Project Halitosis

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Project Halitosis was a 1960 undertaking by the United States Air Force to study the amount of radioactive gases released from their experimental nuclear-powered bomber program in partnership with Convair. [1] The heavily modified NB-36H bomber contained a small, open-circuit nuclear reactor to test the physical and radiological stresses it placed on the airframe and was not used for power. The radioactive gases released from the air-cooled reactor gave the program its "bad breath" reference. [2] The project was part of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project which operated between 1950 and 1967.

References

  1. ↑ Energy, United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic (1960). Hearings and Reports on Atomic Energy. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 159.
  2. ↑ "With 'Oppenheimer' taking theaters by storm, what was CT's connection to the Manhattan Project?". Hartford Courant . 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2025-02-17.


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