03853nam 2200637 a 450 991097347140332120251117072324.01-60086-009-51-60086-003-61-61583-072-3(CKB)1000000000810500(EBL)3111477(OCoLC)922978785(SSID)ssj0000630694(PQKBManifestationID)11380268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000630694(PQKBWorkID)10747748(PQKB)10368417(MiAaPQ)EBC3111477(WaSeSS)Innodata00029890(Au-PeEL)EBL3111477(CaPaEBR)ebr10516514(BIP)25989849(EXLCZ)99100000000081050020120113d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNuclear space power and propulsion systems /edited by Claudio Bruno1st ed.Reston, Va. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.20081 online resource (303 p.)Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ;v. 225Description based upon print version of record.1-56347-951-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Nomenclature""; ""Nuclear Propulsion An Introduction""; ""Nuclear-Thermal-Rocket Propulsion Systems""; ""Application of Ion Thrusters to High-Thrust, High-Specific-Impulse Nuclear Electric Missions""; ""High-Power and High-Thrust-Density Electric Propulsion for In-Space Transportation""; ""Review of Reactor Configurations for Space Nuclear Electric Propulsion and Surface Power Considerations""; ""Nuclear Safety: Legal Aspects and Policy Recommendations""""Appendix A. Radioactivity, Doses, and Risks in Nuclear Propulsion""""Appendix B. The Chernobyl Accident A Detailed Account""; ""Index""This book comes out of a study prepared for the Space Technology and System Development Commission of the International Academy of Astronautics, and gives an expert, straightforward, and complete outlook on the uses of nuclear energy applied to space missions. Starting from fundamental physics, Chapter 1 explains the advantages of nuclear energy and explores the performance limits of nuclear propulsion in terms of specific impulse, thrust, power, and mass. Following chapters discuss the tremendous accomplishments of the past and moves into more current technology. High-power electric propulsion of all types is extensively covered. These chapters shows how nuclear power can be engineered into a propulsion system now, not in ten or twenty years. Final chapters deal with the legislative and safety issues connected with the use of nuclear power on spacecraft according to UN treaty for Outer Space¿issues such as practical designs of space- or ground-based nuclear reactors. Finally an appendix gives accurate and up to date information on the effects of radiation on human health and what is to be expected from the use of nuclear power in space. An account of the Chernobyl accident is included.Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ;v. 225.Space vehiclesNuclear power plantsNuclear rocketsNuclear propulsionSpace vehiclesNuclear power plants.Nuclear rockets.Nuclear propulsion.Bruno Claudio732109MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973471403321Nuclear space power and propulsion systems4481493UNINA