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Is it possible to create a nuclear powered vehicle? It may not be. Research is the way forward though, even if not with cars. We have to respect the amount of compact energy in nuclear fuels.--Wyn.junior (talk) 17:28, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Two comments. First, Wikipedia is for verified content, not editorial opinion or speculation. Second, on the merits, I don't believe there was ever a serious proposal for a nuclear powered ground vehicle. There were efforts to develop nuclear powered aircraft, but the need to minimize weight and and shield humans from radiation proved incompatible. There have also been efforts to develop nuclear power for space propulsion, and naval nuclear propulsion is a reality, but I'm not aware of any serious effort to develop nuclear power for ground vehicles. NPguy (talk) 19:16, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Right. Technology blocking radiation now needs too much space for small cars. Maybe large city buses and semi trucks would work.

I've offered opinion and speculation a lot and no one else has complained. Wikipedia is a source for collective learning and this site should be flexible enough to support.--Wyn.junior (talk) 00:49, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You've been lucky. See [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball|here}} and here. If you have reliable sources that discuss the possibility nuclear powered ground vehicles, have at it. But it still doesn't belong in the lead. NPguy (talk) 13:51, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Here’s a partial explanation of my reversion:

  • In general, these edits insert too many trivial links (e.g. phenomenon), and they should not be repeated (e.g. radioactivity) (see WP:OVERLINK.)
  • The edit to first paragraph is not accurate.
  • Edits to first paragraph under “discovery” don’t actually explain. In fact, that paragraph might be dropped altogether.
  • The final sentence of next paragraph (particularly “most of them”) would need to be documented with a reliable source.
  • “Quantities too small to burn” is inaccurate and largely meaningless.

And that’s not all. If you want to try some of these edits, I suggest you make them one at a time and we can deal with them one at a time. NPguy (talk) 16:24, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]