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	Nuclear navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nuclear navy, or nuclear powered navy consists of ships powered by relatively small onboard nuclear reactors known as naval reactors.
		Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, (1900 - 1986), of the United States Navy, known as "Father of the Nuclear Navy" was an electrical engineer by training, and was the primary architect who implemented this daring concept, and believed that it was the natural next phase for the way military vessels could be propelled and powered.
		Philip Abelson (born 1913), also known as the "Father of the Nuclear Submarine" contributed to the first nuclear powered submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), launched on January 21st 1954, which was the first vessel to travel under the North Pole ice cap.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuclear_navy (1059 words)

	EIS-0203F; DOE Programmatic Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and INEL Environmental Restoration and Waste Management ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Removal of spent nuclear fuel from ships is ending at two of those shipyards as a result of recent decisions on base closures, and nuclear propulsion work at one of the private shipyards has not involved handling spent nuclear fuel for more than 15 years.
		The transportation of naval spent nuclear fuel from shipyards and prototypes is described in Attachment A. The receipt and handling at ECF of the spent fuel from naval reactors is described in Attachment B. The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program evaluates small samples of both fuel and non-fuel materials for possible use in naval reactor systems.
		The shipment of naval spent nuclear fuel from shipyards and prototypes to INEL is described in Attachment A, and receipt and handling at INEL of the spent fuel from naval reactors and active prototypes is described in Attachment B. Attachment B also includes a description of the ECF Dry Cell Facility.
	www.eh.doe.gov /nepa/eis/eis0203f/vol1apdx/vol1appd.html (13064 words)

	Nuclear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look up nuclear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		Nuclear (IPA: /ˈnuklɛɚ, or /'nukulɝ/) means relating to some sort of nucleus.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuclear (93 words)

	Tributes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Congress passed a resolution that commended the Navy and nuclear propulsion for its unblemished safety record and key role in the military.
		In the field of nuclear energy, not only has Naval Nuclear Propulsion made a contribution to national security of incalculable value, but has done so with a level of sustained excellence that is an outstanding example of Government serving its citizens.
		Sea superiority is a vital aspect of this strategy, and is the reason the nuclear Navy is the key in America's sea forces.
	www.cnrc.navy.mil /nucfield/Background/testimonials.htm (965 words)

	Nuclear: Officer: Careers & Jobs: Navy
		Officer candidates for the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program are carefully selected based on a high aptitude for math and science, and their ability to handle responsibility and to work well under pressure.
		Nuclear Power Officers then begin training at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) in Charleston, S.C. This six-month course helps students understand the complex nature of nuclear propulsion through a broad background on theory and operations mechanics.
		Nuclear Officers gain valuable lifelong experiences, including nuclear training and leadership roles that may even include being in command of one of the world’s most sophisticated submarines or being in charge of the entire propulsion plant of the world’s largest aircraft carrier.
	www.navy.com /officer/nuclear (1319 words)

	Environmental Health Coalition CBC Navy Toxics Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Navy alleges that nuclear power is "absolutely safe" and that the Nuclear Navy has a "perfect" safety record.
		The Navy refuses to release important information about the Nuclear Megaport to the public, including its accident record and emergency response plans, and the area of impact from an accidental release of radiation from a naval nuclear reactor.
		The Navy has also refused to take responsibility for improving the safety of the nuclear presence, including perimeter monitoring, emergency response planning for neighbors of the base, and warning systems.
	www.environmentalhealth.org /navy_toxics.html (638 words)

	NWC Review, Spring 2000: James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Navy spokesmen argued that a jet with the remarkable endurance envisioned—the figure of a thousand hours was commonly used—would be better suited to antisubmarine warfare than to long-range strike.
		The Navy’s rebuttal came in the form of a statement from the Secretary Thomas that seaplanes with nuclear propulsion “promised to be a potent supplement to the new Navy” and that nuclear seaplanes should belong only to that service.
		Yet another attempt by the Navy to salvage an ANP program for itself began in January 1959, when Secretary of the Navy Thomas S. Gates informed the secretary of defense that the Navy was convinced of the benefits of the indirect-cycle reactor.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2000/spring/art5-sp0.htm (10606 words)

	Nuclear Propulsion
		Nuclear safety, radiation, shock, quieting, and operating performance requirements in addition to operation in close proximity to the crew dictate exceptionally high standards for component manufacturing and quality assurance.
		The Navy makes shipments of naval spent fuel to INEL that are necessary to meet national security requirements to defuel or refuel nuclear powered submarines, surface warships, or naval prototype or training reactors, or to ensure examination of naval spent fuel from these sources.
		US Navy nuclear ships are decommissioned and defueled at the end of their usefueli lifetime, when the cost of continued operation is not justified by their military capability, or when the ship is no longer needed.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/eng/reactor.html (3218 words)

