The Navy has hopes of harnessing atomic power for ship propulsion. Announcement of the signing of a $103,000 contractto study the possibilities at St. Louis' Washington Universitybattened down the Navy's huge atomic-energy research program.
At Washington University last week, Chancellor Arthur H. Compton assigned some 40 scientists to basic nuclear studies and the many unsolved engineering problems involved in making atomic engines Said Compton: "A battleship with an atomic power unit would use the unit to propel the ship, and at the same time might produce materials from which atomic bombs could be made."
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