2023 - Admiral John Richardson Perspective on NR (#2)

On 4/3/2024, prior Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program from 2012-2015, Adm. John Richardson (ret.), discusses his perspective on the future of Naval Reactors and the Program. This is video #2.

Video length: 1:43

Transcript:

It's really hard to find an organization . It may be impossible to find an organization that has the record of success over that prolonged period of time governing and operating such a powerful technology , super effective in terms of moving the needle on the balance of power in the world , right ? And so when we think about America's place in the world , well , I'll tell you naval nuclear propulsion has been a significant contributor to maintaining our position in the world . And so we did these amazingly complicated things like build nautilus , not only build nautilus , but then let's send nautilus to the North Pole . Let's build an aircraft carrier with a power plant that is the biggest power plant in the world at the time . And a ship that is the biggest ship in the world at the time . It is absolutely appropriate that at the 75th anniversary of that type of success , we take a moment to pause , reflect , celebrate . But I think also let's uh you know , get back to work , roll up our sleeves because we uh the next 75 years ahead are only gonna be defined day by day by giving our best every single day .