This Alaskan Air Base Will Host An Experimental Mini Nuclear Reactor

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[Chickensoup]

Well isn’t the. Navy about rum the lash and sodomy?

[vpintheak]

Too much power for Alaska. We’re too small.

[Billthedrill]

Good heavens, no! No rum.

[lurk]

If you can stuff a reactor inside of a submarine, why not other small-scale platforms?

[21twelve]

At the Idaho National Labs there was an old plane engine that was nuclear powered. I have no idea if it ever ran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft

I skimmed the article - sounds like it was never used in a plane. Shielding of the pilots from the nuclear reaction was the big thing.

Set it up 500 yards from the Alaskan village and run a cable down - should be fine.

[Drago]

What could possibly go wrong? (Soviet version):

https://youtu.be/NT8-b5YEyjo?si=DOY0lwtlsSc_ZWsM

The Alaska Air Base Tech:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42818/this-alaskan-air-base-will-host-an-experimental-mini-nuclear-reactor

https://oklo.com/newsroom/news-details/2023/Oklo-Tentatively-Selected-to-Provide-Clean-and-Resilient-Power-to-Eielson-Air-Force-Base/default.aspx