Pocock, Rowland F.,

Nuclear ship propulsion / Rowland F. Pocock. - 176 pages, : illustrations, maps, plans 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Atomic bombs and power reactors -- The atomic submarine and Admiral Rickover -- The British reactor programme -- The world's nuclear fleet (i) -- The world's nuclear fleet (ii) -- The NS Savannah -- Nuclear merchant shipping in the United Kingdom -- Development of the marine reactor -- Submarine operations in the Arctic Ocean -- The Thresher disaster -- Progress towards the nuclear merchant ship -- Present trends and future prospects.

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Marine nuclear reactor plants.

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