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Advanced nuclear reactors can provide dispatchable, zero-carbon energy to address the global challenge of climate change, but their adoption is hindered by the historical lack of an integrated waste management system. An ongoing concern of the advanced nuclear industry is that development of novel closed fuel cycles without standardization will lead to diverse recycling and disposal requirements a ...

Advanced nuclear reactors can provide dispatchable, zero-carbon energy to address the global challenge of climate change, but their adoption is hindered by the historical lack of an integrated waste management system. An ongoing concern of the advanced nuclear industry is that development of novel closed fuel cycles without standardization will lead to diverse recycling and disposal requirements a ...

URANIUM ARC TECHNOLOGY IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR SPACE NUCLEAR THERMAL AND ELCTRIC PROPULSION REACTORS WHERE THE ARC IS DRIVEN MAINLY BY FISSION ENERGY AND REQUIRES LITTLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY INPUT. IT OPERATES AT 10,000K, AND TRANSFERS ITS ENERGY TO THE PROPELLANT OR WORKING FLUID VIA OPTICAL RADIATOR. THE PROPULSION TURBOCHARGER OR AFTERBURNER CAN ELEVATE FLUID TEMPERATURES TO LEVELS ABOVE THE MELTIN ...

URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE IS THE WORKING FLUID IN THE GAS CENTRIFUGE. A NEED EXISTS FOR UF6 ASSAY DETERMINATION IN A FULLY AUTOMATED SYSTEM IN REAL-TIME. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ION TRAP TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD FOR MONITORING THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF CLOSELY SPACED ION MASSES. IT IS DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO THE ASSAY OF U235/U238 RATIOS IN THE UF6 GAS STREAM IN REAL-TI ...

The urban air mobility (UAM) concept seeks to rapidly transport people around urban areas using aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). This emerging market has the potential to reduce commute times and reduce congestion by utilizing three-dimensional airspace rather than solely surface streets or rail systems. Most of the aircraft configurations identified for UAM operations use ...

The urban air mobility (UAM) concept seeks to rapidly transport people around urban areas using aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). This emerging market has the potential to reduce commute times and reduce congestion by utilizing three-dimensional airspace rather than solely surface streets or rail systems. Most of the aircraft configurations identified for UAM operations use ...

Dynamic gust encounters are a design factor for Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) aircraft operating in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) environments.nbsp; Gust response is important for safety of operations and ride qualities, which affect community acceptance.nbsp; Notional UAM aircraft configurations differ significantly from conventional helicopters with different gust response characteristics due ...

The Innovation Laboratory, Inc.nbsp;develops urban airspace mapping capabilities that are needed to support the future ofnbsp;Urban Air Mobility (UAM).nbsp; UAM is envisioned to provide a safe, efficient, and flexible system for air vehicles, possibly autonomous or remotely piloted (Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)), to move passengers and cargo (packages) within a metropolitan area.nbsp; These mappi ...

The magnetic field distribution in a Z-pinch, can be used to infer the currentsflowing in the pinch and study the stability during the implosion phase. Faradayrotation techniques are too insensitive for measurements during the run-in phase.Similarly, it is difficult to infer the Zeeman splitting from spectrally resolvedline profile when the splitting is much less than the absorption line width d.H ...

Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC) proposes an Urban Combat Structure Mapping system (UCSM) which consists of a suite of sensors on an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that is interconnected via an encoded low bandwidth network to other members of the attack force. The network allows sharing of the maps, photos and soldiers positions by a robust multimode network. By using feature e ...