White Elephants

About the Book

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.

About the Author

Charles N. Slayton spent fourteen years in design and construction of nuclear power plants during their heyday. He later spent twenty-five years managing his own construction business. He is recently retired and making time to write stories about his interest including technical, political and religious subjects. White Elephants began twenty-five years ago with Slayton’s desire to tell the untold story of America’s nuclear power industry. The characters in the story will entertain you as it is told through their eyes; he also endeavors to present factual and credible historical information to the reader.