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Fast breeder reactors are an essential part of a nuclear future—but in the light of the incident at Three Mile Island would they be safe? Professor F. R. Farmer, Safety Adviser to the UK Atomic Energy Authority, discusses how to assess their dangers
The Carter administration is expected to decide next month which of a variety of possible basing modes it will adopt for the deployment of its new generation of intercontinental missiles, the MX. Richard Garwin here discusses how the alternatives relate to the current agreement on strategic arms limitation being negotiated with the USSR.