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Declassified Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program: Manned Aircraft Progress Report 1956-1958

An incredible NUCLEAR-POWERED FLIGHT film. We scanned this declassified film showing 30 minutes of detail from the major reactor development program at its peak, between 1956-1958. It presents the program goals and evolution, including how global operating costs were expected to be reduced by eliminating the need to operate foreign air bases around the world. Materials problems required them to reduce requirements from high-altitude/supersonic to low-altitude/subsonic. Ongoing development and progress is shown on the GE direct air cycle (XMA-2) in Idaho and Evandale, and the P&W indirect liquid-metal lithium-7 cooled cycle at CANAL, where they developed niobium-based alloys and technology that could run at the required crazy-high temperatures and withstand lithium. It shows dozens of things I've never seen before, like the 3 ZrH and BeO inserts put into HTRE-2, and talks a bit about the HTRE-3 meltdown. The HTREs can still be seen in the parking lot of the EBR-1 museum on the INL site. They show an in-reactor test loop being fabricated and tested in a large oil-fired heater, destined to be inserted in the ETR in Idaho. Of course, shielding makes an appearance. The Convair Nuclear Test Aircraft is shown, and shields made of Lithium hydride, BeO, tungsten alloys, and depleted uranium are discussed. They also show some work on radiation effects on electrical components, using test reactors. Overall, another incredible find and amazing content given the deceptively simple and boring title. Huge thanks to my friends at Nuclear Talent Scout for funding the scan, and for choosing to prioritize it! As always, the engineers from the 1950s continue to throw the word "advanced reactor" back in our face today. Digitized by whatisnuclear.com. For more info, see https://whatisnuclear.com/news/2025-0... Courtesy: National Archives and Records Administration Contents: 00:00 Credits 00:48 Intro to ANP 01:42 Program history and evolution 05:23 GE XMA-1 air cooled system 06:10 HTRE-1 06:38 HTRE-2 07:54 HTRE-3 09:39 Flight engine test facility and others 10:23 Full-scale XMA-1 model at GE Evandale 12:04 X-211 chemical testing 12:53 Flight reactor development at GE 14:10 Pratt and Whitney liquid metal indirect system 15:59 CANEL in Middletown, CN 17:17 Forced convection loop 19:44 Shielding and flying reactors 22:30 Shielding summary 23:08 Radiation effects program 25:04 Life sciences 25:28 Safety analysis program 26:03 Presidential reorientation 26:29 Lockheed program 29:52 Outro credits