Admiral Hyman Rickman, the Nuclear Navy, and Commerical Nuclear Power Industry
This paper is a description of the contributions that Admiral Hyman Rickover made regarding the United States's Nuclear Navy as well as regarding the commerical nuclear power industry. As such, this paper examines the control that Rickover exercised over the Nuclear Navy for thirty years. Additionally, some discussion will be made of Rickover's involvement in the Three Mile Island disaster.