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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.
U. Tamm, E. Hutter, G. Neffe, P. Schira
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 983-987
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29879
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In a three-stage tritium cleanup system the gaseous impurities O2, N2, CO2, CO, CH4, NH3 and H2O are removed from a contaminated hydrogen stream. Cleanup is performed with uranium getters which operate at temperatures between 500°C and 900°C. In long term experiments carried out in the VERDI test facility a capacity factor of approximately 60% has been achieved so far. The impurities have been retained down to values between < 1 ppmv and 10 ppmv. The cleanup system for the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe is presently under construction.