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<br />sepF.!:<lted at. a cost of 3 cex:fs, would ;--':,;",
<br />proc:.ceasm"ch energy. as 300 gallons ~';~~'~:1;
<br />of ga~o:l:'--t.l.e.. ;"';;-:'-;-::~-
<br />A substan::i,al portion of the energy
<br />rel<!8sec;l by, the fusion pro.oess con-
<br />sist,s of, t,h-a, kinetic (motion) energy
<br />of dlaj~gi!dpart?:cles, which could be
<br />fad dit'!,ctly"iuto an 'electric power
<br />sy~'te", witnoJ.\t., ext,l:'8cti.ng heat to op-
<br />',er';1te. a. t;urbo"g"'nera~;or. The iuel
<br />. ~ .:.'costs. f.o:r a _th~r.montl~lear system
<br />would be negligible, elaborate and
<br />costly reactors would be required,
<br />It may,be mrolY years before. this
<br />inexhaustible soi.\J:ce of cheap elec-
<br />tric power is av'aHable,_ but thi.s is
<br />'coALTq ,CONTINUE (cont" ci fin p,l) ,no cause for cor,cer.n. Technological
<br />'indicates possible future. sources of i~provcment3 in the private utility
<br />electric ellergy (coal, nui:J.ear energy;' indu!\try'rrom 1900 to 1960 resulted
<br />water' power, petroleuili,' '-\1ld natural in' an eight..fcJ:d ,-acrease in tile
<br />,gas), dlscussell,coroparative 'costo .of ~mount of' electr.i,cal etlm:gy that can
<br />,.;(;uels,.' an<') describes exist'illg andpro-be ext'racted from a unit of fossil
<br />jected water requirements.. !,lso in- ,. fuel" ,
<br />cl:uded.. is' information on the popu1a- Mi',reover, there is a glut of fossil
<br />,tion and industry oft'he eight states fuels. Tl,e ,United States, .1orld's
<br />I;Indthe 'sQurce,s atId costs, of their t largest . producer of oil, puts restric-
<br />. e'lectric 'ene:j:'gy .now g,merated by fuels' .-tive quotas on imports of. >::heap for-
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<br /><iNCREASE ('.oj'lL i~1Ekt}Y (cont"dfrnp,2) For every J;onmined in the entire ~>.,;~
<br />Small thermoelectricati<i' thermionic hV;tory of the.. United States, 100
<br />devices ~re used. stlccessf;"gj in sal:- . toul(ren>3in in the eartl,1, ,"
<br />ellites and other space venicles. The 'Th'l goaL of the k.EC'is to develop :It.
<br />:United St.ates .Atomic EnergyC":uw'ission nuc),ear ,power technology to the point khf;'i
<br />is. supporting. a re.search pro'g:i:...m for where nuclear plants wiP be competi- -,', ".""
<br />the development of" a "high .po"er ther~ tive ~iith,..fossi1 fue:!. plants,byl968
<br />mionic 'sistem for space or terrestrial in areas where fossil fuel costs are
<br />'use."" "" '. more than 35 cents per mUlion B.it-'
<br />The AEC,also is, SIJpporti'ng inl:en- ish thermal units, by 1975 in 25
<br />. 'sive. r-eseurch' prograos for' the pro- cent fuel cost areas,. and by the early
<br />df1<::tion of ..lectric power from con- 19080s in 20 cent fuel cost areas* The
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<br />1>REsDIlNf.-:rOWEIL PLANT, W.s GENERATED'
<br />;i B:tLL!ONKWH, A U, .S~REGORD
<br />, '. (Ch:Lcagp Trib\-ine - 10/21/62)
<br />,. The Dresden ullclear power plant. of
<br />. the' 'C6mmonwealthEdison Company which'
<br />. producedit$ first electricity :ia
<br />. April1960, has generated 2 billion
<br />ki1owal:t~hol1rs" an American record,
<br />.,~. Hal'risWard, company chail'i'1an
<br />disclosed yesterday,' Originally de-
<br />'signed to produce 180,000 kHowatts
<br />,daily, the plant recently oper<lted
<br />above 200,000, kilowatts, with a' .
<br />special authOrization by the Atomic
<br />~uergy Commission, Ward said, Its
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<br />output was said to be enough to ser.ve
<br />the nded, of 500,OJO:homes fer a year.
<br />,:,' C~onwea1th pl~'tis' to shut. down the
<br />plant in November ;:':>T. '10 t~eeks for.
<br />a 'fuel reloading ope:o:atinn, At that
<br />'time two-fifths of therea.ctor' s 57
<br />. t6tis of uraniUlD dioxide ft\e1 t~il1 be
<br />','teplaced',withfresh ,illateria1.
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