| In Switzerland, six miles west of
Geneva, lies a collection of laboratories and buildings, and most curious of
ally a circular mound{{U}} (36) {{/U}}more than 650 feet in diameter.
This cluster has unique importance. It is Europe's{{U}} (37)
{{/U}}atomic city dedicated to investigating the atom for peaceful purposes.
The strange buildings{{U}} (38) {{/U}}the European Council for Nuclear
Research, more popularly known, from their French initials as CERV. The council
was{{U}} (39) {{/U}}when a handful of statesmen and scientific experts
met in Paris in 1950. Their aim was to "{{U}} (40) {{/U}}an organization
providing for cooperation among European states in nuclear research of a pure
scientific and fundamental character." The CERV agreement was signed in 1953, and work on the atomic city began in 1954. Today CERV's{{U}} (41) {{/U}}are among the most modern and the most diversified in the world. Impressive as the scientific aspect may be, the real significance of CKRV may lie{{U}} (42) {{/U}}the thousand people—scientists, lab workers, and administrative—group drawn from the fourteen member nations{{U}} (43) {{/U}}populate it. British engineers work{{U}} (44) {{/U}}with Swiss electricians and Yugoslav nuclear physicists. The official languages are French and English, with German an unofficial third. But CFRV is{{U}} (45) {{/U}}tower of Babel—the language of science is universal and all-embracing. |