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Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms of Cermet Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)

James Mudd (LANL), Jeremy Watts (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Jhonathan Rosales (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Ryan Wilkerson (LANL), Brian Taylor (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), William Fahrenholtz (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Gregory Hilmas (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Joseph Graham (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)

Proceedings | Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023) | Idaho Falls, ID, May 7-11, 2023 | Pages 551-554