- Title: IVORY COAST: NUCLEAR ENERGY EXHIBITION OPENED IN ABIDJAN TOWN HALL
- Date: 21st April 1969
- Summary: ABIDJAN TOWN HALL; EXHIBITS; EXHIBITION OFFICIALLY OPENED; MINISTER OF STATE M. DENISE RECEIVES ATOMIC DETECTOR. Initials CP/V/PN/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 6th May 1969 13:00
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- Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- Country: Ivory Coast
- Reuters ID: LVA3WMN90H1MSBXBKM7OQKQ7J0DE
- Story Text: A SPECIAL NUCLEAR ENERGY EXHIBITION WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN ABIDJAN, CAPITAL OF THE IVORY COAST ON SATURDAY MORNING (APRIL 19). THE EXHIBITION IS BEING STAGED IN THE ABIDJAN TOWN HALL.
THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE FRENCH COMMISSARIATE FOR ATOMIC ENERGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ABIDJAN WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY IVORY COAST MINISTER OF STATE, M. AUGUST DENISE.
IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE STAGED IN THE COUNTRY AND WAS ATTENDED BY M. FRANCOIS PERROT, CHIEF OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE FRENCH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSARIATE AND THE COMMISSARIATE'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, M. DE DARUVAR.
THE EXHIBITION IS DESIGNED TO GIVE INFORMATION ON NUCLEAR MATTERS IN GENERAL AND MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT MATTERS FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ABIDJAN.
A SPECIAL DEVICE USED FOR THE DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN EARTH WAS DONATED TO M. DENISE BY THE FRENCH SECRETARIAT FOR TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION.
THE DEVICE WILL BE USED IN EXPERIMENTS WITH LOCAL FOODSTUFFS AT A RESEARCH LABORATORY IN ABIDJAN.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN UNTIL APRIL 27.
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