137, and 250 kilovolt X-ray therapy. In addition, the Commission is partly financing four other teletherapy centers as sources of data on cancer patients for subsequent evaluation. These are at the University of Arkansas, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Emory University and Wayne State University. Assistance to States In supporting the efforts of the atomic energy industry to assure control of potential hazards, the Commission offered this past year to accept State officials engaged in radiological health inspections for courses in radiation control. Four State officials are attending currently a course in radiation control at the School of Public Health of the University of Michigan. Panoramic view of U. S. technical exhibit. In the foreground is the ARGONAUT reactor; group in center is viewing startup ceremonies after the reactor had been built during the first five days of the conference. To the right center of the photograph is the Life Sciences area. Just beyond is the Reactor Science and Technology area, with a life-size model of the Shippingport reactor pressure vessel and core occupying a prominent place. To the right can be seen the U. S. Technical Information Center on the balcony. I HIGHLIGHT OF WORLD CONFERENCE ON ATOMIC ENERGY The United Nations Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (Geneva, Switzerland, September 1-13) indicated the accomplishments of the United States policy, initiated in 1953, for encouraging world cooperation in this field: an increasing number of nations made research and development contributions, and the quality of the scientific papers, technical exhibits, and discussions was good. A share of the credit for the expanded interest and the promise of atomic science revealed by the Conference is due to the cooperative programs of the United States with individual countries and with multinational groups, as described in Part One of this report. In most major aspects, the second Conference nearly doubled the size of the first. Some 6,300 persons participated, compared with about 3,600 at the first Conference; the 6,300 included 2,700 accredited delegates from 69 nations and nine international agencies, 3,600 official observers from 46 countries. There were 911 accredited members of world news media from 36 countries. Twenty nations and two international organizations, compared with six nations at the previous Conference, prepared technical exhibits. The 77 Conference sessions heard oral delivery of 714 papers of the 2,135 submitted by 48 nations and 6 international organizations. This compared with 450 oral papers of 1,076 submitted in 1955 by 23 nations and 4 international agencies. Official representatives heading the United States Delegation reported formally to the Secretary of State that they found the "spirit of international cooperation and friendly interchange of ideas" evident. in the scientific meetings and in informal discussions. Major categories of formerly secret information were reported and discussed openly. Declassification of information on research dealing with controlled thermonuclear reactions was announced on August 30 in Geneva by Lewis L. Strauss and Sir John Cockcroft, Chairman of the United States and United Kingdom delegations. The report of the official representatives states: A vast amount of new technical information was released on all phases of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Although the Conference produced no sensa tional news of scientific "breakthroughs," it did supplement the world's store of technical data on the peaceful uses of atomic energy with information unknown or unavailable in 1955. New and promising uses of atomic energy were brought to light, and the tremendous increase in atomic energy activity in all parts of the world was described *** The Conference also served to bring into balance world estimates of the speed with which power generation from atomic sources might become economically feasible. The official representatives recommended that the United States take steps to propose a third international conference in 3 years. PATTERN OF THE CONFERENCE The Conference included not only the 12 general sessions and 65 specialized sessions held in the Palais des Nations, but also a technical exhibit in a special 85,000-square-foot building erected on the Palais grounds. In the United Nations film projection rooms of the President of the Conference, FRANCIS PERRIN, French High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, greets JOHN A. MCCONE, Chairman (left), U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. To the right is LEWIS L. STRAUSS, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Conference. |