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Work on domestically produced nuclear rocket motors

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The history and basic results of work on nuclear rocket motors (NRMs) in Russia are presented. S.P. Korolev, I.V. Kurchatov, M. V. Keldysh, A. P. Aleksandrov et al. stood at the source of the work in this direction. Our NRM reactors used a heterogeneous scheme with a modular core. This enable component-by-component debugging of the reactor experimentally to the required degree of reliability. Ultimately, the costs of the complex tests were minimized, and technical characteristics obtained exceeded those obtained abroad. The energy-release density in the fuel elements reached 30 kW/cm3, and the temperature and rate of heating of the working body (hydrogen) reached 3100 K and 1000 K/sec, respectively.

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  1. Russian Science Center “Kurchatov Institute, USSR

    N. N. Ponomarev-Stepnoi, V. M. Talyzin & V. A. Pavshuk

  2. M. V. Keldysh Scientific-Research Center, USSR

    A. S. Koroteev & G. V. Konyukhov

  3. State Science Center of the Russian Federation-Physics and Power-Engineering Institute, USSR

    V. Ya. Pupko, V. A. Konovalov & F. P. Raskach

  4. Scientific-Research and Design Insitute of Power Engineering, USSR

    V. K. Ulasevich, V. P. Smetannikov & V. D. Kolganov

  5. Scientific-Research Institut of the Scientific and Industrial Association “Luch”, USSR

    L. I. Fedik, E. K. D’yakov & I. A. Mogil’nyi

  6. Design Office of Automatic Chemical Machines, USSR

    V. S. Rachuk, A. I. Belogurov & Yu. I. Mamontov

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  1. N. N. Ponomarev-Stepnoi
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Translated from Atomnaya Énerigya, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp. 296–302, April, 1999.

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Ponomarev-Stepnoi, N.N., Talyzin, V.M., Pavshuk, V.A. et al. Work on domestically produced nuclear rocket motors. At Energy 86, 283–287 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673143

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