Talk:Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion

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Questionable link

Is citation #5 (http://www.atomictourist.com/ebr.htm) intended to point to someone's art website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phlegman9 (talk • contribs) 01:16, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Which HTRE is which?

You are correct that the plaque states that the HTR1 is on the left when viewed from the parking lot. Unfortunately, this does not refer to the paved parking lot that you took the picture from, but from the old gravel parking lot on the other side. More importantly, the HTR3 has its J-47 engines in a "horizontal flight configuration" as opposed to being vertical on the HTR1. These horizontal engines can be seen parallel to the top of the chain link fence on the left most portion of the picture. The vertically mounted engines on the HTR1 are obscured by the frame, but they are the right most portion on the reactor to the right. [I'm new to editing Wikipedia pages, so I didn't know where to document why I made the change. I also don't have a sign-in.] 72.198.222.129 (talk) 17:36, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

When I reverted this this morning I looked around for references to show which one is which...haven't found anything yet. The INL site hasn't given up a useful designation of which unit is where. --Wtshymanski (talk) 22:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

This [1]] shows HTRE 1 with the snail-shaped object on the left and large horizontal cylinder, and HTRE 3 with the ladder on the right and vertical cylinder. I don't have a usable photo of the plaque. I will restore the previous change. Scores of Wiki echo sites have repeated my error. --Wtshymanski (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm now confused - which was also known as HTRE 2 with a different core? Did HTRE 2 become HTRE 3 or was HTRE 2 the same hardware as HTRE 1 with a different core? --Wtshymanski (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The J-47 engines were horizontal on both assemblies. They had to link up with fixzed ducting that led to an exhaust stack. It is the reactor vessels that are vertical (HTRE 1&2) and horizontal (HTRE-3). The picture inthe wikipedia article is correct in identifying which is which. The J-47 engines on the HTRE-3 assembly were removed and disposed of due to radioactive contamination. At the end of the program, General Electric published a series of technical reports documenting the history of the ANP. These are numbered APEX 901 and higher. Perhaps the INL technical library can help you locate these reports.--TomMacsub (talk) 06:38, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Thorium

were these planes powered by a Liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR)? http://energyfromthorium.com/2006/04/22/a-brief-history-of-the-liquid-fluoride-reactor/ http://home.engineering.iastate.edu/~pjscott/Sorensen_Google_LFTR.pdf thanks James Michael DuPont (talk) 14:06, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

No. Strictly speaking, none of the planes were ever powered by any reactor at all; the reactor flown on the NB-36H was a conventional one. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 16:40, 14 October 2011 (UTC)