Some Thermonuclear Power Plants as the Possible Sources of He3 for Space Propulsion Systems
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Author - M.L. Shmatov
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JBIS Volume # - 60
Page # - 180-187
Year - 2007
Keywords - Nuclear pulse propulsion, He3, thermonuclear power plant, fast ignition
JBIS Reference Code # - 2007.60.180
Number of Pages - 8
Abstract
It is shown that some thermonuclear power plants can serve as rather powerful He3 sources providing operation of space propulsion systems utilizing the D-He3 microexplosions. Some problems related to ignition of the D-He3 and tritium-poor deuterium microexplosions are considered.
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