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A.A.E. 0Â» RESEARCH CONTRACTS

Statement "by the Minister for National Develo  Senator the Hon, W,H, SpoonerÂ» MÃ¢ÂÂMÃ¢ÂÂ

rearing the year 1961-62, 5he Australian Atomic Energy

Commission awarded 16 new research contracts and extended

9 existing contracts, making a total value of Â£39Â»717a

Seventy research contracts have "been awarded hy the

Commission since 1954Â» with a total value of Â£309$00Qo

The Commission awards research contracts to universities

and other institutions each year. Whilst the contracts are

intended as finance extra-mural work on projects of importance

to the Commission’s own programme, they also serve to assist

universities to develop research in the general field of

nuclear science and engineering,

The A.A.E.C, also contributes to research through the

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

1961-62 awards were ;-Institution Research Project

Funds

Allocated

Australian Mineral Development Laboratories

M-onash University

Engineering

(a) Long range cost estimates for  .  production of nuclear grade beryllium oxide

(b) Examination of zeolite—bearing rock samples

(a) Thermal stresses in axisymÂ· metric shells

(b) Behaviour of structures at elevated temperatures

University of Adelaide *  / \

Mathematical Physics (a)

Physical & Inorganic (b)  Chemistry

.  " *(c)

Computer codes for certain  nuclear reactions

The rate of solution of  sintered oxides Â·

Factors affecting rates of  solvent extraction

Physics Â·  (d) Development of stable battery

operated high voltage power  supplies using new solid  state devices.

University of Melbourne

Bacteriology ^(a) The influence of radiation

'  Â·  on genetic transduction

Chemistry *:(b) The solution chemistry of

beryllium

Electrical Engineering(c) Development of electronic instrumentationÂ»

Metallurgy (d) Grain boundary cavitation

cracking in metals for  nuclear reactors,

" (e) Deformation of polycrystalÂ­

line ceramic oxidesÂ»

Physics (f) Mononnergetic neutron

.  experiments

Â£2,500

600

800

1,200

1,700

1,610

460

1,415

Â£ 850

920

1,750

2,050

1,500

4,300

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University of Noth Wo '

Metallurgy *(a) "React Â±on.--orf'metals with .Â£..2*110

compound gases

Nuclear Engineering ("b) Towards the installation_.._of._- 7$>500 an analogue computer

" *(c) Punched card storage and 150

retrieval of nuclear  information '

University of Queensland

Mechanical Engineering (a) Heat transfer and fluid friction in solid pipes 1,310

Physics *("b) A study of atmospheric

radioactivity

300

University of Sydney

Civil. Engineering (a) The "behaviour of concrete reactor shielding " 892

Electrical Engineering ("b) Development of solid state .  circuits with application  to nuclear instrumentation.

2,150

Mechanical Engineering (c) High temperature testing of ceramics 500

University of Tasmania

Physics * Neutron detection and

Ã¢ÂÂ¢  counting techniques

1 ÃÂ 0 0

University of Western '

Australia

Physics (a;) Construction of a multi-counter

neutron detection system

750

It

*("b) Ahsorption and reaction crossÂ­ section measurements on certain,  isotopes of "beryllium and  lithiumÂ»

1,000

* Supplementary to earlier contractsQ

CANBERI

July 3o 1962 - P,M.

