A 12-ton lead-and-rubber-shielded cockpit with windows 10-12 inches
thick protected the flight crew from the otherwise lethal amount of
radiation emanating from the reactor hanging in the bomb bay.
Special water pockets installed aft of the cockpit also absorbed
radiation.

Among the most audaciously hazardous concepts of the 1950s was the
notion of installing an operational nuclear reactor inside an
aircraft, a venture pursued by both the Soviet Union and the USA.

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