to start the chain reaction, all we need is one neutral. i think you can see what is going to happen. watc watch. my first introduction to nuclear power was quite nice. it was a disney movie called our friend the atom. the atom was going to bring about a wonderful revolution in the way we got our energy. and i was in a nuclear power submarine and us kids were enthusiastic about that and then when i was in myerly teens, i heard a speech and my dad knew i was interested in science, so he took he. watch the control rods come out as the control rods come out, the reactor starts.
watch the control rods come out as the control rods come out, the reactor starts. the water starts encirculating through here. he was a wonderful speaker and inspiring about american technology and the future and talked about new clear energy being used to light up cities, not just run submarines. so it was a generally positive notion. i got into the nuclear business in early 1948. prior to that, i was working on engines for the automobile. everything we had done up until that time to produce energy was by burning something. the enticement in the nuclear business was the fact it was a new source of energy, the new way to generate heat.