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...produced low-grade uranium from phosphate in the Negev and developed an efficient technique for producing heavy water. In 1953, Israel, in exchange for these processes, was allowed to study France's nuclear program and participate in its Sahara tests. Four years later, France gave Israel its first nuclear reactor. Later, the French also helped with the design of Israel's Dimona Atomic Research Community in the Negev. which Premier David Ben-Gurion called nothing but a "textile factory...
...Dimona nuclear reactor went into operation in 1964. Meanwhile, an intense secret debate had begun within Israel about whether the government should also build a separation plant to produce the fissionable material necessary for an Abomb. Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres, then Deputy Defense Minister and currently Israel's Defense Minister, favored doing so. Others, including Mrs. Meir and Yigal Allon, now Israel's Foreign Minister, initially opposed the project. So did Ben-Gurion's successor as Premier, Levi Eshkol. The Israeli equivalent of the U.S. National Security Council vetoed the separation-plant project in early 1968. Shortly afterward, Eshkol...
...Diablo Canyon plant is being built about 12 miles from San Luis Obispo by Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the nation's second largest investor-owned electric utility (1975 revenues: $2.2 billion). It consists of two giant reactors that will produce 2.2 million kilowatts of electricity. One reactor is nearly ready to go into operation; the other will be finished in August 1977. When construction started in 1968, PG&E knew all about the San Andreas fault, 45 miles inland, and the Rinconada fault, some 20 miles away. So its engineers designed the plant to survive a quake registering...
However, the breeder reactor--which is now experimental--will use purified fuel. Although none of the experimental breeders that produce their own fuel are operating in the United States, Wilson said yesterday that "it's reasonable to say the breeder will be in commercial operation...
...important opportunity in the natural-resources industry." Some Wall Street analysts believe that the company may be particularly interested in Utah's uranium mining and processing operations. The merger with Utah would enhance GE's ability to sell profitable "turnkey" deals covering everything from the reactor to the atomic fuel to power-company customers...