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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.
G. Rodriguez, F. Baque, J. C. Astegiano
Nuclear Technology | Volume 150 | Number 1 | April 2005 | Pages 3-15
Technical Paper | Sodium Technology | doi.org/10.13182/NT05-A3601
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This paper describes the evolution of sodium technology research and development in parallel to sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor (FBR) developments in France and provides information concerning operating plants and existing projects. This paper also discusses how supporting research has adapted to the decline in FBR activities since the decommissioning of Superphénix, while capitalizing on knowledge acquired over more than four decades to be passed down to future generations.
