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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.
D. L. Hagrman, D. A. Petti, G. R. Smolik, K. A. McCarthy
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 993-997
Tritium Technology, Safety, Environment, and Remote Maintenance | Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40284
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The mechanisms involved in the formation and transport of aerosols that might be present during possible fusion reactor accidents were investigated. A cascade impactor was used to collect particles formed by oxidation and volatilization of a tungsten alloy containing 1% rhenium, an activation product of tungsten. The alloy was tested at 800, 1000 and 1200°C in flowing air and at 800°C in steam. The quantities, size distributions, and chemical compositions of the particles were determined using a variety of analytical methods. Comparisons were then made with calculations of the vapor release rate, the aerosol nucleation, and the transport of aerosol to the impactor.