Oh shit, I think I might have access to a set of interviews with the engineers behind Pluto.
Know someone who worked on the project (long dead), or at least one of the nuclear aircraft projects in the 60s
Edit: It was this one he was convinced that they had solved it, just needed more time to develop the shielding. Can you imagine having nuclear airplanes? Good and bad for sure. Would reduce carbon cost of flying to virtually zero, but also flying reactor...
Reactivity control rods were installed and it was found that the control rods did not determine the output power of the ARE; rather, the power demand did, which affected the outlet and inlet temperatures because of the negative temperature coefficient of reactivity. The ARE was operated at power for 221 hours up to a peak of 2.5 MWth.
Fuck man, MSR is so cool. A power generation device that automatically outputs based on demand.
Oh shit, I think I might have access to a set of interviews with the engineers behind Pluto.
Know someone who worked on the project (long dead), or at least one of the nuclear aircraft projects in the 60s
Edit: It was this one he was convinced that they had solved it, just needed more time to develop the shielding. Can you imagine having nuclear airplanes? Good and bad for sure. Would reduce carbon cost of flying to virtually zero, but also flying reactor...
Fuck man, MSR is so cool. A power generation device that automatically outputs based on demand.