Duquesne Light of\ Pittsburgh, is contributing another five million dollars to- As a result, Pittsburgh should be getting light and power by 1957 from the first commercial-sized, but still experimental, atomic pow- er plant. Duquesne plans to build See “MAC” 703 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2.8555 Cabinets - Counters - Book- eases - Etc., Custom Built FLOOR COVERINGS Free Estimates HOME KEY WEST IMPROVEMENT COMPANY SIS Front 6t. Tel. 2-6501 (RUGGED ROYAL PORT RTABLE The Typowslter of. a Lifetime = fer @ Utetins! SE ‘905 le. ‘taupe higher most rer Raybosrd, Pine muna HURRY! S00 ot S ROBERTS OFFICE _MACHINES and EQUIPMENT 128 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2.5634 : “and | guess we owe some ‘thanks to the manager of CITY LOAN CO.” Key West 2-008] $24 Southard St. a generating plant adjoining and: to buy atom-generated steam from the government. AEC and the Army expect at least a score of private firms to bid on the building, of an atomic power-package plant designed for use at remote military bases. The commission had asked com- bids to give notice by March 20. The notices kept coming in, until AEC was obliged to extend the deadline to June 7, The power-package represents the Army’s desire for a compact electric plant whose parts could be flown by plane and assembled on the spot. But the same kind of plant, industry realizes, could pro- vide energy for remote towns where conventional power is ex- pensive. The AEC’s five-year program to develop peacetime reactors has be- gun to roll. Five different types of reactor, some designed to ,pro- duce fissionable materials as by- products, will be completed by 1958, jects brought optimistic reports a week ago Monday to an all-day conference in Washington of the Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. The forum is an association of firms and foundations having a common interest in the peacetime use of atomic power. The meeting gave dramatic evi- dence that businessmen are awake to the importance of the potent newcomer in industry. The 400 company officials listened intently to long reports studded with words like breeder, coolant, hafnium and moderator — and then asked ques- tions showing they understood what they were told. Thirty - three utility companies were represented, each trying to find out which type of reactor is most likely to succeed as an eco- nomic producer of electric power— and how quickly. Fifteen investment houses had men on hand, because sooner or later they expect to be called. on to finance the entry of the utility industry into atemic power. The big three aluminum pro- ducers — Alcoa, Kaiser and Rey- nolds — sent their men because aluminum manufacturing is a monstrous eater of electric energy. Five major steel. companies and a half-dozen chemical firms were on hand. Those interested in a bath form of propulsive power sat in. Among ther! were two locomotive build- ers, two shipbuilding concerns, five aircraft companies and two auto- mobiles producers. The sttesdlincds demonstrated what AEC officials already knew— that hundreds of companies which haven’t yet put up their dollars for research and development feel pressed to get into the race. Some. may lose their money, but they dare not be left behind. Two years ago AEC was having difficulty persuading industry to undertake study prasectes Four teams of two companies eac! finally formed, with AEC putting up three fourths or more of the funds they spent on research. Today, with 65 companies al- ready at work in 13 groups, AEC finds newcomers willing to enter on a self-financing basis. i The pending legislation, besides providing greater exchange of atomic information among the Al- lied countries, would let private industry own and operate atomic power plants under AEC license. The government would keep ti- tle, however, to the atomic fuel— the nuclear materials which are “burned” in the reactor like coal in the firebox of a conventional steam plant—and would be sole purchaser of the fissionable ma- terials produced as a by-product. Caldwell Denies Interest In Post TALLAHASSEE # — Former Gov. Millard Caldwell says he has “never indicated the slightest in- terest in the appointment” as pres- ident of the University of Florida and is not a candidate for the position. He said “two or three news- papers seem to have the idea that I am seeking the presidency of the University of Florida” and he was issuing the statement “‘to set the record straight.” The State Board of Control is in the process of selecting a suc- cessor to the late President J. Hillis Miller. Your Grocer SELLS That Geed BRAND STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS panies which planned to submit |} Experts on each of the five pro- Firemen Rescue ° Housewife From Mangione, an expert in handling fires, éxplosions and disasters the past 20 years, was almost stumped by the “smiling squirrel.” fire dispatcher and wailed. “I..don’t wamt to alarm you. There isn’t a fire or anything but there is a squirrel in my house and he keeps smiling at me. I’m Mada mathe what smiling « jam, 3.8 at you?” asked- Mangione, “A squirrel,” replied. “ev ery time I raise a broom to it, it smiles.” With the idea thus firmly ‘estab- lished, Mangione dispatched three firemen to’ the scene. They found the apartment 4 Mrs. J. W.. Burbridge, had the grinning nutcracker cornered. A when we saw him,” they reported. After -a conversation with Mangione, who gave’ orders to capture the “beast” alive, the firemen donned gloves, pinned the squirrel with a-broom and sent him on his way. 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