BRITISH ATOMIC PLANT
FIRST PILE ALREADY, GIVING ENERGY USE IN EXPERIMENTAL WORK (NJZ. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON. October 7. "The serious delays in the building of Britain’s first atomic plant at Harwell. Berkshire, have almost been overtaken.” says the “Daily Mail.” “The first atomic pile has been ‘burning* at Harwell and producing atomic energy for five weeks. “A larger pile, the basis of production of atomic energy for industrial jjurjjoses, will be operating by May,
"Over 2000 workers are employed at Harwell. Many more will be required. "A number of very difficult technical problems have to be solved before atomic energy can be harnessed to industry on a large scale. The energy from the first pile is being used for experimental purposes. “The Ministry of Fuel claims that a new factory in the north of England will be producing uranium by 1948.”
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25309, 8 October 1947, Page 7
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