Atomic car: a secret Soviet project
In 1965, Soviet scientists released a Volga Atom car with an atomic engine with a capacity of 320 horsepower (a lot for that time) for testing. The motor weighed 500 kilograms, so there were not 2 wheels in front, but 4. Such a car could not be refueled for a very long time. Tests have shown that Volga Atom drives 60,000 kilometers without refueling. It turned out that after that the motor needs to be changed to a new one. But Soviet scientists corrected this problem, they created an engine with gaseous fuel in the form of uranium hexafluoride instead of solid uranium, and the new version of the car drove 40,000 kilometers without refueling. For refueling, it was now enough to pump a new supply of uranium hexafluoride into the cylinders and the car drove on.
When Khrushchev retired, the machines were dismantled, and research in this area stopped.
In 1965, Soviet scientists released a Volga Atom car with an atomic engine with a capacity of 320 horsepower (a lot for that time) for testing. The motor weighed 500 kilograms, so there were not 2 wheels in front, but 4. Such a car could not be refueled for a very long time. Tests have shown that Volga Atom drives 60,000 kilometers without refueling. It turned out that after that the motor needs to be changed to a new one. But Soviet scientists corrected this problem, they created an engine with gaseous fuel in the form of uranium hexafluoride instead of solid uranium, and the new version of the car drove 40,000 kilometers without refueling. For refueling, it was now enough to pump a new supply of uranium hexafluoride into the cylinders and the car drove on.
When Khrushchev retired, the machines were dismantled, and research in this area stopped.
Atomic car: a secret Soviet project
In 1965, Soviet scientists released a Volga Atom car with an atomic engine with a capacity of 320 horsepower (a lot for that time) for testing. The motor weighed 500 kilograms, so there were not 2 wheels in front, but 4. Such a car could not be refueled for a very long time. Tests have shown that Volga Atom drives 60,000 kilometers without refueling. It turned out that after that the motor needs to be changed to a new one. But Soviet scientists corrected this problem, they created an engine with gaseous fuel in the form of uranium hexafluoride instead of solid uranium, and the new version of the car drove 40,000 kilometers without refueling. For refueling, it was now enough to pump a new supply of uranium hexafluoride into the cylinders and the car drove on.
When Khrushchev retired, the machines were dismantled, and research in this area stopped.
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