Nuclear-powered aircraft

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A nuclear-powered aircraft is an aircraft whose power source is nuclear fission. Most designs use a nuclear reactor that heats compressed air inside a jet engine to provide thrust. Either a turbojet or a ramjet can be used, as with ordinary chemical propulsion.

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