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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.
A. B. Shuck, J. E. Ayer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 398-404
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28090
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The development of remote controlled methods for manufacturing EBR-II fuel elements was influenced by many interacting factors. Radiation levels within the process cell have been predicted to range from 103 to 107 rad per hour. Radiation damage to organic lubricant, electrical insulations, elastic seals, and protective coatings precludes the use of many standard machine components. Heat generated in the fuel by absorbed radiation makes forced cooling necessary in many operations. Oxygen must be exluded from all operations where the fuel is exposed. Equipment must be designed for remote maintenance and component replacement within the limitation of available manipulators. The EBR-II fuel consisted of fissium alloy pins sodium bonded in stainless steel tubes. Precision casting was chosen as the basis for refabricating the fuel pins. Remote controlled equipment was developed to cast, assemble, and inspect the EBR-II fuel elements. Radiation resistant, plug-in machine components were developed to give reasonable life expectancy and to allow remote maintenance and replacement.
