1957-10-12 — Page 7

I call

it our No. 1 source

of pride

BRIT

AND WHY

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1957.

RITAIN'S atomic scientists and engineers have just been paid their

highest compliment.

The U.S. Government has acknowledged in the most striking way that in spite

of the much bigger scale of the American atomic effort, Britain is far ahead in the development of electric power from uranium.

This neknowledgment, whleh refutes previous U.S. criticians of Britain's atom project AS being "unimaginative," came in the form of a rush decision to bulld an atom power plant of the same type as that slamend into action Culder Hall, Cumberland, a year nga

Congress underlined urgency

by CHAPMAN PINCHER

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New Target

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The Americans were right prospect,

with the crude, cheapening of the when they said it was 11212 they were wrong when power. per unit to fuctorles and they judged that It could not homes,

streamlined Ly developed and

Chief credit for this achieve- info something infinitely more ment goes in the first place to thelepant, mere effective, and the Atemle Energy Authorlly

of this project by what is most importani-more charging the U.S. Atomic eonomical.

Energy Commission with allow-

ing Britain to secure 13 WILL BE

dominating lead in the stom- power race,

It followed up its decision by sending eight members of the Congressional committee Atomic Energy to see Caldi

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11 months sincu Calder Hall started pro

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building electricity, Hems are

tom power stations which will ench pump into the grid up to 269.000 kilowatis.

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chiefs. and especially to Sir Christopher Hinton for the bolt decision to stake everything 01 the Calder Hall type of plant.

But Calder Hall could not have been adapted to com- mercial use with such speed and skill if British industrial Arms had not been ready nud able to seize the opportunities.

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The alom power stations 01 Huntersion, Ayrshire: Bradwell, Calder Hall will go down in

This means that far sooner Essex; Berkeley, Gloucester: history as the greatest singte than anyone believed possible and Hinkley Point, Somerset,

Britain is -building alum which are going to step industrial enterprise of the Electricity stations as big as British living standards through

on the power their impact any of the ecal-fuelled

export plants which have 75 years of drive, were designed and are

being built by free enterprise. experience behind them.

INDUSTRY'S ROLE

century-comparable with the first steam locomotive and the

first airplano.

Stations with an output up to 1,000,000 kH°uutes are now in

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THE Government could never have made its bld to go all-atomic but for its confidenco in British engineering and Electrical Brins to cope with the terrific technical problems.

These problems sound pedos- trian compared with the excil- hig experiments of the atomic seientists who discover the principles. But Industrial advances, like discovering how to weld three-inch-thick steel plates essential before the big power stations could be bulli are engineering achievements. of the first order.

Even in the experimental stages industry has played an egyintial role. Thus the com. plex calculations necessary to nsure that the uranium "fr" can never get out of control nikh not bo done without "eltetranie brains" devised and built by Industry.

Only eight months ago the Government was plonning to built 18 more gian uranluna power stations to Love 18.000,- 000 tons of coal a year. The inners have forged ahead so rapidly since then that this suving cun sow be achieved by building only 10 stations.

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To the housewife who never Koes Into a power station there 13 no difference electricity the uses to drive her washing machine, whether It curaes from uranlum or cal, But there will soon be difference she will appreciate- a reduction in cost,

AND - A FORECAST

OUR CHRISTOPHER HINTON has forecast that by 1070- only 13 years-atomie electricity will be substantially cheaper per unit than electricity derived from coat is now. Furthermore, the price of electricity would have risen considerably by then If coal continued to, be the chief source of it

This "forecast" is restrained. It does not take into account the exciting possibility of really stashing the cost of electrical experi- power raised by new ments at Harwell.

ever

The Harwell atem men have devised a means of operating atomic furnaces at for higher temperatures than was possible with coal. This should Increase their emelency and reduce their running costs.

Agalo, industry will decod formidable challenge tempting to produce metal parts and materials to stand up to the intensa heat... But again. the engineers are, confident of

Calder Hall. and even tho giant power stations now being bullt, will soon seem” as1 érude George Stephenson's *Nockot," ~5.

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REPORT FROM WASHINGTON John Brown's body is a'turning in the grave

Aus

T least once before, a nim in a state of something liko

Faubus.

Federal troops into a state So far as observers in Little against the wishes of the Rock could make out, he was Governor. It happened in right. You cannot, of course, stop tho Pullman strike of 1894, rioters in the act of rioting and Ask for their addresses; but And it left the nation there seemed no doubt that gasping and divided, angry agitators had been imported and applauding.

from these parts of ArkansaA When President Eisenhower, where the race issue is deep and acting under the authority of n law of 1001, did it, it left the nation divided again. But, is time, there was far more ben - wilderment than anger and tar moro uneasiness than applause.

The President had swung from a policy of do nothing at all to a polley. Involving the most drastic action it is within the power of a President to take.

Only two months ago, be said: "I cannot imagine any set of circumstances walch would ever induce me to send Federal troops into any ares to enforce the orders of a Federal court.

Misjudged

bitter.

Propaganda

But it was, ofter all, a te riot. The numbers behind it were emall. The people of Little Rock were not themselves in a state of frenzled hysteria or anything like it.

By doing nothing at a time

could hav when the situation been solved by a firm statement of principle and intention, the President allowed plenty of time for a pretty professional and carefully staged lot, whose threat appeared much bigger than it was.

He also put himself and the Supreme Court on trial before a world which watched end road hungrily every word frum Little Rook.

Two months ago, moet Ameri- cans, too, could not imagine any President getting himself into a situation like the one President He was hemmed in and he Eisenhower has worked himself had to act-lo lake large, and into.

constitutionally dangerous, c**

In his speech to the nation, tion far out of proportion to the the President blamed demego- Importance either af Governor ques and imported agitators for Fuubus or of the ignorent rioters the violence which inally led who appeared

simple him to send paratroopa Into crazed by etrefully organised Little Rock, Arkansas, and put propaganda.

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