and the development effort was concentrated at LASL, where it became known as Project Rover.

On 1 January 1957, the USAF and the AEC selected the Livermore Laboratory to study the design of a nuclear reactor to power ramjet engines. This research became known as Project Pluto. It was directed by Theodore C. (Ted) Merkle, leader of the Laboratory's R Division.

Development

The proposed use for nuclear-powered ramjets would be to power a cruise missile,

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