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- Scale Model of the Nucleon, a 1958 Ford Motor Company Styling Conception for an Atomic-Powered Car - This 3/8-scale model was built to explore how the future of energy might affect the future of automotive design. The Ford Nucleon would have been powered by a rear-mounted, self-contained nuclear reactor. This atomic-automobile idea assumed, of course, that issues with nuclear safety and the size and weight of nuclear reactors would eventually be resolved. The Nucleon was never produced.
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Scale Model of the Nucleon, a 1958 Ford Motor Company Styling Conception for an Atomic-Powered Car
This 3/8-scale model was built to explore how the future of energy might affect the future of automotive design. The Ford Nucleon would have been powered by a rear-mounted, self-contained nuclear reactor. This atomic-automobile idea assumed, of course, that issues with nuclear safety and the size and weight of nuclear reactors would eventually be resolved. The Nucleon was never produced.
- Atomic Energy Lab by A.C. Gilbert Co., 1950 -
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Atomic Energy Lab by A.C. Gilbert Co., 1950
- "March for a Non-Nuclear World, April 26-28, 1980" -
- 26 April 1980-28 April 1980
- Collections - Artifact
"March for a Non-Nuclear World, April 26-28, 1980"
- "Atomic Bank," circa 1949 - This "Atomic" bank made about 1949 has little to do with atomic power. In the years immediately following the Second World War, the word "atomic" held a mysterious and somewhat magical meaning for Americans--though few understood how atomic power actually worked. Merchants and manufacturers used the word to pique customer's interest and sell all types of products.
- circa 1949
- Collections - Artifact
"Atomic Bank," circa 1949
This "Atomic" bank made about 1949 has little to do with atomic power. In the years immediately following the Second World War, the word "atomic" held a mysterious and somewhat magical meaning for Americans--though few understood how atomic power actually worked. Merchants and manufacturers used the word to pique customer's interest and sell all types of products.
- "Nucleon, a Glimpse into an Atomic-Powered Future," 1958 - Ford Motor Company's conjectural Nucleon concept car of 1958 would've been powered by an on-board nuclear reactor -- assuming, as this brochure noted, that the technology became small enough and safe enough for everyday use. More a public relations exercise than serious research and development, the Nucleon never advanced beyond a non-functional, 3/8-scale model.
- 1958
- Collections - Artifact
"Nucleon, a Glimpse into an Atomic-Powered Future," 1958
Ford Motor Company's conjectural Nucleon concept car of 1958 would've been powered by an on-board nuclear reactor -- assuming, as this brochure noted, that the technology became small enough and safe enough for everyday use. More a public relations exercise than serious research and development, the Nucleon never advanced beyond a non-functional, 3/8-scale model.
- Scale Model of the Nucleon, a 1958 Ford Motor Company Styling Conception for an Atomic-Powered Car - This 3/8-scale model was built to explore how the future of energy might affect the future of automotive design. The Ford Nucleon would have been powered by a rear-mounted, self-contained nuclear reactor. This atomic-automobile idea assumed, of course, that issues with nuclear safety and the size and weight of nuclear reactors would eventually be resolved. The Nucleon was never produced.
- April 29, 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Scale Model of the Nucleon, a 1958 Ford Motor Company Styling Conception for an Atomic-Powered Car
This 3/8-scale model was built to explore how the future of energy might affect the future of automotive design. The Ford Nucleon would have been powered by a rear-mounted, self-contained nuclear reactor. This atomic-automobile idea assumed, of course, that issues with nuclear safety and the size and weight of nuclear reactors would eventually be resolved. The Nucleon was never produced.