Development of Nuclear Propulsion in the Royal Navy, 1946-1975
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Development of Nuclear Propulsion in the Royal Navy, 1946-1975
Jones, Gareth Michael
Springer International Publishing AG
08/2022
287
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Inglês
9783031051289
15 a 20 dias
539
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1 Introduction.- Overview.- Chapters.- Literature Review.- Nuclear Historiography.- The Nuclear Submarine in Context.- Summary.- 2 Improving the Submersible.- Introduction of World War II Submarine Developments.- The Soviet Submarine Threat.- Conversions to "Fast Battery Drive".- HTP and Air-Independent Engines.- The Discovery of Nuclear Fission and Its Application to Submarines.- Discussions on the Development of the Nuclear "Engine".- 3 The Nuclear Option.- Tube Alloys, US Cooperation and the McMahon Act.- Acquiring an Experienced Team.- Harwell and the Admiralty.- Initial Considerations.- The Mark I Enriched Reactor.- Metropolitan-Vickers and the Problem of Scale.- The End of the Beginning.- 4 The Pressurised Water Reactor.- The Reactor Technical Challenge.- The Brontosaurus in the Museum: Quality Assurance.- Industry Joins the Project.- Miracle Metals.- The Fuel Element Decision.- Neptune: The Zero Energy Experimental Reactor.- 5 HMS/m Dreadnought.- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover USN.-What Price Exchange of Information?.- The Offers to Purchase a US Submarine Reactor.- Choices and Decisions.- Mountbatten Corrections.- Management and Establishment of the Dreadnought Project Team.- Purchase of the S5W Reactor.- Final Adjustments.- 6 Nuclear Training and Dounreay.- Training Facilities.- Off to School.- Practical Training and Jason.- Dounreay Submarine Prototype (DS/MP).- Dounreay's Future Questioned.- A Very Serious Snag.- HMS/m Valiant.- 7 Future Developments.- Refuelling Preparations.- The Strength of Steel.- Core Development.- Amended Access Agreements.- Core Development Programme (CORDEP).- Nuclear Development (Submarines): NuDe(S).- NuDe(S) II-FLIP-ANP.- Core Z.- Secondary Machinery Improvement.- Reporting the Nuclear Navy.- Project Cost.- 8 Conclusions.- Political Problems and Indifference.- Technical Considerations.- The Military Situation.- The Nuclear Propulsion Legacy.- Research in the "Secret (Nuclear) State".- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Naval history;Maritime history;Nuclear technology;Defence;Special Relationship;Anglo-US relations;Naval Nuclear Propulsion Project;Nuclear weapons;Nuclear submarine;Dreadnought;Nuclear engineering;British defence policy;Submarine reactor power plant;Post-war history;Cold War;Core Development Programme;Royal Navy
1 Introduction.- Overview.- Chapters.- Literature Review.- Nuclear Historiography.- The Nuclear Submarine in Context.- Summary.- 2 Improving the Submersible.- Introduction of World War II Submarine Developments.- The Soviet Submarine Threat.- Conversions to "Fast Battery Drive".- HTP and Air-Independent Engines.- The Discovery of Nuclear Fission and Its Application to Submarines.- Discussions on the Development of the Nuclear "Engine".- 3 The Nuclear Option.- Tube Alloys, US Cooperation and the McMahon Act.- Acquiring an Experienced Team.- Harwell and the Admiralty.- Initial Considerations.- The Mark I Enriched Reactor.- Metropolitan-Vickers and the Problem of Scale.- The End of the Beginning.- 4 The Pressurised Water Reactor.- The Reactor Technical Challenge.- The Brontosaurus in the Museum: Quality Assurance.- Industry Joins the Project.- Miracle Metals.- The Fuel Element Decision.- Neptune: The Zero Energy Experimental Reactor.- 5 HMS/m Dreadnought.- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover USN.-What Price Exchange of Information?.- The Offers to Purchase a US Submarine Reactor.- Choices and Decisions.- Mountbatten Corrections.- Management and Establishment of the Dreadnought Project Team.- Purchase of the S5W Reactor.- Final Adjustments.- 6 Nuclear Training and Dounreay.- Training Facilities.- Off to School.- Practical Training and Jason.- Dounreay Submarine Prototype (DS/MP).- Dounreay's Future Questioned.- A Very Serious Snag.- HMS/m Valiant.- 7 Future Developments.- Refuelling Preparations.- The Strength of Steel.- Core Development.- Amended Access Agreements.- Core Development Programme (CORDEP).- Nuclear Development (Submarines): NuDe(S).- NuDe(S) II-FLIP-ANP.- Core Z.- Secondary Machinery Improvement.- Reporting the Nuclear Navy.- Project Cost.- 8 Conclusions.- Political Problems and Indifference.- Technical Considerations.- The Military Situation.- The Nuclear Propulsion Legacy.- Research in the "Secret (Nuclear) State".- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Naval history;Maritime history;Nuclear technology;Defence;Special Relationship;Anglo-US relations;Naval Nuclear Propulsion Project;Nuclear weapons;Nuclear submarine;Dreadnought;Nuclear engineering;British defence policy;Submarine reactor power plant;Post-war history;Cold War;Core Development Programme;Royal Navy
