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Re: Airplane crash -Reply
Dan Burnfield wrote:
>
> Les, I know several people who worked on the Aircraft
> project. They tell me it never did get off the ground, as was
> said previously there were tests completed but the idea of a
> reactor driven plane was never actually put into practice.
> Further, the Navy never would have consented to the use of a
> naval reactor for the engine. I confirmed this E-mail with
> someone who was actually a design engineer on the project.
>
> Btw the hanger and the shielded train that were going to be
> used for the plane were still at Idaho as of a 1990.
>
> Dan
I worked on the ANP (aircraft nuclear propulsion) project in the 1950s.
I never hear of such an incident as Les described. Although I didn't
know everything about the ANP project, I think I would have known about
such an accident. Al Tschaeche xat@inel.gov (until 2/28/97)