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A potential fission electric cell for space reactors
Author(s) -
Ursu I.,
Schächter L.,
BǎkdescuSingureanu A. L. I.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440120116
Subject(s) - nuclear engineering , fission , nuclear fission , neutron , neutron flux , neutron temperature , nuclear power , nuclear reactor , long lived fission product , fast fission , electric power , nuclear physics , fission products , physics , environmental science , fission product yield , engineering , power (physics) , neutron emission , quantum mechanics
Fission Electric Cells (FEC) able to deliver significant power at high neutron fluxes and to operate without supply were tested in the nuclear reactor of the Central Institute of Physics (CIP) in Bucharest, Romania, at a 3 × 10 9 neutrons/cm 2 s thermal neutron flux. The experimental results would make the design of efficient FEC for space reactors feasible.