Comprehensive Technical Report, General Electric Direct-Air-Cycle Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Program Summary and References

Technical Report · Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:1048124

Thornton, G; Rothstein, A J

This is one of twenty-one volumes sumarizing the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program of the General Electric Company. This volume discusses the background to the General Electric program, and summarizes the various direct-air-cycle nuclear test assemblies and power plants that were developed. Because of the requirements of high performance, low weight, and small size, vast improvements in existing technology were required to meet the flight objectives. The technological progress achieved during the program is also summarized. The last appendix contains a compilation of the abstracts, tables of contents, and reference lists of the other twenty volumes.

• Research Organization: Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-171; AF33(600)-38062
• OSTI ID: 1048124
• Report Number(s): APEX-901
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English