Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1. Inventing Atomic Piles
2. Building Reactors at Hanford
3. Contracting Atoms
4. Flexible Design at Savannah River
5. The Arms Race Arsenal
6. Designing a Reactor for Peace and War
7. Surviving Detente
8. Lobbying for Nuclear Pork
9. Managing Nuclear Options
Conclusion: Supplying the Cold War Arsenal
Appendix: Production Reactor Families
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index

About the Author

Rodney P. Carlisle Rodney Carlisle is a professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. He was a founding member of History Associates. He is also the author of Where the Fleet Begins: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, 1899–1987 and the editor of Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age. Joan M. Zenzen is a staff historian at History Associates, Inc.

Reviews

Carlisle and Zenzen trace the history, the pork-barrel tussles between businesses and political constituencies, and the massive technological and financial investment. They also point out that the now aging reactors are becoming ever more liable to failure and accident, and that though all the plants are closed now, the nuclear fuel is decaying toward its half-life and will need to be replenished if the U.S. is to remain the toughest kid on the block.
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