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Connect.  Preserve.  Honor.  Serve.

Welcome to the

Naval Reactors
Historical Association

The Naval Reactors Historical Association is dedicated to connecting past and present Naval Reactors professionals, inspiring future generations and educating the public on Naval Reactors' accomplishments. Our mission is to preserve the history of Naval Reactors and to honor those who have contributed to its success and ensure those contributions are never forgotten.

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RESOURCES

Access our database full of resources about Naval Reactors as an organization and its people.  These resources have been collected by Naval Reactors alumni and continue to be added to over time.  If you have a resource not featured here that you’d like to share or need to make a correction, please reach out to historian@nr-ha.org.

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* Only available to NRHQ Alumni/Active

(#) A free ChatGPT login is required.

and more . . .

WHAT'S NEW

Featured New Additions

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1957 - To Tell the Truth Episode 

with CO of Skate

    (Not much about NR - but fun to watch)

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What we are looking for?

Do you have any of the following?  If so, please send a digital copy to historian@nr-ha.org or make arrangements for scanning paper copies.

  • Anything on NR Reunion 1 (Reunion 2 was in 1992)

  • Old NR Gray Books (we only have 1987, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2020)

  • Information & stories about NR sports teams

  • Descriptions of NR Work Processes (particularly when and why changes were made)

  • List of Heads of Field Offices prior to 1990

  • Anything on California Water Project beyond what is in Rickover and the Nuclear Navy

  • NR Budgets between 1960 and 2010 (we have before and after)

'Initial Sea Trials' Letter for

USS Nimitz (CVAN-68) - Mar 3, 1975

GET INVOLVED

The Naval Reactors Historical Association relies on the support of its members to achieve its mission. If you are a past or present Naval Reactors professional, or if you are simply interested in the history of nuclear technology, we invite you to join us and help preserve this important legacy.

We are actively looking for help in the following areas:

Historical Documentation and Overviews

Contact historian@nr-ha.org

Website Development and Management

Contact support@nr-ha.org

Alumni Database Management

Contact alumni-info@nr-ha.org

Governance

Contact info@nr-ha.org

Sponsorship/Donations

Contact info@nr-ha.org

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The Naval Reactors Historical Association (NR-HA) is a private, self-supporting, IRC 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-federal entity.  NR-HA supports the U.S. military, its veterans, as well as past and present federal employees that worked at Naval Reactors; however, it is not officially connected to or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, or any of their branches or departments including Naval Reactors.

This site is not considered subject to DOD prepublication review.  See https://www.nr-ha.org/about for additional information in this regard.

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