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Endnotes

1 Bussard, R.W. & DeLauer, R.D., Fundamentals of Nuclear Flight, (McGraw-Hill: New York, 1965), 1.

2 Bussard, R.W. & DeLauer, R.D., Fundamentals of Nuclear Flight, (McGraw-Hill: New York, 1965), 1.

3 Connor jr., J.A., "Aerospace Nuclear Power Safety Considerations", Aerospace Engineering 20 (May 1960): 26.

4 Connor jr., J.A., "Aerospace Nuclear Power Safety Considerations", Aerospace Engineering 20 (May 1960): 58.

5 Clarfield, Gerard H., Nuclear America, (Harper & Row: New York, 1984), 124.

6 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 48.

7 "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program", Metal Progress 76 (December, 1959): 93.

8 Bussard, R.W. & DeLauer, R.D., Fundamentals of Nuclear Flight, (McGraw-Hill: New York, 1965), 2.

9 Bussard, R.W. & DeLauer, R.D., Fundamentals of Nuclear Flight, (McGraw-Hill: New York, 1965), 4.

10 "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program", Metal Progress 76 (December, 1959): 93.

11 Penner, S.S., Advanced Propulsion Techniques, (Pergamon Press: New York, 1961), 42.

12 Penner, S.S., Advanced Propulsion Techniques, (Pergamon Press: New York, 1961), 42.

13 Credit, L.W., "Single Reactor All-nuclear System Favored for Nuclear Aircraft", SAE Journal 68 (May 1960): 34.

14 Connor jr., J.A., "Aerospace Nuclear Power Safety Considerations", Aerospace Engineering 20 (May 1960): 59.

15 Connor jr., J.A., "Aerospace Nuclear Power Safety Considerations", Aerospace Engineering 20 (May 1960): 61.

16 Miller, Jay, The X-Planes, (Aerofax: Arlington, Texas, 1988), 70.

17 Miller, Jay, The X-Planes, (Aerofax: Arlington, Texas, 1988), 71.

18 Perelman, Roman Grigorevich, Soviet Nuclear Propulsion, (Triumph Pub. Co.: Washington, 1960), 31.

19 Perelman, Roman Grigorevich, Soviet Nuclear Propulsion, (Triumph Pub. Co.: Washington, 1960), 31-32.

20 Perelman, Roman Grigorevich, Soviet Nuclear Propulsion, (Triumph Pub. Co.: Washington, 1960), 33.

21 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 49.

22 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 51.

23 Bussard, R.W. & DeLauer, R.D., Fundamentals of Nuclear Flight, (McGraw-Hill: New York, 1965), 321.

24 Thornton, G. & Blumberg, B., "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments Fulfill Test Goals", Nucleonics 19 (January 1961): 45.

25 Thornton, G. & Blumberg, B., "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments Fulfill Test Goals", Nucleonics 19 (January 1961): 46.

26 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 56.

27 Thornton, G. & Blumberg, B., "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments Fulfill Test Goals", Nucleonics 19 (January 1961): 46.

28 Thornton, G. & Blumberg, B., "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments Fulfill Test Goals", Nucleonics 19 (January 1961): 46.

29 Thornton, G. & Blumberg, B., "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments Fulfill Test Goals", Nucleonics 19 (January 1961): 50.

30 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 49.

31 Gantz, Kenneth Franklin, Nuclear Flight, (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce: New York, 1960), 10.

32 Mann, Martin, Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy, (The Viking Press: New York, 1961), 74.

33 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 48.

34 Cleveland, F.A., & Johnson, Clarence L., "Design of Air Frames for Nuclear Power", Aeronautical Engineering Review 16 (June 1957): 57.

35 U.S. government report, Review of Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Atomic Energy Commission and the Department od Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1963), 2.

36 U.S. government report, Review of Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Atomic Energy Commission and the Department od Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1963), 31.

37 U.S. government report, Review of Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Atomic Energy Commission and the Department od Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1963), 58.

38 Clarfield, Gerard H., Nuclear America, (Harper & Row: New York, 1984), 147.

39 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 53.

40 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 63.

41 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 63.

42 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 64.

43 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 70.

44 "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program", Metal Progress 76 (December, 1959): 93.

45 "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program", Metal Progress 76 (December, 1959): 93.

46 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 70.

47 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 70.

48 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 71.

49 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 67-68.

50 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 61.

51 Gantz, Kenneth Franklin, Nuclear Flight, (Duell, Sloan, and Pearce: New York, 1960), 24.

52 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 62-63.

53 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 69.

54 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 69.

55 U.S. government report, Review of Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Atomic Energy Commission and the Department od Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1963), 176.

56 U.S. government report, Review of Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program, Atomic Energy Commission and the Department od Defense, (U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1963), 2.

57 York, Herbert Frank, Race to Oblivion, (Simon and Schuster: New York, 1970), 223.

58 "Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program", Metal Progress 76 (December, 1959): 93.

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