NUCLEAR ROCKET
Patent
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OSTI ID:4837268
The propellant of a nuclear rocket passes through the parallel channels of the core of a reactor after being preheated by the thermal radiation emitted by heated propellant. The reactor core comprises a great number of zones of molten fuel (uranium carbide or plutonium etc.); these zones are enclosed in hollow graphite bars constituting the moderator. The cross sections of each of these fuel zones are small in order to increase the heat exchange, and the reactor core shows a quasi-homogeneous structure. An absorbent (lamp black etc.) is added to the propellant in order to increase the absorption of thermal radiation thereby. (NPO)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-033032
- OSTI ID:
- 4837268
- Report Number(s):
- FR 1215729
- Country of Publication:
- France
- Language:
- English
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