The centrifugally separated uranium gas from hydrogen
fuel style engine was discussed earlier. This engine
sounded efficient, but with very unsavory failure
modes, especially if used for earth launched vehicles.
If such an engine ever crashed, wouldn't all of the
uranium gas just leak out the exh
<< The last time this [Gas Core nuclear] was seriously worked on -- I heard a
talk by Steve Howe (of LANL) in 1996 -- they weren't sure which was best,
although they seemed to be favoring a concept with a toroidal core. >>
Well, something in '96 updates me on this subject ;-) I didn't realize
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ...The gas core nuclear
> concept was essentially a radially symmetric drum. A uranium-bearing gas
> (Uranium hexafluoride, in my memory, but perhaps Henry has better data...) is
> kept in place near the inside rim of the drum by centrifugal force.
Gentlefolk,
I'm afraid I've been kicking around the advanced propulsion community too
long and assume everyone's heard of everything, sorry. The gas core nuclear
concept was essentially a radially symmetric drum. A uranium-bearing gas
(Uranium hexafluoride, in my memory, but perhaps Henry has
