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Nuclear electric propulsion : assessing the design of Project Prometheus.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The high fuel efficiency of electric propulsion makes it a viable alternative for long-distance space travel. Project Prometheus was a NASA-led project that sought to demonstrate that distant electric propulsion missions ...
Examination of the proposed conversion of the U.S. Navy nuclear fleet from highly enriched Uranium to low enriched Uranium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
.The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons creates a loophole that allows a non-nuclear-weapon country to avoid international safeguards governing fissile materials if it claims that the materials will be used ...
Studies of electron temperature fluctuations in the core of Alcator C-Mod plasmas via correlation electron cyclotron emission
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Transport in tokamak plasmas is higher than predicted by neoclassical theory; this anomalous transport is believed to be attributed to turbulent fluctuations. New Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission (CECE) experiments ...
Meta-analysis of Tokamak reactor designs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The long-term interest in nuclear fusion using tokamaks has yielded many published reactor designs. This study performs the first meta-analysis of tokamak reactor designs in an attempt to unveil new understanding not ...
Spectral analysis of integrated F-center feedback dosimeter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Proton therapy has yet to implement an in-vivo, real-time, fault-tolerant integral dosimeter. Proposed in this thesis is a conceptual dosimeter to meet such requirements, relying on the radiation-stimulated production of ...
Negotiation strategies in American-North Korean nuclear talks, 1992-2013
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
North Korea's relationship with nuclear technology has concerned the world for decades. A wide array of negotiation methods from punitive sanctions to energy assistance have been attempted to dissuade the nation from ...
Computational treatments for neutron resonance elastic scattering in Monte Carlo nuclear simulations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Simulations are vital to the safe design and operation of nuclear reactors. It is therefore important that they accurately treat the physics of nuclear interactions. This work investigates the phenomenon of neutron resonance ...
Security and the Offshore Nuclear Plant (ONP) : security simulation testing and analysis of the multi-layer security system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The ONP research team from the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT has been researching and developing the possibility of a nuclear reactor deployed on an offshore platform out to sea. Such a reactor deployed ...
Analysis of 3D silicon pixel vertex detector damage effects due to radiation levels present in the LHC at CERN
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In high energy physics experiments, very high precision tracking of charged particles is needed. Solid state detectors achieve the high precision necessary to provide track and vertex reconstruction of the particles that ...
Development of a photolithography procedure for the fabrication of micro-engineered boiling surfaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Boiling is a very effective heat removal process, used for heat management in many engineering systems, such as electronic devices or nuclear reactors. However, if the heat flux to remove exceeds the so-called Critical ...