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Atomic energy technology, politics, and perceptions from a nuclear energy insider who served as a US nuclear submarine engineer officer

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(classic articles pre 2005)


Accidents

  • Chernobyl: Fear of the Unknown? by Dr. Zbigniew Jaworowski
  • The Accident at Chernobyl
  • Letter from the Editor: Learning from a Tragedy
  • Politics and Market Share: Possible Motives Behind Emphasis
  • Chernobyl Health Effects: Best Available Data
  • Advice and Sources: The Chernobyl Accident
  • Letter from the Editor: Solving the SL-1 Mystery
  • Accident Consequences: Design Added to Magnitude
  • What Caused the Accident? Plenty of Blame to Share
  • January 1961: SL-1 Accident Aftermath

Breeder Reactors

  • Letter from the Editor: Breeding Better Reactors
  • Plutonium Fuel Cycle: Under Attack
  • Liquid Metal Fast Breeder: Right Answer, Wrong Question
  • Light Water Breeder Reactor: Adapting Proven System

Fuel Comparisons

  • Plutonium Valuable Fuel or Costly Waste
  • Welcome to Atomic Energy Insights

Fuel Recycling

  • Can fission by-products make steam? by John Mahler
  • Minimizing Waste: Focus on Recycling
  • Letter from the Editor: Recycling: Practice What You Preach
  • Waste to Energy: Learning to Recognize Waste as Value
  • Nuclear Fuel Recycling: Getting Down to Business
  • Opposition to Reprocessing: Are the Reports Always True?

Gas Cooled Reactors

  • CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors February 1996
  • Letter from the Editor: First Nuclear Power Stations
  • Pressure Vessel Construction: Lower Pressure Makes it Easier
  • Fuel Element Designs: Unique Selection Criteria
  • Water vs. Gas Cooled Reactors: Round 1
  • Technical Readiness Applying Related Inventions
  • Letter from the Editor: The Battle Begins
  • Government Support: Official Help in the Sales Department

Graphite Moderated Reactors

  • In the beginning: A 1942 Experiment Shows the world it can be done
  • CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors
  • The Accident at Chernobyl

Health Effects of Low Level Radiation

  • Report on the Radiation, Science and Health November 15, 2000 Symposium on the Health Benefits of Low Level Radiation Exposure
  • Plutonium: How Deadly is it?
  • Letter from the Editor: Exagerated Truths are Falsehoods
  • Constant Exposure How Much Radiation is Normal?
  • Learning from the Past Lessons from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Long Term Exposure: Health Studies of Nuclear Pros
  • Chernobyl Health Effects Best Available Data
  • ATOMIC Advice for Accident Actions

Heavy Water Moderated Reactors

  • Some Reactors CANDU: What Others Cannot
  • Letter from the Editor: Reactors With a Can-Do Attitude
  • Pressurized Heavy Water: Using Available Resources
  • Isotope Production: Dual Use Power Plants
  • PHWR Problem Areas: Sources of Incidents

Irradiation

  • For the Rest of Us – November 16, 2001:
  • Irradiation and Semantics

Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors

  • Liquid Metal Fast Breeder: Right Answer, Wrong Question

Nuclear Aircraft

  • U.S. Nuclear Rocket Programs
  • Letter from the Editor: Confessions of a Stargazer
  • How Do Nuclear Rockets Work?
  • Rocket Technology Applications Machines with Limitless Capabilities

Nuclear Batteries

  • Really Cool Stuff: Batteries that last for Decades
  • Nuclear Batteries: Tools for Space Science
  • Letter from the Editor: Batteries That Last and Last
  • Cassini: Near Term Use of RTGs
  • RTG Heat Sources: Two Proven Materials
  • Earth Bound RTG Systems: Uses Closer to Home

Nuclear Cost Data

  • Too Cheap to Meter – It’s Now True
  • Atomic Energy: Powerful Job Generator
  • Nuclear Cost Data in the United States
  • Letter from the Editor:Economics of Electrical Energy
  • A Closer Look at Studies: Cost of Controlling Radiation Exposure
  • Nuclear Fission Vs.Combustion: Inexpensive Machines AND Cheap Fuel
  • Economy of Scale?
  • Letter from the Editor Small is Beautiful
  • Keep it Simple Complex Systems Cost More

Nuclear Ships

  • Why Did the Savannah Fail?
  • Marine Nuclear Propulsion: The Undeniable Facts
  • Nuclear Research Ship: Japanese Learn Nuclear Techniques as Sea
  • Historical Repetition? Will Nuclear Propulsion follow Steam Propulsion?

