Ray Haroldsen tells the story of how BORAX III became the first US nuclear plant to supply electricity to a town.
(MP3 - 19.1 MB - 55:16 M)

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In the fall of 1954, the US Atomic Energy Commission learned that the Soviet Union was planning to participate for the first time […]

Ray Haroldsen, back by popular demand, shares some more stories about his experiences on the technical team of the EBR-1, including some information about the results of the core melt that occurred in Nov 1955.
(MP3 - 15.4 MB - 44:34 M)

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Last week, Ray Haroldsen shared some of his memories […]

Ray Haroldsen is an atomic pioneer who began working at the National Reactor Testing Station in January 1952. He talks today about his experiences with EBR 1 and the BORAX series of reactor experiments.
(MP3 - 20.1 MB - 58:26 M)

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A good friend of mine contacted me recently and told […]

Bob Bromm is a professional mechanical engineer. He has recently been assigned to a new job with the team that has a contract to provide architect-engineering services for a two reactor ABWR for NRG.
(MP3 - 15 MB - 43:18 M)

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As we have discussed on a number of occasions, the […]

I have returned from a wonderfully relaxing and informative trip. My wife and I took a cruise up the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam and saw a lot of quaint villages, castles and a whole bunch of industry, coal barges and power plants.
Once I get out from under the pile of email, snail […]