Plasma Core Reactor Applications
Conference
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OSTI ID:5459912
- United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)
Analytical and experimental investigations are being conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of fissioning uranium plasma core reactors and to characterize space and terrestrial applications for such reactors. Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) fuel is injected into core cavities and confined away from the surface by argon buffer gas injected tangentially from the peripheral walls. Power, in the form of thermal radiation emitted from the high-temperature nuclear fuel, is transmitted through fused-silica transparent walls to working fluids which flow in axial channels embedded in segments of the cavity walls. Radiant heat transfer calculations were performed for a six-cavity reactor configuration; each cavity is approximately 1 m in diameter by 4.35 m in length. Axial working fluid channels are located along a fraction of each cavity peripheral wall.
- Research Organization:
- United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); NASA Langley Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5459912
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-760646--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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