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Project Pluto

Project Pluto was a United States government program to develop nuclear-powered ramjet engines for use in cruise missiles. Two experimental engines were tested at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in 1961 and 1964 respectively.

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Location
Jackass Flats
Criticality (date)
20 May 1964
Fuel (fissile material)
highly enriched uranium oxide
Fuel state
solid
Neutron energy spectrum
slow
Operator/owner
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

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Test facilities

Tory II-A

Tory II-C

Termination

Cleanup

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Project Pluto

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples21
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

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Project Pluto

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related to References · 7
Project Pluto → Energy, History, Nevada National Security Site, PDF, Project Pluto Factsheet, This, United States Department
Coordinates · 1
Project Pluto → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…
Criticality (date) · 1
Project Pluto → 20 May 1964
Fuel (fissile material) · 1
Project Pluto → highly enriched uranium oxide
Fuel state · 1
Project Pluto → solid
Location · 1
Project Pluto → Jackass Flats
Neutron energy spectrum · 1
Project Pluto → slow
Operator/owner · 1
Project Pluto → Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Power (thermal) · 1
Project Pluto → 600 MWth (design capacity) [citation needed]
Primary control method · 1
Project Pluto → Boron control drums

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test reactor air core tory power nuclear would tests ramjet project per fuel kilograms second could lb rods used pluto

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Project PlutoCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Project PlutoCriticality (date)20 May 19641.00infobox
Project PlutoFuel (fissile material)highly enriched uranium oxide1.00infobox
Project PlutoFuel statesolid1.00infobox
Project PlutoLocationJackass Flats1.00infobox
Project PlutoNeutron energy spectrumslow1.00infobox
Project PlutoOperator/ownerLawrence Radiation Laboratory1.00infobox
Project PlutoPower (thermal)600 MWth (design capacity) [citation needed]1.00infobox
Project PlutoPrimary control methodBoron control drums1.00infobox
Project PlutoPrimary coolantair1.00infobox
Project PlutoPrimary moderatorBeryllium oxide1.00infobox
Project PlutoPrimary usepropulsion1.00infobox
Project PlutoReactor conceptHigh temperature gas-cooled reactor1.00infobox
Project PlutoStatusDecommissioned1.00infobox

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