Advanced nuclear propulsion technologies
Abstract
Advanced nuclear propulsion can take on several forms. Radioactive thrust sheets directly use the decay of radioactive nuclei to provide propulsion. The fissioning of nuclei has been extensively studied for propulsion both analytically and experimentally. Fusion has been analytically examined as a means of providing propulsion during the last few decades. In the last decade, serious attention has been given to the direct annihilation of matter. Each of these technologies is discussed in this paper with the greatest emphasis on antiproton annihilation propulsion.
- Authors:
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- United Technologies Research, Arlington, VA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5855970
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-910603-
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN: TANSA
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Journal Name:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 63; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Orlando, FL (United States), 2-6 Jun 1991; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ANTIPROTONS; ANNIHILATION; SPACE PROPULSION REACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ECONOMICS; FISSION; FISSION PRODUCTS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; REACTOR CORES; ROCKETS; THRUSTERS; URANIUM 238; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ANTIBARYONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTINUCLEI; ANTINUCLEONS; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; CONFINEMENT; CONVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERACTIONS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; MATTER; MOBILE REACTORS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; POWER REACTORS; PROPULSION REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SPACE POWER REACTORS; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; 210600* - Power Reactors, Auxiliary, Mobile Package, & Transportable; 700470 - Fusion Technology- Power Conversion Systems- (1992-); 662310 - Weak & Electromagnetic Interactions of Leptons- (1992-)
Citation Formats
Cassenti, B N. Advanced nuclear propulsion technologies. United States: N. p., 1991.
Web.
Cassenti, B N. Advanced nuclear propulsion technologies. United States.
Cassenti, B N. 1991.
"Advanced nuclear propulsion technologies". United States.
@article{osti_5855970,
title = {Advanced nuclear propulsion technologies},
author = {Cassenti, B N},
abstractNote = {Advanced nuclear propulsion can take on several forms. Radioactive thrust sheets directly use the decay of radioactive nuclei to provide propulsion. The fissioning of nuclei has been extensively studied for propulsion both analytically and experimentally. Fusion has been analytically examined as a means of providing propulsion during the last few decades. In the last decade, serious attention has been given to the direct annihilation of matter. Each of these technologies is discussed in this paper with the greatest emphasis on antiproton annihilation propulsion.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5855970},
journal = {Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)},
issn = {0003-018X},
number = ,
volume = 63,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
}
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