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a lapse of several years, it was a privilege to resume membership on the Advisory Committee for Analytical Chemistry of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Each year, ORNL holds an Analytical Chemistry Division information meeting that is attended by technical personnel of the Division, visitors from various AEC installations around the country, professors from cooperating universities and colleges of the region, and administrative officers of ORNL, as well as the Advisory Committee. The technical presentations take two successive mornings, leaving the two afternoons and a full third day free for individual or group discussions between ORNL staff and visitors. Although the meeting serves the primary purpose of specifically examining the status of the Division, it also serves to disseminate information between the various groups a t ORNL and among the various AEC laboratories and cooperating universities, Oak Ridge represents an excellent example of the advantage of a centrally organized Analytical Chemistry Division. Under the able directorship of Dr. Myron T. Kelley, the Division encompasses both service and research activities, employing a permanent staff of 210 people and 4 visitors. Of the technical staff, 24 have Ph.D. degrees, 25 have M.S. degrees, and 78 have B.S. degrees or equivalent. Of 83 analysts and technicians, 9 have B.S. or B.A. degrees. Even though some of the activities of the Division are widely spread throughout the ORNL facility, the central organization is advantageous in promoting closer cooperation between the various levels of analytical activity, ranging from routine through special services and methods development to applied research and pure research. The size of the overall operation makes it practicable to assign a moderate amount of effort to long range research or "investnient in competence'' which is so important in planning to meet the problems of the future. Although space does not permit a detailed review of activities or trends, a few observations may be of interest. I n mass spectrometry, the extraordinarily competent group of Dr. A. E. Cameron is finding it advantageous to build both a single and a double focusing instrument rather than to purchase them commercially. From such efforts we can expect the commercial developments of the future. Strong trends towards biochemically oriented problems and environmental health research are noticeable. The molten salt reactor program is showing progress exceeding all but the most optimistic hopes of the recent past, Over the eleven-year period, 1956-66 inclusive, ORNL was the leading institutional source of papers in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, with 201 contributions from 52 present and 56 former staff members (including visitors and temporary employees). Altogether, the accomplishments of the Division represent a fine example of the contributions that can be made by a strong analytical chemistry group to a complex production and research operation. AFTER
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