THEODORE ROCKWELL

Dr Rockwell has spent over 60 years in nuclear technologies. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and recipient of its first Lifetime Contribution Award, now known as the Rockwell Award. He has Distinguished Service Medals from both the US Navy and the US Atomic Energy Commission, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was Technical Director of Admiral Hyman Rickover’s programme on building a nuclear-powered naval fleet, and the first commercial atomic power station. He has several patents, including one listed in “a selection of [27] landmark US atomic energy patents from all the patents issued to date.” His works have been published in German, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. He is the first Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering.

He has written numerous books and technical papers, including such widely-used texts as Reactor Shielding Design Manual; The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference; and Creating the New World: Stories & Images from the Dawn of the Atomic Age. He co-authored The Shippingport Pressurized Water Reactor, and Arms Control Agreements: Designs for Verification.