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Adeldor t1_j5s88se wrote

Reply to comment by me_too_999 in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676

I'm unaware of any such accident with NERVA NTRs, but very much open to correction. Might you provide a reference?

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me_too_999 t1_j5sex5v wrote

Looks like the deaths were from a separate incident, but here's a link I found.

https://youtu.be/db97RSlALYw

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Shrike99 t1_j5skqbr wrote

That incident was in 1958. NERVA didn't start seeing budget cuts until 1969 when Nixon got in, over a decade later. It seems unlikely there was any connection.

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