energy technology
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Ford’s Nuclear-Powered 1962 Concept Car Is a Fascinating Atomic-Age Fantasy
The late ’50s and early ’60s gave us some fascinating flights of design fancy in an era of unprecedented American optimism. Ford recent opened its Heritage Vault, full of nearly a century of archived material. It’s a reminder that the auto industry was at the forefront of sci-fi daydreams in the Jet Age. For instance,…
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Mini Nuclear Reactor at U.S. Government Lab Shut Down After Radiation Leak
A small-scale nuclear reactor at a U.S. government neutron research facility was shut down last week after it began to spew elevated amounts of ionising radiation. No employees received dangerous doses of radiation, according to officials, who are now devising a plan to determine the cause of the leak.