A fascinating Twitter presence called Soviet Visuals posted this on June 6, 2017. Apparently it’s an “atomic airship” from a 1960s Soviet magazine. The caption: “Atomic ruler of the sky.”
My book barely mentions nuclear-powered flight. The power reactor pioneers I’ve studied judged that notion to be nonsensical. The United States spent a few billion on it before JFK shut it down (rather courageously, I reckon) soon after becoming President in 1960. Clearly the Soviets took longer to see reason.
Having heard that thorium was unfairly kiboshed, I’m looking forward to understanding why you’re so certain the experts were right.