Word: reactor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bombs, and the Russians and others might be invited to participate or observe. But on dry Broom Lake in the isolated northeast corner of the range, a 1,500-ft. tower is under construction for far more advanced testing. On its top will soon perch a small, unshielded nuclear reactor designed to give powerful bursts of neutrons and gamma rays for short periods. There will be no explosion, but scientists will be able to observe the effect of the radiation on test objects (and perhaps animals) arranged around the tower. Thus, they should be able to estimate the killing effect...
...Australia-have fired weather rockets. But Shavit was the first fired by any Middle Eastern country, and a tremor of alarm ran through Israel's Arab neighbors (the Arabs suffered a similar tremor seven months ago when Israel admitted it was constructing a 24,000-kw. nuclear reactor). Presumably, any nation that can send a rocket winging 50 miles up for wind data can readjust its flight for military purposes. Jordan's Prime Minister Bahjat Talhouni said his government was "extremely concerned...
...missile, the efficiency of the engine is limited by the quality of its fuel. And as chemically fueled engines approach peak efficiency, the fuel they require becomes increasingly difficult to manage. But a nuclear rocket-in which hard-to-handle hydrogen will be heated by an atomic reactor-would offer ample recompense for its built-in problems. Its thrust, Seaborg explained, would be far greater than that available from any combination of chemical fuels; it would open the way to space voyages impossible with any other missile...
...Rover (nuclear rocket) program, Seaborg said, has already tested a ground-bound model. Kiwi-A. It has demonstrated that a nuclear reactor can heat a flow of high-pressure gaseous hydrogen to proper operating temperature and can keep in operation as long as needed in a space vehicle. The more advanced Kiwi-B. which will be tested soon in Nevada, will use liquid hydrogen for its propellant...
...erect in the cool foothills of the Himalayas, the first buildings scheduled to go up are a cluster of airy structures designed by famed US. Architect Edward Stone. Set in a cloistered water garden, the biggest of Stone's buildings will house Pakistan's first nuclear reactor-one of the latest sales made by New York's booming American Machine & Foundry...