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authority, supported the University of Buffalo on a matching fund basis to establish the Western New York Nuclear Research Center on the University campus, the principal research tool being a modern one-megawatt research reactor* This activity has been progressing very successfully ever since. Directly and indirectly, because of this Nuclear Research Center, a major new industrial development is going forward in the western end of New York State. A new agency, the Atomic Research and Development Authority, was established for the purpose of actively promoting the peaceful use of atomic energy through the structure of private industry. As a result, a new private corporation was formed—Nuclear Fuel Services Inc.—a wholly owned subsidiary of the W.R. Grace Company and American Machine and Foundry. That company is now In the process of building a $30 million industrial plant In Cattaraugus County for reprocessing nuclear fuel from research installations and industrial power plants. This Is the first example of private industry entering into this extremely important activity which will mean so much for the peaceful use of atomic energy. Prior to this time, all the fuel reprocessing has been done at Atomic Energy Commission installations. In addition, the Atomic Research and Development Authority has established a complete Space Technology and Atomic Radiation (STAR) at Malta in Saratoga County. It is also planning a nuclear-powered ization plant for Long Island, which will produce electric power as as fresh water. recently Center desalinwell

During Its Spring 1964 session, the New York State Legislature accomplished the following by the passage of three important bills: 1. Established two truly top-level Regents Professorships with supporting funds of $200,000 annually. These are to be known as the Albert Schweitzer and the Albert Einstein Chairs. Either public or private institutions may be chosen as recipients. Over a five-year period, the program will be expanded to include ten such chairs, 2. Funded the newly-formed New York State Science and Technology Foundation with $500,000 so that organization may make a modest beginning in supporting important new research.

3. Established a small fund for a pilot plant project for the study of the development of regional scientific libraries. In anticipation is a centralized network of machine-processed library operations for evaluation, machine-coding, storage and retrieval of scientific information among a large number of libraries. Such a system will greatly increase the effectiveness of research and higher education. These are merely samples of fermenting activities which may produce a very potent brew in the future.

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