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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

NASA’s Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Reactor Facility

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NASA’s Nuclear Frontier: The Plum Brook Reactor Facility

In 1953, President Eisenhower delivered a speech called “Atoms for Peace” to the United Nations General Assembly. He described the emergence of the atomic age and the weapons of mass destruction that were piling up in the storehouses of the American and Soviet nations. Although neither side was aiming for global destruction, Eisenhower wanted to “move out of the dark chambers of horrors into the light, to find a way by which the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men everywhere, can move towards peace and happiness and well-being.” One way Eisenhower hoped this could happen was by transforming the atom from a weapon of war into a useful tool for civilization.

Many people believed that there were unprecedented opportunities for peaceful nuclear applications. These included hopeful visions of atomicpowered cities, cars, airplanes, and rockets. Nuclear power might also serve as an efficient way to generate electricity in space to support life and machines.[Download]

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