	ORNL Review Vol. 25, Nos. 3 and 4, 2002
		He was blunt, had a knack for quick comebacks and, as an officer in the U.S. Navy, subjected his prospective staff to grueling interviews to determine their reactions under stress.
		Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the nuclear navy, converses with Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb.
		In 1958, the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States, the Shippingport plant in Pennsylvania, began operating, and the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus, sailed submerged from Hawaii to England by way of the North Pole.
	www.ornl.gov /info/ornlreview/rev25-34/chapter3sb8.htm (592 words)

	Nuclear-powered Ships
		Nuclear power is particularly suitable for vessels which need to be at sea for long periods without refuelling, or for powerful submarine propulsion.
		Compared with the excellent safety record of the US nuclear navy, early Soviet endeavours resulted in a number of serious accidents - five where the reactor was irreparably damaged, and more resulting in radiation leaks.
		Nuclear propulsion has proven technically and economically essential in the Russian Arctic where operating conditions are beyond the capability of conventional icebreakers.
	www.uic.com.au /nip32.htm (1736 words)

	Nuclear News
		And third, nuclear weapons testing causes illness and death, which is something downwinders - his...
		Greenpeace said nuclear waste from a storage facility is seeping into groundwater in the Champagne region of France...
		Going from Navy SEAL aspirations to nuclear engineering meant a lot of shifting in his perspective throughout h...
	www.nukeworker.com /news (714 words)

	Nuclear Navy's 50th - Page 1
		Joe's father was an enlisted man in the Navy (Seabees in the Pacific Theater) from 1946 through 1951, and his uncle was a merchant mariner on the North Atlantic convoys late in World War II, before being drafted into the U.S. Army to serve in the Occupation of Nazi Germany.
		It was exactly fifty years ago this month that America's nuclear navy was born, with the commissioning of the world's first-ever nuclear powered fast-attack submarine, USS Nautilus.
		The Virginia class is America's first nuclear submarine design to be conceived, funded, and laid down entirely since the end of the Cold War.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Buff_092304-P1,00.html (1026 words)

	Navy Nuclear Weapons Association Jurassic Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Under “Army Rules,” a Navy W-I was not considered to be an officer, and thus was compelled to attend the enlisted course.
		If the word “nuclear” could have been uttered, the initial letters of the three sections would have spelled M-E-N. There were few women in the Navy and none at all in the program.
		Separable nuclear components were stored in a special compartment far aft and far down, from where they were handled (in their birdcages) via a manual dumbwaiter, across the mess deck forward to another dumbwaiter serving the SASS spaces.
	www.navynucweps.com /History/kodhistory.htm (6801 words)

	New navy nuclear power & nuclear submarines
		While I know a great deal on the subject of nuclear power and nuclear submarines, I also know that much nuclear info is confidential.
		You will not be able to see the nuclear submarines engineroom or the nuclear reactor, but you will be able to see the living spaces.
		I am somewhat biased as I hate nuclear submarines and the new navy as they were at the heart of all destruction and emptiness my life once knew.
	www.newnavy.us (751 words)

	Navy Nuclear Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We in the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics program (in conjunction with the Office of Professional and Distance Education and the U.S. Navy) are proud to offer the Navy Nuclear Program at Rensselaer.
		Navy students receive up to 31 credit hours of transfer credits for their Navy Nuclear Power Training School course work, leaving 97 credit hours to be completed at Rensselaer.
		Please visit the Navy Nuclear Program website at http://www.pde.rpi.edu/navy/, or contact Marie Dieffenbach, the Navy Nuclear Program Contact at dieffm@rpi.edu or phone (518) 276-2255 for more information.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/mane/deptweb/academics/ugrad/navy/navy.html (529 words)

	Nuclear missile allegedly damaged
		The code words used by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the most severe level of a nuclear weapon mishap reportedly were invoked Nov. 7 when a Trident I C4 missile was damaged while being removed from the submarine USS Georgia in Bangor.
		Navy officials here and in Washington, D.C., refused to discuss the allegations, citing a strict Defense Department "neither confirm nor deny" directive concerning nuclear weapons to keep potential or real enemies guessing.
		Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, has been a thorn in the Navy's side for years, trying to clear his name from a court-martial conviction that fellow officers and some congressmen say is a case of military justice gone wrong.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/164280_nuke11.html (1331 words)

