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How the Navy Invented the Nuclear Checklist
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the origins of the modern checklist — not in hospitals or airlines, but inside the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine program in the 1950s. Admiral Hyman Rickover's crews developed a systematic procedure to prevent errors in reactor control rooms, long before Atul Gawande popularized checklists in surgery. The hosts break down how the 'pre-flight' mentality migrated into civilian life, why a single checklist can reduce equipment failures by 70 percent, and how one nuclear mishap nearly changed the entire protocol. They also discuss how…
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