Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
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aircraft-nuclear-propulsion-252-5370311
title:
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
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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. NEPA operated until May 1951, when the project was transferred to the joint Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)/USAF ANP. The USAF pursued two different systems for nuclear-powered jet engines, the Direct Air Cycle concept, which was developed by
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U.S. project 1946–1961
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_Nuclear_Propulsion
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2024-04-06T06:50:55Z
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