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ATOMIC ENERGY AT ROYAL SHOW

Statement by the Minister of State for National  Development, Senator the Hon. W.H. Spooner, ____________ -  ÃÂ. M>________________________

An Atomic Energy exhibit will he displayed in the

Melbourne Royal Show this year for the first time.

The growing use of radioisotopes in Australian

industry, agriculture, medicine and research, will he a

feature of the exhibit, which will he staged by the

Australian Atomic Energy Commission. The Minister for

National Development, Senator the Hon. W.H. Spooner, M.M.,

said that the exhibit would include a cut-away model of

HIFAR, the Commission’s research reactor at its Research

Establishment at Lucas Heights, near Sydney. He explained

that HIFAR was being used for the production of radioisotopes.

Other exhibits would illustrate research at Lucas

Heights, and would include scientific equipment, special

measuring instruments, and samples of materials which are

being converted into radioactive isotopes by exposure to

radiation in HIFAR.

The display will also show the potentialities of nuclear

power for electricity generation and ship propulsion.

CANBERRA.

A.M. 7th September, 1 960

