In 1958, Ford unveiled one of the most ambitious and bizarre concept cars ever imagined — the Ford Nucleon, a vehicle powered not by gasoline, but by a miniature nuclear reactor in its trunk. Designed ...

Ford's Nucleon looks and sounds like a vehicle ripped straight outta "The Jetsons." Despite having only 24 episodes, the cartoon set in 2062 became an endearingly iconic piece of Americana. It ...

As far as large-scale grid power generation goes, we've spent thousands of words on ExtremeTech discussing how nuclear power is far superior to coal, oil, and natural gas. Nuclear power is cleaner ...

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 ...

Racing driver Simona De Silvestro secured a top five finish at the opening event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar racing series in the USA in a car carrying the message "Nuclear Clean Air Energy". Racing ...