STUDYING THE HISTORY OF NUCLEAR SAFETY BETWEEN 1950 AND 1985 IN AMERICAN ARCHIVE

Abstract

Nuclear history is full of transnational connections. Studying this history, therefore, often entails traveling. For my research on the history of nuclear safety regulations related to water and steam technologies1 (like reactor pressure vessels, steam generators, pipes, pumps, and valves), these connections brought me to the United States. The two dominant reactor types in the world – pressurized and boiling water reactors – were both developed by American companies and with the support of the US government and military...