Charles N. Slayton

White Elephants: the Story of Peaceful Atomic Energy Charles N. Slayton

The atom contains energy beyond all imagination and President Eisenhower?s plan was to benefit all of mankind. Once America discovered the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, some rather extraordinary people leaped at the opportunity capitalize from this new technology; this is their story. White Elephants is about these people and the hardships they encountered; the story of how an amazing technology became such a burden on our nation through the trials of these not so ordinary men and women who built the White Elephants we call our nuclear power plants.