A while back I sent the following letter via e-mail to Nuclear News. They chose to not print it.
Subject: A great ANS publication
Date: 1/28/2013 12:09:11 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time
From: Bobleyse@aol.com
To: btompkins@ans.org
Nuclear News Letters
Almost 20 years ago, ANS published the book by John W. Simpson, Nuclear Power from Underseas to Outer Space, ANS 1994. This is a great reference with smooth text. For example, from page 12:
“I was in Rickover’s office when Sam Untermyer came in carrying a shiny piece of pure crystal bar zirconium. He said they had removed the hafnium impurity, which would make excellent control rods, and the pure zirconium was ideal for cladding.”
Bob Leyse (Robert H. Leyse) P. O. Box 2850 Sun Valley, ID 83353
Perhaps the above was too succinct for Nuclear News. Also I should have made it clear that these were Simpson's words. That textbook has a lot, including a list of referenced persons, however, Simpson missed some important contributors in this list of references. One reader stated that being included in Simpson's list was equivalent to a burial spot in the Kremlin wall. Even Untermyer is not listed. Also, Harry Nicholas Andrews is not there.
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