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TEN

GENEVA
The best has yet to come. The most has yet to come. But what

has already been revealed here makes the first week of the atoms-for-

peace conference a scientific landmark that will stand out for a
generation.

The barriers are coming down. To see the meeting of scientists i
from East and West, to see Americans asking questions of Russians — |

and getting their answers — is to realise that a step has been taken
which can never be retraced.

Conference is now getting down to very basic and detailed work

TE UU ULM ME MEME MCMC CUCU UT UCT Ut Ut Tt Ut 1 1 a BY three or four main fields. It has Merite Ne
t up into a series of study groups which will produce
Hey, Mac, have you got highly dramatic information of which the people of |
the atom time on you?’ the world have been unaware. i.

An atomic clock, more accurate In one of these fields, that of the actual pro- .
than the best of existing clocks, duction of nuclear power, the outstanding fact of
fas boon built at the British Na- the past week is that British science and technique

ional Physical Laboratory by Dr. :
L. Essen and J. V. L. Parry. are leading by a comfortable margin.

It works by the internal vibra- On such* topics as reactor safety, disposal of
tion of the atom of the metal waste and costs of power, the British have made the
caesium. Instead of checking - 2 |
our standards of frequency against, best contributions. i
the rotation of the earth, we From Harwell, H. Glueckauf, discussing radio-

Breen tediniteeainst the interval active waste from power stations, said the value
° eriodici imin % m, . .
Dye ors Eaan, snes of some fission products would more than repay

Tdimenuainic tdi tec seniiee enemas cee the cost of eng als By the eae ie isa finished
the subject had lost much of
its menace. Challengingly, he
declared: “The disposal of fis-
sion products would call for
only a fraction of the ingenu-
ity expended in creating
them.”

Doctors from the leading Pow-
efs are meeting to consider the
vast strides expected in medicine
with the aid of radioactive sub-
stances.

India’s Dr. Khanolkar is lead-
ing the study of the use of radio- i
active isotopes in the diagnosis j yah
and treatment of diseases, es- f
pecially the terrible killer, can-

Bg ; PE RRPIES me ; SPE? "The chemists are meeting un- a
rr work for mankind der the leadership of Russia’ i
ts down and A-power goes fo wo profes: ‘A.B Winogratoy 4

'T. i i i ilowatts) was
Yon; “legate nfe the peaceful uses of “The first atomic power station (producing 5,000 ki :
bung energy AS Bibb deter Seven aiiiceces ee ea home the’ intended to accumulate technical and economic experience in the
Tring : S of Rorenc hana klets contributed by the various coun- construction of atomic power plants and to serve as a basis for
boo aes bees : PS
Sovig, 9 the great Knowledge Pool. Professor Blokhintsev of the training personnel,” said the Soviet scientist.

probe the fundamental chemical
reactions of fissionable material
used as fuel for all atomic work.

Professor Vinogradov. captivat-

dla Nion Id‘ tomic power Soviet and American spokesmen told of the use of A-power in oq reporters with his humor and

Malan (thown aa ohiten or ssa RRA hott oh by Gust the medical field. Top photo shows mgt kind of ee cobalt ~ edad ant

ih Ov + . : now bei ilt bomb used to treat throat cancer at the City of Hope medical centre Continued on back page a
Russia. hat a reactor of 100/000 icliganatts wae trom -PRing “BYE in Duarte, California. See ATOMS ie