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Hyman George Rickover
Pages 290-297

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From page 291...
... When Rickover started grammar school, he knew only a few words of English, but avid reading of magazines brought to him by his mother soon improved his knowledge of the language. While attending high school in Chicago, where his family settled, he helc!
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From page 292...
... The tiara obtained by the navy technical mission to Japan after the war cteterminect that the lack of these improvements was a major factor in the outcomes of many of the naval battles that occurred in the Pacific. As the war was ending, Rickover had a short tour of duty on Okinawa; after the war, he served as inspector general of the ~ 9th Mothball Fleet.
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From page 293...
... Although he was not initially selected, through the intercession of his wartime boss Acimiral EarIe Mills, Rickover was finally sent to Oak Ridge. Before going to Oak Ri(lge, Rickover spent time in Washington studying all of the available information on the possible use of atomic energy for naval propulsion.
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From page 294...
... in the industry cluring World War Il for getting things done was of great help in persuading contractors to become involved in his nuclear work, even though he had lukewarm or no support in most areas of the government. By late 1948 the research on a pressurized water reactor was centered in the Argonne National Laboratory, and Westinghouse had been given a contract to do the engineering anc!
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From page 295...
... nuclear electricity generating plant, was synchronized with the Duquesne Light Company system in December 1957, just four and a half years after the start of the project. The building of Shippingport was the step that made central station nuclear power possible.
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From page 296...
... Yet probably the major reason he received such strong backing was that he was succeeding at a time when major successes were rare in this country. The confidence that the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy had in Rickover was a key factor in the passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, a most important piece of legislation that has been little changed even now.
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From page 297...
... Electronics Engineers' Golden Omega Award (19594; the Atomic Energy Commission's Enrico Fermi Award (19651; the National Electrical Manufacturers Association's Prometheus Awarc! (19651; the Presidential Medal of Freeclom ~ ~ 9801; and numerous honorary degrees.
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