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Ã¢ÂÂ¢  PKII.IPPIN. e s ATOMIC EXPERT VISITS ^ U j S T M ^ Statement by Minister for National Development,  Senator the Hon, W,H, Spooner, MÃ¢ÂÂM.

The Deputy Commissioner of the Philippines Atomic Energy  Commission, Mr, Pedro &, AFABLE,  has arrived in Australia for a  special study with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission,

announcing this the Minister for National Development, .

Senator Spooner., said that the major purpose of Mr, Afable's visit  was.to learn as much as possible about the organisation of an  authority controlling atomic energy and the administration of a  research establishment,

Mr, Afable will spend two weeks at the Commission's Research  Establishment a.t Lucas Heights and one week at Head Office, Senator Spooner said that the visit was an instance of how  Australia's advance in nuclear science could be of use to her

partners in. the Pacific, '

Mr, Afable is second-in-command in the Philippines atomic  energy project to Colonel Medina and his visit to Australia follows  a tour of Australian research centres last year by the chairman of  the Philippines National Science Development Board, Dr, Garcia,

Senator Spooner said that work had been started on a swimming  pool type of reactor with the power of one megawatt close to the

University of the Philippines and this was expected to become  critical by the end of the year, Mr, a fable would study subjects with bearing on the programme  of nuclear biology, medicine, reactor engineering and technology

and nuclear physics, ’

The Philippines Deputy Commissioner will also pay visits to  the Bureau of Mineral Resources and the C,S.I,R,0Ã¢ÂÂ

Ca n b e r r a

17th May, I960

