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What was the fastest nuclear-powered ship? There are stories about the nuclear
carrier Enterprise doing 40 knots or the nuclear cruiser Bainbridge (above) always
beating other ships in Trans-Pacific races. Sea stories about fast ships will always
persist, but an Electrician's Mate - Nuclear Dept writes nicely about it in Speed Thrills.
Atomic Energy experience can be applied in Bettis Atomic Labs . Navy veterans with
nuclear submarine reactor experience could check out opportunities covering nuclear
physicists, radiation detection, radiated water disposal at Nuclear Job.
A major employer in nuclear energy is Westinghouse Nuclear , at Other Employers
Page. Given the use of Westinghouse S6G Pressurized Water Reactors in attack
subs and S8G Pressurized Water Reactors in ballistic missile subs, the
Westinghouse name needs no introduction among former reactor operators
U.S.S. Bainbridge commissioning Oct. 6, 1962 - Navy Photo
The picture below serves as an interesting study of how much things can change in
just seventeen short years. The steam powered namesake of the nuclear cruiser
above is a hold-out from World War I. Here, on July 2, 1943, she returns a downed
naval aviator to the carrier Santee. For the safe return of a pilot, it was expected that
the destroyer would be rewarded with a five-gallon tub of ice cream.
One of the big draws for veterans
with atomic energy backgrounds
is the power generation industry.
Although it's anybody's guess as
to the future of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission issuing
new licenses to build plants, the
existing national electric grid
offers decent picks for quality
assurance engineers, reactor
operators, nuclear waste
disposal specialists, nuclear
security personnel, pipe
designers and more.