ML-1 mobile nuclear power plant - video

[Altair]

ML-1 mobile nuclear power plant developed by the U.S. Army and the United States Atomic Energy Commission in the 1960s. 25:09 video.

Previously:

Floating nuclear power plant - photos
Manufacturing reactor pressure vessels in the 1960s - video
SL-1 reactor meltdown - video and photos
Convair NB-36H nuclear-powered bomber - photos
Chrysler TV-8 nuclear powered tank - photos

[DIYSwede]

Ivan also homebrewed a few varieties of his own, and is still going strong onwards, upwards...
Floating on the seas, tracked over the Polar ice, in tanks, trucked on the highways or rocketed into Space:



Its glorious history and bright future on Rosatom's channel [Russian only - no text, 5:25 min]:

Links (let Google Translate do its magic): https://pikabu.ru/story/atomnyie_avtomobili_5986015
https://masterok.livejournal.com/443215.html

[mwmkravchenko]

https://atomicinsights.com/ml1-mobil...m-reactor-box/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML-1

Kind of looks like standard military cost no object project that gets shelved when someone has hit the accountability ceiling.

I will watch the Russian one. I hope that there is captioning. At least I can watch and learn.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Both of those mobile units could probably only power 4 or 5 doll houses anyway!

[mwmkravchenko]

Both of those mobile units could probably only power 4 or 5 doll houses anyway!

Um more like small town.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Um more like small town.

Hahaha, I was referring to the model versions So maybe a small model town?