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Nuclear-Powered Jet Airplane Engines (1957-1961) In front of the technician with a Geiger counter stands a vertical nuclear reactor made into a jet airplane engine. Behind it is a second, horizontal reactor engine. Nuclear-powered jet airplanes were intended to carry nuclear bombs and fly a pattern around the Soviet Union. The program was rendered obsolete by long-range missile technology. These are the only two nuclear jet airplane engines in existence. Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho. November 9, 1984. Keywords: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho INEL

Nuclear-Powered Jet Airplane Engines (1957-1961)

In front of the technician with a Geiger counter stands a vertical nuclear reactor made into a jet airplane engine. Behind it is a second, horizontal reactor engine. Nuclear-powered jet airplanes were intended to carry nuclear bombs and fly a pattern around the Soviet Union. The program was rendered obsolete by long-range missile technology. These are the only two nuclear jet airplane engines in existence. Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho. November 9, 1984.

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Filename:61.jpg
Album name:Rennhack / Idaho National Lab (INEL)
Rating (12 votes):55555
Keywords:Idaho / National / Engineering / Laboratory, / Idaho / Falls, / Idaho / INEL
Date:November 9, 1984
Credits:Robert Del Tredici - At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
Filesize:35 KiB
Date added:Dec 20, 2005
Dimensions:520 x 351 pixels
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