—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 15, 1974 14 Nuclear Energy: Suditenfy tlie Future Is. Today a Cow year*, nuclear power are' limited in supply, ax we haa gone from a blip on have been hearing.' Coal i* the chart* to the source of plentiful enough, but euvi about *ix percent of our romnent problem* limit it* electric power capacity." Al- use. There is an adequate though thin contribution i* supply of nuclear fuel, on made by fewer than fifty the other hand, and utili nuclear plant*, more and tics are finding it a reliable more utilities are coming to source of *nfc, economic, regard it with respect. and clean energy Utilities need reliable Progress in nuclear power sources of electricial energy may have seemed slow at Despite the energy crisis, times, but actually it ha* the demand for all forms of exceeded early expectations, energy continues to grow in In 1959, the official esli the United States-for indus- mate was that nuclear ca try. pollution control, mass pacity in the United Slate* transportation, and aulomo- would be 26,000 megawatts biles. But of all form* of en- (a megawatt is equal to a ergy, none will be in greater million watts) by 1980. In demand than electricity, as feet, that level was achieved more and more job* in the by the utilities industry by home and in business are 1973. The Atomic Energy turned over to it. Today, Commission’* most recent electric power account* for forecast for 1980 is for over 25 percent of total energy. 100,000 megawatts -- mote By 2000. it is expected to than four times the figure account for 50 percent. To projected in 1959. Further meet this demand, electric projection* are for 500,000 utilities are using all avail- megawatts of nuclear power able fuels, mostly oil, coal, b V l"0. which would re gas and nuclear. Oil and gas present a full 50 percent of the U S. electrical generating capacity, and 1.2 million megawatts by the year 2000, which would represent 60 percent of capacity Al the moment, there are more than 130 nucleai reactors being built or in vaitous siages of planning to help reac h tlie-.r goals 1( win* just *2O years ago thul nuclear power moved out of the dreams of scien tists and towards reality for all of us That year, the Atomic Energy Act was passed, stripping nuclear technology of its aura of government secrecy and al lowing utilities to develop it for peaceful uses. Since then, the nuclear profile has sometimes been low, but when the energy crisis first loomed over the nation a few years ago, the power of the atom began to emerge as an essential source of electricity. Now in 1974, 20 years after passage of the Act, the nuclear age has arrived in full force. “We have crossed the threshold," says Carl Walske, President of the Atomic Industrial Forum. “By any reckoning we ate now in the nuclear age. Nu clear power has become a fully competitive, wide ly adopted, conventional source of electricity. In only IP> by the reactor will power the steam generators on each side ESI REACHED 128 POUNDS PER DAY. "Fowl's Feed Service", Peach Bottom, Pa. Phone 548-2376 A/icadv mu limi cncigv In .1 ni.ijui smncv <)1 (‘let lncit\ in some (j.iiln ol the count) \ i ight now in 1 1 )7 1 In Novi England, n will ic picscnl out 20 pcuent ol not kilowatt bonus this vo.n In the Chicago aiea. Commonwealth Edison ex pects it to account lot about a thud ol net kilowatt houis To produce these same amounts ol oneigy in those areas would icqune about Wayne Feed Co. Salutes PAUL ZIMMERMAN Southern Lancaster County Dairyman Paul purchased his feeder at Paul selectively provides more-feed to top producers through the Northco Serv- O-Matic Dairy Feeder. He has been feeding Wayne Dairy Feed since he started in the dairy business.'One of his top cows produced 128 pounds pe„r day on DHIA testing. Paul feels he can get 10 to 15 pounds more grain in his top producing cows by using the automatic feeder and a palatable feed. He uses the magnet on only his top producers. fit.** *, u „.v *** .*<# *. -v« fe.*M«u a. «.>,»»* -a, - Two workers confer during construction of a reactor. /ii’