Nuclear studies of the nuclear light bulb rocket engine /
by Thomas S. Latham.

Description

Main Author

Latham, Thomas S.

Related Names

United Aircraft Corporation.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; 1969.

Subjects

Nuclear rocket engines.
Tungsten.
Thermal radiation.
Gaseous rocket propellants.
Beryllium oxides.
Uranium 233.
Nuclear rocket engines.
Kinetics.
Gamma rays.
Critical mass.

Summary

This report investigates uranium 233 critical mass requirements, neutron kinetic behavior, and neutron and gamma ray heating rates for nuclear light bulb rocket engine.

Note

"NASA CR-1315."
"April 1969"--Cover.
Also available online from the NASA Technical Reports Server (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/). Address as of 11/15/05: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690014077%5F1969014077.pdf.

Physical Description

vi, 76 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

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