nuclear power

I found short article in MILTECH on the AMPS, a Canadian project for a small scale nuclear reactor for use as air-independent-propulsion in submarines. Further research turned up a couple of interesting studies, which i attached to this post. THE AMPS 1000: AN ADVANCED REACTOR DESIGN FOR MARINE...

In the title and best kept as theory. But at least worth exploring this. Certainly we have a AH history option which above all shows Australia doesn't lack the theoretical capacity to achieve this. But in terms of operations, it would seem best for them to either build silos or road train...

Anyone interested in Australian attitudes to getting nuclear weapons should start with this thread that explains how difficult it is and the US role. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-thermonuclear-warheads.10419/post-98670 The UK experience with the US would be similar for Australia.

Good explainer about SMRs one of the most important answers in looking for non-carbon power generation. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-are-small-modular-reactors-smrs

View: https://youtu.be/JIkYOFxcqRg

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/14/politics/china-nuclear-reactor-leak-us-monitoring/index.html https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/558253-company-warns-of-imminent-radiological-threat-from-leak-at-chinese

https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/

Nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon" / "Нуклон" / "Nucleon" also known as TEM / ТЭМ ( Transport and Energy Module ) / Транспортно-Энергетический Модуль / Transportno-Energeticheskiy Modul' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEM_(nuclear_propulsion) The assembly process has started! :cool...

AI will help solve problems with nuclear fusion or so at least the US Federal government seems to believe. https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-provide-21-million-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-research...

Roscosmos sets task of drafting Venus exploration program tass.com "KHIMKI, January 31. /TASS/. Roscosmos has set a task of drafting a Venus exploration program similar in scale to Russia’s lunar program. The new program will incorporate the project Venera-D, the leading designer of the...

In an interview with Discovery aired on the Planes That Never Flew episode about the WS-125, George Kerevan mentioned that the Soviet Union came up with a proposal for a nuclear-powered flying boat weighing 1,000 tons. The 1,000 ton flying boat had a wingspan over over 420 feet and four...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Wire-Photo-Nasa-Nuclear-Power-System-Space-Vandenberg-Air-Base-Ca-8X10/163531342290?hash=item26133a41d2:g:A6QAAOSwyeNcVdv9:sc:USPSFirstClass!48185!US!-1

H/t moin1900:

http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/US_Nuclear_Lab_Building_Micro_Reactor_That_Can_Power_an_Army_Brigade_999.html

Putin announcerd that the Russians are developing a nuclear powered strategic cruise missile. Presumably it would be armed with a nuclear warhead since flying an open cycle reactor over anyone would probably be a nuclear attack anyway...

Couldn't find an existing thread for this. http://m.aviationweek.com/space/nasa-keeping-nuclear-thermal-option-open-mars

The first commercial nuclear reactor in the United States, Shippingport, was derived from a reactor originally designed for a cancelled nuclear powered aircraft carrier. I haven't been able to find any information on this aircraft carrier, and I don't think the Shippingport reactor is related to...

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20150014581 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160405-the-space-submarine-hunting-the-solar-system-for-aliens

If I may put in a shameless self plug for a moment: I have finished a companion volume to 'A Vertical Empire' called 'An Atomic Empire'. This deals with the British atomic programme from Windscale onwards, dealing with not only Windscale but the atomic weapons programme and the nuclear power...

Via Slashdot: http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-plutonium-production-space-fuel-130314.htm