The Nuclear Car Story

In the 1950s, as the Cold War was heating up and children were being urged to “duck and cover” from nuclear weapons, car companies seriously proposed powering their cars using lead-lined nuclear reactors. It seems like madness today, but while the world saw the threat of nuclear war, they also saw the seemingly limitless potential from nuclear power. Just how were these vehicles supposed to work and how far did they get to reality? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_submarine https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-longest-time-a-submarine-can-remain-underwater-given-the-state-of-technology-today http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph241/sanders1/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon https://www.yahoo.com/news/ford-nucleon-1957-nuclear-powered-112050842.html https://gtspirit.com/2012/04/08/remarkable-cars-ford-nucleon-%e2%80%92-the-atomic-car/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard https://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/forum/your-studebaker-forum/general-studebaker-spe