Review and Preliminary Investigation into Fuel Loss from Cermets Composed of Uranium Nitride and a Molybdenum-Tungsten Alloy for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Using Mesoscale Simulations
Jacob Hirschhorn, Floyd Hilty, Michael Tonks, Jhonathan Rosales
Topics & Concepts
CermetMaterials scienceTungstenUraniumNitrideMolybdenumMetallurgyNuclear fuelFissile materialAlloyMesoscale meteorologyNuclear engineeringCeramicComposite materialNuclear physicsNeutronPhysicsEngineeringLayer (electronics)GeologyClimatologyNuclear Materials and PropertiesNuclear reactor physics and engineeringFusion materials and technologies