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Army Nuclear Power

The Atomic Show #133 – Todd Tucker, Author Atomic America

May 27, 2009 By Rod Adams

Atomic America has a thought provoking subtitle – “How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History”. The unifying story through the book is one that most nuclear trained people know a little about – the accident at the Army’s SL-1 that took place on January 3, 1961.

In Atomic America, Todd Tucker, a Notre Dame history major who spent five years in the US nuclear navy, explores that story in great detail and puts names and descriptions to the three operators on duty that night. He also explains clearly why that event was a one of a kind within the nuclear power programs of the military services and within the US nuclear power industry.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

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Filed Under: Accidents, Alternative energy, Army Nuclear Program, Atomic history, Atomic Pioneers, Podcast Tagged With: ALCO, Army Nuclear Power, SL-1

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