Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (NCPS) Fuel Element Testing in the Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES) | Zendy

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Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (NCPS) Fuel Element Testing in the Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES)

Author(s) -

William Emrich

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

53rd aiaa/sae/asee joint propulsion conference

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2017-4939

Subject(s) - propulsion , nuclear engineering , aerospace engineering , stage (stratigraphy) , rocket (weapon) , rocket propellant , environmental science , computer science , engineering , propellant , geology , paleontology

To satisfy the Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (NCPS) testing milestone, a graphite composite fuel element using a uranium simulant was received from the Oakridge National Lab and tested in the Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES) at various operating conditions. The nominal operating conditions required to satisfy the milestone consisted of running the fuel element for a few minutes at a temperature of at least 2000 K with flowing hydrogen. This milestone test was successfully accomplished without incident. An illustration of the fuel element tested is illustrated in Figure 1.

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