Nuclear Powered Cars Can Soon Be A Reality!

One Thing which is quite obvious is the fact that no matter which profession you are in,Science is improving.Engineers are working round the clock to deliver you the best and hat too at an economical price and comfortabe. Everything in the world is improving as medical experiments being carried out and military work is in progress and tons of gadgets are coming to market,everyone is unique and wonderful

''A car that will not require fuel for over hundred of years''

What we are looking at today is a concept car which debuted at Chicago Auto Show; The Cadillac World Thorium Fueled Concept Car. Why is the car such a contribution to the society? It is less toxic and is, theoretically speaking, capable of going for a hundred years without requiring any fuel refilling. Now comes the actual news; it is supposed to run on ‘Thorium’ which will power it via onboard nuclear reactor. There was no working model of the nuclear reactor but it was claimed that the technology is within reach. Charles Stevens, MIT researcher R&D firm Laser Power Systems, is working on a prototype version of the reactor where a thorium powered laser will generate enough energy to power the car without emitting any harmful gases. The idea is to employ ‘MaxFelaser’ which will be used to convert water into pressurized steam that would spin a turbine and generate electricity. The system is capable of generating 250 Kilowatts. That is equivalent of 335 horsepower. The reactor will weight about 500 pounds and can easily fit under the hood. The idea sure is impressive, but frankly, how realistic do we find it? Not very much; think of the safety concerns if you have nuclear reactors under the hood of your car! Also, such systems are quite realistic when we talk in terms of size but there has yet been no successful fusion of the reactor and car so far.

However, the idea is there and work is being done upon it so we can very much expect a successful fusion soon enough and imagine a car that doesn’t require fuel for over a hundred years and has a zero emission rate; pretty slick, also the car’s design sure look pretty slick. Fingers crossed and we really do hope this idea comes out as a success and they can come up with a solution regarding the safety concerns.