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Laboratory-scale uranium rf plasma confinement experiments
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Roman, W. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | An experimental investigation was conducted using 80 kW and 1.2 MW RF induction heater facilities to aid in developing the technology necessary for designing a self-critical fissioning uranium plasma core reactor. Pure uranium hexafluoride (UF6) was injected into argon-confined, steady-state, RF-heated plasmas in different uranium plasma confinement tests to investigate the characteristics of plamas core nuclear reactors. The objectives were: (1) to confine as high a density of uranium vapor as possible within the plasma while simultaneously minimizing the uranium compound wall deposition; (2) to develop and test materials and handling techniques suitable for use with high-temperature, high-pressure gaseous UF6; and (3) to develop complementary diagnostic instrumentation and measurement techniques to characterize the uranium plasma and residue deposited on the test chamber components. In all tests, the plasma was a fluid-mechanically-confined vortex-type contained within a fused-silica cylindrical test chamber. The test chamber peripheral wall was 5.7 cm ID by 10 cm long. |
| File Size | 52059816 |
| Page Count | 191 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760025944 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t71w09777 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Radio Frequencies Confinement Uranium Fluorides Experimentation Nuclear Reactors Reactor Cores Plasma Control Induction Heating Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