Nuclear Waste

  • Yucca Mountain: Right Answer; Wrong Question
  • Can fission by-products make steam? by John Mahler
  • Nuclear Waste Mountain: Unnecessary Sense of Urgency
  • Letter from the Editor: Delay Does not Indicate a Crisis
  • Guest Column: Do Not Eat the Glass
  • Concerns of the Opposition: Not Irrational
  • Common Myths: Is nuclear waste a huge problem?
  • Letter from the Editor: Recycling: Practice What You Preach
  • Waste to Energy: Learning to Recognize Waste as Value
  • Nuclear Fuel Recycling: Getting Down to Business
  • Opposition to Reprocessing: Are the Reports Always True?

Small Nuclear Power Plants

  • Letter from the Editor: Portable Nuclear Power
  • ML-1 Mobile System: Reactor in a Box
  • Army Nuclear Plants: Summary Table
  • Prefab Reactors: Reliable Power for Off-Grid Users
  • Economy of Scale?
  • Letter from the Editor Small is Beautiful
  • Keep it Simple Complex Systems Cost More
  • SL-1: Designed for Remote Power and Heat
  • Nuclear Power Barges: Russians Build on Ice Breaker Lead
  • MH-1A: Pioneer Barge Built In America
  • PM-3A Design and Construction: Rapid Pace to Fulfill a Need
  • Letter from the Editor: PM-3A, Pioneer in Antarctic Research
  • How Clean is Clean?: Blasting Out Frozen Soil
  • A Question of Economics: The Answer Depends on the Assumptions
  • Valuable Tool for Antarctic Research: PM-3A Technical Characteristics

Politics of Nuclear Energy

  • Ask Atomic: What was your point regarding the 760 million mile per gallon carburetor?
  • How I developed my atomic insights
  • Fusion versus Fission – Difficult versus Easy
  • Saying the ‘N’ word – Nuclear – in polite company
  • Atomic Energy: Powerful Job Generator
  • Rooting for the Underdog Small Nations Often Need Atomic Power
  • Ike Was Right We Need Atoms for Peace
  • Ike Was Right Oil is Obsolete
  • Plutonium Politics Leads to Unusual Logic
  • Why Throw Away a Priceless Resource? by Theodore Rockwell
  • The United States Should Lead the Way by Michael Fox
  • Politics and Market Share Possible Motives Behind Emphasis
  • Learning from a Tragedy Letterfrom the Editor April 1996

Technical History Stories

  • In the beginning: A 1942 Experiment Shows the world it can be done
  • Why Did the Savannah Fail?
  • U.S. Nuclear Rocket Programs
  • Light Water Breeder Reactor: Adapting Proven System
  • ML-1 Mobile System: Reactor in a Box
  • CO2: First Choice for Power Reactors
  • SL-1:Designed for Remote Power and Heat
  • Letter from the Editor: Solving the SL-1 Mystery
  • Accident Consequences: Design Added to Magnitude
  • What Caused the Accident? Plenty of Blame to Share
  • January 1961: SL-1 Accident Aftermath
  • Offshore Power Systems: Big Plants for a Big Customer
  • MH-1A: Pioneer Barge Built In America
  • PM-3A Design and Construction: Rapid Pace to Fulfill a Need
  • Letter from the Editor: PM-3A, Pioneer in Antarctic Research
  • How Clean is Clean?: Blasting Out Frozen Soil
  • A Question of Economics: The Answer Depends on the Assumptions
  • Valuable Tool for Antarctic Research: PM-3A Technical Characteristics
  • Additional Reading: Sources Used in PM-3A Stories

Water Cooled Reactors

  • “Water: Best Coolant for the 1950s Subs” December 1995
  • “Controlling Power” December 1995.
  • “Technical Hurdles” December 1995
  • “Protection for Fuel Elements” December 1995
  • Nuclear Research Ship: Japanese Learn Nuclear Techniques as Sea
  • SL-1: Designed for Remote Power and Heat

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