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AUSTRALIAN CHAIRMAN LOR IAEA ADVISORY GROUP

The Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Senator Willesee,  announced today that the Australian representative had been  invited tb be chairman of the Advisory Group established by  the International .Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to advise it on  various factors involved in the establishment of international

procedures for the conduct of peaceful nuclear explosions.

Senator Willesee said that Australia attached particular  importance to the work of the Advisory Group.  Interest. Had. been  shown in recent years by some states in the use of nuclear  explosions for engineering and similar p u r p o s e s I n view of., the  weapons potential of any nuclear explosive device, it was Ã¢ÂÂ   Â·

important that any peaceful nuclear explosions,  if found to be  feasible,  should take place within an agreed international  framework. Australia therefore hoped that all countries with a .   significant nuclear potential would participate fully in the  work of the Advisory Group.

Australia is represented in the Advisory Group, which  will meet periodically at the headquarters of the IAEA in  Vienna, by Dr A.R.W. Wilson of the AAEG.  Dr Wilson is a  physicist of international reputation, having already chaired '

a number of IAEA Technical Panels on matters connected with Ã¢ÂÂ    peaceful nuclear explosions. Senator Willesee added that  Dr Wilson, with his wide experience in. both the technical and  political problems associated with this work, was well qualified

to act as Chairman of the Group. .  .

