What is the commercial future of atomic energy? To find out, the Atomic Industrial Forum, a nonprofit organization of topflight businessmen headed by Detroit Edison Co.'s President Walker L. Cisler,* started a year ago to chart the future of the atomic industry through 1965. This week A.I.F., with the close collaboration of the AEC, brought out the most comprehensive forecast to date on the future of private atomic energy in the U.S.
Despite the popularity of "atomic" stocks in Wall Street, A.I.F. said, the biggest market for nuclear power plants for at least eight more years will be...