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A Primer on Nuclear Safety: 1.3.2 Heat, Water and Steam

Posted on June 18, 2008

1.3.2 Heat, Water and Steam: The Navy's reactor and safetyHyman Rickover was something of a monster. Contrary to Richard Nixon, Rickover was not at all able to admit mistakes. Rickover was ruthless and driven. He was a perfectionist, and deep inside he was frightened. He was in fact by personality, the perfect cold warrior. And as the cold war began to die of attrition, Rickover's power began to decline, but that is another story.In order to understand Rickover's safety accomplishment, one must look at the nuclear safety history of a Navy without a Rickover. The history of Soviet nuc...

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