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Electronic torque converter? Is this a fancy name for an electric motor? If not, how does it work? — Soupisgoodfood 23:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I doubt whether the Nucleon ever made it even to concept car stage; at least the pictures look like they were taken of a scale model. Maikel 21:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I an addicted gambler or does that car have a casino wheel on its back??
This page contains an almost unedited ripoff from the Ford media page - http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3359.
The page needs to be rewritten to contain the same facts, but written properly as an encyclopedia entry. Octothorn 07:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
The text states: " ... was a nuclear-powered concept car developed by Ford Motor Company in 1958. The car did not have an internal-combustion engine, rather, it was powered by a small nuclear reactor in the trunk of the car."
I think this should be rewritten because it gives the impression that the nuclear reactor actually existed and that the concept version actually had one. This impression is not dispelled by the rest of the article.
Marzolian 19:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to build such a car with a nuclear reactor in such way that there is no danger for people on board? What is the minimum thickness of the required shielding, when best absorber materials woulld be used? With an isotopic generator this would be no problem as radiation of Plutonium 238 can be shielded easily as it is a pure Alpha-emitter, but a reactor emits neutrons, which are difficultly to absorb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.229.115 ( talk) 19:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Since I added a reference that was missing, does this means the "refimprove" can be removed from the article? Sekkuar ( talk) 16:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
The section about fallout should be completely removed. Not only is in not significant or encyclopedia worthy but it's citations make no reference to the Ford Nucleon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphamouse ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
I agree, should be removed. "Fallout 3, however, showing the safety problems this would likely cause by having the cars explode into a mushroom cloud and release radiation when shot at.[3]"? What the hell? Cars don't explode into a firey explosion and shooting a nuclear reactor wouldn't create a mushroom cloud. Wikipedia wasn't created to collect assumptions RomanK79 ( talk) 15:27, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Nuclear powered cars in Fallout series were from beginning (Fallout 1), but I didn't see any evidence they blow up upon shooting. I presume this was a new feature developed from Betheseda in Fallout 3 to increase the value of "fan"/"gameplay"/interactivity. Still, Fallout reference may be worth mentioning, because Fallout universe is built on nuclear fusion popularization and I don't know of any more popular symbol regarding this technology.
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Electronic torque converter? Is this a fancy name for an electric motor? If not, how does it work? — Soupisgoodfood 23:15, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
I doubt whether the Nucleon ever made it even to concept car stage; at least the pictures look like they were taken of a scale model. Maikel 21:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Am I an addicted gambler or does that car have a casino wheel on its back??
This page contains an almost unedited ripoff from the Ford media page - http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3359.
The page needs to be rewritten to contain the same facts, but written properly as an encyclopedia entry. Octothorn 07:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
The text states: " ... was a nuclear-powered concept car developed by Ford Motor Company in 1958. The car did not have an internal-combustion engine, rather, it was powered by a small nuclear reactor in the trunk of the car."
I think this should be rewritten because it gives the impression that the nuclear reactor actually existed and that the concept version actually had one. This impression is not dispelled by the rest of the article.
Marzolian 19:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to build such a car with a nuclear reactor in such way that there is no danger for people on board? What is the minimum thickness of the required shielding, when best absorber materials woulld be used? With an isotopic generator this would be no problem as radiation of Plutonium 238 can be shielded easily as it is a pure Alpha-emitter, but a reactor emits neutrons, which are difficultly to absorb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.229.115 ( talk) 19:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Since I added a reference that was missing, does this means the "refimprove" can be removed from the article? Sekkuar ( talk) 16:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
The section about fallout should be completely removed. Not only is in not significant or encyclopedia worthy but it's citations make no reference to the Ford Nucleon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alphamouse ( talk • contribs) 21:50, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
I agree, should be removed. "Fallout 3, however, showing the safety problems this would likely cause by having the cars explode into a mushroom cloud and release radiation when shot at.[3]"? What the hell? Cars don't explode into a firey explosion and shooting a nuclear reactor wouldn't create a mushroom cloud. Wikipedia wasn't created to collect assumptions RomanK79 ( talk) 15:27, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
Nuclear powered cars in Fallout series were from beginning (Fallout 1), but I didn't see any evidence they blow up upon shooting. I presume this was a new feature developed from Betheseda in Fallout 3 to increase the value of "fan"/"gameplay"/interactivity. Still, Fallout reference may be worth mentioning, because Fallout universe is built on nuclear fusion popularization and I don't know of any more popular symbol regarding this technology.