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Paper Reactors to Power Reactors
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 01:15:43
Publish Date: 2024-11-05 13:30:00
Description:

Nick Touran tells the story of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the “Father of the Nuclear Navy” and author of the legendary "Paper Reactor" memo. We discover how Rickover’s hard-driving management and obsession with practical engineering shaped not just the US nuclear navy, but the entire landscape of modern nuclear power.

Touran is manager of digital engineering at TerraPower and creator of Whatisnuclear.com.

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