Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
Atomic powerMoyed
Step Nearer Homes
And Mills Last Year
o. BE- i.lseeialad Pfess

= b ne sssosias.d psss,
Il Congress- knocked down the
.egal bar TO private DEVELOPMENT
3pf peace-tirne atomic power ia
1884. and 4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TRY assault tfpped over some Of
1.-The technolorical barriers.
U,th,n t,,rsa ve.r. me min.
aand Fo-na. - pstts.,,rc,, nil
Hret part az their power and light
IRON atomic fuel. Within q
decade. By official euess-earlier.
lIby some private estimates A
power win compete 81 I price
basis with coal fired generators
f,nvernrnent invited ind,,stry
Into tie nuclear age when
President Eisenhower signed the
Atomic Energy Act on August so.
ne predicted it would speed the
day when the atom awill be
wholly devoted to the construc-
tive purposes Of man.
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Monopoiy sI ls..,.
Lna1 enneo 49, os ~. -.
monopoly ineo wnisn III ,,. 80
paye,s nae 1917 w, D... -,
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1890 49, S 80 c,,srsd AZ Esv
- y. 1 s,,.srr.ts L storosc cooner.
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ms was tne ioneess 1870 e
e year-iong series q SEES 49, \ Z
ing the country Closer " useI ~
application OF sne a.oM . - s,.
$3.50 sne n 49, , sas..asts1 sr s.J.
4 800. - ss us $1,000
start q the nve-yeaT re-
actor program. Inc atomlc en-
be So Ies1 flye conmerciai-
scale reactors Of varied types, to-
discover which processes hold
greatest promise of producing
electric energy eheeply and efilc-
iently. None will be competitive
with hydropower or coai-fueled
generators, but one or more Of
the i've may point the way.
3 Breakfnr the ground It
Shippiafport pa for The largest
of the Ave ia be completed ia
1857. Acc VIII own it but Du-
Quesne Light Co. Of Pittsburgh
will contribute IS million dollars
of the cost and viii erect it, own
plant to convert steam from the
atomic boiler into power.
\ The launching A. C3roto1,
conn "A the first atomic s,,h-
marine tbe hieI,-sneed Nautil,,a
n co,,ld traveI GROUND tIbe v,orlS
without surfacing or refuelinR,
Two rr0Seess AppEovea.
Acc Chairman Lewis Z.
Strauss called the submarine's
power plant "the worlds first
significantly useful application
OF atomic energy Later the De-
rse s ,,,a,ss;, . spp - ... ~.
enrines for s.Iaree nav vessels !.
THAT revived NAVY homes for 81,
atomic -eneined sircraft carrier
nreyiously vetoed
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q rrcr,,stsvsIv $3.50 $500 ~.
:, hore 49, Ms,st,,,,s $3.50 ~, $3.50
the dav AZ ato,m -powered nss.
senger and cargo ships ana even.
tually. even aircraft I'D 1ncf-
motives. shipyards. afrcraft.
companies and al least two loco
motive builders are investing ia
such research.
Nourished by Government dol
lars, the atom In 1854 was one
of the Nations biggest indus
tries. Nearly all Of Aces more
than 81 billion outlay in the
year went to the private con-
tractors who build and run Gov-
ernment-oWned installations.
,... So,
isessmens smalL.
II Is estimated that industry
mas put "a not more than $8 mil
lion q IFS own money OF which
Is million were invested IN 1864.
Business has been Governments
hired hand, ciamoring at the
door for an ownership share.
The atomic materials and by
products industries fiourished.
Uranium production. virtually