Design of nuclear-powered rocket motors

At the beginning of the development of nuclear power for space, motors and electric-power plants were produced separately: first in the form of nuclear rocket motors (NRMs) with a thrust of 40-100 tonnes (project NERVA in the USA) or about 4 tonnes (project IRGIT in the USSR) and second - reactors f...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Atomic Energy (New York) 1995-04, Vol.78 (4), p.256-258
Hauptverfasser:	Fedik, I. I., Popov, E. B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCE TECHNOLOGY BRAYTON CYCLE POWER SYSTEMS DESIGN NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY ROCKET ENGINES SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES THERMIONIC REACTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	At the beginning of the development of nuclear power for space, motors and electric-power plants were produced separately: first in the form of nuclear rocket motors (NRMs) with a thrust of 40-100 tonnes (project NERVA in the USA) or about 4 tonnes (project IRGIT in the USSR) and second - reactors for producing 5-100 kW of electric power by means of thermoelectric, thermionic, or turbine machine with a Brayton energy-conversion cycle. Examples are SNAP-100 in the USA and the Topaz reactor in the USSR.
ISSN:	1063-4258 1573-8205
DOI:	10.1007/BF02416428