	"Nuclear Navy," Feature Article, January 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Range and submerged time of a submarine with a reliable nuclear propulsion system would be limited only by food supply and endurance of the crew.
		The rumor among the first nuclear submariners was they would surface every four years to reenlist.
		The reason that the submarine was the first application of controlled nuclear power is a tribute to the vision of another man, Admiral Hyman Rickover of the U.S. Navy.
	www.memagazine.org /backissues/jan04/features/nukenavy/nukenavy.html (2305 words)

	Linebacker Aegis TBMD System Ready for Sea
		The NNPTC, which will oversee all training of personnel for the Navy's nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, was opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at which Adm. Frank L. Bowman, director of the naval nuclear propulsion program, praised the professionalism and safety record of the Navy's nuclear power program over the last 50 years.
		Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton signed the donation contract on 26 May, officially transferring custody of the Essex-class carrier to the ACHF, which is restoring and displaying the ship for the public.
		The eighth Navy ship to bear the name, the WWII Hornet was commissioned as CV 12 on 29 November 1943 and participated in intense combat operations in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/linebacker_aegis_tbmd_system_rea.htm (2031 words)

	Nuclear Powered Surface Ships of the World
		USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting of guided missiles.
		The USS Enterprise was the Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and from 1961 to 1972 she was the biggest warship in the world.
		Originally designed as Project 1153 - a new nuclear powered full -deck aircraft carrier - construction was suspended in 1983 when 50% completed and put aside for 5 years when when it was decided the hull was too small to launch aircraft and the catapult system designed for the ship failed.
	www.radiationworks.com /nuclearships.htm (2429 words)

	Missile incident rattles Canada
		It might not have been a "broken arrow" nuclear missile accident, but a mishap that damaged a Bangor Trident submarine ballistic missile and was kept under wraps by the Navy until this week threatens broken trust on an international scale.
		Navy officials cite a Defense Department "neither confirm nor deny" directive that handcuffs its spokesmen from discussing nuclear weapons accidents.
		But while nuclear experts say the possibility of nuclear detonation is highly unlikely, questions left hanging by the Defense Department's silence create concern on both sides of the border about even the smallest potential for plutonium releases or rocket fuel explosions.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/164710_missile13.html (775 words)

	Russia
		Despite the decline in active vessels, the Russian nuclear navy is slated to assume a more prominent role in Russia's strategic nuclear triad.
		Kuroyedov also said that improvement and maintenance of the naval nuclear forces will require tremendous resources, and that the funds they are receiving are two or three times lower than the minimum necessary to do so.
		In the case of the nuclear icebreaker fleet, the shipyards producing these vessels are joint stock companies, with most of the stock state-owned.
	www.nti.org /db/nisprofs/russia/naval/overview.htm (1651 words)

	Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Assigned to the Bureau of Ships in September 1947, Rickover received training in nuclear power at Oak Ridge Tennessee and worked with the bureau to explore the possibility of nuclear ship propulsion.
		Promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral by 1958, Rickover exerted tremendous personal influence over the nuclear Navy in both an engineering and cultural sense.
		In every sense, he played the role of father to the nuclear fleet, its officers, and its men.
	www.history.navy.mil /bios/rickover.htm (272 words)

	EWP: Program for Graduates of the Navy Nuclear Power Training School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Office of Professional and Distance Education and the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Program at Rensselaer have developed a program in cooperation with the U.S. Navy to deliver undergraduate degree programs in Engineering Physics and Nuclear Engineering to Navy personnel.
		The program is designed to meet the needs of Navy personnel by delivering courses and degree programs at a time and place that is convenient to students.
		The program consists of eight trimesters and eligible graduates of the Navy Nuclear Power Training School are expected to complete the program (and receive a B.S. degree in one of the engineering majors mentioned above) in 2 2/3 years or less.
	www.pde.rpi.edu /navy/index.shtml (271 words)

	SPACE.com -- Russia Launches Weather Satellite; U.S. Navy Tests Nuclear Missiles
		According to missile builder Lockheed Martin, four unarmed U.S. Navy Trident 1 C4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles were successfully test fired from the USS Ohio.
		The dummy missile flight tests were the latest in an ongoing series of operational evaluation tests conducted by the U.S. Navy during the past four decades to monitor the safety, reliability, readiness and performance of the Trident 1 weapon system.
		The Trident 1 C4's are scheduled to be retired from strategic service in 2005 in favor of the more modern, accurate and supportable Trident 2 D5 missile system, which is currently deployed in the Atlantic fleet.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/zenit_launch_011210.html (500 words)

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