Nuclear Power in Space
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Nuclear Power in Space
The Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory uses plate-type fuel in a clover leaf arrangement. The blue glow around the core is known as Cherenkov radiation. (Credit: Wikipedia)There are a lot of factors that make space travel extremely challenging. But maybe first among them is that it just takes so darn long to get anywhere. The Moon often hangs low on the horizon looking like you could reach out and touch it, yet it takes three day…
Russia is developing a modern transport system with a nuclear power plant, as reported by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Bakanov. Image created with Grok "Russia is working on creating a transport system with a nuclear power plant that will allow delivering about 10 tons of cargo to the orbit of Mars," he said, commenting on today's unsuccessful flight of the heavy SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. Details of the Russian... The post Roscosmos is tar…
Nuclear Supply Chain Needs More Capacity And Capability, Says WNA Head - NucNet - Pro-Nuclear Power Blogs - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers
A significant increase in nuclear supply chain capacity and capability will be needed to deliver a 500-GW projected expansion of nuclear power globally by 2050, Sama Bilbao y León, director-general of the World Nuclear Association (WNA), told an event ...
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