European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse By Sid Moody associated Pressa while ago Bill Jack Rogers went Back to Iowa to a High school reunion. An old flame also turned up. Haven t changed a bit. Bill ack. What you been up to taking pictures for the los Alamos scientific Laboratory in new Moxco. Bomb its and atom smashers and experiments for the rest of the evening the woman Nade sure the length of the room Sepa rated her from Bill Jack Rogers from atom City Home of the bomb As though if he got any closer she would Start glowing in the dark. Or worse. Americans in general have tended to a room s length away from the atom Ince they saw those end of the world photos of the bomb s fury in 1915. Yet Inch has happened to the atom since then much of it there and not All of it terrifying. That More has not happened can be told in no Small part in the Story of los Alamos scientific Laboratory last since world War ii a Story of Hope Only partially fulfilled a Story of what has become of science As Well As the atom. It s easy to scare the pants off people by showing them a mushroom Cloud con cedes Edwin Hammel. Last director for Energy. But the atom has two sides tails you lose violently. Heads you not Only live but May live bountifully. Last has been toss ing the atomic Coin since the War. Now More than Ever to get it to come up Heads for Medicine for Energy for whatever research May uncover. Los Alamos is no longer a bomb factory. Less than half its Effort goes towards weapons. The word scientific is in our title. That s important says Hammel. For example last is currently trying to control the fusion process of a Hydrogen bomb to produce electricity kill cancer with minute atomic particles called pions fired Down a half mile Long atom smasher revolutionize electrical transmission through super freezing produce heat and Power by drilling into the hot crust of the Earth draw Energy from the biggest i bomb in our neighbourhood the Sun probe into the heart of the atom to learn what there is yet to learn improve safeguards for the handling of radioactive materials investigate the physics of space and the chemistry of atoms and yes develop and refine nuclear weapons such As the Neutron bomb. Last is a different place from the fever ish quonset hut Days when it was the heart of the Manhattan project to make an atomic bomb. The temporary has become permanent labs office complexes the 800 million Electron Volt linear accelerator Lampf that uses More Power than the rest of the lab and los Alamos a town of 20,000, combined. There Are few keep out signs. Russian scientists Are regular visitors. On a Given Day at Lampf open to qualified experiments from any where in the country As Many As 10 projects May be under Way with atomic particles flying at m percent the Speed of Light o be shunted through a switch Yard to a variety of research Bays. Very carefully is the Way to unwrap nuclear waste packages. Proton Generator Rares lab los Alamo tossing the atomic e one is the biomedical Section. There pions Are aimed at tutors of cancer patients in a Long term program to lest the pions killing Power. Unlike other Radia Tion which passes through a diseased area pions can be stopped within a Given tumor concentrating its destruction on the cancer. We re not far enough along says Ste Phanie Wilson of the Birned Experiment but we Hope we can control Large tutors if not cure them. I Don t want people to think we have a magic thing because we Renot Back in the Hills above los Alamos Bob Hendron and his team have drilled into the Earth s crust beneath an extinct Volcano water under pressure was pumped in to create a fissure then a second Hole drilled to Complete a circuit to produce steam the atom has two sides tails you lose violently. Heads you not Only live but May live producing it helps to have a Volcano in your Back Yard says Al Blair of the geothermal i e 14 the stars and stripes raw atts u trillion Watt the total get or alg capacity of the United Stater Watts. The laser induced output Ever lasts for Only a billionth of a Secathe problem is to sustain a reach the Point where Power input equals output the break even Point As lists Call it. Ground is already broken72-laser configuration costing js5 n and named Antares you always have to give u a i name when you re spending at essays Jim Mcnally ass division Leader Lor Gas laser fusion at the cryogenics lab Bill Kell Erues with government bureaucracy Promise of super cooled electrical Mission. At temperatures approach Solute Zero resistance to electrical o 1 a fast that w�"1 1 grew efficiency of Power Iran. Current could also by stored in but t set these Are several of the prove tuesday .,78
