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thegunnersdaughter
·1 yr. ago
This was used to push around large test/research reactors at the Idaho National Lab that were part of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project in the 1950s. From https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/3028280.pdf
Plenty more in the doc - I have only skimmed a bit so far.To visualize the IET [Initial Engine Test area] layout, readers should imagine the railroad journey of a HTRE from the A&M building as if they were passengers inside the locomotive riding along with its two operators. The locomotive is heavily shielded, windows limited to the front and rear. It pulls the HTRE rig westward from the A&M building on a double-wide dolly toward the railroad turntable. Because of the extraordinary weight of the loaded dolly, the track has four rails. The locomotive travels only on the two center rails, while the dolly rides on all four. The journey is slow. The locomotive's top speed when burdened with the HTRE is3.5 miles per hour. However, it would be extremely inconvenient if any of the rails were to spread and cause a derailment, so the operator travels no faster than 2.5 mph. The locomotive remains in radio communication at all times with the IET control room and video-camera observers in the Hot Shop.
I found two Lockheed projects to start the topic
Source: Avion (magazine) January 1959
No more information given ???
Hi,
in NEPA program,Fairchild had been competed another 9 proposals from others
companies ?.
We can imagine what were them,or from which companies,the competitors as I suggest;
- Fairchild
- Convair
- Boeing
- Douglas
- Lockheed
- Martin
- Bell
- Curtiss
- North American
- Northrop
All you need to know is that fusion is the energy of the future, and it would always be.View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDMMreS8eY
I know nothing about nuclear power but I thought this was interesting
NORAIR NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS
WESTERN AVIATION
MISSILE AND SPACE INDUSTRIES
VOLUME 40
NUMBER 12
DECEMBER 1960
PAGE 6-7 and 38
Artist's concepts...
- "Flight testing team"
Convair NX-2 and Lockheed C-130 with radiation monitoring tow targets
- "Aerial fire truck" Douglas C-133
with air-droppable shielded nuclear emergency vehicles
- Nuclear engine handling trailer
- Engine seperation facility
- Shields on wheels
- tank-type nuclear emergency robot
From the same source.
Looks like the Nuclear Princess (Convair).