Show Washington Scene Proposed cutback Will Not Hurt Utah Uranium President nt Johnsons Johnson's call for tor tora fora a 25 p pr r cent ent cutback in pro pro- production of enriched uranium will not ot t. t Utah uranium mines and mills Rep Sherma Sher Sher- m.a. Lloyd Utah R-Utah reported re- re ported recently JI Atomic Encl Ener- gy Commission is observing its raw purchase commitments through 1970 4 Mr said that continued contin- contin production and purchase of yaw raw material and a reduction ti tion in pr production of fission fission- able will being a change in US U.S. stockpIlIng I STOCKPILING less fissionable fission fission- fisSion I able mat i- i the nation will stockpile more more- uranium oxide oi oC w ak that has has' been bem mined and milled but buthal has hal ri ii t been bee enriched in the final processing back acK Impact Mr Lloyd said will be in several f fe d mat r rIal al plants operated under government contract mills of Utah Colorado and other states will under their existing arrangements with the TilE rilE UTAH Congress m man mann a n n noted lcd that h t tp p purchases r hases through 1970 have stretched out earlier c for purchases th ugh 1966 The hope e is that with another four years years' time p power needs and the ogy of converting nuclear fis- fis slon Into electrical energy will encourage private purchase and use ot 01 uranium Uranium Is now purchased milled and enriched as a government monopoly monopoly mo- mo chiefly for the nation military arsenal Mr Lloyd said that it will willbe willbe be Important in gearing the uranium industry to peaceful purposes not to give it an unfair unfair un- un fair government backed advantage advantage ad ad- vantage over coal as a source of electrical power I believe there will be room for both types of fuel Coal will continue contin contin- ue to have the edge in large operations and where the supply sup sup- ply is reasonably close to the dem demand nd Uranium may be the themore themore more economical source of power in remote areas COAL WILL have Increasing ing use not only for its heat but for its chemical tion Those involved in both Industries in In- should plan for the next decade when we will see seea I Ia a start in the unleashing of the atom for peaceful uses and coal put to use in new and imaginative ways Mr Lloyd said |