Selecting and using materials for a nuclear rocket engine reactor

This paper provides a historical account of how the nuclear rocket engine reactor was created and discusses the problem of selecting materials for a gas environment at the temperature up to 3100 K and energy release 30 MW per liter.

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DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201103f.0319
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Citation: Lanin A G, Fedik I I "Selecting and using materials for a nuclear rocket engine reactor" Phys. Usp. 54 305–318 (2011)

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Received: 7th, July 2010, revised: 14th, January 2011, accepted: 19th, January 2011

Оригинал: Ланин А Г, Федик И И «Проблемы выбора и использования материалов для реактора ядерно-ракетного двигателя» УФН 181 319–334 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201103f.0319

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