The joint American-Israel nuclear desalting project, considered by Israeli leaders as a great factor an Israel’s general development, requires detailed surveys and studies with actual operation not expected until some time between 1968 and 1970, it was learned here today. It will require between 10 and 30 years to become operational on a scale of worldwide importance.
President Johnson is convinced and enthused about the ultimate objective of his long-range thinking on the project. Israel would find its agricultural potential, especially citrus, tremendously enhanced. But authorities pointed out today that the first large-scale program must be written off as experimental–basically a pilot plant study. The second project would be more effective, according to the experts.
The undertaking will seek nuclear methods to produce desalted water. The team of experts which will start out on the study, will be comprised of three specialists from each country. They will be scientists and economists. The study will determine projects involving a nuclear reactor which would economically produce desalted water and electrical power. Hope is held for production of 100, 000, 000 cubic meters of water a year in the first phase.
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