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wilz have bo be trrcsponsib:.e for two-thirds o:f the- 'totaZ en(.)rgy suppZy .L-'
tt' B'ow to ces)ecure eheap and abundant sourees o.f o.nergy to meet, thc. ever
growing do•ma-nd is a poser in ad.van,eed na"tions of WQ.s"Lern E.urope and t)he
Unittd Sbato.s as welXe V'arious, measures arcA, beimng ..•xamzl.ned to find, a
way out of the thmmine•nt eul.--de'-sacp among them 1) Dispe: sing the eonsumerss
and 2) Dive• x'sification of. anL'rg,y sourÅëo,sp and te'mporary suspension
of supply to stortt' up tt,nex}gy.
tt/{oweverp the cibove appayen'tl.y lme.orrtpcotible- needj. couXd be well satti$fiect
by atomie tt.ntergy a't one timeo Judgi'ng Åíerom "whe px'esenic situation oÅí
di•emand and suppll-ye oil wfi-IZ keep an advantageous position in eosts for
the coming.t n.5 ye'ars or sop bu-t} arter the pe]riod it,s pnice wilZ possibly
$oar up. On the oeher h.mnde by -that times a'tomic; power is e•xpected to
be x•educed f]corn the presp.nÅí esl imalion oÅí abourt) ]F2.60 (7 - 8 mills) to
y2,OO (5.6 mi13-s) or a Ziict:Le rnore pen? kwh in powte]i' eost and it enjoys
the add,itionaX p.y:kvÅ}lege off bo•img easy to stotr7ee Thus we wUl heve to
,appreciate anew the asfi' eVeL] of' atomie energy in formul-ating a future
overalZ ent,E]rgy poliey of our country.te
Unti1 the yG"ar o:f i962 the symposia had been hc.ld under the name of
tithe AnnuaX T•Ee-eting oÅí the National Nuclear Congx'e.sst? .foi7 the purpose
of pTesenting re- seax'eh findings on atomie eneygy" Fo:n ehe annual iRcxbease
in the numbetr7 oÅí presento.d papers and Sbr the eonsequent inci?ease in
required ti.me snd spaee, it became impossibZe to have so large a eonpt
ference as to incXud.e all the sessions oÅí general iecturesp panal discuspte
sions and pape2r pvese-nbation. AceordingZys thls kinct of sympostum is
reorganised inCo a new system frcm bni$ yeare Aeeording to the revisionp
the two eonÅíerelteesp olte fox' genex'aZ leetziires and panei diseussions and
the other for papell7 presentations w,t:X be separateZy held, The for'rner
ut11 be named "the NationaZ Symposium on Atomie Eneygy" whieh Å}$ heXd,
now and the Xattex' is expeeted to be held ix) Apx)i:.
The symposium eonsists of the nine Xeeture$ by the invited $peakeys anel •
the two pane1 diseussnionss and attended by somnv 600 atomic people• coneerned
Åíor two diays reEpectively• The program of the symposium foXlowse
X, The ove-x,amu enex'gy probl.em and. abornic as.nergyg
AEC Commissionex' M2romi Arisawa
2. The presenio status of nucXear fusion research:
Ir. Shige•o Nagaop PZa$paa ReseaxÅéh Xnstieute, Nagoya University
3. I"CRP Repork issued in X962#
Mr. Masaml Izawap National rnstitute of Radio"iogiea.1 Seiences
4- The beiaZ design oÅí a nueleax) oceattographie o'b$ervation ship:
Mr. Muneo Yamaguehi, }titssubtshi Shiploui.Xedng Coe
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