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Ah yes, the Ford Nucleon

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/

You will never be allowed to own one because you cannot be trusted to dispose of it correctly.

Unfortunately for these miniaturized Uranium reactors, the Uranium must be highly enriched - in other words, weapons-grade.

This oddly reminds me of the story of Fallout.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(series)#Setting

I love the story of Fallout. They decided to use nuclear reactors on cars because there as a lack of petroleum. It was too late though since the Great War started (and ended) a couple of years later.