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Ford Nucleon: 1957 Car With a Nuclear Reactor in the Trunk
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Wikipedia.
Gloria VanceThis hall inducts a car with a nuclear reactor in the trunk: the Ford Nucleon, from nineteen fifty-seven.
Gloria VanceFord called it an advanced notion of the automotive future. I have heard braver phrases, mostly from embassies I was asked to leave.
Kenji MoonfieldA reactor. In the trunk. Where I keep my skateboard and a gym bag.
Gloria VanceIt would run five thousand miles before the reactor had to be exchanged for a new one, per Wikipedia.
Kenji MoonfieldFive thousand miles. That's a subscription. Cancel anytime, or glow.
Gloria VanceGas stations would become full service recharging stations. Owners could pick a fuel-efficient reactor or a high-performance one.
Kenji MoonfieldEconomy or high-performance. That's the worst dropdown menu in history.
Kenji MoonfieldAnd the unboxing video is just a guy in a lead apron crying.
Gloria VanceThe flaw was physical. A vehicle reactor would still need about five feet of shielding.
Kenji MoonfieldFive feet?
Gloria VanceReactors never got small or light enough. So the Nucleon only ever existed as a scale model.
Kenji MoonfieldSo the only owner was a tiny plastic guy. Zero followers, zero reviews.
Gloria VanceThe mock-up rests at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It is hereby inducted.
Kenji MoonfieldWhere would the passengers even sit?
Gloria VanceThe passengers were never the point. The optimism was.
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