The present disclosure is directed to a system including a nuclear thermal rocket or a nuclear reactor, at least one nuclear electric thruster coupled to the nuclear thermal rocket or the nuclear reactor, and a Nuclear Thermionic Avalanche Cell (NTAC) configured to generate electrical power. The NTAC cell may be positioned around a nuclear reactor core of the nuclear thermal rocket or the nuclear reactor, and the nuclear electric thruster may be powered by the NTAC generated electrical power.
NTAC augmented nuclear electric propulsion and/or nuclear thermal propulsion
2024-10-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
NTAC Augmented Nuclear Electric Propulsion and/or Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
European Patent Office | 2022
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