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LIA15854 Robert l. travl* 0 Z a* reapoBslbl* for L.X.A.1* praaotlooal activity la three lurtu of lead ecnaia^tloo; radiation *hleldlng, cable he*thing ini camxloo protection. Of the**, the eerket for lead radiation ahltlding appear* to bar* tb* aoet prarielag a*v lead aarkat*. And that picture la quit* bright. Mr. amth of Babcock aad Wilcox vill tU you about tb* potential at Ttfirlatr pcvarad shipping, but tb* increased aarket I bar* In aind la not *0 each tb* ttaady lacr*a** In tb* u m of radioactive aatariala In Kliact, industry, and aadlcln* but la ratbar tb* lanlnont boon In lrradlatloa proc**ting of aeterial*, particularly food*, for pr***rr%tlon and atoraga* Thar* 1* a considerable body of lnforntd pinion In tb* field that * very rapid expansion in tb* next fir*-year period. Cb top of thi* la tb* fact that tb* Atcade Boargy Owl Mian and tb* food and Drug Adainirtration bava either elaarad or era nov approving athoda for irradiation processing at bacon, vb**t and otbar grain*, fruit*, (Mctarln** and paaehaa), chlckan, frankfurter*, potato** and carrot*. According to Iba Journal of Ot--crc*. Oovanaact aatlnat** ara that vltbla two year* Irradiated fooda vill ba in tba supermarket*. Conservative aciaatifl* aatlaatea put that off for a third year. Whila this la cartalnly, a* on* IDA nan put it, "not a panacaa" it can rapraaant an anmnl food aaln of ana nlllian dollar* vitbln tb* d*c*d*. Several large corporation* ar* *ufflclntly optlaiatlc about thia field to Invert their w mooey in tb* dealgn and development of lov-doe* irradiator*. Anoog tb*a* ar* Dew Chemical, High-Voltage Engineering and Onsricsn Machine and foundry. lb* portable potato Irradiator designed by AMT Atonlea and built by AMT** Atcade Energy of Canada points up vb*r* tb* aarkat for l*ad will b*. Ibl* on* unit carried la a truck trailer u*a six thou**nil pound* at lead. later on, aaay of tb* irradiator*, particularly tb* large capacity unit*, vill b* stationary iartallatlooa, probably shielded by concrete. However, right d <w aoet attention 1* being directed to nobil* unit*. Ibl* certainly 1* an area that will get such of wt attention and tb* Information Z get vill be directed to LXA --her* and u**d for publicity la all available ebannal*. While it shears unlikely that lead will regain It* rtatur* a* the abeathlng aterial for alactrlcal pwtr and telepbane cable it doea aeen that tb* Inroad* made into thi* aarkat by aliaima and plaatiea, particularly polyathylena, have halted. And it look* like tie* Itself 1* exposing tb* abortccnlnga of aane of the never abeathlng naterial* and lead 1* regaining Kaw ground. By My of aggravating thia situation, va vill, of o o u t m, agtnln lead'* proven advantage* In tha sheathing field. Several axctllart and balpful contact* vara aad* la tha cable industry and in son* large public utility and telephone ccsgealaa during tba court* of preparing Lead Sheathing for Fewer Cable and tlwy ara helping vlth a continuing (trial of article* on cable that vill be featured la IXAD mags*In* (aad vill b* available to tb* trade prate). -1- ' vmagHM.w . g!U I'la.'-l f**s wm .. .v -ft*/ vmk'to mm i LIA15855 i 4 4