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Join my journey through the history of nuclear power reactors: 85 years … 900 reactors … 50+ nations. I plan to complete my trilogy, REACTOR: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER, by 2030. The first book, VISIONS: VOLUME I, 1942–1957, arrives in November.
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A 1952 reenactment of the first reactor; America glances at pressure tubes in 1957
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Speculation about radiation exposure during a 1957 accident; obituary for an experimental reactor.
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Early days of Canada's reactor pursuits and America's uranium pursuits.