Book of academician, vice admiral A.A. Sarkisov is dedicated to the memories of the Great Patriotic War, of which he was an active participant from 1941 to 1945, as well as events related to the creation of the nuclear fleet in our country and the establishment of large-scale training of officer engineering personnel of the nuclear energy profile. In this context, many topical scientific problems of nuclear energy in general and ship nuclear energy in particular are touched upon.