ATOMIC ENERGY
TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL LITTLE OF VALUE FOR PEACETIME USES (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright.) (Rec. 11.15) WASHINGTON, May 20. The Federation of American scientists- declared that scientists expect nothing of scientific value and little- of technical value to peacetime uses of atomic energy from the Bikini atom bomb tests. Federation membership, which includes many meii who participated in the development of the atom bomb, declared that scientists are co-operat-ing in the Bikini tests at the request of their country’s armed forces, although they do so with heavy hearts, and "not enthusiastically . Scientists seek by education to teach men that they must abandon atomic weapons to preserve civilisation, but say they must recognise that it may take an atpmic war to teach them the lesson.’ * Losahnos scientists said that a deep under water test in 1947 will be more important than the 1946 testsi, in which one atom bomb will be exploded in mid-air and the other just under the surface of the sea. They added that deep' sea bombing might have extreme unpredictable results.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 191, 27 May 1946, Page 3
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