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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
Viatcheslav V. Anisimov, Emanuela Cavalleri, Fedor I. Karmanov, Victor I. Slobodtchouk, Lioudmila N. Latysheva, Igor A. Pshenichnov, Marcello Vecchi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 209-218
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A162
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The possibility of using a liquid lithium primary target for the 14-MeV intense neutron source (INS) based on muon-catalyzed fusion (CF) (the CF-INS) is discussed. The description of the thermohydraulic and mechanical analysis that suggested the proposed geometry is presented. Particular attention is given to the thermal parameter evaluation since these quantities have a great influence on the choice of target design. According to the calculations, the lithium primary target variant can be considered for future CF-INS realization.
