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Gamma heating in reflector heat shield of gas core reactor

Authors :
Lofthouse, J. H
Kunze, J. F
Young, T. E
Young, R. C
Publication Year :
1972
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1972.

Abstract

Heating rate measurements made in a mock-up of a BeO heat shield for a gas core nuclear rocket engine yields results nominally a factor of two greater than calculated by two different methods. The disparity is thought to be caused by errors in neutron capture cross sections and gamma spectra from the low cross-section elements, D, O, and Be.

Subjects

Subjects :
Nuclear Engineering

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Notes :
NASA ORDER C-54558-B
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19720026001
Document Type :
Report