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Declassified record · U.S. Department of Energy

Studies of Fourteen Nuclear-Powered Airplanes

Dated
Sep 1, 1952
Declassified
Apr 9, 2009
Document type
Report
Open the original scanArchive record OSTI ID 969600 · public domain

Archive description

A representative series of aircraft which could be powered by a relatively low-temperature liquid-coolant-cycle nuclear power plant are described. Present aircraft such as the B-36, B-52, and B-47 bombers as well as new designs were investigated. Design and performance characteristics of all the aircraft are presented.

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