Ted Rockwell describes Rickover’s successes beginning right after World War II in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His account includes the first submarine voyage from Pearl Harbor to England to the North Pole, the continuously submerged round-the-world journey of the USS Triton, and the buildup of the U.S. nuclear fleet and the civilian…

This is the supplement to The Rickover Effect which provides a listing of personnel that served at Naval Reactors from 1946 - 1961. It is referred to on page xviii of The Rickover Effect as follows:

"The First Fifteen Years": The author has compiled a listing of Naval Reactors technical,…

While many books have been written about various aspects of his career, this is the first biography to have access to private papers, family and close friends. It not only deals with the admiral's controversial naval career but with phases of his personal life that made him what he was,…

This book by Hewlett and Duncan was written with the full cooperation of Naval Reactors and Rickover to tell the story of the programs first 15 years. A full transcript of the book is available as a link (courtesy of the DOE)

Book Forward

This book had its origins in…

From 1974 to the day Rickover retired in 1982, Francis Duncan had free access to files, documents, and personnel at every level of involvement—a rare, never-to-be-repeated opportunity that most historians dream of but few get. And, as this book clearly shows, he took full advantage of the situation to gain…

The 1992 Naval Reactors reunion was organized by Ted Rockwell ('coincidentally' around the release of his 1992 Book - The Rickover Effect). Owing to poor acoustics and poor crowd control, these remarks were not actually given by William Wegner (NRHQ 1956 - 1979 and Deputy Director 1964 - 1979) b…

This is historically a wonderful speech given by Honorable James H. Wakelin, Jr. as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, on March 29, 1960 before the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Power Conference in Chicago IL. Highly recommended to read.

The purpose of the speech…

Richard Claytor (NRHQ 1956-1973 and attended BRES Class 7) describes his memoir as - "This is not an attempt at a biography. There already exist several excellent well-written biographies of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, including especially Francis Duncan’s Rickover, The Struggle for Excellence. There has been one notable “insider” boo…

The 1992 Naval Reactors reunion was organized by Ted Rockwell ('coincidentally' around the release of his 1992 Book - The Rickover Effect). As noted in the 1st page of this document, owing to poor acoustics and poor crowd control, these remarks were not actually given by Carl Schmitt (NRHQ 196…

Administering A Large Military Development Project

Delivered by Rickover on March 16, 1954 to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA.

Key Points:

• Involved large organizations must work together

• Goals are set by people and not by organizations

• Keep your superiors informed

• How to get authorization ("hunting license") for your…

In 1992, NR held a reunion (presumably the 2nd reunion hosted by Ted Rockwell (NRHQ 1949 - 1964) aligned with the publication of his book THE RICKOVER EFFECT. These are sea stories sent in by attendees of the event. This copy was contributed to NR-HA by Andy Stadnik (NRHQ 1…

In March 1975, Rickover was awarded the William J. Kroll Medal for Zirconium Development. On the occasion of the presentation, Rickover prepared this paper detailing the history of the Development of Zirconium Alloys for the Use In Nuclear Reactors. Three papers are included in this report: One presentation by Admir…