Atomic Powered Warship
America is looking forward to its first atomic-driven warship. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has placed a contract with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation of Pittsburgh for an experimental nuclear reactor—a form of uranium furnace similar to an atomic pile—for use in a warship. Though this would weigh several hundred tons, it would be far lighter than the boilers, and so on, which it replaces. As it needs no oxygen there need be no funnels, and the weight saved could be used to strengthen the armour of the warship. It is not stated how big the warship will be, but the contract for the nuclear reactor is expected to be fulfilled in two years at the earliest.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 7
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119Atomic Powered Warship Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 23, 10 August 1949, Page 7
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