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...Atomic Energy Commission announced that plutonium, core of the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki, had, to a certain extent, been tamed. It would still be a long time before atomic energy would turn a wheel or drive a plane, but the new "fast reactor" (see SCIENCE) was a long step beyond the apocalyptic vision of Bikini...
Last week the War Department announced that it would finance a $20,000,000 nuclear research laboratory at "The Knolls," near Schenectady, N.Y. Complete with "uranium reactor," powerful atom smashers, a "hot lab" and other baleful equipment, it would work in close cooperation with General Electric Co.'s great new research laboratory, now under construction. Principal objective: atomic power for peaceful purposes...
...Typical reactor was Pilot A, whose mission was to take a lone plane on a photographic-bombing mission over the best-protected part of a target. At the take-off and during the climb, the pilot's pulse was 96 a minute (high), his blood pressure 132 (a little high), respiration 18 (normal). An hour later, when "cruising was uneventful," pulse rate had dropped to 86 (still high), blood pressure to 122 (about normal). When the target was sighted the pulse immediately rose to 94, the blood pressure to 138, the respiration to 22 (high). Heavy sweating began...
Concerning the Association's recommendation that all college student be tested Dr. Bock stated that because of bringing the whole family of each positive reactor into the picture, he believes that such a program is neither advisable nor necessary...