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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Karl Jürgen Dietz, The Jet Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 4 | July 1991 | Pages 2031-2034
Technical Paper | Carbon Material Special | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29336
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The Joint European Torus (JET) Team has studied experimentally the use of beryllium as a material for walls and limiters. The experiments compare the plasma performance of evaporated beryllium layers and massive beryllium limiters with that of graphite. The use of beryllium is generally beneficial, and fusion rates >8 × 1020 m−3-keV·s are reached. The results of the beryllium operation are summarized.
