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The Acting Minister for National Development and Energy,

Senator F.M. Chaney,  announced today that the Government

had appointed Professor Max Brennan as a Commissioner of

the Australian Atomic Energy Commission for three years.

Professor Brennan,  who is Professor of Plasma Physics at

the University of Sydney, has a distinguished career in

physics and has been directly involved in nuclear science.

and engineering for over twenty years.

Professor Brennan succeeds Professor Harry Messel who has

just completed a seven year term with the Commission.

Senator Chaney said that the Government greatly appreciated

the valuable contribution Professor Messel had made during

his term as a Commissioner. “Professor Messel's wide

experience in many areas, besides nuclear physics,  had

enabled him to make significant personal contributions

to the activities of the Commission during a period of

substantial change in the Commission's history", Senator  Chaney said.

Contact: Mr J .  Walker (02) 6651 221 (work)

Canberra  15 January 1982

