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History

The TRIGA nuclear reactor was one of the first General Atomics projects

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It was sold in 1967 to Gulf Oil and renamed Gulf General Atomic. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. ...

In 1973 it was renamed General Atomic Company when Shell was a partner in the company. Shell left the venture in 1982 and Gulf named it GA Technologies Inc. Chevron purchased Gulf in 1984. For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... The Shell emblem known as the Pecten Shell Oil Company (SOC) is the Houston, Texas based wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is one of the worlds largest global energy companies. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1986 it was sold to a company owned by Neal Blue and Linden Blue when it assumed its current name. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

The initial projects were the TRIGA nuclear reactor and Project Orion. TRIGA is a class of small nuclear reactor designed and manufactured by General Atomics of the USA. TRIGA is an acronym of Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics. This type of reactor can be installed without a containment building, and is designed for use by scientific institutions and universities for purposes... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... An artists conception of the NASA reference design for the Project Orion spacecraft powered by nuclear propulsion. ...

In 2007, General Atomics was developing a next generation nuclear power plant design, the Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GT-MHR). Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GTMHR) is a nuclear power reactor design under development by General Atomics. ...

Business groups

Business groups include:

• Advanced Technologies Group
  • Advanced Process Systems Division
  • Electromagnetic Systems Division
  • Systems Engineering Division
  • Nuclear Waste Management

• Energy Group
  • Controlled Fusion
  • Power Reactors
  • Photonics

• Nuclear Fuels Group

Affiliated Companies

The Predator UAV is made by General Atomics affiliate General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)
  • Aircraft Systems Group
  • Reconnaissance Systems Group
• General Atomics Electronic Systems (GA-ESI)
• ConverDyn
• Cotter Corporation
• Heathgate Resources Pty, Ltd.
• Nuclear Fuels Corporation
• Rio Grande Resources Corporation
• TRIGA International (with CERCA, a subsidiary of Areva)
• General Atomics Power Inverters

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Controversy

Government influence

General Atomics was the single biggest corporate underwriter of Congressional trips between January 2000 and June 2005, according to a nine-month study of congressional travel disclosure forms. The company spent more than $660,000 on 86 trips taken by members of Congress, their aides and families. Most of that was spent on overseas travel related to the unmanned Predator spy plane made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

The company said it had sponsored travel for members of Congress and their staffs "to promote enhanced understanding of General Atomics' technology research and product development." The company also noted that excursions were reviewed by "the appropriate Congressional ethics committees prior to travel."

In April 2002, for example, the company paid for Letitia White, who was then a top aide to Representative Jerry Lewis, and her husband to travel to Italy. White left Lewis' office nine months later, to become a lobbyist at Copeland Lowery. The next day, she began representing General Atomics. Lewis, her former boss, was at the time chairman of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee. ^[1] (see Jerry Lewis - Lowery lobbying firm controversy) Charles Jeremy Jerry Lewis (born October 21, 1934), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing the 41st District of California. ... Congressman Jerry Lewis Former Congressman, now partner in lobbying firm, Bill Lowery The Jerry Lewis - Lowery lobbying firm controversy stems from the the relationship between Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) and a lobbying firm, known as Copeland Lowery Jacquez Denton & White, where good friend and former U.S. Congressman Bill...

Other controversy

In 2001 the company was sued for allegedly overcharging the U.S. government for projects between 1992 and 2001.^[2]

See also

• Patents assigned to General Atomics. US Patent & Trademark Office. Retrieved on July 4, 2006.
• General Atomics Affiliates. Retrieved on July 4, 2006.
• List of nuclear reactors
• Tokamak
• MQ-1 Predator
• MQ-9 Reaper
• General Atomics Altus
• GNAT-750
• HT3R

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References

External links

• General Atomics
• about General Atomics
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

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