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Multi-physics Coupling Analyses of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactors have high-temperature solid-state characteristics and significant thermal expansion, which therefore...
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TERMIT – Technology of Automated Simulation – an Instrumental Graphic Environment for Develo** Digital Twins, Training Simulators, and Simulating Complexes of Nuclear Propulsion Reactor Plants and Nuclear Power Plant Units
The development and application of the digital twins of nuclear propulsion plants (TNPP) and nuclear power plants (NPP) in order to increase...
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Chemical Decontamination of the Primary Loops of Nuclear Propulsion Plants
The experience of conducting chemical intra-loop decontamination of individual serial and research nuclear propulsion reactors by experimental...
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Experimental Neutronics Investigations of Nuclear Propulsion Reactors on Prototype Test Bases
Aspects of experimental investigations of the physical characteristics of reactor cores, performed at Aleksandrov NITI as part of tests conducted on...
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Supercritical CO2 Cycles for Nuclear-Powered Marine Propulsion: Preliminary Conceptual Design and Off-Design Performance Assessment
Using the efficient, space-saving, and flexible supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2 ) Brayton cycle is a promising approach for improving the...
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Advanced nuclear power for clean maritime propulsion
Concern with climate change is a powerful driving force in energy policy today. Maritime transport is a major component of the global commercial...
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Reactor Cores for Small-Sized Nuclear Power Plants (SNPP) and Floating Power Units (FPU)
The Russian Federation, acting through ROSATOM, is rapidly develo** small and medium-sized nuclear power industry on the basis of Small Modular...
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Research on Thermal-Hydraulic Model and Characteristics of Lead Cooled Traveling Wave Reactor
Traveling wave reactor (TWR) is an advanced nuclear power system, which can keep the total amount of fissionable nuclides constant during its...
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Aleksandrov Research Institute of Technology – Test Base for Develo**, Testing, and Investigating Different Types of Nuclear Propulsion Plants Built for Different End Uses
Aleksandrov NITI, created in 1962 on the initiative and with the support of A. P. Aleksandrov as a base for testing nuclear propulsion plants, became...
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Power Sources of the Type of Reactors for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion in the Earth’s Defense System under Conditions of Asteroid-Comet Hazard
AbstractA concept on how to use a power source of the type of reactors for nuclear thermal propulsion in the Earth’s defense system under condition...
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An electric propulsion memoir
Based on over sixty years of working in electric propulsion research, a personal memoir attempts to observe the progress of electric propulsion from...
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Reduction of Hydraulic Losses in a Pebble-Bed Reactor for Nuclear Power Propulsion Systems for Advanced Spacecraft
AbstractAn analysis of various schemes for coolant motion in a nuclear reactor with spherical microfuel elements (coated fuel particles, or pebbles)...
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System Engineering a Solar Thermal Propulsion Mission Concept for Rapid Interstellar Medium Access
The interstellar medium (ISM) represents the next frontier in space exploration, with many new discoveries to be made. The challenge, being so far...
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The Princeton Field-Reversed Configuration for Compact Nuclear Fusion Power Plants
The Princeton Field-Reversed Configuration (PFRC) nuclear fusion reactor concept is an innovative approach to fusion power generation prioritizing...
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Use of Nuclear Energy in Outer-Space Systems
The history and direction of further development of space nuclear energetics are examined. The functional diagram and principle of operation of a...
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Renewed Interest in Nuclear Power
The rising demand for electricity due to increase in global population coupled with better standard of living of people has contributed to increased...
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A review of air-breathing electric propulsion: from mission studies to technology verification
Air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) allows for lowering the altitude of spacecraft operations below 250 km, in the so-called Very Low Earth...
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Dreams of Declassification: The Early Cold War Quest for Nuclear Knowledge in The Netherlands and Norway
This article seeks to explore the relation between nuclear physics and secrecy in early Cold War Europe. After World War II, nuclear physics...
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Why the NASA Approach Will Likely Fail to Send Humans to Mars for Many Decades to Come
Mars missions are fundamentally different from lunar missions. Use of the Moon would provide some risk reduction for Mars, but not in proportion to...
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Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy
The twentieth century was an important stage in the rapid development of human civilization. However, this development mainly depends on the...