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Wednesday, January 6, 1971
College Station, Texas
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Texas A&M’s “Nuplex” offi-
Ijlcials will host approximately 100
^representatives from utility com-
F-panies, industry and government
>Cfor a one-day Texas Nuplex Con-
fj'ference Jan. 14.
E Purpose of the conference is to
'/Igive selected representatives a
‘"'review of current and future
Ians for “Nuplex,” reports J. R.
^Bradley, chairman of the Nuplex
ocio-Economic Committee.
“Nuplex” is a coined word de
scribing a large complex consist
ing of a nuclear power reactor,
.-lectric production, water desali
nation, chemical processing and
^production, agriculture and as
sociated activities.
< The Nuplex concept represents
Sa new and much larger dimension
^.in totally interrelated enterprises
ibased on low-cost abundant elec
tricity and water.
n Invitations were sent to repre
sentatives from electric and gas
jjtitility companies, petroleum and
|chemical industries, state and
federal officials, agriculture and
manufacturing firms.
Conference speakers include A.
R. Luedecke, A&M executive vice
president; Dr. A. D. Suttle, A&M
vice president for research; Dr.
NAHB
chapter
formed
A Texas A&M student chapter
of the National Association of
Home Builders has been organ
ized, with senior building con
struction major Royce B. Swayne
of Houston president.
Open to any interested stu
dent or faculty member, the
NAHB chapter will meet twice
monthly. The first spring se
mester meeting will be Jan. 18.
Swayne said the chapter will
provide students and faculty in
terested in real estate, property
development, construction financ
ing, residential and light com
mercial building construction and
construction management a spe
cialized forum for broader knowl
edge and experience.
The NAHB-sponsored chapter
lists 45 members, primarily ma
jors and faculty in building con
struction. Swayne said students
in civil engineering, environmen
tal design and architecture can
also profit from membership.
Charter officers elected with
Swayne are Charles W. Desanti,
vice president of New York;
Kenneth W. Schroeder, treasurer
of Waco, and Ronald F. Suttle,
secretary of Odessa.
Faculty advisors are Dr. Rob
ert Bradley of the Building Con
struction Department, College of
Architecture, and Matt R. Wall,
Civil Engineering Department.
Shelton Hall, NAHB regional
director of San Antonio, attended
the organizational meeting.
NAHB members benefit
through speakers, films, field
trips and publications through
the 54,000-member national or
ganization plus a job opportuni
ties program for summer and
possible part-time semester em
ployment.
Chapter members also qualify
to attend the Jan. 17-22 NAHB
convention in Houston.
“The convention features new
products and ideas, some two
years before they become avail
able to the general public,”
Swayne said.
Second largest trade or profes
sional association in the world
(surpassed only by the American
Medical Association), NAHB
provides better shelter for Amer
icans through research, informa
tion services, education oppor
tunities and federal, state and
local level lobbying, Swayne said.
Construction
manager dies
Harold C. Carter, Texas A&M’s
construction manager, died Tues
day night in a local hospital fol
lowing a sudden illness.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. 'Thursday in the
Memorial Funeral Chapel, with
burial in College Station Ceme
tery.
Carter, who resided at 1015
Hereford, joined the Texas A&M
staff as assistant manager of
system physical plants in 1960
and was named construction man
ager in 1968.
He previously was associated
with the Texas Highway Depart
ment for approximately 30 years.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Virginia Carter; a son, Lar
ry Carter; a daughter, Mrs. Jan
ice Lawrence; three brothers and
two sisters.
R. E. Wainerdi, Nuplex chair
man; Dr. C. H. M. Van Bavel,
chairman of Nuplex Intensified
Food Crop Production; Dr. R.
Philip Hammond, director of the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nuclear Desalination Program,
and Bradley.
The 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. pro
gram will be held in the Memor
ial Student Center.
Luedecke opens the conference
at 9:30 with an introduction to
the Nuplex program. Luedecke
will discuss the need for nuclear
power, electrical power and
water.
The former general manager of
the U. S. Atomic Energy Com
mission will explain the Nuplex
concept as it applies to the world,
nation and state, as well as Tex
as A&M’s role.
Some of the topics Luedecke
will discuss are the cost of de
salination, improved water usage
for crop production, economic
analysis of the production and
utilization of water, electrical
power and other byproducts of
Nuplex and the ecological con
siderations.
Van Bavel will speak on “Ag
ricultural Benefits from a Nu
plex.”
Included are the general rela
tion of the Nuplex concept to
agriculture, crop production
trends and the Nuplex impact
and response of the Texas Nu
plex program to indicated re
search needs.
Topics are water, chemical and
environmental control require
ments as well as land use trends
and management.
Bradley is sheduled to present
a program on the “Economic
Considerations of a Nuplex, in
cluding Site Location.”
Economic considerations in
clude the Nuplex cost and indus
trial production. Site location in
formation presented by Bradley
will include transportation facili
ties, market considerations and
the new city concept.
Hammond will review other
Nuplex programs with special
emphasis on the Oak Ridge Na
tional Laboratory Program.
He will illustrate how the Nu
plex program at Texas A&M
complements other programs and
indicate the areas of research
where Texas A&M has obtained
a Nuplex leadership position.
Wainerdi ends the program
with a summary and future plans
of the Nuplex program in Texas.
He will explain how the Nu
plex program will require the
cooperation of industry, agricul
ture and government to succeed.
Wainerdi contends it may re
quire unusual and extensive fa
cilities parallel to the space ef
fort.
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