The U.S. nuclear navy, created by Admiral Hyman Rickover, was an astonishing bureaucratic and cultural revolution in modern military history. Rickover’s belief in superior engineering, continuous ...
GROTON, Conn. (WLS) -- A new nuclear submarine was commissioned Saturday in honor of a legendary Naval officer and Chicago native. The Navy added the USS Rickover to its fleet, named after Admiral ...
HFIR reactor operators working from a motorized bridge use hand tools that are 30 feet long to work on the reactor core submerged in a pool 17 feet deep. Veterans of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion ...