ATOM RESEARCH IN U.S.
NEW CHAIN REACTION PILE
(Rec. 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. The United States Atomic Energy Commission disclosed to-day plans for the development of more powerful atomic weapons and the broadening of the field for the peace-time use of atomic energy. An official said that the development would centre on the new atomic chain reactor pile at Oakridge, Tennessee, which is described as several times more powerful than the apparatus now operating there. Already, 52 universities are engaged in the work of expanding atomic knowledge.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25300, 27 September 1947, Page 9
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