DEVELOPING ATOM POWER

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23043, 6 September 1949, Page 5

DEVELOPING ATOM POWER

(N.Z.P. A.--Reuter—Copyright.)

(10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5. Britain was likely to lag' behind the United States in the industrial application of atomic energy “because we are not sufficiently experienced scientists,” Sir Arthur Fleming, a distinguished British engineer, told the British Association’s conference at Newcastle today.

He said that 1 lie wartime development of the atomic bomb had brought great benefits to indust rv.

Large numbers of United States scientists were now gaining experience in the practical application of nuclear physics. Britain’s shortage of experienced scientists was more likely to delay corresponding progress there, Sir Arthur Fleming added. The economic production of industrial power by nuclear disintegration did not appear likely to be successful for a long time. Sir Henry Tizard said: “I doubt if we shall be far behind when it comes to the industrial application of discoveries in the study of nuclear phenomena- Unless we can hasten the application of science to industry, we shall cease to count among the great nations of the world.”