§ Mr. Marplesasked the Minister of Technology if he will list all the research programmes which are not directly concerned with defence or nuclear energy being carried out in the civil and defence research establishments of the Atomic Energy Authority.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThe following is the list:
Desalination.
Hydrostatic Extrusion.
Ceramics Centre.
331WNon-Destructive Testing.
Improved utilisation of steels.
Atmospheric pollution.
Tribology.
Heat Transfer and Fluid Row.
Graphite Fibres.
High temperature solid electrolyte fuel cells.
Analytical research and development
Physico-Chemical measurements.
Water Renovation (Reverse Osmosis).
High temperature chemical technology.
Ultra-violet astronomical satellite.
Advanced radio-telescopes for Manchester and Cambridge Universities.
Computer software and applications.
Space technology.
Aldermaston project for the application of computers to engineering.
Biomedical technology.
Forensic science projects.
Advanced computer interconnections.
Glass reinforced plaster.
Advanced metallurgical techniques.
Mass-spestrometry data studies.
Stratospheric radiation hazard.
National Balloon project.
Animal-borne telemetry studies.
Evaluation of machine tools.
Adaptive control of machine tools.
Group Technology.
Support to transport research assessment unit.
Radar Targets for meteorology.