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HTRE-2, left, and HTRE-3, right, on display at the Experimental Breeder Reactor I facility. The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft. The United States Army Air Forces initiated Project NEPA on May 28 ...
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory researched and developed nuclear aircraft engines. Two shielded reactors powered two General Electric J87 turbojet engines to nearly full thrust. Two experimental reactors, HTRE-2 with its turbojet engines intact, and HTRE-3 with its engines removed, are at the EBR-1 facility south of the Idaho National ...
Two General Electric J87 turbojet engines were successfully powered to nearly full thrust using two shielded reactors. Two experimental engines complete with reactor systems ( HTRE-3 and HTRE-1 , which was modified and renamed HTRE-2 ) are located at the EBR-1 facility south of the Idaho National Laboratory .
Did HTRE 2 become HTRE 3 or was HTRE 2 the same hardware as HTRE 1 with a different core? --Wtshymanski 22:23, 3 June 2010 (UTC) The J-47 engines were horizontal on both assemblies. They had to link up with fixzed ducting that led to an exhaust stack. It is the reactor vessels that are vertical (HTRE 1&2) and horizontal (HTRE-3).
Like the name implies, though, "Nano" Nuclear is going even smaller, focusing on microreactors producing as few as one to 20 megawatts (i.e., as little as 1/1,000 the size of a traditional nuclear ...
The project included experiments, including high temperature and engine tests collectively called the Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments: HTRE-1, HTRE-2 and HTRE-3 at the National Reactor Test Station (now Idaho National Laboratory) as well as an experimental high-temperature molten-salt reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory – the ARE.
Fedorov nuclear plane: Fedorov Spaceplane/Helicopter concept Soviet Union: 1920s Hughes Interceptor: Hughes Aircraft Corporation: Interceptor United States: 1950s Lockheed CL-195: Lockheed Corporation United States: 1950s Lockheed CL-1201 [12] Lockheed Corporation: Transport United States: 1960s Lockheed L-248-3 [13] Lockheed Corporation United ...
The development of nuclear-powered submarines and ships, and experiments to develop a nuclear-powered aircraft at that time kept the idea alive. [25] Russian papers in the mid-1950s reported the development of a nuclear-powered car by Professor V P Romadin, but again shielding proved to be a problem. [ 26 ]