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 …

Direct cycle nuclear engines resemble a conventional jet engine without combustion chambers. The air gained from the compressor section is sent to a plenum that directs the air into the …

Many aircraft carriers and submarines currently use uranium fueled nuclear reactors that can provide propulsion for long periods without refueling. There are also applications in the space …

Apr 15, 2024 · The HTRE-3, or Heat Transfer Reactor Experiment-3, represented the pinnacle of General Electric’s efforts to create a nuclear-powered jet engine under the Aircraft Nuclear …

Jun 21, 2021 · By early January 1956, GE successfully modified a J47 turbojet engine, solely to operating on nuclear power. “The engine tested a Direct-Air-Cycle, water moderated reactor …

Jan 1, 2018 · In 1946, after the power of nuclear energy was demonstrated with the bombing of Japan, the U.S. Department of Defense set out to develop a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The …

Even when normalized by the mass of the transportation vessel, the jet engine is astonishingly powerful: a car operates using 50-150 W/kg while the Boeing 777 runs on approximately 4,700 …

Dec 6, 2024 · But the Pentagon truly was dead set on integrating either a full-on nuclear reactor into the fuselage of a bomber, or a fissile element in the internals of a jet engine.

Oct 13, 2018 · The second concept for a nuclear jet was the indirect cycle engine. This type works by introducing a liquid pumped around the core and into a heat exchanger. The liquid in this …

This is about the United States nuclear jet engine and nuclear-powered aircraft program. In the 1950s, two nuclear development programs were underway: one to design the airframe for a …