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Show I ! 1 Atom Likely Source of Heat L The most probable utilization of nuclear energy, the basis for the atomic bomb, is as a source of heat, according to engineering and research heads. Concerning the possible use of nuclear nu-clear energy as a source of power to heat and light homes and buildings, build-ings, operate factories, propel ships, locomotives, airplanes and automobiles, automo-biles, scientists predicted that sev- i era prospective uses of nuclear energy en-ergy will become technically possible, pos-sible, but that it is too early to predict pre-dict whether such uses will be economically eco-nomically practical. In stating that the most probable utilization of nuclear energy is as a source of heat, scientists said that such heat in turn nay produce steam or hot gases for use in powe? generating. |