The Development of Nuclear Propulsion in the Royal Navy, 1946–1975/Разработка ядерного двигателя в Королевском военно-морском флоте, 1946-1975

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The book explores the path of the British Royal Navy in the third quarter of the 20th century to create a real submarine capable of floating freely in the depths of the ocean, thanks to the nuclear marine propulsion program. It covers the development of nuclear propulsion for the submarine fleet, which made it possible to effectively counter the Soviet underwater threat during the Cold War and provide the country's nuclear deterrent. In the context of the historical development of the submarine fleet, the book juxtaposes H. G. Wells' early ideas about submarines with the more optimistic views of Jules Verne, whose ideas about submarines eventually became reality with the appearance of the USS Nautilus in 1955.

Contents
1 Introduction
Overview
Chapters
Literature Review
Nuclear Historiography
The Nuclear Submarine in Context
Summary
2 Improving the Submersible
Introduction of World War II Submarine Developments
The Soviet Submarine Threat
Conversions to “Fast Battery Drive”
HTP and Air-Independent Engines
The Discovery of Nuclear Fission and Its Application to
Submarines
Discussions on the Development of the Nuclear “Engine”
3 The Nuclear Option
Tube Alloys, US Cooperation and the McMahon Act
Acquiring an Experienced Team
Harwell and the Admiralty
Initial Considerations
The Mark I Enriched Reactor
Metropolitan-Vickers and the Problem of Scale
The End of the Beginning
4 The Pressurised Water Reactor
The Reactor Technical Challenge
The Brontosaurus in the Museum: Quality Assurance
Industry Joins the Project
Miracle Metals
The Fuel Element Decision
Neptune: The Zero Energy Experimental Reactor
5 HMS/m Dreadnought
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover USN
What Price Exchange of Information?
The Offers to Purchase a US Submarine Reactor
Choices and Decisions
Mountbatten Corrections
Management and Establishment of the Dreadnought Project Team
Purchase of the S5W Reactor
Final Adjustments
6 Nuclear Training and Dounreay
Training Facilities
Off to School
Practical Training and Jason
Dounreay Submarine Prototype (DS/MP)
Dounreay’s Future Questioned
A Very Serious Snag
HMS/m Valiant
7 Future Developments
Refuelling Preparations
The Strength of Steel
Core Development
Amended Access Agreements
Core Development Programme (CORDEP)
Nuclear Development (Submarines): NuDe(S)
NuDe(S) II—FLIP—ANP
Core Z
Secondary Machinery Improvement
Reporting the Nuclear Navy
Project Cost
8 Conclusions
Political Problems and Indifference
Technical Considerations
The Military Situation
The Nuclear Propulsion Legacy
Research in the “Secret (Nuclear) State”
Appendix A
Appendix B
Glossary
Bibliography
Index