THE PEACEFUL ATOM . . . n o basic d i s c o v e r y e v e r c a m e so f a r , so f a s t Power Plants Take Shape, Nuclear Knowledge Spreads Throughout the World From man's first early experience with Fire, Water, and the Wheel to the industrial revolution took many thousands of years. Today our knowledge of atomic energy is less than 20 years old—yet this
. . . N E W TECHNIQUES Al's Laboratory Reactors —safe and versatile — under construction for universities, laboratories, and hospitals.
T H E A T O M MEANS N E W POWER . . . The Sodium Reactor Experiment in California put nuclear electricity into everyday use in San Fernando Valley.
energy is already used by many American housewives at the flick of a switch. Atomics International is helping to accelerate this rapid advance into the atomic age. Sodium reactor successful
On July 12, 1 9 5 7 - j u s t fifteen years after Fermi's first chain reaction—electricity began to flow from the Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) to homes in the San F e r n a n d o Valley. It was
America's first private-utility power for consumer use from a non-military nuclear reactor. Atomics International built and operates the SRE for the Atomic Energy Commission. Soon a great new 75,000 kw power station will rise from the plains of the Middle West. Its heart will be a Sodium Graphite Reactor based on the SRE, built under A E C contract by AI for Consumers Public Power District of Nebraska. OMRE exceeds expectations Another AI power reactor project for the A E C is the Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment ( O M R E ) , which has been in operation since September 1957. The highly satisfactory performance of the O M R E has clearly demons t r a t e d the technical and e c o n o m i c suitability of this reactor type for immediate use to generate electrical power. Construction of the first Organic Moderated Reactor central power station will begin shortly at P i q u a , O h i o . Nuclear ship propulsion studies indicate a n o t h e r p r o m i s i n g use for the Organic Moderated Reactor. Important n e w concept Southwest Atomic Energy Associates, a g r o u p of fifteen investor-owned utility companies in seven states, have signed a multi-million dollar contract with Atomics International to develop a n e w t y p e of p o w e r r e a c t o r —the
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More and more countries are launching nuclear power development programs. Atomics International has sup-
. . . N E W SCIENCE In The University of Frankfurt, West German scientists and students work with the research reactor, built by AI.
plied research r e a c t o r s for n u c l e a r development to Japan, Denmark, West Germany, West Berlin, Italy. A lowcost Laboratory Reactor for university training, compact and simple to operate, is also available from AI. A T O M I C S INTERNATIONAL, P . O . ATOMICS.
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