The book was written for anyone interested in the subject. It
should be specially helpful to designers and builders of ships,
marine engineers, operators, shippers, managers, government
officials, lawyers, and underwriters. It will also appeal to
others, including nuclear scientists and engineers, scientists and
engineers in other fields, teachers, students, and writers. The
first two chapters furnish orientation on the subject of nuclear
ships, and the third provides technical background for readers with
no background in nuclear science. Logically, the longest chapter in
the book (Chap. 4) is devoted to the Savannah herself. Several
succeeding chapters cover precautions taken in design,
construction, and operation to ensure safety. In this aspect of the
ship development, the history of nuclear central-station plants
seems to be repeating itself: in unknown areas it is better to take
many precautions that later will be found unnecessary than to run
the risk of not taking the one safety measure that might prove
essential. Fueling nuclear ships, very different from taking on
fuel oil, is covered in Chap. 7, and the extensive training of the
crew in nuclear technology and reactor operation is described in
Chap. 8. Concluding chapters cover international aspects of nuclear
merchant-ship propulsion such as handling in other ports, safety
standards, and insurance; the suitability of different reactors;
and economics. The last two chapters are devoted to nuclear tanker
design, since it appears that the first economic application may be
for large tankers operating long distances, and to nuclear ship
activities elsewhere in the world including the Russian icebreaker
Lenin.
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