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Show "Hush Hush " Hush " Policy on onUranium onUranium Uramum Uranium Holds Back BackPrke BackPrice Price Prke Fixing Plans . \ ' " \ > ' ashington ashmgton ashtngton D C CA -A A - A furtherdelay further furtherdelay furtherdelay delay in m the fixing flxmg of a Drlce once Drlcefor oncefor nncefor for uranium uramum appeared aDpeared aopeared prC'able prCable prohable prC'ablelast prohableast provablelast ' ' last l ast week as the atomic el1prgv enirgv el1prgvcommission enirgvcommission enprgvcommission commission announced that ItS ItSexperts itsexperts itsexperts experts were still studying studymg t 'Oro Oro nro 'Orocurement nrocurement ' > rocuremcnt curement policies pohcles In a state statement statemeat statement ment meat it 1t called attention to the thefact thefact thefact fact that the atomic energy law lawplaces lawplaces lawplaces places restrictions restnchons on the d < u uqion uasion qion < ; lOn of uranium uramum , ores It de lared lar lared lared ed edThe The atomic energy comm s sSion ssion ssion Sion represontat represntat has receivedrepresnta received represonta represnta repres ntat t ' ons onsconcernmg concerning -concernmg concernmg - the procurement procure procurement procurement ment policies covering eovermg cer am amsource am amsource amsource source materials matenals The commIS commISslon commission commission slon sion problems is fully aware of the prob lems facing facmg the mining mmmg mdus mndas mdustry mndastry industry try and extensive studies are areunder areunder areunder under way for ior a final fmal determ n natlOn nation nafion atlOn ation of these policies UntIl UntIlthese Untilthese Untilthese these studies have been complet completed completed ed no decision can be made but butwork butwork butwork work will be carried carned forward forwardas as rapidly as possible AttentIon Attentionis IS called to ithe the fact that mfor infor mformat informat mformat mat ' on as to the location pro procurement procurement procurement curement and processing processmg ofsource of ofsource ofsource source materials materIal materiah : . : for the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States atomic energy commls commis commlssion commission commission sion is restricted dataThe data dataThe The reference to the restrlc restric restrlchons restrictions restnctions hons tions on atomic data was made madepresumably madepresumably madepresumably presumably because there has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been some discussion in m "Vash Vash Wash "VashIngton Washington , " Washington Ington as to the exact extent extentand extentand extentand and locat beat ' on of uranium uramum andthonum and andthorIUm andthorium thorIUm deposits in m the U S SThere SThere SThere There has also been some dls cbs dlscusslon cbscussion discussion cusslon cussion concerning concernmg new meth methods methods methods ods of extracting extractmg fIssionable fIssionablematenals fissionablematerials fissionablematerials matenals materials In the meantime it Jt was learn learned learned learned ed that the commission WIll WIllprobably willprobably willprobably probably set a pr pI " ce only for foruramum foruranium foruranium uramum uranium ores which are still inthe m in mthe inthe the ground It was understood understoodthat understoodthat understoodthat that uranium uramum has already been beene'ttracted beenextracted beenextracted e'ttracted ettracted extracted ' from irom available van vanadlUm vanadium vanadium adlUm adium tailings whenever thl this thishas thishas : > has been practicable and thecommission the thecommIS thecommission commIS commission lon is not expected to torule torule torule rule on who is to receive rece'J.ve receJ.ve receJve receie ' . pay payment paymeat payment ment meat ' tfor d'or dor for uranium obtained In Inthis inthis inthis this way _ _ - - |