Comments on Nuclear Power

Authored by Stephen Mikesell

Here in a short newspaper article written by a deceased friend, A. Stanley Thompson. He worked at Oak Ridge Nuclear Laboratory ass Chief Development Engineer. In 1955 he co-wrote the first book on nuclear reactors from a mechanical engineer's viewpoint, entitled Thermal Power from Nuclear Reactors. After studying nuclear safety he came to the conclusion that it is impossible to make  full-proof reactor due to the inherent instability of nuclear reactions. His report was suppressed by the nuclear industry. Not many years before he died he self-published in 1997 the conclusions in a popular pamphlet entitled "Comments on Nuclear Power" <http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CoNP/>.

Nuclear Power, by A. Stanley Thompson*, May 1998

His article is dated but is rather unique. It is not often that we see a former nuclear engineer, who worked on nuclear projects for private corporations such as GE and Westinghouse as well as the Oak Ridge National Weapons Laboratory, speak so candidly about the hazards of radiation on all three topics of nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, and depleted uranium weapons.

http://www.cane.org.za/nuclear-energy-related/nuclear-power-by-a-stanley-thompson-phd/
http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/1998/05/00_thompson_nuc-power.htm

Nuclear Power and Coal
http://www.animatedsoftware.com/environm/onofre/tho2001a.htm

Nuclear Poweer and Y2K
http://www.ratical.com/radiation/CoNP/TheOtherPaper.html

Obituary (includes links to publications)
http://westbynorthwest.org/artman/publish/article_1239.shtml