7 papers
Determination of Tritium Content in D2 Gas and Heavy Water
Sandeep Puri, Noah D'Amico, Ian Jones +4
A simple experimental method for the determination of tritium concentration in natural hydrogen and deuterium gas down to the femtomole level is described. Palladium and platinum c…
Alpha Particle Induced Collision Cascade Fusion
Sandeep Puri, Noah D'Amico, Andrew Gillespie +4
We report experimental and computational investigations of a collision-cascade mechanism to induce deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion. Evidence of neutron production was observed fro…
Production of Low-Density Aerogel Nuclear Fuels for Use in Fission Fragment Rockets and Novel Reactor Design
Noah D'Amico, Sandeep Puri, Ian Jones +4
Graphene hydrogels were created and loaded with uranyl nitrate or thorium nitrate and freeze-dried to produce graphene aerogel nuclear fuels. These aerogels had densities between 0…
Boron Nitride Coatings for the Enhanced Detection of Neutrons in CR-39
Noah DAmico, Sandeep Puri, Ian Jones +4
The neutron detection efficiency of Columbia Resin 39 (CR-39) nuclear track detectors was assessed for AmBe, 252Cf, and D-T (14 MeV) neutron source spectra. A boron nitride (BN) co…
Enhanced Tritium Production in Irradiated TiD2 from Collisional Fusion in the Solid-State
Andrew K. Gillespie, Cuikun Lin, Ian Jones +6
Ongoing research in new nuclear mechanisms hold the potential for beneficial developments in nuclear power cycle designs. Recent reports investigated the possibility of lattice dyn…
Progress in Fission Fragment Rocket Engine Development and Alpha Particle Detection in High Magnetic Fields
Sandeep Puri, Cuikun Lin, Andrew Gillespie +5
In this article, we present our recent experiments on fission fragment rocket propulsion, and on an innovative new design for an alpha particle detection system that has been inspi…
Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Aerogel Attenuation for High Energy Alpha Particles in Fission Fusion Fragment Rocket Applications
Sandeep Puri, Andrew Gillespie, Ian Jones +3
Emerging studies are geared toward exploring new methods of nuclear rocket propulsion to provide more efficient space transit beyond Earth's orbit. One method is to employ a Fissio…