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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Sang H. Choi, Poquoson, VA (US);
Robert W. Moses, Poquoson, VA (US);
Dennis M. Bushnell, Hampton, VA (US);
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
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.