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== References == {{refbegin}} * {{cite report |last=Barnett |first=Charles |title=Tory II-C Test Operations |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |date=12 March 1965 |id=UCRL-12263 |doi=10.2172/4356209 |osti=4356209 }} * {{cite report |last=Burmeister |first=Mark |title=Closure Report for Corrective Action Unit 117: Area 26 Pluto Disassembly Facility, Nevada Test Site, Nevada |publisher=Stoller-Navarro Joint Venture |location=Las Vegas, Nevada |date=1 June 2009 |id=DOE/NV-1324 |doi=10.2172/963423 |osti=963423 |doi-access=free }} * {{cite magazine |last=Butz |first=J. S. Jr. |title=Pluto: A New Strategic System or Just Another Test Program |magazine=Air Force Magazine |issn=0730-6784 |volume=47 |issue=7 |date=July 1964 |pages=30β35 |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/1964/July%201964/0764pluto.pdf |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716034452/https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/1964/July%201964/0764pluto.pdf |url-status=live }} * {{cite book |last1=Corliss |first1=William R. |last2=Schwenk |first2=Francis C. |title=Nuclear Propulsion for Space |location=Oak Ridge, Tennessee |publisher=U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information |year=1971 |series=Understanding the Atom |url=https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1132518 |access-date=7 July 2019 |oclc=293250 |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930035253/https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1132518 |url-status=live }} * {{cite book |last=Dewar |first=James |title=To The End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket |location=Burlington, Ontario |publisher=Apogee |date=2007 |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-894959-68-1 |oclc=1061809723 }} * {{cite book |editor-last=Gantz |editor-first=Kenneth F. |title=Nuclear Flight: The United States Air Force Programs for Atomic Jets, Missiles and Rockets |year=1960 |publisher=Duell, Sloan and Pearce |location=New York |oclc=1186243 }} * {{cite report |last=Goldberg |first=E. |title=Tory II-C Program: Introduction and General Description |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |date=21 August 1962 |id=UCRL-7036 |doi=10.2172/4332363 |osti=4332363 |doi-access=free }} * {{cite journal |last=Hacker |first=Barton C. |title=Whoever Heard of Nuclear Ramjets? Project Pluto, 1957β1964 |year=1995 |volume=1 |pages=85β98 |journal=Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology |issn=1361-8113 |jstor=23786203 }} * {{cite report |last=Hadley |first=James W. |editor-first1=J.W |editor-last1=Hadley |title=Tory II-A: A Nuclear Ramjet Test Reactor |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |date=4 November 1959 |id=UCRL-5484 |doi=10.2172/4333232 |osti=4333232 |doi-access=free }} * {{cite report |last=Hadley |first=James W. |title=Tory II-A reactor tests. Final report |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |date=3 May 1963 |id=UCRL-7249 |doi=10.2172/4333186 |osti=4333186 |doi-access=free }} * {{cite magazine |last=Herken |first=Gregg |author-link=Gregg Herken |magazine=Air & Space Magazine |issn=0886-2257 |date=AprilβMay 1990 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=28β34, 54 |title=The Flying Crowbar |url=http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html |access-date=5 April 2022 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329022906/http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html |url-status=dead }} * {{cite book |last=Layton |first=Peter |contribution=A History of Nuclear-Engine Development |pages=1β14 |title=Nuclear Engine Air Power |date=2020 |publisher=Air Power Development Centre |location=Canberra |isbn=978-1-925062-40-3 |oclc=1137014059 |url=https://airpower.airforce.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-03/BPAF02_Nuclear-Engine-Air-Power.pdf |access-date=22 January 2025 }} * {{cite report |last=Merkle |first=T. C. |title=The Nuclear Ramjet Propulsion System |date=30 June 1959 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |id=UCRL-5625 |doi=10.2172/4217328 |osti=4217328 |doi-access=free }} * {{cite report |last1=Podaris |first1=Reed J. |last2=King |first2=Rebecca A. |publisher=National Security Technologies, Environmental Restoration Program |id=DOE/NV/25946--1859 |title=Facility Decontamination and Decommissioning Program Surveillance and Maintenance Plan, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada |date=September 2013 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc870064/m2/1/high_res_d/1097524.pdf |access-date=5 August 2023 |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126005351/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc870064/m2/1/high_res_d/1097524.pdf |url-status=live }} * {{cite report |last=Rothman |first=A. J. |title=Technology of ceramic components: Part 3 of the Tory II-C program |date=28 August 1962 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |id=UCRL-7036(Pt. 3) |doi=10.2172/4318480 |osti=4318480 }} * {{cite report |last=Sandholtz |first=W. A. |title=Pluto fuel element fabrication at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory |date=1 February 1965 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |id=UCRL-12391 |doi=10.2172/4330402 |osti=4330402 }} * {{cite report |last=Walter |first=C. E. |title=Structure of Reactor: Part 2 of the Tory II-C program |date=27 September 1962 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |id=UCRL-7036(Pt. 2) |doi=10.2172/4352707 |osti=4352707 }} * {{cite report |last=Walter |first=C. E. |editor-first1=C.E |editor-last1=Walter |title=Engineering Design of the Tory II-C Nuclear Ramjet Reactor |date=1 November 1964 |publisher=Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |location=Livermore, California |id=UCRL-7679 |doi=10.2172/4356214 |osti=4356214 }} {{refend}} {{DoE|article=Nevada National Security Site History: Project Pluto Factsheet |url=https://www.nnss.gov/docs/fact_sheets/DOENV_763.pdf}}
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