Metallurgy Department. Progress report for the period 1 April 1971 to 31 December 1972

This report represents a new style of Metallurgy Department annual reports. A general view of the activities in the past year is presented in the introduction. Two selected topics ar e then given a more detailed treatment, and the participation in international collaboration and the activities within education and training ar e described in separate chapters.

In the survey of publications abstracts have been added. The period covered by the report has been changed to the calender year instead of the Danish financial year, hence this report covers the period 1 April, 1971 to 31 December, 1972. We hope that this new annual report will give a clear and coherent picture of our work.

To supplement the description of activities in the following it should be mentioned that the organization of the department is being changed towards a more project-oriented structure. This should result in mor e direct participation of the staff members in the decisions concerning the research work, and thereby hopefully contribute positively to the efficiency of the department.

The collaboration with Danish industry on non-nuclear projects is an important part of the activities of the Metallurgy Department. A new way of organizing this collaboration was tried: Individual staff members devote part of their time to develop the contact with specific companies. This arrangement proved beneficial to the department in providing a number of research contracts.

It is our impression that the companies involved are also well satisfied with the arrangement. A technical description of the industrial work is outside the scope of this report, and a special publication on the subject of industrial collaboration has been issued (in Danish only).