Waxad qortaa sii wadida cutubkan - Theodore Taylor xirfadiisa shaqo ayaa mar kale is bedeshay kadib mashruuca Orion. waxa uu bilaabay in uu ka baqo khasaaraha kasoo gaadha shaqadiisii asigoo qaatay tijaabooyin si hoos loogu dhigo cabsidaas Sanadkii 1964 wuxuu ahaa ku xigeenka agaasimaha Hay'adda Taageerada Nukliyeerka ee Difaaca (waax ka tirsan Wasaaradda Difaaca), halkaas oo uu ku maamuli jiray keydka hubka nukliyeerka ee Mareykanka. Kadib, 1966 wuxuu aasaasay shirkad la talineed oo la yiraahdo International Research and Technology Corporation, oo ku taal Vienna, Austria, taas oo isku dayday inay ka hortagto horumarinta barnaamijyada hubka nukliyeerka. Taylor wuxuu sidoo kale ka soo shaqeeyay sidii borofisar booqday Jaamacadda California, Santa Cruz iyo Jaamacadda Princeton. Markii dambe wuxuu u jeestay tamarta la cusboonaysiin karo, sanadkii 1980 wuxuu bilaabay shirkad la yiraahdo Nova Incorporated, taas oo diiradda saareysa beddelka tamarta nukliyeerka si loo buuxiyo baahiyaha tamarta ee dhulka. wuxuu baaray soo saarida tamarta sida qaboojinta harooyinka barafka iyo kuleyliyaha qoraxda, ugu danbayntii wuxuu u wareegay kaydinta tamarta dhismayaasha dhexdiisa. shaqadaas tamarta lagu badbaadinayo, wuxuu ka aasaasay shirkad aan macaash doon ahayn, magaalada Montgomery ee gobolka Maryland, shirkadaasina waa Damascus Energy, waxayna xoogga saartaa tamarta guriga. Theodore Taylor waxa kale oo uu ka mid ahaa guddiga madaxweynaha Mareykanka ee ku saabsan shilkii Three Mile Island
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