Project Gutenberg 2020-10-30 Public domain in the USA. 260 United States. Department of Commerce United States. Commerce Department Commerce, U.S. Department of United States. Maritime Administration Marad United States. Department of Commerce. Maritime Administration United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration United States. Federal Maritime Administration U.S. Atomic Energy Commission United States. Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Energy Commission (U.S.) USAEC AEC The Nuclear Ship Savannah First Atomic Merchant Ship, One of the World's Safest Ships Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Nuclear Ship Savannah" by the United States Department of Commerce et al. is a scientific publication produced in the mid-20th century. This book delves into the design, safety features, and operational protocols of the N.S. Savannah, recognized as the world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. It serves as an informative account detailing significant advancements in maritime technology, particularly focusing on the integration of nuclear energy into commercial maritime operations. In this publication, the N.S. Savannah stands as a pioneering vessel, engineered with an unprecedented level of safety in mind. It outlines the ship's structural design, which includes a heavily reinforced reactor compartment, advanced radiation shielding, and multiple redundant systems to ensure constant power and safety. The book details the extensive safety measures and protocols established by various U.S. governmental agencies, highlighting the importance of operational training for the crew. The Savannah embodies a significant step toward harnessing nuclear power for peaceful purposes, establishing criteria for safety that would influence future maritime technology. Overall, it is a detailed exploration of both the technological prowess and safety measures of nuclear-powered vessels, encapsulating the transition into a new era of maritime transportation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Savannah (Nuclear ship) Nuclear merchant ships -- United States VM Text Category: Science - Physics Category: Engineering & Technology 84402 2025-09-25T08:10:06.291075 text/html 56667 2024-10-18T07:29:52 text/html 1008140 2025-09-25T08:10:12.097018 application/epub+zip 1006531 2025-09-25T08:10:09.049126 application/epub+zip 87300 2025-09-25T08:10:07.672073 application/epub+zip 1124907 2025-09-25T08:10:13.842009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1115132 2025-09-25T08:10:10.726058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112606 2022-09-28T17:12:36.593366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56951 2025-09-25T08:10:05.830073 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37119 2024-10-18T07:29:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18097 2025-09-25T08:10:13.979029 application/rdf+xml 11728 2025-09-25T08:10:07.789061 image/jpeg 2402 2025-09-25T08:10:07.730067 image/jpeg 960406 2025-09-25T08:10:06.317079 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia