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Robert Joseph Ascherl

Known as Bob

Robert Joseph Ascherl was born September 10, 1923 in Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, the son of Joseph Anton Ascherl and Threasia Mary Geis. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard an LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) — specific vessel and campaigns unconfirmed. After the war he enrolled at Washington State University on the GI Bill, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1951.

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Arc

From an engine room to the first commercial reactors

Motor Machinist's Mate first class on a landing craft in the Mediterranean, then the GI Bill, then the control rooms of the world's first commercial boiling water reactors.

1923–2017

Vignette · in From an engine room to the first commercial reactors

The night the engines failed

A piston head burned through at midnight and threw oil across the engine room. By 0100 the fuel pumps were going too.

Summer 1944

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R.J. Ascherl Letter to the Editor — Elsie Item, Issue 55, February 2006, page 12
R.J. Ascherl Letter to the Editor — Elsie Item, Issue 55, February 2006, page 12
Us Patent 3,195,930 — Drawing Sheet
Us Patent 3,195,930 — Drawing Sheet
Us Patent 3,195,930 — Patent Office Title Page
Us Patent 3,195,930 — Patent Office Title Page
Bob Ascherl and Sheila McCanse — First Date, LaGrande, Oregon, March 1947
Bob Ascherl and Sheila McCanse — First Date, LaGrande, Oregon, March 1947
Hanford 100-D Area — Modern Satellite View with Columbia River and Route 4N
Hanford 100-D Area — Modern Satellite View with Columbia River and Route 4N
Hanford 105-D or 105-Dr Reactor Building — Aerial Photograph
Hanford 105-D or 105-Dr Reactor Building — Aerial Photograph
Figure 2-2. Pre-Demolition Floor Plan Layout at Ground Level — Hanford Reactor Building
Figure 2-2. Pre-Demolition Floor Plan Layout at Ground Level — Hanford Reactor Building
Robert Joseph Ascherl — Later Portrait
Robert Joseph Ascherl — Later Portrait
Robert Joseph “Bob” Ascherl — Studio Portrait
Robert Joseph “Bob” Ascherl — Studio Portrait
Robert J. Ascherl and Sheila McCanse — 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1997
Robert J. Ascherl and Sheila McCanse — 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1997
Sigma Tau Engineering Honorary — Washington State College Chinook, 1951 (p. 53)
Sigma Tau Engineering Honorary — Washington State College Chinook, 1951 (p. 53)
Senior Class Listing — Robert Ascherl, Washington State College Chinook, 1951 (p. 100)
Senior Class Listing — Robert Ascherl, Washington State College Chinook, 1951 (p. 100)
Wwii Draft Registration Card — Robert Joseph Ascherl, 1942
Wwii Draft Registration Card — Robert Joseph Ascherl, 1942