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Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History

Autor Todd Tucker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 2010
"Incorporating the career of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the creator of the nuclear navy, Tucker’s work importantly recalls a forgotten warning from nuclear history."—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist
On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men. The army blamed “human error” and a sordid love triangle. Though overshadowed by Three Mile Island, SL-1 remains the only fatal nuclear reactor incident in American history. 
 Todd Tucker, who first heard the rumors about the Idaho Falls explosion as a trainee in the navy’s nuclear program, suspected there was more to the accident than rumors suggested. Poring over hundreds of pages of primary sources and interviewing survivors revealed that the army and its contractors had deliberately obscured the true cause of the accident, which resulted from poor engineering as much as uncontrolled passions.  
The National Reactor Testing Station, where the meltdown occurred, had been a proving ground where engineers, generals, and admirals attempted to realize the Atomic Age dream of unlimited power—amid the frantic race for nuclear power between the army, the navy, and the air force. The fruit of those ambitious plans included that of the nation’s unofficial nuclear patriarch, Admiral Rickover, whose “true submarine,” the USS Nautilus, would forever change naval warfare. But with the meltdown in Idaho came the end of the army’s program and the beginning of the navy’s long-standing monopoly on military nuclear power.
Atomic America provides a fast-paced narrative history, advocating caution and accountability in harnessing nuclear energy. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780803234024
ISBN-10: 0803234023
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: BISON BOOKS
Colecția Bison Books
Locul publicării:United States

Notă biografică

Todd Tucker served as an officer with the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine force and is the author of The Great Starvation Experiment.

Cuprins

Prologue - January 3, 1961
Chapter one - The USS United States: The Cadre
Chapter two - Rickover: January 3, 1961 - 9:01 pm
Chapter three - Idaho: The Recovery
Chapter four - The Army: The Bachelor Party
Chatper five: The Air Force: Camp Century
Chapter six - The Investigation: The Burial
Chapter seven - Enterprise
Epilogue
Notes
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index

Recenzii

“Today, trying to balance the realities of global warming with America’s energy needs, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received proposals for 32 new reactors—which makes Tucker’s book vitally relevant.”—Publishers Weekly

“Tucker has achieved the difficult task of entertaining as he enlightens: Atomic America is a gripping narrative as well as a clearheaded caution as we enter what perhaps will become the era of atomic precedence.”—Sara Hov, Army

“With the United States again considering nuclear power as a means to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, Atomic America serves as a reeminder that, whether the United States is finally ready to pass the nuclear responsibility test or not, the days of careless, runaway atomic enthusiasm are firmly in this nation’s past.”—Mike Kanin, Washington City Paper

“Tucker is a good explainer, and his background in the field lends authority to his technical descriptions.”—Seth Shulman, Washington Post

“A brilliantly told story of nuclear power development in the United States. At a moment when Americans may be turning to the atom as a solution to our energy and environmental needs, this is a much-needed cautionary tale.”—Priscilla J. McMillan, author of The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer

“Incorporating the career of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the creator of the nuclear navy, Tucker’s work importantly recalls a forgotten warning from nuclear history.”—Gilbert Taylor, Booklist