Visions of Nuclear-Powered Cars Captivated Cold War America, but the Technology Never Really Worked
Source: Smithsonian
Greg Daugherty History Correspondent Car buyers today have their pick of gasoline-powered, electric and hybrid vehicles. But if some 1950s visionaries had their way, another option would be available in dealer showrooms: nuclear. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of the United States’ quest for peaceful uses for atomic energy, several major carmakers rolled out prototypes for nuclear-powered…
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