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Step aboard the nuclear-powered passenger ship of tomorrow (from 1959)
NPR correspondent Geoff Brumfiel boards the NS Savannah, a nuclear passenger ship built in the late 1950s as part of a U.S. program to illustrate the positive uses of nuclear energy.
June 23, 2023 9:50 AM ET By Geoff Brumfiel, Meredith Rizzo
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182973358/step-aboard-the-nuclear-powered-passenger-ship-of-tomorrow-from-1959 Archived at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230623184605/https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182973358/step-aboard-the-nuclear-powered-passenger-ship-of-tomorrow-from-1959 screen shot {long!!}: https://web.archive.org/web/20230623184611/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1182973358/step-aboard-the-nuclear-powered-passenger-ship-of-tomorrow-from-1959
- I replaced stale info on reactor disposal but I think someone should incorporate the new images and general impressions of the ship. PRR ( talk) 18:56, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-136209.pdf
I don't know how to edit sources, but if someone could please add this source after the point about it costing 2 million dollars more than similar ships of the period, I would much appreciate it! Unbased ( talk) 19:43, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
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