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  1. Flyaway

    Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

    I think NASA research into this goes back a good while now, and certainly across a few presidential administrations. Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-space-station-duffy-directives-00492172 View...
    • Flyaway
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    • artemis program cold war ii department of energy lunar moon moon base moonbase nasa nuclear microreactor nuclear power small nuclear reactors trump administration united states westinghouse electric company
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: The Bar
  2. quellish

    Sandia Extended Range Bomb (ERB) concept

    In the late 1970s Sandia explored the design of a maneuvering glide bomb, the Extended Range Bomb: "Aerodynamic Design of an Extended Range Bomb" https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.57916 "TIGER -- A technology to improve the delivery capability of nuclear bombs and the survivability of the...
    • quellish
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    • cold war department of energy late 1970s nuclear battlefield sandia laboratories sandia national laboratories united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  3. E

    Radia WindRunner

    A very large cargo plane to carry very large wind turbine blades. https://radia.com/windrunner
    • edwest4
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    • airlifter airmobile biden administration cold war ii department of defense department of energy transport aircraft united states
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  4. Grey Havoc

    Hanford Single-Shell Tank (SST) Integrity Project

    https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1035203 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1167084 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167084
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s department of energy hanford nuclear reservation hanford site hanford waste treatment and immobilization plant late 2000s nuclear post-cold war river protection project united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
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    Transportable nuclear power

    In 2020, the Pentagon awarded contracts to 3 companies to start developing a very small, transportable nuclear reactor.
    • Hobbes
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    • department of defense department of energy mobile reactor nuclear microreactor small nuclear reactors strategic capabilities office united states
    • Replies: 146
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. Grey Havoc

    Project Pele

    https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2020/03/09/pentagon-to-award-mobile-nuclear-reactor-contracts-this-week/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2020 department of defense department of energy idaho national laboratory mobile reactor nuclear microreactor remote operating bases small nuclear reactors strategic capabilities office u.s. army
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Military
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