Nuclear propulsion

Thermal and electric nuclear systems, their promise, and the constraints that have kept them grounded.

Scope

• Nuclear thermal propulsion and the NERVA legacy
• Nuclear electric propulsion and power conversion
• Fission surface power
• Safety, testing, regulatory and political constraints
• Where the performance case is actually strong

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.