atoms for peace

  1. R

    Different British nuclear reactors?

    I keep bumping into this from different angles, its technically very interesting to me so I'll ask the question here and see what happens. In the late 50s Britain was looking for a more commercially oriented nuclear power reactor type to follow on from it's operationally successful but not very...
    • Rule of cool
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    • 1960s 1970s alternate history atomic energy establishment winfrith atomic era atoms for peace british commonwealth cold war dounreay nuclear power development establishment great britain late 1950s naval reactor nuclear nuclear power united kingdom atomic energy authority
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Grey Havoc

    American Export Isbrandtsen Lines nuclear-powered container ships project (1964-68)

    This was a project intended to provide three (correction, four) atomic powered high speed container ships for use on Essential Foreign Trade Route No. 12, between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Far East. The ships would have used the AEC Maritime Reactor, a clean sheet gas-cooled reactor design...
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    • 1950s 33000-ton tanker aec american export isbrandtsen line atomic energy commission atomic ships atoms for peace cold war contract ma-1893 high speed container ships isbrandtsen co. maritime administration naval reactor nuclear powered vessels u.s. congress united states vietnam war
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. RyanC

    Nuclear Ocean Liners

    From a BBC article on N/S Savannah: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28439159
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    • 20th century 21st century atomic ships atoms for peace cold war nuclear powered vessels ocean liner post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Jemiba

    Nuclear powered airships

    Today I had a look into "Luftshiffe die nie gebaut wurden" (Airships, which were never built), published by the Zeppelinmuseum, Friedrichshafen. Most spectacular are the two designs from Frank Tinsley, based on work done by Goodyear. A flying aircraft carrier from 1951 and the better known...
  5. M

    Nuclear Powered Locomotives

    Hi everybody I am searching for pictures or drawings of the Krauss-Maffei "Atomlok" . It is a german postwar project for a nuclear powered locomotive ! Data: Lenght 35m, wide 3m, weight 185 t, Power 5916 hp Here I have found some websites with pictures of nuclear powered locomotives ...
    • moin1900
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    • atoms for peace cold war eastern bloc great britain nuclear power nuclear powered vehicles railways soviet union united states west germany western europe
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    • Forum: The Bar
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