NEW CANADIAN PILE.

The article reports on the announcement given by the Canadian Trade Minister C. D. Howe regarding the plan to build an atomic pile at Chalk River in Ontario, Canada. The approval for the proposal is certain, although it was not yet submitted to the Parliament. The new pile is going to be commercial research project, and the sale of plutonium and isotopes is expected to put Chalk River on a paying basis. Howe suggests that the new development enables Canada to discuss the problems in atomic development specifically with the breeding of fissionable material and the design of atomic power plants.