Document Details
Title:
An Estimate of Thermal Flux from the Jet of a Proposed Nuclear Rocket Engine
Author(s):
Hudson, C C [Organization 5111]
Subject Terms:
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1956 Aug 30
Document Pages:
14 p.
Document Number(s):
SC-TM-277-56(51); ALSNL199700000582
Originating Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1999 Sep 28
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 Jun 27
Description/Abstract:
Calculated was an estimate of the thermal flux from the jet of a nuclear rocket engine developed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Radiant energy received on the ground near the test was predicted to be very low.