During the cold war the united states and soviet union researched nuclear powered bomber aircraft the greater endurance of which could enhance nuclear deterrence. The intention was to produce a jet engine that would heat compressed air with heat from fission instead of heat from burning fuel. A nuclear powered aircraft is a concept for an aircraft intended to be powered by nuclear energy.
General motors designer harley earl is generally credited with inventing the concept car and did much to popularize it through its. A concept car also known as a concept vehicle show vehicle or prototype is a car made to showcase new styling and or new technology they are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not be mass produced. In light of the recent events.
It reads more like a 1950s space race vision of the future than a pragmatic 21st century theory but we could now be a step closer to driving a nuclear powered car. Law requires most reactors to have these layers of shielding and containment. Nuclear power plants generally have three layers of shielding in addition to the containment structure which is made of concrete several feet thick and houses the reactor u s.
Nuclear power plants and nuclear powered aircraft carriers and subs all employ heavy shielding. Ford mustang mach e 1400 prototype is a 7 motor monster track and drift ev. The nucleon lives on however as inspiration for the nuclear powered cars in the fallout video games.
Probably why bethesda designers decided to include the car in the nuclear scarred landscapes of fallout 3. Ignoring the safety issues of crashing in a mobile nuclear bomb the ford nucleon wasn t such a mad idea given that nuclear power is relatively clean well except for the glowing green waste. The amount of power generated by the converter depends on the.
The nuclear battery prototype consisted of 200 diamond converters interlaid with nickel 63 and stable nickel foil layers figure 1. Cadillac as a design exercise to show what a vehicle capable of. The cadillac world thorium fueled concept car theoretically powered by an onboard nuclear reactor that uses thorium as its fuel.
Take ford s nuclear powered concept as one example.
Prototype nuclear powered car. The ford nucleon is a concept car developed by ford in 1957 designed as a future nuclear powered car one of a handful of such designs during the 1950s and 60s the concept was only demonstrated as a scale model. The design did not include an internal combustion engine. Rather the vehicle was to be powered by a small nuclear reactor in the rear of the vehicle based on the assumption that. The 1950s was a different time for car design.
It represented an abstract belief of the future.
It represented an abstract belief of the future. The 1950s was a different time for car design. Rather the vehicle was to be powered by a small nuclear reactor in the rear of the vehicle based on the assumption that.
The design did not include an internal combustion engine. The ford nucleon is a concept car developed by ford in 1957 designed as a future nuclear powered car one of a handful of such designs during the 1950s and 60s the concept was only demonstrated as a scale model.
