Car buyers today have their pick of gasoline-powered, electric and hybrid vehicles. But if some 1950s visionaries had their way, another option would be available in dealer showrooms: nuclear.

At the begining of Atomic fever in the United States, Ford introduced a cool concept that was envisioned as a car powered by a nuclear reactor.

The Ford Nucleon would carry a small nuclear reactor and get 5,000 miles without a fillup. Of course, the car was never actually built. Making a reactor small and safe enough to power a passenger ...

Nuclear batteries generate power by harnessing high-energy particles emitted by radioactive materials. Researchers chose ...