Editing Ted Taylor (physicist) (section)

==Late career==
Theodore Taylor's career shifted again after project Orion. He developed an even greater fear of the potential ramifications of his entire life's work, and began taking precautionary measures to mitigate those concerns. In 1964 he served as the deputy director of the [[Defense Atomic Support Agency]] (a branch within the Department of Defense), where he managed the U.S. nuclear weapons inventory.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17358-2004Nov1.html|title=Theodore Taylor Dies; Tried To Redirect Nuclear Power (washingtonpost.com)|website=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2018-04-19}}</ref> Then, in 1966 he created a consulting firm called the International Research and Technology Corporation, located in [[Vienna]], Austria, which sought to prevent the development of more nuclear weapons programs.<ref name=":3"/>  Taylor also worked as a visiting professor at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and [[Princeton University]].<ref name=":0"/> His focus eventually turned to [[renewable energy]], and In 1980 Taylor started a company called Nova Incorporated, which focused on nuclear energy alternatives as a means of supplementing the energy requirements of the earth.<ref name=":3"/> He studied energy capture from sources like cooling [[ice pond]]s and heating [[solar pond]]s, and eventually turned to energy conservation within buildings.<ref name=":3"/> Concerning this work in energy conservation, he founded a not-for-profit organization in Montgomery County, Maryland called Damascus Energy, which focuses on [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]] within the home.<ref name=":3"/> Theodore Taylor also served on the President of the United States' commission concerning the [[Three Mile Island accident|Three Mile Island Accident]],<ref name=":2"/> working to mitigate the issues associated with the reactor meltdown.