Will there be nuclear powered supersonic airplanes by 2100?
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@JonathanRay direct bombardment of the air by neutrons in the reactor core would heat it quickly enough without drag problems, but no regulator would ever allow that
@JonathanRay This paper says you can make a 5kg reactor using Am-242m and light water. There is no question that light hydrogen is the best moderator by miles for this purpose because it has a much higher cross section than any other viable moderator, in addition to removing far more kinetic energy per collision.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239521070_The_Smallest_Thermal_Nuclear_Reactor
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