Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1955 JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia CHET HOLIFIELD, California JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, Pennsylvania CORBIN C. ALLARDICE, Executive Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MELVIN PRICE, Illinois, Chairman CARL T. DURHAM, North Carolina CARL HINSHAW, California JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa WALTER A. HAMILTON, Staff Member for Reactor Development II Page FOREWORD The attached report from the Atomic Energy Commission is printed for the information of the members of the Research and Development Subcommittee and others whom it concerns or may affect. The report has not been reviewed by the subcommittee and publication at this time does not connote approval of the policies or programs contained herein, either express or implied. The subcommittee intends to hold a hearing on the report in late May or early June for the purpose of examining the import of the policies and programs set forth. Comments and observations, either in writing or in the form of prepared statements for presentation to the subcommittee, by any interested persons or organizations are invited. Such comments and observations should be submitted to the subcommittee as soon as possible. IV |