In early 1950s Pratt and Whitney was working on supercritical water ducted blower aircraft engine.
410 MW thermal energy source was heating highly pressurized water to 1000F.
Here is the description of this engine from Aviation Week , December 19, 1960.
2.98 m low pressure air compressor/blower...
You may have already seen this at http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=872
Attached is a picture of what looks like radiation doses around the nuclear engine. My quick conversion gives me 1000 Gy/hr in zone I and 5 Gy/hr in zone VIII. Could somebody knowledgeable check these...
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