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Show T ftjj&f, 1LM Work begins on Rio Algoms The Utah mine, situated about 15 miles southeast of Moab, is scheduled for completion in early 1972, according to an announcement The mine will by the company. have an initial capacity of 1.2 million pounds of uranium oxide per Rio Algom Corporation has announced the start of development work at its uranium property located near Moabt Grand County, Utah. Rio Algom Corp. is a U.S. subsidiary of Rio Algom Mines Ltd., a major Canadian producer of uranium and specialty steels. Vol. 1 year. The first major contract for work 'V. jfcVV jffoqlv s?fnine on the mine has been awarded to a Utah firm. The Centennial Development Co. of Eureka, Juab County, was awarded the $1.9 million contract for sinking of a ventilation shaft. Work is to start immediately. work at the mine site began Feb. 12 with the start of Development A drlllin(ra required Bulk Kate U. S. Postage PAID Salt Lake City, Utah Permit No. 2091 the first three wells r provide lotte, N.C. The agreement calls for deliv- water to the mine site. The wells are being drilled by L.R. French Water Wells, Montl-cell- o, San Juan County, Utah. Fart of the mines output will be used to fill a sales agreement with Duke Power Co. of Char ery of three million pounds of March 8, 1969 Salt Lake City, Utah No. 2 ur- anium oxide to the utility over a six-ye- ar period beginning in 1972. The mine is located on the old HUMECA property which was hailed as a major U.S. uranium find on its discovery in the late 50s. Hearings dated on radiation code U-mi- nes on the raWASHINGTON diation standards for uranium min ing are scheduled March 17, 18, the Subcommittee on Research, Development and Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy has announced. Although eytensive hearings were held on this "subject earlier, there still are a number of unanswered questions the committee plans to explore. The role of the Federal Radiation Council and its recent performance in arriving at recommended guidelines are to be re- . viewed. Schedules Witnesses In the preliminary hearing out- line, Hie subcommittee has scheduled witnesses from, the Federal Radiation Council, the Department of Labor, the Atomic Energy Commission, and ttie Department of the Interior on March 17. On March 18 the subcommittee is scheduled to hear witnesses from organized labor and the uranium mining industry. THIS PIONEER ATOMIC ENERGY POWER PLANT at Rowe, Mass. is featured in advertisements by a chain of New England newspa- -. pers under, the caption 'There's something electrifying about the Langan Swent, vice president of Homestake Mining Co., will appear on behalf of the American Mining Congress. Viewpoint of Industry Mr. Swent will present the viewpoint of large mining operators. The AMC has also been asked to recommend a witness to represent the views of the smaller operators. Swent testified before the joint committee on this subject on be- -, half of the AMC in June 1967 and again in his participation in the panel joint committee's round-tab- le discussion in July 1967. New England scene The nuclear-powerelectric plant has been in commercial operation since 1961 and has served as a model for in production or on plan boards. many of the 100 or more ed n-pl- ants i Contract concluded on gas Negotiations for a proposed contract between the federal government and industry to detonate a nuclear explosive deep underground in Colorado in an experiment to stimulate natural gas recovery have been concluded. The terms of the proposed contract now are subject to review and approval by all parties to it. WASHINGTON the government was represented in the negotiations by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of the Interior. The experiment's industrial sponsor is Austral Oil Co., Inc., of Houston, Tex. A nuclear engineering firm, CER Geonucjear Corp. of Las Vegas, would act as program manager for the experiment, called Project N-bl- ast Rulison. Project Rulison would involve the detonation of a (equivalent of 40,000 tons of TNT) nuclear explosive in a natural formation some 8,400 feet underground in the Rulison gas field about 15 miles southwest of Rifle. Colo. The explosion is expected to fracture large volumes of rock in which 40-kilo- ton gas-beari- ng the gas is tightly trapped, thus stimulating production Rulison is the first nuclear stimulation project proposed for a gas reservoir that could support commercial production. Rulison would provide some of the additional technical information required to evaluate tiie economic feasibility of nuclear stimulation. a 1968 energy usage topped all records -- U.S. energy conall previous recsumption topped ords again in 1968, according to the interior Department's Bureau WASHINGTON of Mines. According to the Bureau's preliminary "energy balance sheet," it took energy equivalent to 62,258 trillion British Thermal Units to meet the nation's total 1968 requirements for heat, light and power in all forms. This is a 5.7 per cent increase in consumption (about the same as in 1966), substantially above the 1967 rise of 3.4 per cent. increased Production Total demand for the year was met through increases in domestic production and imports of all fossil fuels except coal. The largest gain in energy in 1968 was in the transportation sector (seven per centX foHowed by power generated by electric utilities (6.6 per cent), household and commercial needs (5.2 per cent), and industrial uses (5 per cent). Petroleum, still the dominant fuel, supplied 43.3 per cent of all U.S. energy demands in 1968. Other Energy Sources Other energy sources and their share of total energy requirements were: Dry Natural Gas (excluding natural gas liquids), 31.2 per emit; cent of the total coal consumption. Bituminous Coal and Lignite, 21.1 Though still only a minor part per cent; Water Power, 3.8 per of the total U.S. energy supply, cent; Anthracite, 0.4 per cent, and nuclear energy showed the greatest nuclear energy. 0.2 per cent. proportionate increase among the Coal was still the major fuel for sources of electric power a gain generating electric utility power in of 31.7 per cent over 1967. 1968. Coal generated 63.6 per cent of all electric power generated by Oil Output Sluggish fossil fuels in 1968 (a one per cent Domestic crude oil production gain over 1967), for a total of was up only 3.7 per cent last year. 1,327 billion kilowatt hours.'. Electric utilities accounted for 58 per |