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Nuclear-powered aircraft may sound like a concept from Thunderbirds, but they will be transporting millions of passengers around the world later this century, the leader of a Government-funded project to reduce environmental damage from aviation believes.
Nuclear Powered Passenger Airplanes Coming Soon | Disinformation 2008
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“Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality in 10 years.”
Top 30 Technology Predictions that were Wrong | Impact Lab 2007
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Here's a fine collection of 87 bad futuristic predictions from years gone by -- many of them are risible because of their skepticism (see the "telephones" section below), but I'm very fond of the optimistic ones, too, like "Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality in 10 years" (Alex Lewyt, president of vacuum cleaner company Lewyt Corp., in the New York Times in 1955).
Boing Boing 2007
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Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality in 10 years.
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"Nuclear-powered technology in every home!" has never been an election promise, but unlike many election promises, it's been kept.
Archive 2006-01-29 Edward Willett 2006
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# Nuclear-powered Lab Raton 06 Feb 2008 at 1:07 pm
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Nuclear-powered subs can operate longer submerged than their diesel counterparts.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Nuclear-powered subs can operate longer submerged than their diesel counterparts.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Nuclear-powered subs can operate longer submerged than their diesel counterparts.
www.startribune.com 2012
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AFP/File - Nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, pictured in 2006.
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