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Title Nuclear space power and propulsion systems / edited by Claudio Bruno
Published Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 225
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 225.
Contents Nuclear propulsion : an introduction / Claudio Bruno -- Nuclear-thermal-rocket propulsion systems / Timothy J. Lawrence -- Application of ion thrusters to high-thrust, high-specific-impulse nuclear electric missions / D.G. Fearn -- High-power and high-thrust-density electric propulsion for in-space transportation / Monika Auweter-Kurtz and Helmut Kurtz -- Review of reactor configurations for space nuclear electric propulsion and surface power considerations / Roger X. Lenard -- Nuclear safety : legal aspects and policy recommendations / Roger X. Lenard -- Radioactivity, doses, and risks in nuclear propulsion / Alessio Del Rossi and Claudio Bruno -- The Chernobyl accident : a detailed account / Alessio del Rossi and Claudio Bruno
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Space vehicles -- Nuclear power plants.
Space vehicles -- Propulsion systems.
Space vehicles -- Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures
Space vehicles -- Nuclear power plants
Space vehicles -- Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures
Space vehicles -- Propulsion systems
Form Electronic book
Author Bruno, Claudio
ISBN 9781615830725
1615830723
9781563479519
1563479516