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  "id": 18947,
  "url": "https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/hyman-rickover-and-the-birth-of-nuclear-power",
  "title": "Hyman Rickover and the Birth of Nuclear Power",
  "summary": "Editor’s note: This is the eighth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, and winners will be selected by a reader vote undertaken through our newsletter later this summer. Prior installments can be found at the Arsenal of Innovation page.For more than 70 years, nuclear power has propelled America",
  "authors": "Thane C. Clare",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T08:00:51.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-13T05:10:37.786Z",
  "source_slug": "x-war-on-the-rocks",
  "source_name": "War on the Rocks",
  "source_homepage": "https://warontherocks.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18947",
  "original_url": "https://warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/hyman-rickover-and-the-birth-of-nuclear-power",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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