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Time Experimentation by US Research Teams that you did not know about before Three Mile Island and C

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Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory

Located in West Mifflin, PA, the site of the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory was originally developed as Pittsburgh’s first airfield. The site is named after Lt. Cyrus K. Bettis, a famous air-racing Army pilot who died in a tragic plane crash near Bellefonte, PA, in the 1920s. The land was acquired according to a contract between Westinghouse and the Atomic Energy Commission. Westinghouse purchased the land and began operations to support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in 1948. Bechtel replaced Westinghouse as the operating contractor in 1999. Bettis was assigned responsibility for the engineering, design, procurement, and construction work on the prototype of the first naval nuclear propulsion plant, and in 1955 the USS NAUTILUS, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, went to sea under nuclear power. Prior to NAUTILUS, submarines had been limited by battery power that allowed for undersea travel of 150 miles or fewer at much slower speeds than what NAUTILUS was capable of running. In August 1958, NAUTILUS was able to sail more than 2,000 miles under the polar ice cap. Since NAUTILUS, Bettis led the development of the first nuclear-powered surface ship (the cruiser USS LONG BEACH) and the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (USS ENTERPRISE). Bettis designed and developed the first full-scale nuclear power plant for civilian use, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which began operation in 1957. The primary objective for building Shippingport was to be a source of scientific data for building future nuclear power stations, and the technology developed for the Shippingport program has been made available to industry for commercial application. During its first year of operation, Shippingport ran the equivalent of more than 3,000 hours at its full-power output of 60,000 kilowatts of electricity. Shippingport was also the site of the first Light Water Breeder Reactor, operated from 1977 until 1982. Today, Bettis provides design and engineering support for the NIMITZ Class aircraft carriers and the SEAWOLF Class fast attack submarines. Bettis is the lead design laboratory for the reactor plant design effort for the next generation of Aircraft Carriers (FORD Class).

Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory


Located in Niskayuna, near Schenectady, NY, the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) was established in May 1946, under contract between the General Electric Company and the Manhattan Engineering District. In 1947, the contract was transferred to the recently established Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Materials Production Division. The original mission of the Laboratory was to provide technical support to Hanford Engineer Works in the chemical separation of plutonium and uranium from irradiated fuel; this was later extended to similar support of the Savannah River Site. In addition, KAPL was developing power reactor technology, specifically a liquid-metal cooled breeder reactor. When the AEC cancelled the breeder reactor project in 1950, the Laboratory’s power reactor efforts were transferred to Navy submarine propulsion development, being pioneered by then Captain Hyman G. Rickover. KAPL’s liquid-metal cooled reactor design powered USS SEAWOLF (SSN 575), the Nation’s second nuclear powered submarine. During the early 1950s, AEC work shifted to other National Laboratories, and by the mid-1950s, KAPL became totally dedicated to Naval nuclear propulsion. During the years following, KAPL developed a series of nuclear reactor and propulsion plant designs for the U.S. Fleet: the dual pressurized water reactors for USS TRITON, which circumnavigated the globe in 83 days; the dual pressurized water reactors used in the guided missile cruiser USS BAINBRIDGE; the reactor cores that power current NIMITZ Class aircraft carriers; the reactor plants for current LOS ANGELES Class fast attack submarines and OHIO Class ballistic missile submarines. KAPL was also responsible for the reactor plant on the United States’ only nuclear powered ocean engineering and research submarine (NR-1) which operated between 1969 and 2008. KAPL is the lead design laboratory for the newest VIRGINIA Class fast attack submarines and is leading the design effort on the next generation ballistic missile submarine (OHIO Replacement Project).


This in itself does not prove at first glance that time travel existed, but it is strong

evidence to support the existence of necessary technological means. There have

been documented case studies of just such activities. It is clear that the government

has never discarded the possibility of time travel as a possible military strategic

tool.

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