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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.
A. Busigin, K.M. Kalyanam, S.K. Sood
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 512-517
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29798
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This paper reviews the basic mechanisms governing tritium release rates from a spill of tritiated water and develops a mathematical model which can be used in these types of calculations. The model accounts for the mechanisms of evaporation and condensation at the water surface and water species exchange, and is applicable under a broad range of wind, temperature and humidity conditions. The model predictions are compared with a broad range of published data and other models, and the predictions are in good agreement with published experimental data.