Advanced nuclear power engine: A brief overview of gas core reactor for space exploration
Space travel requires propulsion with high specific impulse. Gas core reactors using plasma nuclear fuel operate at high temperature (104-105K) and theoretically produce higher specific impulses (2500-7000s) than solid core nuclear thermal rockets. Ground-based reactors have higher total energy conv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2023-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468605023000388 |