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A nuclear-powered aircraft is a concept for an aircraft intended to be powered by nuclear energy. The intention was to produce a jet engine that would heat compressed air with heat from fission, instead of heat from burning fuel. [1]
- Convair Nb-36H
The Convair NB-36H was an experimental aircraft that carried...
- 9M730 Burevestnik
Satellite imagery of the launch site. The 9M730 Burevestnik...
- Project Pluto
Project Pluto was a United States government program to...
- Tupolev Tu-95LAL
The Tupolev Tu-95LAL experimental aircraft (Russian:...
- List
List of nuclear-powered aircraft. Below is a list of nuclear...
- Nuclear propulsion
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion - General Electric's project to...
- Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the...
- Convair X-6
The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project...
- Convair Nb-36H
List of nuclear-powered aircraft. Below is a list of nuclear powered aircraft and concepts: Name or designation. Manufacturer. Role. Nationality. Period. Notability.
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion - General Electric's project to build a nuclear-powered bomber; Tupolev Tu-95LAL; Missiles. Project Pluto - which developed the SLAM missile, that used a nuclear-powered air ramjet for propulsion; Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile announced by Vladimir Putin in 2018. Spacecraft
The Convair NB-36H was an experimental aircraft that carried a nuclear reactor to test its protective radiation shielding for the crew, but did not use it to power the aircraft. Nicknamed "The Crusader", it was created for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program (ANP for short), to show the feasibility of a nuclear-powered bomber.
- September 17, 1955
- Convair X-6
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- Convair
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, 1946.
The Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36 bomber as a testbed aircraft, and though one NB-36H was modified during the early stages of the project, the program was canceled before the actual X-6 and its nuclear reactor engines were ...
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium and plutonium in nuclear power plants.
