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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.
Alessandro Martelli, Massimo Forni, Maurizio Indirli, Paolo Masoni, Bruno Spadoni, Giuseppe Bonacina, Giacomo di Pasquale, Tito Sanò, Emil L. Gluekler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 97 | Number 2 | February 1992 | Pages 153-169
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT92-A34612
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ENEA began work on seismic isolation in Italy in 1988 in cooperation with ISMES. Until now, work has been limited to horizontal systems and focused on high-damping steel-laminated elastomer bearings. Work consists of both the assessment of proposed design guidelines for isolated nuclear reactors (developed in collaboration with General Electric Company) and research and development (R&D) experimental and numerical studies, partly performed in support of the guideline development. Experiments include static and dynamic characterization of single bearings, analysis of a full-scale isolated structure and an actual building with in situ techniques, and shake table tests of scaled isolated structures. The main features of the guidelines document and R&D studies are described, and some initial measured data are presented.